Validity, Reliability, and Efficiency of a Standard Goniometer, Medical Inclinometer, and Builder’s Inclinometer by June Hanks, Betsy Myers

“… # Methods Fifty participants with no current shoulder, elbow, or forearm pain limiting movement were assessed by a single tester. …”
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Promising Neuroprotective Effects of Dracocephalum Species: Mechanistic Perspectives by Marjan Talebi, Alireza Ghassempour, Afsoon Feizi, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Mehrdad Faizi

“…The role of the genus Dracocephalum was investigated in relation to various neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, insomnia, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, cerebral ischemia, pain, depression, and glioblastoma. These findings suggest that Dracocephalum spp. and their phytochemicals have neuroprotective effects by targeting the regulation of various pathways. …”
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The same but different. Multidimensional assessment of depression in students of natural science and music by Michaela Korte, Deniz Cerci, Roman Wehry, Renee Timmers, Victoria J. Williamson

“…Natural science students showed significantly higher levels of anxiety prevalence and pain catastrophizing prevalence, while music college students showed significantly higher depression prevalence compared to the other groups. …”
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Triceps Tendon Avulsion in a Soldier: A Case Report by Rita Chorba, Collin Hu, Jess Feldtmann

“… # Study Design Case Report # Case Description A 35-year-old male soldier presented to a direct access sports physical therapist with acute-on-chronic right elbow pain. Physical examination and MSK US were used to identify a high-grade partial triceps brachii tendon tear. …”
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Sources of Bias in Common Diagnosis of Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by O. A. Svatkova, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Only 63.6 % of patients with UC and 38.9 % with Crohn’s disease were correctly diagnosed during the first visit and subsequent examination. Abdominal pain in debut of CIBD was registered in 40.9 % of the UC and 75.0 % of CD patients (p < 0.01). …”
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New ways to communicate: Intensive care nurses’ perspectives on using the digital application Talk2Care. A qualitative study by Serine Ramsdal, Heidi Jerpseth

“…Results: The nurses in the study experienced that “Talk2Care” can help patients express complex emotions, pain, and practical requests. However, the application has several deficiencies. …”
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Safety Considerations When Dry Needling the Multifidi in the Thoracolumbar Region: A Cadaveric Study by Christi L. Williams, Christian R. Falyar, Ryan C. McConnell, Stacey Lindsley

“…# Background Dry needling the lumbar multifidi is a technique used by physical therapists to effectively treat low back pain. While studies have examined the safety considerations in the upper lumbar spine related to the kidneys and lungs, none have investigated the possibility of entering the spinal canal in this region…”
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The Role of Dental Implant in Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Rizgari Teaching Hospital. by Othman A. Omar

“…No unwanted sequel like skin infection or peri implantitis or pain is reported. Conclusion: Dental implant considered the best mode of fixation in maxillofacial rehabilitation with best functional, esthetic and psychological outcomes. …”
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Cystic Form of Duodenal Dystrophy (Clinical Case) by D. E. Okonskaya, Kh. H. Ayvazyan, Yu. A. Stepanova, A. V. Zhao, E. A. Sokolova

“…A 47-year-old patient was admitted to the clinic with complaints of persistent abdominal pain, periodic vomiting, general weakness, weight loss of 20 kg in three months. …”
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Women’s experiences of ceasing to breastfeed: Australian qualitative study by Jennifer Elizabeth Ayton, Leigh Tesch, Emily Hansen

“…In an effort to avoid formula and prolong exclusive breastfeeding, mothers will endure multiple issues (eg, pain, low milk supply, mastitis, public shaming) and make use of various forms of social and physical capital; resources such as father/partner support, expressing breast milk, bottles and dummies. …”
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EXPERIENCE OF TRANSVERSEABDOMINAL PLANE (TAP) BLOCK VERSUS LOCAL ANESTHESIAINFILTRATION AT SURGICAL SITE IN OPEN APPENDICECTOMIES by Rabia Tabassum et al

“…CONCLUSION: Transverse abdominis plane block to be a patient friendly technique, rendering patients pain free for a longer period of time after open appendicectomy, as compared to the surgical incision infiltration block. …”
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Inertial Flywheel Resistance Training in Tendinopathy Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review by Ian Burton, Aisling McCormack

