Tissue Engineered Strategies for Skeletal Muscle Injury by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Mattia Loppini, Alessandra Berton, Filippo Spiezia, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

“…Skeletal muscle injuries are common in athletes, occurring with direct and indirect mechanisms and marked residual effects, such as severe long-term pain and physical disability. Current therapy consists of conservative management including RICE protocol (rest, ice, compression, and elevation), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and intramuscular corticosteroids. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Early-Stage Femoral Head Osteonecrosis by Abdulrahman D. Algarni, Hassan M. Al Moallem

“…Femoral head osteonecrosis is a progressive clinical condition with significant morbidity and long-term disability. Several treatment modalities including both surgical and nonsurgical options have been used with variable levels of success. …”
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The Public Health Surveillance Well-Being Scale: Reliability and validity study of the Turkish version by Selma Infal Kesim, Fatih Kara

“…This questionnaire could be used by researchers for further investigation in different regions of Turkey, on larger sample groups and for evaluation of special groups, such as individuals with chronic illness and disability, or individuals employed in specific occupation (e.g., healthcare and social care professionals, unemployed, and students).…”

Clinical Outcome of High Tibial Osteotomy by Hemicallotasis Using a Dynamic Axial Fixator on 52 Knees by Anand Kumar Gupta, Debojyoti Mukherjee, Sanjay Kumar

“…Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the major cause of osteoarticular disability in the elderly population. The knee is the most commonly affected joint, and replacement surgeries are the main modality of treatment in advanced cases. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Cardiopulmonary by Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Cardiopulmonary, Xihua LIU, Xiaoxu LI, Hongyan BI, Xianliang WANG, Xin ZHENG, Yuru YANG, Shijie HAO

“…The cardiopulmonary function evaluation mainly includes the following aspects: medical history, physical examination, auxiliary examination (such as cardiac ultrasound, electrocardiogram, dynamic electrocardiogram, cardiac catheterization, lung capacity test, pulmonary ventilation function test, gas metabolism test), classification of dyspnea degree, classification of functional pulmonary disability, heart function score, evaluation of physical endurance (6-minute walking test, cardiopulmonary exercise test, fitness assessment (muscle strength, hand flexibility, balance ability assessment). …”
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Unity and differentiation of the duration of annual basic leave in Ukraine by S. M. Bortnyk

“…The differentiation of the duration of annual basic leave means the establishment by law of a longer duration of annual basic leave than its total duration, depending on the employee’s age, disability, specifics of work at the enterprise, institution, organisation, working conditions and nature of work. …”
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Treatment of posttraumatic thoracolumbar fractures using SpineJack for vertebral body augmentation, a single-center retrospective, and observational cohort study of 226 cases by Theodore Njee-Bugha, Guillaume Buiret

“…The secondary outcome measures were a 11-point Likert scale for the pain and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire for the quality of life. All the data were compared at different times: preoperative versus day after the procedure versus at least 3 months versus (if disposable) a long-term special consultation just before the publication. …”
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Rehabilomics Strategies Enabled by Cloud-Based Rehabilitation: Scoping Review by Sejun Oh, SangHeon Lee

“…The distribution of articles among the 28 studies based on specific keywords included 3 (11%) on the cloud, 4 (14%) on platforms, 4 (14%) on hospitals and rehabilitation centers, 5 (18%) on telehealth, 5 (18%) on home and community, and 7 (25%) on disease and disability. Cloud platforms offer new possibilities for data sharing and collaboration in rehabilomics research, underpinning a patient-centered approach and enhancing the development of personalized therapeutic strategies. …”
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Changes in Paraspinal Muscles and Facet Joints after Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using the Cortical Bone Trajectory Technique: A Prospective Study by Yue Li, Yuxiang Chen, Yuzeng Liu, Yong Hai, Xinuo Zhang, Li Guan, Tianqing Zhang

“…We evaluated preoperative and 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year postoperative clinical data including Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed a year after surgery. …”
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SOX5-Null Heterozygous Mutation in a Family with Adult-Onset Hyperkinesia and Behavioral Abnormalities by Michael Zech, Katharina Poustka, Sylvia Boesch, Riccardo Berutti, Tim M. Strom, Wolfgang Grisold, Werner Poewe, Juliane Winkelmann

