Integrating telerehabilitation and serious gaming during home-based exercise intervention after stroke: A randomized controlled pilot trial of the DISKO-tool by Elisabet Åkesson, Maria Bergqvist, Maja Eder, Nanna Bäckström, Erika Franzén, Jörgen Borg, Susanne Palmcrantz

“…Methods This randomized controlled pilot trial, included ambulatory patients ≥18 years of age with physical impairments 3–6 months poststroke. …”
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VISUAL DIDACTIC REGULATORS OF LOGICAL-SEMANTIC TYPE by V. E. Shteinberg, N. N. Manko

“…Visualization as the most convenient and compact form of different submission of data is becoming a key civilization trend of the information age.The aim of the publication is to justify the necessity of designing and applying new didactic means – visual didactic regulators of the logical-semantic type aimed at improving of teaching technologies.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Validity of the Actigraph-GT9X accelerometer for measuring steps and energy expenditures in heart failure patients. by Jisu Kim, Jonathan Kenyon, Hayley Billingsley, Natalie Bohmke, Syed Imran Ahmed, Hannah Salmons, Jung-Min Lee, Danielle Kirkman, Salvatore Carbone, Youngdeok Kim

“…<h4>Methods</h4>16 patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (mean age = 60.3±12.1yrs) completed a total of 41 symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise tests on a treadmill across multiple time points (median (IQR) = 2.5 (1.5-3.5)). …”
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Correlation of the cycle threshold value of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR with biomarker levels in the prognosis of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 by Shweta Singhal, Geetika Rana, Atul K. Singh, Shekhar Pal, Shweta Thaledi

“…Results: The study included 370 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a mean age (mean ± SD) of 51.08 (16.58%) years and 250 (67.5%) males and 120 (32.4%) females. …”
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Mean arterial pressure may be a valuable tool for classifying blood pressure in physically actives: A cross-sectional study among females from North India by Monika Kulshreshtha, Shivani Chandel

“…Methods: Data on blood pressure were collected using a standardized procedure from 441 Delhi-National Capital Region females (206 Kathak dancers; 235 age-matched non-dancers). We calculated MAP using Diastolic Blood Pressure + (0.33 ∗ Pulse Pressure). …”
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Role of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgeries in the Contemporary Era by Tanu Chaudhary, Manish Bansal, Ravi R. Kasliwal

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 1283 participants (mean age – 63.8 years and 54.9% males) undergoing DSE for preoperative cardiac evaluation before nonemergent, noncardiac, major surgeries were included. …”
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma: Comprehension of cell-of-origin subtypes by Shruti Rao, Sridhar Epari, Tanuja M. Shet, Sumeet Gujral, Hasmukh Jain, Bhausaheb Bagal, Manju Senagar, Prakash Shetty, Aliasgar Moiyadi, Jayant Sastri Goda, Tejpal Gupta

“…Materials and Methods: As many as 143 cases of primary CNS lymphoma were evaluated by immunohistochemistry for CD10, BCL6, MUM1, GCET, and FOXP1 and based on which the said 143 cases were further classified into COO subtypes using Hans and Choi algorithms. Results: Mean age was 53.8 years with marginal male preponderance and predominantly centroblastic morphology (75.5%). …”
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Use of the FHTHWA Index as a Novel Approach for Predicting the Incidence of Diabetes in a Japanese Population Without Diabetes: Data Analysis Study by Jiao Wang, Jianrong Chen, Ying Liu, Jixiong Xu

“…ResultsThe final study population of 15464 participants had a mean age of 42 (range 18-79) years; 54.5% (8430) were men. …”
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El cumplimiento del marco legal en la planificación territorial y urbana: ¿mito o realidad? Análisis comparado de Bulgaria y Polonia by Velislava Simeonova, Maciej Nowak

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Lifetime Paid Work and Mental Health Problems among Poor Urban 9-to-13-Year-Old Children in Brazil by Isabel A. Bordin, Ivens H. Pires, Cristiane S. Paula

