The diagnosis and treatment of migraine among medical students in 2010–2011 and 2019 by E. Bacevičiūtė, A. Ekkert, K. Noreikaitė, K. Ryliškienė

“…Pain remained moderately intense (p=0.07), but migraine disability worsened over the time (p=0.01). Migraine was professionally diagnosed more often in 2019 (10% vs. 25.4%, p=0.03); increased use of specific acute therapy (5.7% vs. 19%, p=0.03) and prophylaxis (0% vs 9.6%, p=0.003) was observed. …”
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Completion Rates of Advance Directives in a Trauma Emergency Room: Association with Age by Jan A. Graw, René Burchard

“…Groups did not differ between sex (p=0.115), frequencies of high school graduates (p=0.482), and possession of a private health insurance (p=0.072), disability insurance (p=0.291), or an accident insurance (p=0.790). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts to 2030: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yi Zeng, Yixian Liu, Xingyi Chen, Jennifer Kenny, Rong Rong, Xiaobo Xia

“…Methods We extracted data on years lived with disability (YLDs) and age-standardized YLDs rate (ASYR) related to blindness and vision loss (BVL) caused by smoking, including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database for the years 1990 to 2021. …”
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Mechanisms of inflammatory microenvironment formation in cardiometabolic diseases: molecular and cellular perspectives by Menghua Liu, Rumeng Chen, Zhiwei Zheng, Shuling Xu, Chunyan Hou, Yining Ding, Mengling Zhang, Meihua Bao, Binsheng He, Sen Li

“…Cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with complex pathophysiological mechanisms in which inflammation plays a crucial role. …”
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Candidate Genes Associated with Delayed Neuropsychomotor Development and Seizures in a Patient with Ring Chromosome 20 by Thiago Corrêa, Amanda Cristina Venâncio, Marcial Francis Galera, Mariluce Riegel

“…Defects in these bioprocesses are associated with the development of neurological diseases, intellectual disability, neuropathies, and seizures. Therefore, in this study, we can explore molecular cytogenetic data, identify proteins through network analysis of protein-protein interactions, and identify new candidate genes associated with the main clinical findings in patients with 20q13.33 deletions.…”
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Long-term trends in the burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension in China and worldwide: new insights based on GBD 2021 by Zhehao Xu, Jia Ding, Ruiyun Liang, Shuangfeng Xie

“…Conversely, the age-standardized disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rate and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) have been declining since 1990, with AAPC of -1.90% and -1.26%, respectively. …”
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Burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in Belgium: a comparative risk assessment analysis by Stefanie Vandevijvere, Delphine De Smedt, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Robby De Pauw, Johan Van der Heyden, Sarah Nayani, Vanessa Gorasso, Wilma Johanna Nusselder, Henk Hilderink

“…The aim of the study is to estimate the burden attributable to high BMI in Belgium, in terms of years of life lost due to disability (YLD), years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLL) and disease costs, using comparative risk assessment. …”
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Sleep Disturbance and Its Clinical Implication in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis by Ho-Joong Kim, Seok-Jun Hong, Joon-Hee Park, Hojoon Ki

“…Global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score, demographic data, visual analog scale (VAS) score for back and leg pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) were compared between both groups. …”
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Single Buried Intramedullary K-Wire Fixation in Nonthumb Metacarpal Shaft Fractures with Immediate Postoperative Mobilization without Any Immobilization by Wuttipong Siriwittayakorn, Nath Adulkasem, Pichet Sangthongsil, Wasapol Pitiguagool, Wattanai Atthakorn, Kraisong Watatham, Wichit Siritattamrong

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated with total active flexion; grip strength; disability of arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) score; and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Total Active Flexion (ASSH TAF) score. …”
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Combined fractional carbon dioxide laser with long pulsed Nd:YAG laser for treatment of immature hypertrophic scar by Zaynab S. Keshk, Manal M. Salah, Neiven A. Samy

“…Background Immature hypertrophic scar complicated with contracture, disability, disfigurement, social embarrassment, pain, itching, residual scar, and prolonged maturation period. …”
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The minimal clinically important difference of the Participation Measurement Scale in chronic stroke by Oyéné Kossi, Soraia M. Silva, Francesco Lena, Mendinatou Agbetou, Thierry Adoukonou, Peter Feys, Félix Nindorera

