The Effectiveness of Online Exercise on Physical Activity, Motor Function, and Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Adelle Kemlall Bhundoo, Julian David Pillay, Jan Wilke

“…ResultsA total of 18 articles with moderate to high methodological quality (7/10 points on the PEDro scale), including a total of 3571 participants, were identified. Visual inspection of funnel plots provided indications of a publication bias for 2 out of 16 outcomes. …”
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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF DENTISTS OF THE DENTAL PROFILE by S.V. Melnyk, L.F. Horzov, V.S. Melnyk

“…Conduct a health analysis among dentists. Materials and methods of research. As part of the study, a sociological survey of 167 dentists was conducted, a questionnaire was developed and an anonymous questionnaire method was applied. …”
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Play dough or balloon blowing? A clinical trial comparing creative interventions for reducing preoperative anxiety in children aged 4–8 years by Razie Vakili, Reza Feizi, Yahya Salimi, Mobin Mottahedi, Parisa Rizevandi

“…Post hoc comparisons were performed using Tukey’s method. Results At T1 and T2, children in the PD and BB groups exhibited significantly lower anxiety levels compared to the Control group (P < 0.001). …”
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Evaluation of Noninvasive Adjuncts for Early Detection of Oral Cancer in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Development of Risk-Based Management Strategies: Protocol for a Pr... by Ruchika Gupta, Apurva Ratnu, Shalini R Gupta, Hariprakash Hadial, Lucky Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Shalini Singh

“…Staff recruitment and training in the oral visual examination have been conducted. Procurement of the autofluorescence device is in progress. …”
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University service utilization patterns in students with specific learning disabilities: An institutional cross-sectional study. by Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq, Mamdouh Saleh Alharbi, Mohanad Abdullah Alansari, Saleh Alshuqayr, Malek Fares Alanazi, Saleh Rajih Alshahrani, Naira Nayeem, Walaa F Alsanie, Abdulhakeem S Alamri, Majid Alhomrani, Amal F Alshammary, Rafiulla Gilkaramenthi

“…Regression analyses revealed: Frequent use of common services was significantly associated with visual perceptual/motor deficits (aOR=3.87, 95% CI = 1.82-8.21, P < .001), advanced academic year (aOR=1.29, 95% CI = 1.09-1.53, P = 0.004), and positive educational self-perception (aOR=2.32, 95% CI = 1.12-4.80, P = 0.024). …”
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Combination Low-Dose Pilocarpine/Diclofenac Sodium and Pilocarpine Alone for Presbyopia: Results of a Randomized Phase 2b Clinical Trial by Farid M, Rowen SL, Moshirfar M, Cunningham D, Gaddie IB, Smits G, Ignacio T, Gupta PK

“…Primary efficacy endpoint was achievement of ≥ 3-line (15-letter) gain in mesopic, monocular distance-corrected near visual acuity (DCNVA) at 40 cm, 1 hour post-treatment of the study eye on days 8 and 15 in the per protocol (PP) population. …”
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Effectiveness of an intelligent weight-bearing rehabilitation robot in enhancing recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction by Yating Wen, Xinhong Wang, Yi Mao, Xiaolu Sun, Na Xu, Xiaoqing Han

“…At 24 h post-surgery, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain score for the experimental group was 3.45 ± 0.96, compared to 3.98 ± 0.93 in the control group (t = −2.647, p = 0.010). …”
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Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Outcomes and Intradiscal Cement Leakage Type by Ahmadreza Reyhani Yassavoly, Taravat Yazdanian, Parisa Azimi, Alireza Bagheri, Zahra Farahzadi, Guive Sharifi

“…Operating efficacy was evaluated via a comparison of the visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) before and after KP. …”
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The Impact of Regular Diet Recovery on Postoperative Rehabilitation After Elective Cesarean Section by Caihong Hu, Kuilin Fei, Yuelan Liu, Xiaoe Jiang, Wenjing Yong, Weishe Zhang, Ping Li, Yang Pan, Jue Li

“…Primary outcomes included postoperative pain levels assessed by visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores and time to first flatus. …”
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Cirrhosis epidemiology in Denmark 1998–2022, and 2030 forecast by Linda Skibsted Kornerup, Frederik Kraglund, Gro Askgaard, Hendrik Vilstrup, Peter Jepsen

“…We used an age–period–cohort model to visualize impacts of age, calendar year, and birthyear on etiology-specific cirrhosis incidence rates (alcohol or non-alcohol, interpreted as mainly the result of MASLD), with predicted incidence rates for 2023–2030. …”
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The impact of long-term conditions on disability-free life expectancy: A systematic review. by Ilianna Lourida, Holly Q Bennett, Fiona Beyer, Andrew Kingston, Carol Jagger

