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COVID-19 and Health Outcomes in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study in Italy

Life, 2023
People with multiple sclerosis (PWMS) are at high risk of being affected by the disruption of health services that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic months.
Roberto Gnavi, Ilenia Eboli, Paolo Emilio Alboini, Sandra D’Alfonso, Roberta Picariello, Giuseppe Costa, Maurizio Leone   +6 more
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Postural Control Measures in Randomized Controlled Trials for Older Adults Balance: A Systematic Scoping Review [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
The aim of this work was to identify and characterize the measures employed for assessing postural control in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of balance interventions in older adults with the reference to the Systems Framework for Postural Control. A
Romain Pichon, Jeremy Enez, Kathryn M. Sibley, Benjamin Landre, Karim Jamal   +4 more
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Apoio matricial em Saúde Mental na atenção básica: efeitos na compreensão e manejo por parte de agentes comunitários de saúde

Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação, 2018
O apoio matricial (AM) é um dispositivo pedagógico-assistencial utilizado, sobretudo, para aumentar a resolutividade da atenção primária à saúde, possuindo considerável difusão na Saúde Mental.
Carlos Eduardo Menezes Amaral, Mônica de Oliveira Nunes de Torrenté, Maurice de Torrenté, Carolina Pinheiro Moreira   +3 more
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Health literacy as a key for effective preventive medicine

Cogent Social Sciences, 2017
Background: A preventive approach in health care aims to anticipate the natural history of the diseases and to define break points where the procedures may act to change future events, on the limit of the patient’s free will.
Paulo Santos, Luísa Sá, Luciana Couto, Alberto Hespanhol   +3 more
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Understanding the Mechanosensitivity of the Median Nerve in Pre-Surgical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients: A Correlational Study

Brain Sciences
(1) Background: Neurodynamic tests are recommended for the diagnosis of entrapment neuropathies such as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). However, their association with clinical variables in severe patients or patients with associated comorbidities is ...
Mar Hernández-Secorún, Hugo Abenia-Benedí, María Orosia Lucha-López, María Durán-Serrano, Javier Sami Hamam-Alcober, John Krauss, Christie Booth-Smith, César Hidalgo-García   +7 more
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Venous ulcer healing treated with conventional therapy and adjuvant laser: is there a difference?

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to evaluate the effects of venous ulcer healing in patients after six months of conventional treatment and adjuvant low-power laser therapy.
Viviane Maria Osmarin, Taline Bavaresco, Vania Naomi Hirakata, Amália de Fátima Lucena, Isabel Cristina Echer   +4 more
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Current Physiotherapy Practices of Outcome Measures in the Management of Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Background: The patients with low back pain have the frequency to seek physiotherapy. There are various outcome measures for low back pain with proven reliability and validity.
Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig, Syed Abdul Wajid, Syed Irfan Haider Naqvi, Muhammad Nooruddin, Syed Shahzad Ali   +4 more
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Variations in the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratios in Korea [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2014
Objectives: The hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR) has been widely used because it allows for robust risk adjustment using administrative data and is important for improving the quality of patient care.
Eun-Jung Lee, Soo-Hee Hwang, Jung-A Lee, Yoon Kim   +3 more
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Validation of a Prognostic Multivariable Prediction Model for Insufficient Clinical Response to Methotrexate in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Clinical Application in Evidencio

Rheumatology and Therapy, 2020
Introduction Methotrexate (MTX) constitutes the first-line therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet approximately 30% of the patients do not benefit from MTX.
Helen R. Gosselt, Maxime M. A. Verhoeven, Maurits C. F. J. de Rotte, Saskia M. F. Pluijm, Ittai B. Muller, Gerrit Jansen, Janneke Tekstra, Maja Bulatović-Ćalasan, Sandra G. Heil, Floris P. J. G. Lafeber, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Robert de Jonge   +11 more
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Evaluation of Health Outcomes with Relation to Intimate Partner Abuse among Pregnant Women Attending Gachsaran Hospitals in 2007

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2008
Background and Objectives Intimate partner abuse during pregnancy is a major problem associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. However, this relationship has not been adequately explored, especially in the developing countries. The present
M Dolatian, M Gharache, M Ahamadi, Shams, H Alavi Majd   +4 more
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