The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Upper Extremity Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study by Marianna Kelaiditi, Alexandra Lepoura, Anna Christakou, Nikolaos Chrysagis, Vasiliki Sakellari

“…Both interventions were implemented over eight weeks. Assessments were conducted at baseline, week 4, and week 8 using the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) (spasticity), ABILHAND (manual ability), and a quality-of-life questionnaire. …”
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The effects of active play interventions on children’s fundamental movement skills: a systematic review by Xinmiao Zhang, Changhao Tang, Miao Geng, Kai Li, Cong Liu, Yujun Cai

“…The AP interventions in these 9 studies exhibited varying characteristics, with individual intervention durations ranging from 45 to 60 min, intervention frequencies ranging from once a week to four times per week, and intervention periods spanning from 4 weeks to 6 months. …”
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The Effects of Self-Monitoring Using a Smartwatch and Smartphone App on Stress Awareness, Self-Efficacy, and Well-Being–Related Outcomes in Police Officers: Longitudinal Mixed Desi... by Herman Jaap de Vries, Roos Delahaij, Marianne van Zwieten, Helen Verhoef, Wim Kamphuis

“…The data of 79 participants were included for analysis. During the first 5 weeks, participants used no self-monitoring technology (control period). …”
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Myxedema Psychosis: Neuropsychiatric Manifestations and Rhabdomyolysis Unmasking Hypothyroidism by Sundus Sardar, Mhd-Baraa Habib, Aseel Sukik, Bashar Tanous, Sara Mohamed, Raad Tahtouh, Abdelrahman Hamad, Mouhand F. H. Mohamed

“…A 36-year-old lady presented with one-week history of persecutory and paranoid delusions, along with visual and auditory hallucinations. …”
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The efficacy and safety of peroperative statin treatment during coronary artery bypass grafting by I.V. Shklianka, O.J. Zharinov, К.O. Mikhaliev, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…Depending on perioperative statins usage, patients were retrospectively divided into three groups: group one – did not receive statins at least one week before surgery (n = 30), group two – received statins in moderate or low doses (n = 107), group three – received statins in high doses for at least one week before surgery (n = 18). …”
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Comprehensive self-tracking of blood glucose and lifestyle with a mobile application in the management of gestational diabetes: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (... by Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Harri Sievänen, Seppo Heinonen, Sari Niinistö, Suvi M Virtanen, Ilkka Korhonen, Mikko Kytö, Lisa Torsdatter Markussen, Pekka Marttinen, Giulio Jacucci, Tuuli E Korhonen, Saila B Koivusalo

“…Participants in the intervention group use the eMOM GDM app with continuous glucose metre (CGM) and activity bracelet for 1 week every month until delivery and an electronic 3-day food record every month until delivery. …”
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Impact of Collagenated and Non-Collagenated Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral on Schneiderian Membrane Integrity in Rabbits by Rihito Yamada, Samuel Porfirio Xavier, Yasushi Nakajima, Erick Ricardo Silva, Daniele Botticelli, Yuki Teranishi, Shunsuke Baba

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The addition of 10% collagen to deproteinized bovine bone mineral initially provided protection against mucosal thinning and perforation after 2 weeks of healing. However, by week 12, this protective effect diminished, resulting in similar rates of mucosal thinning and perforations in both groups.…”
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Student perceptions of U.S. based school day physical activity best practices in relation to accelerometer-based sedentary behavior and activity by Ann Pulling Kuhn, Ajuni Choudhary, Amy Zemanick, Hannah Lane, Bridget Armstrong, Yan Wang, Rachel Deitch, Erin R. Hager

“…For every additional best practice perceived, elementary schoolers spent 0.64 % less time in sedentary behavior (B = -0.62; SE = 0.27, p = .02), equivalent to ∼12 fewer minutes/week in sedentary behaviors, and 0.58 % more time in light activity (B = 0.58; SE = 0.25, p = .02; ∼10 more minutes/week). …”
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Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for Stress Symptom Classification of Cucumber Seedlings Grown in a Controlled Environment by Kyu-Ho Lee, Samsuzzaman, Md Nasim Reza, Sumaiya Islam, Shahriar Ahmed, Yeon Jin Cho, Dong Hee Noh, Sun-Ok Chung

“…A cost-effective RGB camera, integrated with a microcontroller, captured images from the top of the seedlings over a two-week period, from which sequential forward floating selection (SFFS) and correlation matrices were used to streamline feature extraction. …”
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Effect of "Tong Du Tiao Shen" Acupuncture Therapy Combined with Rehabilitation Training on the Recovery of Lower Limb Motor Function after Ischemic Stroke by ZHANG Junyu, HAN Wei, JIN Zikai, YANG Kun, HE Chenggong, DAI Fei

“…The training sessions were performed once a day, for 30 minutes and the treatment was performed 6 times a week. In addition to the treatment of the control group, the observation group was also treated with "Tong Du Tiao Shen" acupuncture therapy, taking Baihui, Fengfu, Dazhui, bilateral Fengchi, Yintang, bilateral sun and gutters, applying the method of reinforcing and reducing, keeping the needle for 30 minutes, treating the needle once a day, 6 times a week, four weeks for one course. …”
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Review and External Evaluation of Population Pharmacokinetic Models for Vedolizumab in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Assessing Predictive Performance and Clinical Appli... by Marija Jovanović, Ana Homšek, Srđan Marković, Đorđe Kralj, Petar Svorcan, Tamara Knežević Ivanovski, Olga Odanović, Katarina Vučićević