“…Background: The Participation Measurement Scale (PM-Scale) is an International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based and Rasch-built scale developed specifically to assess participation in people with stroke. …”
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Effect of Ischemic Oppression on Trigger Points of Patients with Myofascial Pain Syndrome by Xinjian LI, Nanjun CHEN, Jianyu YANG, Enming ZHANG, Zheng GAO, Zhenmin BAI

“…Before and after treatment, the cervical joint mobility and muscle strength were measured by the tester instrument of muscle and spinal mobility, the pain degree of neck and shoulder was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS), the level of cervical dysfunction was evaluated by neck disability index (NDI).Results:Compared with before treatment, the left and right muscle strength increased significantly in the treatment group after the first treatment, the range of motion (forward flexion), left and right muscle strength increased significantly in the treatment group after treatment for two weeks, VAS scores at the left flexion, right flexion and right rotation and NDI scores decreased significantly, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Age-period-cohort analysis of gallbladder and biliary diseases epidemiological trends from 1990 to 2021 and forecasts for 2035: a systematic analysis from the global burden of dise... by Maolang He, Ruru Gu, Xin Huang, Aifang Zhao, Fang Liu, Yong Zheng

“…Methods Data on age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR), age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), and age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rate (ASDR) were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study. …”
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Lived experiences of social support in Paralympic swimmers: A protocol for a qualitative study by Paul Martin, Alison Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Andrew Soundy, Beth Aitchison

“…Introduction Over the past decade, there has been an increase in awareness of and investment into disability sport as a result of the ‘Paralympic Movement’. …”
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Hyperleptinemia, Adiposity, and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults by Suruchi Mishra, Tamara B. Harris, Trisha Hue, Iva Miljkovic, Suzanne Satterfield, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Mira Mehta, Nadine R. Sahyoun

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VAS and NRS, Same or Different? Are Visual Analog Scale Values and Numerical Rating Scale Equally Viable Tools for Assessing Patients after Microdiscectomy? by Joanna Bielewicz, Beata Daniluk, Piotr Kamieniak

“…Patients, who underwent microdiscectomy, were prospectively enrolled into the study and assessed using VAS and NRS for the back (NRS-B) and the leg (NRS-L), Short Form of McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) included Pain Rating Index (PRI) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) 1 day before and 1 month and 3 months after the procedure. …”
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The Cog-4 Subset of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale as a Measure of Cognition: Relationship with Baseline Factors and Functional Outcome after Stroke Using Data from... by Sandeep Ankolekar, Cheryl Renton, Nikola Sprigg, Philip M. W. Bath

“…Cog-4 was significantly correlated with dependency (modified Rankin Scale, rs=0.512), and disability (Barthel Index, rs=−0.493). Conclusions. …”
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Metformin Exhibits Anti‐Inflammatory Effects by Regulating microRNA‐451/CXCL16 and B Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma 2 in Patients With Osteoarthritis by Nahid Alimoradi, Amin Ramezani, Mohammad Tahami, Negar Firouzabadi

“…Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of chronic disability in joints among older individuals. The primary goal of OA treatment is pain relief to improve the quality of life. …”
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Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling by Yong-Eun Kim, Minseong Kim, Sunwhi Kim, Raham Lee, Yusuke Ujihara, Esther Magdalena Marquez-Wilkins, Yong-Hui Jiang, Esther Yang, Hyun Kim, Changhoon Lee, Changwon Park, Il Hwan Kim

“…Abstract Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disability condition arising from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. …”
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Dias-Logan syndrome with a p.Leu360Profs*212 heterozygous pathogenic variant of in a Chinese patient: A case report by Yizhuo Shu, Xiaoling Chen, Zhuoqun Wei, Chunyue Chen

“…Dias-Logan syndrome, also known as intellectual developmental disorder with persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HbF), or BCL11A -related intellectual developmental disorder, is an extremely rare neurogenetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability (ID), delayed psychomotor development, variable dysmorphic features, and asymptomatic persistence of fetal hemoglobin. …”
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