Automated evaluation of hip abductor muscle quality and size in hip osteoarthritis: Localized muscle regions are strongly associated with overall muscle quality.

Limited information exists regarding abductor muscle quality variation across its length and which locations are most representative of overall muscle quality. This is exacerbated by time-intensive processes for manual muscle segmentation, which limits feasibility of large cohort analyses. The purpose of this study was to develop an automated and localized analysis pipeline that accurately estimates hip abductor muscle quality and size in individuals with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis (OA) and identifies regions of each muscle which provide best estimates of overall muscle quality.

Persistent underloading of patellofemoral joint following hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction is associated with cartilage health.

Objective: To determine the longitudinal changes of patellofemoral joint (PFJ) contact pressure following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). To identify the associations between PFJ contact pressure and cartilage health.

Design: Forty-nine subjects with hamstring autograft ACLR (27 males; age 28.

Development and feasibility of randomized trial to reduce urinary bisphenols in women with obesity.

Background: Bisphenol exposure is widespread and correlated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous intervention studies have successfully lowered bisphenol exposure among women of normal weight. The primary objective of this study was to develop and test the feasibility of a 3-week behavioral change intervention, rooted in social cognitive theory, to lower a broad range of bisphenols (BPA, BPS, and BPF) in women with obesity.

Pilot Study on the Effect of Orally Administered Bisphenol A on Glucose and Insulin Response in Nonobese Adults.

Objective: To determine the effects of varying doses of orally administered BPA on indices of glucose metabolism.

Methods: Eleven college students (21.0 ± 0.

Moving targets: Promoting physical activity in public spaces via open streets in the US.

Popularity of Open Streets, temporarily opening streets to communities and closing streets to vehicles, in the US has recently surged. As of January 2016, 122 cities have hosted an Open Streets program. Even with this great expansion, the sustainability of Open Streets remains a challenge in many cities and overall Open Streets in the US differ from their successful counterparts in Central and South America.