Analyzing the impact of prolonged pauses on soccer performance.

During breaks or playing period changes, players' accumulated workload, physiological alterations, body composition factors, sleep, and health-related qualities can factor into soccer performance. This research examined the impact of prolonged pauses, including breaks due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup and an earthquake tragedy, on running displacements and ball in-play duration during the 2022/23 Turkish Super League season. The secondary purpose was to determine the relationship between performance metrics and competition outcomes (i.

Cardiac Function and Fatigue During Exoskeleton-Assisted Sit-to-Stand Maneuver and Walking in People with Stroke with Moderate to Severe Gait Disability: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Wearable powered exoskeletons could be used to provide robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) in people with stroke (PwST) and walking disability. The study aims to compare the differences in cardiac function, fatigue, and workload during activities of daily living (ADLs), while wearing an exoskeleton.

Methods: Five PwST were recruited in this pilot cross-sectional study.

Establishing minimal clinically important difference of modified dynamic gait index in people with subacute stroke.

Background: People with stroke (PwST) often have significant balance limitations, making it crucial to focus rehabilitation on improving mobility and reducing the risk of falls. The Modified Dynamic Gait Index (MDGI) is recommended for measuring balance in various neurological conditions, but a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) score specific to PwST is missing.

Objectives: To calculate the MCID of the MDGI in PwST during the subacute phase.

Emotional auditory stimuli influence step initiation in Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait.

Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) can be triggered by sensomotor, cognitive or limbic factors. The limbic system's impact on FOG is attributed to elevated limbic load, characterized by aversive stimuli, potentially depleting cognitive resources for movement control, resulting in FOG episodes. However, to date, PD patients with and without FOG have not shown alterations of anticipatory postural adjustments during gait initiation after exposure to emotional images, possibly because visual stimuli are less immediately disruptive than auditory stimuli, which can more directly affect attention and the limbic system.

The minimally clinically important difference in the 2-minute walk test for people in the subacute phase after a stroke.

Background: The 2-Minute Walk Test (2MWT) is a simple and reliable test used by clinicians to assess gait function in people with stroke (pwST). No studies established the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the 2MWT.

Objective: To determine the MCID of the 2MWT in subacute pwST using data from a longitudinal cohort study.

Investigating the effects of a daily multidisciplinary intensive outpatient rehabilitation program on innovative biomarkers in people with Parkinson's disease: Study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: To date, there has been no medication that has prevented the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). Many benefits of intensive and multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for PD are supported by clinical, epidemiological, and experimental data. The main question is whether high-intensity motor and cognitive exercises have an effect on the disease's biological mechanisms.

Empowering minoritized Alabamians screened for lung cancer-The Alabama Lung Cancer Awareness Screening and Education (ALCASE) project.

Background: In Alabama only 4% of those eligible have been screened for lung cancer. The ALCASE project focused on navigating eligible individuals to lung cancer screening.

Methods: Trained local staff enrolled screen eligible individuals from seven rural counties and one urban county.

Neuraxial labor analgesia in a parturient with carnitine palmitoyl transferase type II deficiency: a case report.

Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase Type II (CPT II) deficiency is a disorder of fatty acid beta oxidation that causes decreased adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and ketone production during periods of fasting or high energy requirements. Labor and delivery can precipitate attacks for parturients with this disorder, causing hypoglycemia, muscle weakness, rhabdomyolysis, and kidney failure. Anesthetic management considers the delivery mode and anesthetic medications available to reduce these risks.

Wearable biofeedback device to assess gait features and improve gait pattern in people with parkinson's disease: a case series.

Introduction: People with Parkinson's Disease (PD) show abnormal gait patterns compromising their independence and quality of life. Among all gait alterations due to PD, reduced step length, increased cadence, and decreased ground-reaction force during the loading response and push-off phases are the most common. Wearable biofeedback technologies offer the possibility to provide correlated single or multi-modal stimuli associated with specific gait events or gait performance, hence promoting subjects' awareness of their gait disturbances.

Factors influencing physiotherapy decisions between restorative and compensatory gait rehabilitation: an Italian multicenter study.

Background And Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence physiotherapists' decision in choosing restorative or compensatory rehabilitation during gait training in people with neurological disorders (PwNDs) and the different treatments used in the approaches.

Methods: This cross-sectional analysis used the baseline data from an observational cohort study. We analyzed data from 83 PwNDs (65 people after stroke, 5 with multiple sclerosis, and 13 with Parkinson's disease) who underwent at least 10 sessions of physiotherapy (PT) focusing on gait function.

More Than Skin Deep: Patient-Provider Racial and Ethnic Concordance and Discordance in Collegiate Athletics and Concussion Management.

Context: There is strong evidence that racial and ethnic disparities exist in multiple arenas of health and wellness. The causes of racial and ethnic differences in health care are multidimensional; one factor that may affect injury/illness communication, interactions, and outcomes is patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance. At present, it is unclear what role patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance and discordance plays in facilitating concussion care for collegiate athletes.

