Clinical Observation of Sling Exercise Therapy and Meridian Plucking Manipulation on Lumbar Disc Herniation by LI Li, Ziyun FENG, Jinglong SUN

“…Each group received corresponding treatment for five times per week and one week as a course. After four courses of treatment, the therapeutic effect and changes of VAS, JOA, ODI and back extensor muscle strength of 3 groups were observed.Results:The effective rate in SET and meridian plucking manipulation group was higher than that of other two groups (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Safety and effectiveness of an herbal decoction (modified Saengmaeksan) in hypertensive patients: Protocol for a real-world prospective observational study. by Nahyun Cho, Hobin Moon, Kyung-Min Shin, Byoung-Kab Kang, Jungtae Leem, Changsop Yang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This single-arm, prospective, observational study will be conducted at Kyunghee Bichedam Korean Medicine Clinic from October 23, 2023 to August 30, 2024, enrolling 30 hypertensive patients. Over 12 weeks, participants will undergo 4 visits, receiving modified Saengmaeksan twice daily for 8 weeks, with a subsequent 4-week follow-up. …”
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Correlations between Endothelial Functions and ROS Detection in Diabetic Microvascular Wall: Early and Late Ascorbic Acid Supplementation by Pattarin Sridulyakul, Natchaya Wongeak-in, Suthiluk Patumraj

“…Male Spraque-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: control, diabetes rats (DM, using iv.injection of 55 mg/kg BW streptozotocin, (STZ)), and two groups of DM rats treated with AA (1 g/L, (STZ)) starting on day 2 (DM + AAday2) and week 6th (DM + AA6wk). On 12th week after STZ injection, the findings showed that in DM group, Ach (10−5 M)-induced vasodilatation was decreased, while the number of leukocyte adhesion was increased significantly (𝑃<0.01). …”
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Does an increase in physiological indexes predict better cognitive performance: the PhyCog randomised cross-over protocol in type 2 diabetes by Frederic Dutheil, Guillaume T Vallet, Igor Tauveron, Julien S Baker, Valentin Magnon, Jordan Mille, Valentin Brusseau, Laetitia Silvert, Marie Izaute

“…The study will include a total of 81 patients with T2D.Cognitive performance and physiological variables will be assessed at baseline (week 0—W0), during the washout (W5, 72–96 hours after week 4), at the end of the intervention (W10), and at the end of the follow-up (W22). …”
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The PREPARE Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Telehealth Trimodal Prehabilitation Program for Women with Endometrial Neoplasia by Elise P. Legault, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Danielle Moreau-Amaru, Emmanuelle Robert, Sara Forte, Alain S. Comtois, Vanessa Samouëlian, François Tournoux

“…The participants could select their exercise group: (1) a supervised PP (SPP), group sessions 3×/week; (2) a semi-supervised PP (SSPP), group session 1×/week, training alone 2×/week; or (3) a physical activity counseling session (PACS). …”
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The Physiological Impacts of the Low- and Moderate-Volume-HIIT with or without Nano-Curcumin Supplement in Women in Menopause with Obesity by Valiollah Dabidi Roshan, Sepideh Noorbakhsh, Seyedeh Fatemeh Ziatabar Ahmadi, Mehdi Nikseresht

“…In a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, 53, moderately obese menopause women (average age 45–60 yrs, BMI > 30 kg/m2, WC for >85 cm, and body fat > 35%) were randomly assigned to undertake either LV-HIIT, MV-HIIT, or NaC supplement (daily 80 mg in two 40-mg capsules) for two sessions per week for 8 weeks. The maximal exercise testing after 8-week of the LV-HIIT and MV-HIIT interventions caused significantly increase in the VO2max (mean difference: 6.83 (95% CI: 25.58–43.51), p=0.01, mean difference: 5.31 (95% CI: 23.98–39.02), p=0.028), and oxygen pulse (mean difference: 0.02 (95% CI: 0.16–0.19), p=0.04, mean difference: 0.04 (95% CI: 0.17–0.21), p=0.02), respectively. …”
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Effect of Modified Compound Xiaozhang Powder for Patients with Shoulder-Hand Syndrome after Cerebral Infarction by Using Fumigation and Washing combined with Acupuncture by Dujuan GE, Liyu WU, Sanfeng SUN, Xiangshu LI

“…Rehabilitation training 20-30 min a time, one time per day, five times per week, continuous treatment for one month. The observation group was treated with modified compound Xiaozhang powder by using fumigation and washing combined with acupuncture on the basis of the control group. …”
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A preliminary exploration of establishing a mice model of hypoxic training by Minglu Li, Zhijie Chen, Ziyang He, Xinjuan Zhang, Yanqiu Liu, Hui Zhou, Hang Yang, Tao Liu, Xiaochuan Wang, Ran Zhang, Jiaxing Zhang

“…All hypoxic mice were placed in a chamber filled with 16% O2 and N2, and hypoxic training mice were trained for two weeks. Then mice were removed from the chamber and tested at normoxic conditions weekly at the beginning of the experiment and the second, third, fourth, and sixth weeks. …”
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Extracellular Vesicles from Amnion-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis in Rats by Masatsugu Ohara, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Hidetaka Hosono, Koji Yamamoto, Kohei Yuyama, Hideki Nakamura, Qingjie Fu, Osamu Maehara, Goki Suda, Naoya Sakamoto

