Clinical Observation on Chronic Low Back Pain Treated by Sling and Tuina Exercise Therapy by Ning WANG, Yi DING, Qiangqiang XU, Jiapeng ZHANG, LI Li

“…Compared with before treatment, the VAS score and ODI score were decreased significantly one month and two months after the end of treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05), but there was no difference between four weeks after treatment and one month or two months after the whole treatment (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05); the VAS score and ODI score in the sling and tuina exercise therapy group was lower than other two groups one month and two months after the end of treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05).Conclusion:Sling and tuina exercise therapy can increase the muscle thickness of affected transversus abdominal muscle and multifidus muscle in patients with chronic low back pain, and effectively alleviate the pain problem of patients with chronic low back pain and improve the lumbar muscles dysfunction of patients. …”
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Efficacy of a Mobile Health–Based Behavioral Treatment for Lifestyle Modification in Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management: Greenhabit Randomized Controlled Trial by Ana Maria Ruiz-Leon, Rosa Casas, Sara Castro-Barquero, Sofia Alfaro-González, Petia Radeva, Emilio Sacanella, Francesc Casanovas-Garriga, Ainhoa Pérez-Gesalí, Ramon Estruch

“…They were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: (1) an intervention group (n=61) instructed to use the Greenhabit mobile app alongside standard care, or (2) a control group (n=62) who received advice on maintaining a healthy diet and followed standard care. …”
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Changes in the functionality of tear film and autorefractometry reading after instillations of artificial tear products of different viscosity by V.V. Brzheskiy, E.L. Efimova, M.A. Kopylova, P.V. Kocharina, A.A. Primak, V.P. Nikolaenko

“…Next, an artificial tear product was instilled, i.e., group 1 (14 patients, 28 eyes) received a 0.15% sodium hyaluronate-based preparation, and group 2 (16 patients, 32 eyes) received a 0.4% sodium hyaluronate-based preparation. …”
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MANIFESTATION OF COVID-19 IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY: FEATURES OF GESTATION, OBSTETRIC AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES by Людмила Станиславовна Ищенко, Екатерина Евгеньевна Воропаева, Элла Алексеевна Казачкова, Евгений Леонидович Казачков, Татьяна Николаевна Шамаева, Елена Романовна Вейсенборн, Юлия Сергеевна Ищенко

“…Patients of the main group, depending on the severity of COVID-19, were divided into 4 groups: with a mild course (n = 137) – group 1, with a moderate course (n = 259) – group 2, with a severe course (n = 50) – 3 group with extremely severe infection (n = 10) – group 4. 90 women in the third trimester of gestation who had no history of COVID-19 during this pregnancy – a comparison group. …”
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CYTOKINES AND PROTEINS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN THE BLOOD OF RATS OF DIFFERENT AGES AFTER FILLING THE DEFECT IN THE FEMORAL METAPHYSIS WITH ALLOGENEIC BONE IMPLANTS SATURATED... by Petro Vorontsov, Frida Leontieva, Vladyslav Tulyakov, Igor Husakov

“…When introducing MSCs OP: 3-month-old rats - 13.55(12.90; 14.04), 14.14(13.43;14.87) and 14.12(13.75;14.77) ng/ml, which was higher than in rats without MSCs in 1.11 (p=0.008), 1.11 (p=0.008) and 1.17 (p=0.008) times; 12-month-old - 15.26(14.70; 15.81), 16.38(15.88; 16.91) and 16.06(15.53; 16.67) ng/ml, which is more than the comparison group 1.11 (p=0.008), 1.16 (p=0.008) and 1.22 (p=0.008) times; Conclusions. …”
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Application of acupuncture therapy in relieving the anxiety among patients undergoing glaucoma surgery (针灸疗法缓解青光眼手术患者焦虑的效果观察) by LI Gonghui (李贡辉), (毛珍), MA Di (马迪), HUANG Chukai (黄楚开), TAN Ronghui (谭容慧)

“…The perioperative health education was carried in both two groups 1 day before surgery. In the observation group, patients received acupuncture therapy 1 day and 30 minutes before surgery respectively. …”
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Application of finger-pressing on Tiantu acupoint to induce cough in postoperative patients with early-stage lung cancer (指压天突穴引咳法在早期肺癌术后患者中的应用)... by BIAN Guanjun (边冠军), ZHANG Chunmei (张春梅), LIU Lifeng (刘丽峰)

“…The time (h) to cough up the first sputum after nebulization on the first postoperative day was shorter in the observation group (1. 73±0. 81) than in the control group (3. 02±0. 88), with a significant difference(P＜0. 01). …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Cognitive Training on Patients with Post Stroke Cognitive Impairment： A Meta-Analysis by LIU Changxing, GUO Xinyi, CHANG Xiang

