The Addition of Real-time Ultrasound Visual Feedback to Manual Facilitation Increases Serratus Anterior Activation in Adults With Painful Shoulders: A Randomized Crossover Trial.

Objective: Serratus anterior (SA) muscle activation may be decreased with subacromial pain syndrome. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the addition of real-time ultrasound (RTUS) visual feedback increased activation of SA in adults with painful shoulders in comparison to manual facilitation alone.

Methods: This assessor-blinded, 2-period, randomized cross-over trial was conducted in a university medical imaging laboratory.

Consent to data linkage in a large online epidemiological survey of 18-23 year old Australian women in 2012-13.

Background: Consent to link survey data with health-related administrative datasets is increasingly being sought but little is known about the influence of recruiting via online technologies on participants' consents. The goal of this paper is to examine what factors (sociodemographic, recruitment, incentives, data linkage information, health) are associated with opt-in consent to link online survey data to administrative datasets (referred to as consent to data linkage).

Methods: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health is a prospective study of factors affecting the health and well-being of women.

Measurement of muscle thickness of the serratus anterior and lower trapezius using ultrasound imaging in competitive recreational adult swimmers, with and without current shoulder pain.

Objectives: To compare serratus anterior and lower trapezius muscle thickness between swimmers with and without current shoulder pain, and between sides when measured by real-time ultrasound imaging.

Design: A single blinded age and gender-matched case-control study with 26 symptomatic and 26 asymptomatic recreational swimmers.

Methods: Muscle thickness of serratus anterior and lower trapezius were measured using previously validated real-time ultrasound imaging protocols.

Lack of association between drought and mental health in a cohort of 45-61 year old rural Australian women.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of drought on the mental health of rural Australian women and those in vulnerable sub-populations: women who were more isolated, poorer and less educated; and women who had histories of chronic disease or poor mental health.

Methods: Surveys were mailed in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2008 to 6,664 women born between 1946 and1951 who were participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The surveys included the Mental Health Index of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (MHI).

Loss to follow-up was used to estimate bias in a longitudinal study: a new approach.

Objectives: To examine bias arising from loss to follow-up due to lack of contact.

Study Design And Setting: The 1973-1978 cohort of Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health was first surveyed in 1996 and followed up in 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009. At the 2000 survey, 9,688 women responded (responders), 2,972 could not be contacted, of whom 1,515 responded subsequently (temporary no contact) and 1,457 did not (permanent no contact).

Massachusetts' health care reform increased access to care for Hispanics, but disparities remain.

Hispanics are more likely than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States to lack health insurance. This paper draws on quantitative and qualitative research to evaluate the extent to which health reforms in Massachusetts, a model for the Affordable Care Act of 2010, have reduced disparities in insurance coverage and access to health care. We found that rates of coverage and the likelihood of having a usual provider increased dramatically for Massachusetts Hispanics after the state's reforms, but disparities remained.