“…Potential correlates include child gender and age, socioeconomic status/SES, maternal education, parental working status, and family social isolation, among others. …”
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“National Champions” and Technological “Little Giants”: Chinese Industrial Policy Between Modernization and Tradition by I. V. Danilin

“…The relevance of this study lies in evaluating China's capacity to adapt to a shifting international environment, heightened technological competition from Western countries, and domestic pressures such as an aging population and slowing economic growth.The paper seeks to assess current strategies for the development of China's national innovation system (NIS) and critically analyze the transformation of its industrial policy. …”
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Learning to play to learn in pediatric physical therapy by Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Stacey C. Dusing, Gay L. Girolami, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Hanne De Jaegher

“…This study investigates this integration of play and seeks to answer the research question: How do pediatric physical therapists (PPT) understand and manage embedding play in pediatric physical therapy with children aged 0–3?MethodsThis is a qualitative study in which we connect to an enactive theoretical framework. …”
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Agonism and performance in adolescent football players in informal physical education settings by Sara Aliberti, Francesca D’Elia, Giuseppe Giardullo, Giuseppe Giardullo, Gaetano Raiola

“…A sample of 79 Under-19 football players, with a mean age of 14.6 (±1.89) years, was recruited through convenience sampling. …”
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Uncoded chronic kidney disease prevalence in secondary care: a retrospective audit with population health implications by Samantha Dolan, Ajitesh Anand, Philip A. Kalra, Stuart Stewart

“…Hypertension and advanced CKD were significant predictors of coding CKD on discharge in uncoded patients. Age, sex, indices of multiple deprivation, and AKI were significant predictors of death during admission. …”
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Trichomonas vaginalis and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Oromia Region, Southern Ethiopia by Oliyad Husen, Alqeer Aliyo, Kalicha Boru, Tibeso Gemechu, Wako Dedecha, Girma Ashenafi

“…The highest prevalence was observed among the 35–39-year-old age group with 18.2% and among widowed women with 25%. …”
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Incidence and determinants of mortality among patients with colorectal cancer in oncology centers of Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2024: multicenter retrospective follow up study by Getachew Tesfaw Walle, Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Seteamlak Adane

“…Thus, this study seeks to assess incidence and determinants of mortality among colorectal cancer patients in Amhara Region oncology centers. Results The mean age of the participants was 48.6 years (SD ± 15). …”
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Clinical characteristics of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody among aquaporin-4 negative neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Egyptian patients by Sara I. Taha, Salwa I. Bakr, Nermeen T. Fouad, Dina Zamzam, Yasmine A. Mohamed

“…The presence of anti-MOG antibodies was not significantly associated with age (p = 0.696), gender (p = 0.232), type of relapse (p = 0.488), number of attacks (p = 0.968), family history of consanguinity (p = 0.211), family history of autoimmune disease (p = 0.608), nor with smoking (p = 0.608). …”
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Identification and resolution of drug-related problems in the cardiovascular surgery unit of a tertiary hospital in China: a retrospective study by Bo-Xia Li, Si-Ming Guo, Yan-Ping Wang, Ke-Xin Zhong, Yu-Hui Wei

“…Furthermore, binary logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the frequency of DRPs was correlated with age, the length of hospitalization, diagnosis of valvular disease, presence of infectious desease and the number of different types of drugs used by the patients. …”
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Stages of Change Model for Participation in Physical Activity during Pregnancy by Lene Annette Hagen Haakstad, Nanna Voldner, Kari Bø

“…The results showed that receiving advice from health professionals to exercise during pregnancy increased the likeliness of being in stages 4-5, while higher age, multiparity, pregravid overweight, unhealthy eating habits, pelvic girdle pain, and urinary incontinence were more prevalent with low readiness to change exercise habits (stages 1–3). …”
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Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibitor Therapy: A Retrospective Chart Study by Roda Plakogiannis, Abraham Stefanidis, Nubriel Hernandez, Etty Vider

“…A significant negative correlation between patients’ age and absolute change in EF was identified (r= -0.28; p < 0.05), indicating that the increase in EF was stronger for younger patients. …”
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