A Comparative study of osteoarthritic knee patients between urban and rural areas in knee severity and quality of life by Areerat Siripongpan, Bura Sindhupakorn

“…Osteoarthritis Knee (OA) is the leading cause of pain and disability. This may affect the patient's quality of life (QoL) and lead to the onset of mental disorders. …”
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Spinal Cord Stroke: Acute Imaging and Intervention by Karen Lynch, Joel Oster, Diana Apetauerova, Kinan Hreib

“…With often devastating outcomes, we highlight the need for early detection and that interventions, commonly used in preventing neurological injury after high-risk aneurysm repairs, may be beneficial in treating and reducing the severity of disability in acute spinal cord stroke.…”
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Management of High Ankle Sprains Utilizing the Tightrope Surgical Procedure – A Novel Approach for a Rapid Return to Play by Michael L. Voight, Connor Norman, Kevin E. Wilk, Matthew Lucas, Chris Wolfe

“…Syndesmotic or high ankle sprains, involving the syndesmotic ligaments, pose a significant rehabilitative challenge due to their intricate anatomy, prolonged recovery periods following injury, and high susceptibility to persistent disability. Traditional management strategies have often been conservative, marked by lengthy periods of immobilization and a gradual return to activity. …”
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Prevalence of Anemia and Undernutrition of Adolescent Females in Selected Schools in Ghana by Marina Aferiba Tandoh, Abigail Owusuaa Appiah, Anthony Kwaku Edusei

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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. International standards of occupations (HISCO) and diseases (ICD-10) have been applied, facilitating comparability. …”
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The impact of glycolysis on ischemic stroke: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications by Yingquan Liu, Peijia Hu, Hongliang Cheng, Fangyuan Xu, Yu Ye

“…Ischemic stroke (IS), a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide, remains a significant challenge due to its complex pathogenesis. …”
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Vulnerability of the elderly with traumatic cervical injury by Yanmara Betharte Sotomayor, Delvis Serra Reyes

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> older adults suffer falls that produce traumatic complications, among which is spinal cord trauma with a high rate of disability and mortality.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to set out the prognostic factors that affect the elderly with traumatic cervical spinal injury.…”
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Chronic active lesions in multiple sclerosis: classification, terminology, and clinical significance by Assunta Dal-Bianco, Jiwon Oh, Pascal Sati, Martina Absinta

“…In multiple sclerosis (MS), increasing disability is considered to occur due to persistent, chronic inflammation trapped within the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Health: A Review of the Literature and Clinical Application by Kyle Kiesel, Kyle Matsel, Garrett Bullock, Todd Arnold, Phil Plisky

“…# Context Musculoskeletal disorders (MSKD) are currently the leading contributor to disability worldwide. Unlike other prevalent and disabling healthcare conditions such as CVD, risk factors associated with MSKD are not commonly discussed or integrated into current medical practice, rehabilitation practice or wellness programs. …”
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Diabetes and Stroke Prevention: A Review by Jonathan Hewitt, Luis Castilla Guerra, María del Carmen Fernández-Moreno, Cristina Sierra

“…As these conditions become more prevalent it is imperative that the right treatment is offered for both primary and secondary prevention in diabetic people, in order to prevent disease and minimize disability.…”
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Sclerostin Antibody Therapy for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: Clinical Prospects and Challenges by Claire MacNabb, D. Patton, J. S. Hayes

“…It is estimated that over 200 million adults worldwide have osteoporosis, a disease that has increasing socioeconomic impact reflected by unsustainable costs associated with disability, fracture management, hospital stays, and treatment. …”
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Promoting Articular Cartilage Regeneration through Microenvironmental Regulation by Kai Liu, Bingjun Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang

“…In recent years, as the aging population continues to grow, osteoarthritis (OA) has emerged as a leading cause of disability, with its incidence rising annually. Current treatments of OA include exercise and medications in the early stages and total joint replacement in the late stages. …”
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Assessment of Factors Associated with Low Handwashing Coverage in Karungu Sub-County BuhweJu District. by Manigaruhanga, Pius

“…Slow socio-demographic index (SDI) countries, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (W ASH) is sill the third- largest contributor to the global burden of disease at 7.8% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DAL Ys). It is estimated that inadequate hand hygiene resulting nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children below 5 years old (WHO and UNICEF 2017 The study was to establish the factors associated with low hand washing coverage. …”
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Classification and Characteristics of Pain Associated with Parkinson’s Disease by Marcelo Rezende Young Blood, Marcelo Machado Ferro, Renato Puppi Munhoz, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo

“…It is an early and potentially disabling symptom that can precede motor symptoms by several years. …”
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Health Status Measurement Instruments in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Yves Lacasse, Eric Wong, Gordon Guyatt, Roger S Goldstein

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with primary respiratory impairment, disability and handicap, as well as with secondary impairments not necessarily confined to the respiratory system. …”
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A Strangulated Congenital Diaphragmatic Bochdalek Hernia Diagnosed in an Adult by Warsinggih Warsinggih, Julianus Aboyaman Uwuratuw, Arham Arsyad, Muhammad Faruk

“…In particular, CDHs are accompanied by high mortality and marked disability later in life due to concomitant morbidity (i.e., caused by pulmonary lung hypoplasia and persisting pulmonary hypertension of neonates) and require long-lasting neonatal treatment in an intensive care unit. …”
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The dynamic Colombian sign language dataset for basic conversation LSC70Mendeley Data by Jader Alejandro Muñoz Galindez, Leidy Verónica Villota Coral, Rubiel Vargas Cañas

“…Sign language is a form of non-verbal communication used by people with hearing disability. This form of communication relies on the use of signs, gestures, facial expressions, and more. …”
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Trends in the disease burden of cystic echinococcosis in China, 1990–2044 analysis and forecasting study by Jianping Li, Jingjing Wei

“…Using the Global Burden of Disease 2019 (GBD 2019) database, we analyzed the trends in annual percentage change (APC) and average annual percentage change (AAPC) for incidence, prevalence, death, and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) rates of cystic echinococcosis in China via the Joinpoint Regression Program 4.8.0.1 software. …”
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Dental Treatment of a Child with Pallister-Killian Syndrome by Serhan Didinen, Didem Atabek, Gülay Kip, Aslı Patır Münevveroğlu, Özlem Tulunoğlu

“…Due to intellectual disability, it was decided to make the dental treatments under moderate sedation. …”
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Current Controversies in the Prediction, Diagnosis, and Management of Cerebral Vasospasm: Where Do We Stand? by Young Lee, Scott L. Zuckerman, J. Mocco

“…Around 30 percent of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage suffer from cerebral ischemia and infarction due to cerebral vasospasm, a leading cause of treatable death and disability following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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