“…If <italic>P</italic>≥0.10 and <italic>I</italic>²≤50%, a fixed effects model would be used, and if <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.10 and <italic>I</italic>²&gt;50%, a random effects model would be used.ResultsA total of 23 RCTs with 1 788 patients were included, 895 patients in the control group and 893 patients in the experimental group. (1) MoCA scores: subgroup analyses by different treatments in the control group showed that MoCA scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group [<italic>MD</italic>=1.78, 95% <italic>CI </italic>(1.18, 2.38), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 1; <italic>MD</italic>=3.30, 95% <italic>CI </italic>(3.01,3.58), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]; subgroup analyses by stimulation frequency showed that MoCA scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group [<italic>MD</italic>=3.49, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (3.40, 3.57), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01; <italic>MD</italic>=3.16, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (2.79, 3.53), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]. (2) MMSE score: compared with the control group, MMSE score in the experimental group was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=2.14, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.14, 3.15), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 1; <italic>MD</italic>=3.16, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (2.71, 3.60), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]. (3) ADL score: compared with the control group, ADL score in the experimental group was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=10.78, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (9.18, 12.38), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01; <italic>MD</italic>=8.23, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (7.04, 9.41), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]. (4) RBMT score: compared with the control group, RBMT score in the experimental group was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=2.00, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.37, 2.63), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01].ConclusionrTMS combined with cognitive training can improve cognitive function, intelligence state, behavioral memory ability and activities of daily living of stroke patients, which is recommended for clinical application.…”
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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

“…The households of integrated crop-livestock groups (G2) and (G4) had the highest resilience compared to households in single enterprise groups i.e. only cropping (G1) and only livestock (G3), with the lowest resilience in G3. …”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Combined with Kinesio Taping on Plantar Fasciitis by Mingliang JIN, Hua YUAN, Xu HU, Xu JIN, Hongru YUAN, Jiajin FAN

“…During the treatment, 4 patients were dropped (2 cases in the control group, 1 case in the ESWT group and 1 case in the ESWT+KT group). …”
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Serum biomarkers in the metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver fibrosis diagnosis in children by Yu.M. Stepanov, N.Yu. Zavhorodnia, I.A. Klenina, O.M. Tatarchuk, O.P. Petishko

“…According to transient elastography and body mass index, all children were divided into four groups: group I — 27 children with MASLD and fibrosis ≥ F1, group II — 35 children with MASLD without fibrosis, group III — 18 obese or overweight children without MASLD and without fibrosis. …”
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Personalized approach in the management of women with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and carbohydrate metabolism disorders by L.R. Petrovska, I.O. Kostitska, T.R. Petrovskyy, R.V. Petrovskyy

“…Sixty female individuals who met the study criteria were examined and divided into two groups: group I (n = 30) — HFpEF and prediabetes; group II (n = 30) — HFpEF and T2DM. …”
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Analyzing the efficacy of a novel method for detecting achromatopsia by N.V. Sukhanova, S.I. Rychkova, V.G. Likhvantseva, R.I. Sandimirov, V.V. Kadyshev, R.A. Zinchenko

“…Sixteen (80%) patients were diagnosed with mutations in the CNGB3 gene and 4 (20%) patients were diagnosed with mutations in the CNGA3 gene. The control group 1 (with eye diseases) included 37 patients with congenital optic atrophy and 5 patients with oculocutaneous albinism. …”
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Short-Interval Self-Learning to Improve Retention of Resuscitation Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…However, the appropriate number of chest compressions, the number of chest compressions with appropriate depth, and chest compression depth in the short-interval self-retraining groups one year later were better than those observed immediately after training. …”
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Exploring Medical Students’ Self-Reported Confidence and Willingness Administering Basic Life Support (BLS) Following Peer-Led Training in the Context of COVID-19 by Sarah Allsop

“…Data were analyzed in three groups: 1) pre-COVID (including in-person training), 2) during COVID (virtual-only training), and 3) post-COVID (including in-person training). …”
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Clinical and experimental rationale for using phenylephrine with hypromellose for the treatment of extra accommodation strain in patients with myopia by M.V. Makhova, E.V. Shikh, V.V. Strakhov, D.S. Blinov, G.K. Poluosmak, E.V. Semeleva, E.V. Blinova

“…The children were split into two groups. The group 1 patients received Irifrin^® BK, containing 2.5% phenylephrine with hypromellose, one eye drop at the bedtime during 30 days, and the group 2 patients — Preparation A (2.5% phenylephrine without hypromellose) according to the same dosage regimen. …”
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Factors Contributing to Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence Among People Living With HIV Returning to Care in South-Eastern Tanzania: A Qualitative Study by Matimbwa H, Lolo SA, Matoy LS, Ndaki R, Ngahyoma S, Mollel HA, Luoga E, Vanobberghen F, Vianney JM, Idindili B, Weisser M

“…Ndege1. 1, Agatha Ngulukila1. 1, Alex John Ntamatungiro1. 16. 67. 7, Vaileth Nyaenza3. 310. 1011. 11, Emmanuel Nyenza1. 1, Amina Nyuri1. 1, James Okuma4. 45. 5, Ally Olotu1. 1, Daniel H Paris4. 45. 5, Martin Rohacek1. 14. 45. 5, Leila Samson1. 1, Elizabeth Senkoro1. 1, George Sigalla1. 1, Joseph Singo1. 1, Jamali B Siru1. 1, Jenifa Tarimo1. 1, Albart R Malabe3. 310. 1011. 11, Juerg Utzinger4. 45. 5, Fiona Vanobberghen4. 45. 5, Maja Weisser1. 14. 45. 510. 10, John Wigay1. 1, Lulu Wilson1. 1 On behalf of the KIULARCO Study Group1Interventions and Clinical Trials Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania; 2School of Life Science and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania; 3Department of Health Services, Mzumbe University, Mbeya, Tanzania; 4Department of Secondary Education, Singida, Tanzania; 5Chronic Disease of Ifakara, St. …”
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