“…Meta-analysis was feasible if three or more studies assessed the impact of the same LTC on the same HE at the same age using comparable methods, with narrative syntheses for the remaining studies. …”
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Comparison of continuous Serratus Anterior Plane Block (cSAPB) with bupivacaine versus single liposomal bupivacaine block in postoperative analgesia after Video-Assisted Thoracosco... by Mingyue Zhang, Zhuo Zheng, Xianfeng Xie, Yuee Dai, Maosen Zhao, Ke Gao, Shaoxing Liu

“…This study compares the impact of cSAPB with bupivacaine and single-shot SAPB with liposomal bupivacaine on postoperative recovery quality and pain control after VATS. Methods This study is a Randomized Controlled Trial. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy of Stellate Ganglion on Refractory Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy by Wang J, Xu W, Wang Q, Yang P, Kan Y, Huang C, Lin F

“…The patients completed visual analog scale (VAS), simplified McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Toronto clinical score system (TCSS), sleep duration at night (SDN), pain disability index (PDI), Karnofsky performance status (KPS), and depression screening scale (PHQ-9). …”
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Exploring Pain Empathy Among Doctors, Nurses and Patients: A Scoping Review by Zhou WQ, Gao YT, Zhang CR, Xing Y, Zhou LS, Luan W

“…The studies employed 75 distinct research tools, including the Empathy for Pain Scale (EPS), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), pain empathy paradigms, and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), along with various detection technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG). …”
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Optimal infiltration depth threshold for low-temperature plasma ablation in fungal keratitis by Zhengwei Yang, Miaomiao Liu, Guihua Yang, Lijin Wen, Juan Yang, Hanqiao Li, Zhiwen Xie, Xie Fang, Shunrong Luo, Xianwen Xiao, Yuan Lin, Huping Wu

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Changes in the ocular surface and meibomian glands following administration of 0.01 and 0.02% atropine by Xueyan Li, Yanying Zhu, Haiyan Xie, Yuexin Chen, Yukun Liu, Xiaochen Xu, Jing Wang

“…PurposeTo investigate the changes in the ocular surface and meibomian glands following the administration of 0.01 and 0.02% atropine.SettingThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China.MethodsIn this randomized controlled study, the 0.01% group (18 patients, 36 eyes) and the 0.02% group (15 patients, 30 eyes) underwent assessments using the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), Visual Analogue scale (VAS), tear meniscus height (TMH), first noninvasive tear film breakup time (fNIBUT), and average noninvasive tear film breakup time (avNIBUT) at baseline (before administration) and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months post-treatment. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Apremilast in Oncological Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis: A 5 years Retrospective Observational Study by Lanna C, Rivieccio A, Vultaggio M, Gaeta Shumak R, Bonacci FM, Artosi F, Borselli C, Costanza G, Bianchi L, Campione E

“…Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), and Visual Analog Scale for pain (PAIN VAS) to monitor disease severity, quality of life, and articular involvement, respectively. …”
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Night eating syndrome, ultra processed food consumption and digital addiction: a cross-sectional study among university students in Turkey by Fatma Elif Eroğlu, Emine Merve Ekici, Büşra Açıkalın Göktürk

“…The research data were collected by the researchers via a web-based survey form (Google form) created using the snowball sampling method, email and whatsapp. Demographic characteristics of the participants (gender, age, living space), eating behaviors (number of main and snacks), frequency of eating using visual mediaregular physical activity, daytime and nighttime sleep durations, digital media usage time, and anthropometric measurements (body weight and height) were examined. …”
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Building a Hand-Curated ceRNET for Endometrial Cancer, Striving for Clinical as Well as Medicolegal Soundness: A Systematic Review by Roberto Piergentili, Stefano Sechi, Lina De Paola, Simona Zaami, Enrico Marinelli

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> These ceRNETs allow us to easily visualize long-distance interactions, thus helping to select the best treatment, depending on the molecular profile of each patient, for personalized medicine. …”
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Prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children: an eye-tracking study by Zihui Hua, Tianbi Li, Ruoxi Shi, Ran Wei, Li Yi

“…This study addresses these gaps by investigating both prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children compared to neurotypical peers. Methods Using the visual world paradigm, we compared 45 autistic children (3–8 years) with 52 age-, gender-, and verbal IQ-matched neurotypical children. …”
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