“…NASH was induced by a 4-week high-fat diet (HFD), and liver fibrosis was induced by intraperitoneal injection of 2 mL/kg 50% carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) twice a week for six weeks. …”
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Functional Remediation Improves Serum BDNF and TrkB Levels in Euthymic Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized Trial Study by Li R, Li J, Ji SS, Li D, Chu L, Zhang J, Sun X, Luo X, Zhang Y

“…Meanwhile, we collected blood samples (10 milliliters) from all participants for determination of serum BDNF/ TrkB levels both at baseline and week 12. After baseline assessment, all participants received FR or TAU treatments, respectively.Results: Our results showed significant decreasing in HDRS-17 and YMRS scores, increasing in serum BDNF and TrkB levels in both groups over 12 weeks (all p’s< 0.05). …”
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Efficacy of an artificial intelligence preoperative planning system for assisting in revision surgery after artificial total hip arthroplasty by Jiaqing Zhu, Shanbin Zheng, Jiahao Sun, Bowen Ma, Chiyu Zhang, Chao Zhang, Jirong Shen, Tianwei Xia

“…The Harris scores were 54.7 ± 9.6 and 89.6 ± 7.0 at 1 week and 6 months after surgery, respectively, which were significantly improved (P < 0.05) compared with the preoperative scores of 33.5 ± 8.3, and further improved at 6 months after surgery compared with the 1-week period (P < 0.05). …”
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Medical treatment for dry eye in patients with keratoconus after corneal cross-linking by I.A. Bubnova, G.B. Egorova, V.V. Averich, T.S. Mitichkina

“…Total and basic tear production also improved by 3.7% in a week (p=0.81) and by 11% in a month (p=0.86). Tear film lipid layer tended to restore in a month after CXL.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Allisartan Isoproxil/Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension Uncontrolled by Amlodipine: A Phase III, Multicenter, Double‐Blind, Parallel‐Group, R... by Hongjie Chi, Xin Zhang, Shumei Ma, Gang Pan, Xiaojuan Lian, Yan Chen, Haotian Pei, Zichen Liu, Xiangmin Lin

“…This 12‐week double‐blind period was followed by an open‐label extension of ALI/AML treatment through week 52. …”
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Safety and efficacy of long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation on metabolism, sleep, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide biosynthesis in healthy, middle-aged Japane... by Shintaro Yamaguchi, Junichiro Irie, Masanori Mitsuishi, Yuichi Uchino, Hideaki Nakaya, Ryo Takemura, Emi Inagaki, Shotaro Kosugi, Hideyuki Okano, Masato Yasui, Kazuo Tsubota, Kaori Hayashi, Jun Yoshino, Hiroshi Itoh

“…An 8-week, single-center, single-arm, open-label clinical trial was conducted. …”
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Changes of Lacrimal Puncta by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Topical Combined Antibiotic and Steroid Treatment in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Stenosis by Islam Awny, Elshimaa A. Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

“…The second epiphora group (EG2) received preservative-free artificial tears (sodium hyaluronate-, polyethylene-, and propylene glycol-based), three times daily for four weeks. The patients were examined before treatment, one week, one month, and one and half months later. …”
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Insights into salinity effect on growth of the spotted scat (Scatophagus argus): Exploring the optimum salinity for its culture by Maoliang Su, Zhanquan Feng, Youling Zhong, Zhiyin Ye, Junbin Zhang

“…In the present study, the effect of salinity on growth performance in Scatophagus argus juveniles was evaluated and analyzed. After a 12-week experimental period, the average body weight of S. argus juveniles was significantly different (p < 0.05) in six salinity treatments (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 ppt). …”
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Clinical Rehabilitation Effect of Postoperative Lower-Limb Training on the Patients Undergoing OLIF Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Haoming Wang, Yachong Huo, Yachao Zhao, Botong Zhang, Dalong Yang, Sidong Yang, Wenyuan Ding

“…All participants got reexamined at the first postoperative week, the second postoperative week, the first postoperative month, and the third postoperative month (last follow-up). …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Chondrocyte Apoptosis and Cartilage Matrix of Experimental Rats with Knee Osteoarthritis by Guangwen WU, Chunsong ZHENG, Xihai LI, Qiuying LIN, Yichen DAI, Qiuxiang LIN, Yuanyuan ZHANG, Mingxia WU

“…After the model were successfully established, the induced knee osteoarthritis rats were randomly divided into three groups: the model group (without any treatment, <italic>n</italic>=10), the EA 15 min group (received electroacupuncture treatment for 15 min/once/day, 5 times/week, <italic>n</italic>=10) and the EA 30 min group (received electroacupuncture treatment for 30 min/once/day, 5 times/week, <italic>n</italic>=10). …”
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Utilizing Technology-Enabled Intervention to Improve Blood Glucose Self-Management Outcome in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Initiated on Insulin Therapy: A Retrospective Real-World Stud... by Jian Lin, Xia Li, Shan Jiang, Xiao Ma, Yuxin Yang, Zhiguang Zhou

“…The primary objective was to assess the benefits of LCCP based on changes in fasting blood glucose (FBG) and postprandial glucose (PPG) levels from baseline to 12 weeks. Paired t-test was used to assess the change in blood glucose (BG) from baseline to week 12. …”
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Acupuncture treatment of restless legs syndrome: a randomized clinical controlled study protocol based on PET-CT and fMRI by Lin Tang, Na Zhao, Xiaolin Gao, Jinjin Li, Xintong Yu, Ruilong Liang, Chen Xie, Lutong Li, Qianqian Wang, Wenjia Yang

“…Treatment will be given three times per week for 4 consecutive weeks. The primary outcome is the International Restless Legs severity rating scale (IRLSS). …”
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