“…A variety of outcomes were assessed, including pain, function, strength, power, and tendon morphological and mechanical properties, particularly changes in tendon thickness. …”
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Dynamics of Somatic and Comorbid Mental Disorders (Distress, Anxiety, Somatisation and Depression) in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome during Therapy with Alimemazine: Result... by V. T. Ivashkin, O. Z. Okhlobystina, M. V. Mayevskaya, O. S. Shifrin, Z. A. Mamieva, Yu. E. Azimova

“…Teraligen therapy along with the standard symptomatic treatment has shown a significant positive dynamics of the patients’ state due to the reduction of such symptoms, as pain and burning sensation in the epigastrium, postprandial fullness, early satiety, abdominal pain before defecation, abdominal distension, impaired frequency and quality of defecation. …”
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European Guideline on IgG4-related Digestive Disease — UEG and SGF Evidence-based Recommendations by J.-M. Lohr, U. Beuers, M. Vujasinovic, D. Alvaro, J. B. Frøkjær, F. Buttgereit, G. Capurso, E. L. Culver, E. de-Madaria, E. Della-Torre, S. Detlefsen, E. Dominguez-Munoz, P. Czubkowski, N. Ewald, L. Frulloni, N. Gubergrits, D. G. Duman, Th. Hackert, J. Iglesias-Garcia, N. Kartalis, A. Laghi, F. Lammert, F. Lindgren, A. Okhlobystin, G. Oracz, A. Parniczky, R. M. P. Mucelli, V. Rebours, J. Rosendahl, N. Schleinitz, A. Schneider, E. FH van Bommel, C. S. Verbeke, M. P. Vullierme, H. Witt, the UEG guideline working group

“…Indications for treatment are symptomatic patients with obstructive jaundice, abdominal pain, posterior pancreatic pain, and involvement of extra-pancreatic digestive organs, including IgG4-related cholangitis. …”
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Colorectal Cancer in Patient with Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms by Z. A. Mamieva, E. A. Poluektova, A. L. Kovaleva, O. S. Shifrin, V. P. Sobolev, V. M. Svistushkin, A. I. Ulyanin, A. S. Tertychnyy, V. T. Ivashkin

“…A 28-yo female patient was admitted with complains of left ileal pain, abdominal distention and up to 4-day stool delay. …”
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A Case of Primary Amyloidosis Involving Liver, Stomach, Intestines, and Heart without Evident Kidney Involvement by L. S. Kholopov, N. B. Gubegrits, O. A. Dyadyk, Yu. E. Chirkov, Yu. V. Tsohoyeva

“…A Caucasian woman presented to clinic with severe general weakness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, sudden weight loss, and palpitation. …”
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Strength, extent and duration of secondary hyperalgesia induced by high-frequency electrical stimulation of the foot compared to the volar forearm of healthy human volunteers. by Louisien Lebrun, Cédric Lenoir, Caterina Leone, Emanuel N van den Broeke, Ombretta Caspani, Andreas Schilder, Bernhard Pelz, Andrea Truini, Rolf-Detlef Treede, André Mouraux

“…Our results show that strength of HFS-induced secondary hyperalgesia can be used as indicator of spinal central sensitization across body sites, and thereby profile patients with localized or regional pain conditions. The size of the area of hyperalgesia may depend on innervation density and peripheral receptive field sizes.…”
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Manipulating the cGAS-STING Axis: advancing innovative strategies for osteosarcoma therapeutics by BingBing Li, Cheng Zhang, XiaoJuan Xu, QiQin Shen, ShuNan Luo, JunFeng Hu

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Role of nutritional factors at the irritable bowel syndrome by Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. V. Sedova

“…Undoubtedly, dietary habits in the most cases influence severity of IBS symptoms: pain, flatulence, stool disorders. Most likely, negative action of food substances is realized partly due to fermentation with excessive production of short-chain fatty acids and intestinal gas, partly — because of effect on the microbiota spectrum and enteroendocrine cells, partly - due to elevation of biogenic amine content. …”
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Vasectomy Regret or Lack Thereof by Danyon J. Anderson, Morgan Lucero, Stephen Vining, Charles Daniel, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Key factors influencing vasectomy regret include age at the time of vasectomy, parental status, pre- and post-operative relationship status, unresolved physical and psychosexual problems, and development of chronic scrotal pain following the procedure. Few options exist for vasectomy reversal including microsurgical reconstructive vasectomy reversal (VR) and sperm extraction for in vitro fertilization. …”
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