Month: August 2022

J Hand Ther. 2022 Aug 28:S0894-1130(22)00086-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2022.07.011. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, the use of occupational performance in education on joint protection techniques has not been studied for individuals with thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis. PURPOSE: This case series was designed to investigate if occupation-based instruction inside the clinic was useful …

Incorporation of occupational based intervention into joint protection education for individuals with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: A case series Read More »

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 Aug 31. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00470-5. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Short-term mobile monitoring campaigns to estimate long-term air pollution levels are becoming increasingly common. Still, many campaigns have not conducted temporally-balanced sampling, and few have looked at the implications of such study designs for epidemiologic exposure assessment. OBJECTIVE: We …

Design and evaluation of short-term monitoring campaigns for long-term air pollution exposure assessment Read More »

PLoS One. 2022 Aug 31;17(8):e0273072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273072. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT This study identified the social determinants of health (SDoH) associated with psychological distress in adults with and without a self-reported history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), stratified by sex. Data from the 2014-2017 cycles of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor Survey, a …

Social determinants of health associated with psychological distress stratified by lifetime traumatic brain injury status and sex: Cross-sectional evidence from a population sample of adults in Ontario, Canada Read More »

PLoS One. 2022 Aug 31;17(8):e0270186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270186. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and hypertension is increasing worldwide including low-and middle-income countries. Good knowledge of such diseases among young people will make them adopt a healthy lifestyle from an early age, which will, in turn, prevent them from developing such …

Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding diabetes and hypertension among school students of Nepal: A rural vs. urban study Read More »

Aging (Albany NY). 2022 Aug 30;14(undefined). doi: 10.18632/aging.204251. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Since interventions such as caloric restriction or fasting robustly promote lipid catabolism and improve aging-related phenotypical markers, we investigated the direct effect of increased lipid catabolism via overexpression of bmm (brummer, FBgn0036449), the major triglyceride hydrolase in Drosophila, on lifespan and physiological …

Systemic lipolysis promotes physiological fitness in Drosophila melanogaster Read More »

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2021 Dec 31;35:193. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.35.193. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Background: Action Observation Therapy (AOT) is a top-down approach that has been recently introduced in the rehabilitation of neurological disorders mainly after stroke. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effects and feasibility of a new technique in AOT …

Effectiveness of Self-Action Observation Therapy as a Novel Method on Paretic Upper Limb and Cortical Excitability Post-Stroke: A Single-Subject Study Read More »

Respir Care. 2022 Aug 30:respcare.09791. doi: 10.4187/respcare.09791. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Interprofessional Education (IPE) provides a framework for collaborative education between health care specialties to improve patient care. In 2010, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel established the competencies of communication, ethics, roles and responsibilities, and teams and teamwork. Studies have assessed knowledge …

Faculty Perspective on Interprofessional Education Competencies: Respiratory Therapy Compared to Other Allied Health Professions Read More »

Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 30. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01753-x. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Although paternal age has been linked to certain psychiatric disorders, the nature of any causal relationship remains elusive. Here, we aimed to comprehensively assess the magnitude of a wide range of offspring’s psychiatric risk conferred by paternal age, leveraging a pedigree inferred from …

Paternal age and 13 psychiatric disorders in the offspring: a population-based cohort study of 7 million children in Taiwan Read More »

JMIR Form Res. 2022 Aug 7. doi: 10.2196/35718. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Telemedicine can take many forms, from telephone-only consultations to video consultations via smartphone or personal computer, depending on the goals of the treatment. One of the advantages of videoconferencing is the direct visual contact between patients and therapists even over long …

Orthopedic trauma patient satisfaction with telemedicine during the Covid-19 lockdown: an interview study among 25 patients Read More »

Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Aug 30:nqac233. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac233. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Observational studies have linked Mediterranean Diets (MedDiet) and organic food consumption with positive health outcomes, which may be explained by higher mineral micronutrient and phenolic intake and lower dietary exposure to toxic compounds. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of diet …

Diet, but not food type, significantly affects micronutrient and toxic metal profiles in urine and/or plasma; a randomized, controlled intervention trial Read More »