The Influence of Resistance Training on Joint Flexibility in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression.

Favro, F, Roma, E, Gobbo, S, Bullo, V, Di Blasio, A, Cugusi, L, and Bergamin, M. The influence of resistance training on joint flexibility in healthy adults: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2024-Joint flexibility is a key component of physical fitness.

Hydration in young water polo players: A bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) approach.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess hydration status before and after training using the bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) method.

Design: Pre-post quasi-experimental designs.

Method: Twenty-four young water polo players (mean age: 13.

Small molecule APOL1 inhibitors as a precision medicine approach for APOL1-mediated kidney disease.

Chronic kidney disease affects ~10% of people worldwide and there are no disease modifying therapeutics that address the underlying cause of any form of kidney disease. Genome wide association studies have identified the G1 and G2 variants in the apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene as major contributors to a subtype of proteinuric kidney disease now referred to as APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD). We hypothesized that inhibition of APOL1 could have therapeutic potential for this genetically-defined form of kidney disease.

Optic Neuropathy AFG3L2 Related in a Patient Affected by Congenital Stationary Night Blindness.

We describe a patient affected by congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) secondary to CACNA1F and optic neuropathy associated with an AFG3L2 variant. We performed comprehensive neuro-ophthalmologic examinations, retinal imaging, complete ocular electrophysiology, and brain and optic nerve MRI. Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood.