Effect of Rehabilitation Training based on Mirror Vision Feedback on the Old Age Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia by Bo GENG, Hanchao FENG, Jian ZHANG, Xiaoxue WANG

“…The control group was given routine rehabilitation training including hemiplegic side limb exercise (5-10 times for each item, and 2-3 cycles every day), standing balance (30 min a time, one time a day), sitting balance (30 min a time, one time a day), walking (30 min a time,2-3 times per day), daily activities (30 min a time,2-3 times every day), treatments for five days per week and continuous treatment for four weeks. The observation group was given rehabilitation training based on mirror vision feedback, under the guidance of professional doctors. …”
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Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave: large-scale real-world data analysis with a comparison to influenza by Koichi Miyashita, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Eiji Nakatani, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Karayama, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Toshiyuki Ojima, Takafumi Suda

“…Results The mortality rates (average number of deaths/cases per week) of COVID-19 decreased over time, being 2.7% (169/6312), 2.1% (397/18,754), 0.7% (195/28,273), and 0.4% (1613/378,848) in the wild-type–, Alpha-, Delta-, and Omicron-predominant waves, respectively. …”
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Investigation of 3D iris morphology early alteration after implantable collamer lens implantation by using SS-OCT by Zhengwei Zhang, Shuimiao Chang, Kaiwen Li, Jinhan Yao, Zhao Wang, Jiewei Liu, Lin Jiang, Feiyan Chai, Xiaogang Wang

“…The iris thickness, iris volume of the inner 1-mm annular area and the outer 1–2-mm annular area, and SI decreased significantly within one week after ICL implantation. All mean values of the I-Curve increased dramatically postoperatively. …”
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Proteomic analysis of spinal dorsal horn in prior exercise protection against neuropathic pain by Binglin Chen, Jiabao Guo, Chan Gong, Chenchen Zhu, Yang Wu, Shengbo Wang, Yili Zheng, Haixia Lu

“…To achieve this objective, 6-week-old male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly assigned into three groups, named as chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve, CCI with prior 6-week swimming training (CCI_Ex), and sham operated (Sham). …”
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Mindfulness Intervention for Health Information Avoidance in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Chenyu Gu, Liquan Qian, Xiaojie Zhuo

“…Substudy 2 involved a 4-week mindfulness meditation intervention (N=94) to assess its impact on reducing health information avoidance behaviors. …”
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An NMR Study of the Bortezomib Degradation under Clinical Use Conditions by Adele Bolognese, Anna Esposito, Michele Manfra, Lucio Catalano, Fara Petruzziello, Maria Carmen Martorelli, Raffaella Pagliuca, Vittoria Mazzarelli, Maria Ottiero, Melania Scalfaro, Bruno Rotoli

“…The BTZ1 and BTZ2 finding suggests that, under the common condition of use and at 4∘C, commercial BTZ-mannitol is stable for a week, and that, in time, it undergoes slow oxidative deboronation which partially inactivates the product. …”
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The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation by Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh

“…A performance status of 1 or 2 was associated with poor BP. SBMs (times/week) increased from 4.0±1.9 to 6.1±2.6 (p<0.001). …”
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Temporal Changes in Bacterial Profile of Burn Wound Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Risk Factors for Invasion: A Prospective Cohort Study by Aarti A Gandhi, Priyanka S Prasad, Gita Nataraj, Vinita Puri

“…Gram-negative bacteria were the predominant isolates in the first week, whereas gram-positive organisms predominated from the second week onwards. …”
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Effect of Muscle Energy Technique Combined with Conventional Rehabilitation Therapy on Elderly Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by FAN Jingjing, HUANG Lihua, XU Yiming, LIU Kun, FANG Ping

“…Both groups received conventional rehabilitation therapy (power bicycle and physical factor therapy), including power bicycle training for 20 min a time, and physical factor therapy such as dynamic interferential electricity and ultrashort wave therapy for 30 min a time (15 min a time for each item), once a day, five days a week, lasting for four weeks. The observation group received muscle energy technique treatment on the basis of the control group, 30 minutes a time, once a day, five days a week, lasting for four weeks. …”
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Effect of self-paced sprint interval training and low-volume HIIT on cardiorespiratory fitness: the role of heart rate and power output by Katie L. Hesketh, Katie L. Hesketh, Sam O. Shepherd, Anton J. M. Wagenmakers, Matthew Cocks, Juliette A. Strauss

“…Sessions were completed 3×/week using WattBikes, and a target of &gt;80% HRmax was suggested during the intervals. …”
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Effectiveness of app-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on preventing major depressive disorder in youth with insomnia and subclinical depression: A randomized clinica... by Si-Jing Chen, Jian-Yu Que, Ngan Yin Chan, Le Shi, Shirley Xin Li, Joey Wing Yan Chan, Weizhen Huang, Chris Xie Chen, Chi Ching Tsang, Yuen Lam Ho, Charles M Morin, Ji-Hui Zhang, Lin Lu, Yun Kwok Wing