“…Simulation analysis further demonstrated that the median VDZ concentration remains above 12 μg/mL at week 22 during maintenance treatment for approximately 45–60% of patients with the best-case covariate combinations and an 8-week dosing frequency. …”
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An empowerment programme to improve diet quality during pregnancy – the Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy cluster randomised controlled trial by Renske M. van Lonkhuijzen, Jeanne H. M. de Vries, Elske Brouwer-Brolsma, Susanne Cremers, Janine P. M. Faessen, Edith J. M. Feskens, Annemarie Wagemakers

“…Results The P4HP programme was conducted from approximately week 11 to week 34 of pregnancy. The total diet quality score significantly improved during pregnancy in the intervention group compared to the control group (4.28; 95% CI: 7.87 to 0.70; p = 0.019), particularly driven by improvements in the scores for vitamin D, iodine, and fish. …”
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Burden of Mental Morbidities among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital Of West Bengal during Third Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study by Soumi Ghosh, Sourav Bag, Arijit Mondal, Soumit Roy

“…A total of 86 HCWs participated over a period of one week. The data was analysed using SPSS 16 software. …”
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Postacute Myocardial Infarction Differences in Physical Activity Behavior, Anxiety, and Depression Levels by Abedalmajeed Methqal Shajrawi PhD, RN, CNS, Hekmat Yousef Al-Akash PhD, Ahmed Mohammad Al-Smadi PhD, Rami Masa'deh PhD, RN, Mohannad Eid Aburuz PhD, RN, CNS, Heba Khalil PhD, RN, Issa Moh'd Hweidi BSN, PhD, Ahmad Rajeh Saifan PhD, RN

“…The mean self-reported exercise duration and exercise frequency of patients with post-STEMI were significantly higher than for their post-NSTEMI counterparts: 151.7 (76.33) versus 87.78 (37.62) minutes per week, and 2.92 (1.44) versus 1.97 (0.88) times per week (respectively). …”
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Dose–response relationship between sedentary time and anxiety and the moderating effect of a 10-min walk: a cross-sectional study by Zheng Tian, Yimiao Li, Nan Zhang, Yong Liu, Yibo Wu, Lan Wang

“…Among individuals who were sedentary for > 6 h, those who walked more than 10 min on ≤ 5 days per week had a 67.1% increased risk of anxiety (OR = 1.671), whereas those who walked more than 10 min on > 5 days per week experienced a 19% decreased risk of anxiety (OR = 0.810). …”
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Effect of narrative writing based on Gibbs’ reflective model on the empathy and communication skills of nursing students by Najmeh Ahmadpour, Atefeh Shariati, Mahdieh Poodineh Moghadam

“…Students in this group were asked to engage in narrative writing-reflection sessions for 8 weeks, producing at least 8 narratives (one at the end of each week). …”
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Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer by Leena Vehmanen, Johanna Mattson, Evangelos Karademas, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, Berta Sousa, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Ketti Mazzocco, Panagiotis Simos, Fátima Cardoso, Greta Pettini, Chiara Marzorati, Eleni Kolokotroni, Georgios Stamatakos, Diana Frasquilho, Paula Poikonen-Saksela

“…At the beginning of adjuvant therapy and after twelve months, 32% and 26% of participants were physically inactive, 27% and 30% exercised between 30 and 150 minutes per week, while 41% and 45% exercised the recommended 150 minutes or more per week. …”
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Efficacy, efficiency and safety of a cardiac telerehabilitation programme using wearable sensors in patients with coronary heart disease: the TELEWEAR-CR study protocol by Andrew Xanthopoulos, Eleni Kapreli, Garyfallia Pepera, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Varsamo Antoniou, Gregory Giamouzis, Constantinos Davos, Ladislav Batalik, Vasileios Stavrou, John Skoularigis

“…Participants will receive a 12-week exercise-based rehabilitation programme, remotely monitored for the TELE-CR group and standard supervised for the CB-CR group. …”
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Gender-specific dual effects of physical activity on depression and mortality: a nine-year cohort study in Chinese adults aged 45 and above by Dan Shan, Dan Shan, Meina Yang, Meina Yang, Kunyan Zhou, Kunyan Zhou

“…A critical threshold for PA was identified at 4536 MET-minutes/week, beyond which the risk of depression increased significantly (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Insights gained through real-time monitoring of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and description of temporal trends based on laboratory data in Ontario, Canada by Tatiana Petukhova, Maria Spinato, Tanya Rossi, Michele T. Guerin, Cathy A. Bauman, Pauline Nelson-Smikle, Davor Ojkic, Zvonimir Poljak

“…Most farms contributed one submission per week or per month for PRRSV testing (median: 1 submission per week; IQR: 0; max: 13; median: 1 submission per month; IQR: 1, max: 31). …”
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