Efficacy of Single-Pill Combination of Telmisartan 80 mg and Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Prospective Subgroup Analysis of a Ra... by Harold Bays, Pingjin Gao, Birgit Völker, Michaela Mattheus, Luis M. Ruilope, Dingliang Zhu

“…Report of prespecified and post hoc subgroup analyses of a randomized, controlled trial comparing telmisartan 80 mg/hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg (T80/H25) combination therapy with T80 monotherapy, according to the presence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. …”
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Influence of Different Strength Training Protocol on Breaststroke Performance in Competitive Swimmers by Nimrot Manalu, Syarifah Fathynah SS, Ivan Reano Panjaitan, Alifian Dwi Putra Situmorang, Deo Rivaldi, Muhammad Farhan Tumanggor

“…Materials and methods. A 24-week randomized controlled trial was conducted with 48 competitive breaststroke swimmers (26 male, 22 female, aged 18–25 years). …”
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Effect of Dexmedetomidine Added to Lidocaine Cartridge on the Level of Patient Sedation, Cooperation, and Patient and Surgeon Satisfaction during Mandibular Third-Molar Extraction... by Milad Etemadi Sh, Nasser Kaviani, Kimia Salimian, Golnaz Tajmiri

“…A total number of 26 healthy volunteers with symmetrical bilateral impacted mandibular third-molar teeth indicated for surgical removal were included in this double-blind randomized controlled trial. A single experienced surgeon performed two surgical extraction procedures within at least four-week time intervals using anesthetic cartridges containing “DEX + LIDO” or “LIDO alone” used randomly on each side for each patient. …”
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Iron deficiency and common neurodevelopmental disorders-A scoping review. by Scout McWilliams, Ishmeet Singh, Wayne Leung, Sylvia Stockler, Osman S Ipsiroglu

“…<h4>Results</h4>For ADHD, 22/30 studies and 4/4 systematic reviews showed an association of ADHD occurrence or severity with iron deficiency; 6/6 treatment studies including 2 randomized controlled trials demonstrated positive effects of iron supplementation. …”
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A One Session Gait Retraining Protocol with Metronome Augmentation Increases Cadence in Novice and Recreational Runners by Angie Huber, Dave Verhoff

“… # Study Design Randomized Controlled Trial # Methods Thirty-three novice or recreational adult runners completed a 12 Minute Cooper Run on an indoor track. …”
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Effect of Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Lower Limb Subacute Stroke Rehabilitation by Qian Duan, Wenying Liu, Jinhui Yang, Ben Huang, Jie Shen

“…Therefore, a large randomized controlled trial is needed to verify its effectiveness.…”
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Restless legs syndrome without insomnia and antenatal depressive symptoms by Kazuhide Tezuka, Yuka Ito, Daisuke Nishi

“…Methods This cross-sectional study used data from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing antenatal depressive symptoms among Japanese pregnant women. …”
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Impact of BRACTS exercises on muscular strength in eumenorrheic women by Wajiha Shahid, Rabiya Noor

“…This is a two-armed parallel design, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial following Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines, and the study protocol is based on Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines. …”
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Efficacy of Exenatide Administered Twice Daily in Body Mass Index Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Jie Zhang, Tong-Zhang Xian, Yu Teng, Xiuzhi Wang, Ming-Xiao Wu, Chen Li, Weihao Wang, Fuli Man, Xianbo Zhang, Xiaoxia Wang, Li-Xin Guo

“…This retrospective cohort study used data from our randomized controlled trial. A total of 27 T2DM patients treated with combination therapy of exenatide twice daily and metformin for 52 weeks were included. …”
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Herbal Mouthwash Containing Extracts of Baccharis dracunculifolia as Agent for the Control of Biofilm: Clinical Evaluation in Humans by Vinícius Pedrazzi, Mateus Freire Leite, Reisla Cristina Tavares, Sandra Sato, Glauce Crivelaro do Nascimento, João Paulo Mardegan Issa

“…Several essential oils obtained from Baccharis species possess biological activities, such as antimicrobial and antivirus activities. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of B. dracunculifolia in the reduction of dental biofilm, comparing this natural product with other mouthwashes already known in the dental market. …”
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Comparison of intra-articular lidocaine versus intravenous sedative and analgesic for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation in terms of mean pain reduction using vas score by Rahman Rasool Akhtar, Muhammad Umair Qammar, Riaz Ahmed, Adnan Arif, Armaghana Qamar Khan, Maria Liaquat