“…Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to 6-week app-based CBT-I or 6-week app-based health education (HE) delivered through smartphones. …”
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Rehabilitation Efficacy of Gait Induced Functional Electrical Stimulation Combined with Body-Weight Supported Treadmill Training on Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by SONG Wei, ZHONG Yue, KE Xiaohua, HUANG Dunbing, ZHANG Anren, DONG Xiaoli

“…The control group received conventional rehabilitation therapy, once a day, 40 minutes a time, five days a week, lasting for eight weeks. The BWSTT group received body-weight supported treadmill training in addition to the training of the control group. …”
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Development and feasibility testing of a new device for home-based leg heat therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease by Bohyun Ro, MSc, John P. Spence, BBA, Paul A. Spence, MD, Christian Buckley, BS, Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, Bruno T. Roseguini, PhD

“…All participants completed the 12-week program without serious adverse events, indicating that leg HT is safe and well-tolerated. …”
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Effect of Remote Home Rehabilitation Mode on Children with Cerebral Palsy and Their Families during Epidemic Isolation by Tingting XU, Yunfei QIAO, Mao HUANG

“…The exercise training content mainly refered to"exercise guidance and advice for children aged 0-6 years old during the epidemic of COVID-19", once a day, 30 minutes each time, five times a week, continuous intervention for one month. The observation group received remote home rehabilitation mode on the basis of prevention and control isolation at home, CP children's families trained their Children in movement, occupation, speech, cognition, massage at home under the remote guidance of rehabilitation therapists, once a day, 30 minutes a time, five times a week, continuous training for one month. …”
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Clinical Observation on Children with Peripheral Facial Paralysis Treated by Acupoint Injection of Mouse Nerve Growth Factor Combined with Acupuncture by Mian KONG, Wei LIU, Zhihua YU, Ming FANG

“…Acupuncture therapy was conducted in a mild reinforcing-reducing method, once a day, six times per week and three weeks was considered as a treatment course. …”
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Effect of Rehabilitation Robot Combined with Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training on Hemiplegic Patients in Recovery Stage of Stroke by LI Yuqi, HUANG Guozhi, LU Pengcheng, HE Longlong, HUANG Wenhao, HUANG Chuhong, ZENG Qing

“…The control group received upper limb rehabilitation training on the basis of basic medication and conventional rehabilitation therapy, 60 minutes a time, once a day, seven days a week, continuous treatment for two weeks. The observation group received upper limb rehabilitation robot training on the basis of the control group, upper limb rehabilitation training for 30 minutes a time, upper limb robot rehabilitation training for 30 minutes a time, once a day, seven days a week, continuous treatment for two weeks. …”
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Effect of daily alcohol intake on sex hormone levels among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitor therapy: a randomized controlled crossover pilot study by Elizabeth Mostofsky, Julie E. Buring, Steven E. Come, Nadine M. Tung, Cancan Zhang, Kenneth J. Mukamal

“…Therefore, we compared sex hormone levels following white wine to levels following white grape juice among ER + BC survivors taking AIs. Methods In this 10-week randomized controlled two-period crossover trial conducted from September 2022 to July 2023 among 20 postmenopausal women on AIs, we examined within-person changes in sex hormone levels following 3 weeks of 5 ounces of white wine daily versus 3 weeks of 6 ounces of white grape juice daily, with each drinking period preceded by two-week washouts and drinking period sequence allocated by randomization. …”
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Expression of Dual-Specificity Phosphatase 9 in Placenta and Its Relationship with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Qiang Wei, Xiaomin Pu, Li Zhang, Yi Xu, Meifan Duan, Yuemei Wang

“…Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that delivery gestational week was an influence factor of DUSP9 mRNA levels (β1=0.026, P<0.05). …”
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The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep quality in patients with more than mild depressive mood: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yu’ang Liu, Silang Huang, Xinxin Zhang, Huangying Liao, Weiguo Liu, Zhi Zhang, Xianhui Qu, Ziwen Wang

“…In terms of treatment duration, compared with the 2-week and 4-week groups, the group with more than 4 weeks of treatment had better treatment outcomes (I2 = 0%, MD = −2.81, 95%CI = −3.22 to −2.40, p &lt; 0.00001). …”
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Effect of Bloodletting Therapy on Patients with Spastic Wrist Dorsiflexion Dysfunction after Stroke by LIN Wanqing, XIE Xuemin, CHEN Bin, ZHENG Xinyi

“…Yangxi (LI 5), Yangchi (TE 4), Daling (PC 7) acupoint of the affected hand were selected for acupuncture treatment, Yangxi (LI 5) acupoint was straightly needled 0.5-0.8 inch, Yangchi (TE 4) and Daling (PC 7) acupoints were straightly needled 0.3-0.5 inch, 30 minutes each time, once a day, five times a week, continous treatment for four weeks. The experimental group was given bloodletting therapy on the basis of routine medical treatment and rehabilitation treatment in the control group. …”
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