Body composition, cardiovascular fitness and attention of school-aged male children practicing sports club activities: A cross-sectional.

Background: The positive effects of physical activity on physical fitness, bone health, academic achievement, cognitive functions, mental health, and reduced obesity have been proven. This study aims to investigate the relationship between sports club activities, physical activity selected health-related fitness, and the d2 attention test.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in different sports clubs.

A multicenter multinational study to evaluate different aspects of the relationship between MS and pregnancy.

Background: To investigate the pregnancy-related issues in females with multiple sclerosis (MS) from Turkiye, Egypt, Kuwait, and Iran.

Methods: 1692 pregnancies of 701 females with MS were evaluated in this retrospective multicenter, international project. Demographics, clinical features, pregnancy outcomes, relapses, effects of exposure to disease-modifying drugs on pregnancy and fetus, and worries about pregnancy decisions were investigated.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of endovascular treatment with or without intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke.

Objective: Intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA) may not provide additional benefit in terms of functional outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) who undergo endovascular treatment (EVT). In this context, the cost-effectiveness of EVT alone compared with its application following IV r-tPA has not been evaluated.

Methods: The authors determined the average rates of death or disability in each of the two treatment groups from four randomized clinical trials that enrolled patients with AIS within 4.

New cardiovascular events in the convalescent period among survivors of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Background: Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection may have an increased risk of acute cardiovascular events in the convalescent period.

Aims: To determine whether patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection have an increased risk of cardiovascular events during the convalescent period.

Methods: We analyzed 10,691 hospitalized adult pneumonia patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and contemporary matched controls of pneumonia patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Annual Direct Cost of Dysphagia Associated with Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States.

Background: Dysphagia after acute ischemic stroke is frequent and increases the risk of pneumonia, insertion of feeding tube, hospital length-of-stay and rates of discharge to institutional care. However, the financial impact of dysphagia after acute ischemic stroke is not well understood.

Methods: Estimates were derived from published medical and economic literature to provide a range of estimates for the annual direct hospital cost of dysphagia associated with acute ischemic stroke in the United States.

Intraprocedural Back Pain Associated with Awake Neuroendovascular Procedures.

Background And Purpose: The prevalence and characteristics of intraprocedural back pain is not well studied in awake patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures.

Methods: We performed a prospective study as part of quality improvement initiative in which all patients who underwent neuroendovascular procedures in awake state were inquired regarding presence, severity (using a numeric rating scale score ranging from 0 [no pain] to 10 [worst pain possible]), and location (using anatomical chart) of back pain immediately after the procedure. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with moderate to severe pain (score of ≥3).

The Effect of Ticagrelor on Platelet Reactivity in Patients with Clopidogrel Resistance Undergoing Neuroendovascular Procedures.

Background And Purpose: Suboptimal platelet inhibition by clopidogrel (clopidogrel resistance) may be associated with high rates of stent thrombosis and ischemic events. Our objective was to determine if ticagrelor, a P2Y receptor inhibitor, can result in platelet inhibition in patients with clopidogrel resistance.

Methods: A thromboelastography-platelet mapping assay was used in all patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures requiring oral clopidogrel.

Drug-Eluting Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosis Following Carotid Artery Stent Placement.

Background And Purpose: Drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) have been proposed as an option for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) following carotid artery stent placement. We report our experience and review of literature to provide additional data.

Methods: For literature review, PubMed search was conducted to identify studies published between 2005 and 2019, reporting data on management of carotid ISR with DEBs.

Brainstem reflexes in neuro-Behçet disease.

We hypothesized that brainstem responses may allow detection of functional brainstem changes in patients with neuro-Behçet Disease (NBD). Thus, we recorded electrically-induced blink reflex (eBR), auditory blink reflex (aBR) and electrically-induced masseter inhibitory reflex (eMIR) in 16patients with NBD. However, these neurophysiological tests proved to have a poor overall sensitivity compared to neuroimaging for the diagnosis of brainstem lesions.

Quantitative forearm muscle strength influences radial bone mineral density in osteoporotic and healthy males.

Fractures are not rare in male osteoporosis and bone mineral density (BMD) measurement is used in the diagnosis and monitoring, preventing and/or treating the disease. Muscle strength and BMD are highly related to each other. The distal radius is one of the most common sites of osteoporotic fractures.