“…SOX5 haploinsufficiency induced by larger genomic deletions has been linked to a recognizable pediatric syndrome combining developmental delay with intellectual disability, mild dysmorphism, inadequate behavior, and variable additional features including motor disturbances. …”
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Ranking of diseases affecting the health-related quality of life of patients in Poland – a cross-sectional study by Marlena Krawczyk-Suszek, Arkadiusz Gaweł, Andrzej Kleinrok

“…Introduction Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) provides scientific evidence indicating the appearance of dysfunction and disability in patients in various aspects and, as a result, a decrease in the quality of life (QoL). …”
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Functional Outcomes with Primary Total Knee Replacement in Respect to Body Mass Index by Saddam Mazar, Imtiaz A Hashmi, Muhammad Sohail Rafi

“… Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent condition and the leading disability among the elderly. Obesity, linked to a sedentary lifestyle, increases the risk of OA. …”
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Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in brain damage (scientific review). Part 1 by O.V. Kravets, V.A. Sedinkin, V.V. Yekhalov, Yu.O. Ploshchenko, O.O. Zozulya

“…Hypodiagnosis of PSH can lead to an increase in mortality, disability, length of hospital stay and material costs, but timely diagnosis will allow optimizing treatment for PSH.…”
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Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic Stroke in Danon Disease with Formation of Left Ventricular Apical Thrombus despite Normal Systolic Function by Takeshi Tsuda, Amanda J. Shillingford, Jane Vetter, Vinay Kandula, Badal Jain, Joel Temple

“…Danon disease is a rare X-linked dominant skeletal and cardiac muscle disorder presenting with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, skeletal myopathy, and mild intellectual disability. Early morbidity and mortality due to heart failure or sudden death are known in Danon disease, more in males than in females. …”
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Antisecretory factor in severe traumatic brain injury (AFISTBI): protocol for an exploratory randomized placebo-controlled trial by Linus Réen, David Cederberg, Niklas Marklund, Edward Visse, Peter Siesjö

“…Abstract Background Despite recent advances in neuroimaging and neurocritical care, severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still a major cause of severe disability and mortality, with increasing incidence worldwide. …”
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CLINICAL EVALUATION OF POST TOTAL HIP / KNEE REPLACEMENT IN HIP / KNEE SPINE SYNDROME by Achmad Fachrizal, Komang Agung Irianto

“…Pasien yang terpilih akan dievaluasi klinis dengan menggunakan kuesioner LBP VAS Score, Oswestry Disability Index, Hip Harris Score untuk pasien post total hip replacement, dan Oxford Knee Score untuk pasien post total knee replacement. …”
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Smoking Behavior in First-year Medical Students at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos by Yoel Hernández Guerra, Alain Rodríguez Gómez, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero

“…The World Health Organization reports smoking as the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and premature death. When said consumption begins in early adolescence, it favors the consolidation of the smoking habit, which extends into adulthood.…”
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Synaptic Plasticity, a Prominent Contributor to the Anxiety in Fragile X Syndrome by Tao Yang, Huan Zhao, Changbo Lu, Xiaoyu Li, Yingli Xie, Hao Fu, Hui Xu

“…Patients with FXS suffer from cognitive impairment, sensory integration deficits, learning disability, anxiety, autistic traits, and so forth. …”
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An Ensemble Based Machine Learning Classification for Automated Glaucoma Detection by Digvijay J. Pawar, Yuvraj K. Kanse, Suhas S. Patil

“…Late diagnosis is related to an increased risk of glaucoma associated with visual disability. For the effective management or prevention of blindness, the importance of early diagnosis of glaucoma cannot be underestimated. …”
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Improving Cognitive Function after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Trial on the Potential Use of the Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality by Rosaria De Luca, Maria Grazia Maggio, Giuseppa Maresca, Desiree Latella, Antonino Cannavò, Francesca Sciarrone, Emanuele Lo Voi, Maria Accorinti, Placido Bramanti, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common cause of long-term disability and death among young adults, and it represents an enormous socioeconomic and healthcare burden. …”
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