“…STUDT DESIGN:   Randomized controlled trial (RCT). SETTING: Removed for blind review DURATION: 6 months (November 22nd, 2017 to May 21st, 2018) SAMPLE SIZE: 60 patients (30 in each group) RESULTS: We included sixty patients in my study. 19 (31.7%) were females and 41 (68.3%) were male patients. …”
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Oral Hyaluronic Acid Supplementation for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease: A Pilot Study by Yeseul Kim, Chan Hee Moon, Bo-Yeon Kim, Sun Young Jang

“…Prospective randomized controlled trial. Methods. This trial enrolled 54 subjects and they were randomized into the study or control group. …”
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Analgesic Effect of Passive Range-of-Motion Exercise on the Healthy Side for Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Trial by Shuichi Eto, Motoki Sonohata, Yasuo Takei, Masaya Ueno, Norio Fukumori, Masaaki Mawatari

“…In this prospective randomized controlled trial, participants were randomly assigned to two groups: a bilateral group that received bilateral exercise on the operated and healthy sides and a unilateral group that received exercise therapy only on the affected side. …”
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Therapeutic alliance during trauma focused treatment in adolescent and young adult patients with PTSD by Anne Grass, Rita Rosner, Angelina Ciner, Babette Renneberg, Regina Steil

“…Methods Weekly assessments of therapeutic alliance, rated by patients and their therapists, as well as PTSD symptom severity from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of D-CPT were analyzed with multilevel modelling. …”
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The addition of vitamin E could reduce femoral head penetration of the polyethylene liners by Fanxiao Liu, Ling Gao, Dawei Wang, Qingyu Zhang

“…However, no improvement on the clinical functions and complications were identified, and whether HXLPE/Vit E has the potential to prevent implant loosening or revision surgery could not be identified, which requires to be elaborated by high-quality randomized controlled trials.…”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Parenting Questionnaire by Kenneth E. Miller, Alexandra Chen, Ioannis Bakolis, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Maguy Arnous, Fadila Tossyeh, Dalia Al-Ogaily, Mark J. D. Jordans

“…Participants and setting The sample included an equal number of male and female caregivers (n = 480) from 240 families in North Lebanon that took part in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Caregiver Support Intervention. …”
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Home Availability and the Impact of Weekly Stressful Events Are Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake among African American and Hispanic/Latina Women by Tracey A. Ledoux, Scherezade K. Mama, Daniel P. O'Connor, Heather Adamus, Margaret L. Fraser, Rebecca E. Lee

“…Three hundred nine AA and HL, 25–60 year old women in the Health Is Power (HIP) randomized controlled trial completed validated measures of HAFV, IWSE, and FV intake at baseline. …”
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Exploring the Effects of a Neck Strengthening Program on Purposeful Soccer Heading Biomechanics and Neurocognition by Katelyn M. Waring, Edward R Smith, Gary P Austin, Thomas G Bowman

“… # Study Design Randomized controlled trial. # Methods Twenty collegiate soccer athletes (8 males, 12 females, age=20.15±1.35 years, height=171.67±9.01 cm, mass=70.56±11.03 kg) volunteered to participate. …”
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Economic Evaluation of a Novel Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in US Motor Vehicle Drivers by Jacie T. Cooper, John E. Schneider, Jim Potenziano, David S. Fam

“…DYANAVEL XR (DXR) (Tris Pharma, Inc.) is a once-daily fast-acting amphetamine developed for ADHD treatment. A randomized controlled trial showed that DXR patients were 43% less likely to crash during a driving simulation than individuals taking placebo. …”
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Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block for Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparing 24-Hour Opioid Requirements: A Randomized Controlled Study by Dahlia Townsend, Nasir Siddique, Atsumi Kimura, Yaacov Chein, Eli Kamara, John Pope, Mitchell Weiser, Singh Nair, Iyabo Muse

“…Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Patients. Sixty-three adult patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists Status I–III who are undergoing elective primary total hip arthroplasty. …”
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