Symptom Exacerbation and Adverse Events During a Randomized Trial of Early-Stage Rehabilitation After Sport-Related Concussion: Safety Outcomes From the Active Rehab Study.

Context: Authors of few studies have used randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to quantify clinical intervention safety of rehabilitation after sport-related concussion across sport levels.

Objective: Describe symptom exacerbation and adverse events (AEs) associated with two concussion rehabilitation interventions.

Design: Cluster RCT (NCT02988596).

Effects of Nontraditional Division III Lacrosse Participation on Movement Pattern Quality and Dynamic Postural Control.

Background/purpose: No studies have observed the effects of a collegiate lacrosse season on movement pattern quality, dynamic postural control, or the accuracy of athletes' perceived movement pattern quality. The purpose was to examine the effects of a nontraditional fall season on movement pattern quality, perceived movement pattern quality, and dynamic postural control in collegiate lacrosse athletes.

Design: Cross-sectional laboratory study.

Assessment of Sensorized Insoles in Balance and Gait in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease.

Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) are characterized by gait and balance disorders limiting their independence and quality of life. Home-based rehabilitation programs, combined with drug therapy, demonstrated to be beneficial in the daily-life activities of PD subjects. Sensorized shoes can extract balance- and gait-related data in home-based scenarios and allow clinicians to monitor subjects' activities.

Secondary School Athletic Trainers' Experiences Managing Workplace Organizational-Professional Conflict.

Context: Athletic trainers (ATs) face organizational-professional conflict (OPC), often surrounding return-to-sport decisions. To prioritize patient safety and establish a healthy work environment, OPC must be mitigated, yet few researchers have determined how ATs manage conflicts with stakeholders.

Objective: To explore ATs' experiences with OPC in the secondary school setting.

Inflammation in Development and Aging: Insights from the Zebrafish Model.

Zebrafish are an emergent animal model to study human diseases due to their significant genetic similarity to humans, swift development, and genetic manipulability. Their utility extends to the exploration of the involvement of inflammation in host defense, immune responses, and tissue regeneration. Additionally, the zebrafish model system facilitates prompt screening of chemical compounds that affect inflammation.

Aortic Regurgitation After Right Coronary Cusp Injury During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Injury of a coronary cusp of the aortic valve is a rare complication that can occur during coronary angiography. It usually occurs from multiple attempts with different catheters to access the ostia of the right coronary artery, but it has also occurred accessing the ostia of the left coronary artery. We present the case of a patient who underwent coronary angiography with suspected coronary cusp injury that remained asymptomatic but was found to have severe aortic regurgitation during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) one week later, requiring an aortic valve replacement.

The influence of ADHD on recovery from sport concussion among collegiate athletes in the United States: LIMBIC MATARS consortium investigation.

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the potential influence of a diagnosis of ADHD on concussion recovery among collegiate athletes.

Design: Retrospective and cross-sectional.

Methods: Data were extracted retrospectively from medical records across LIMBIC MATARS member institutions ( = 11), representing 1,044 concussion cases among collegiate athletes.

Academic adjustments and concussion recoveries in NCAA student-athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS investigation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between academic adjustments and recovery from sport-related concussions (SRCs) in collegiate athletes.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective medical chart review was performed between the 2015-2016 and 2019-2020 sport seasons at 11 Long-term Impact of Military-relevant Brain Injury Consortium Military and Tactical Athlete Research Study (LIMBIC MATARS) sites. Days between injury and symptom resolution, and injury and return to sport (dependent variables) for collegiate athletes who did or did not receive academic adjustments (independent variable) were analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests.

Lost in translation: the association of international status and native language on concussion in collegiate athletes in the United States.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize the associations of international student status and native language on time (in days) with the date of injury to (i) diagnosis, (ii) symptom resolution, and (iii) return to sport.

Methods: Utilizing data from a cross-sectional cohort of 1,044 concussion cases from LIMBIC MATARS member institutions ( = 11) in the US, we conducted two, matched case-control designs. Cases were divided into two groups: (i) international ( = 32) or domestic students ( = 32) and (ii) English as an Additional Language (EAL) speakers ( = 18) or Native English language speakers ( = 18).

Exploring the relationship between contraceptive medication use and concussion recovery in female collegiate athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS consortium investigation.

Objective: While recovery from concussion is variable, women are more likely to report symptoms, experience worse outcomes, and have longer recovery trajectories following concussion than men. Preliminary data suggest that hormonal fluctuations, specifically progesterone, may be associated with this variability. This study aimed to understand the effect of contraceptive medication on concussion recovery.

Concussion diagnosis and recovery in relation to collegiate athletic department classification: a LIMBIC MATARS consortium investigation.

Purpose: We investigated time to reach concussion diagnosis and recovery milestones in collegiate athletes relative to their schools' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) classification.

Methods: We retrospectively examined 849 (43.1% female) concussion cases from 11 NCAA institutions (Division I Power 5 [ = 4], Division I Non-Power 5 [ = 4], and Division II/III [ = 3]) from the 2015-16 to 2019-20 athletic seasons.

Placing the keystone: the LIMBIC Military and Tactical Athlete Research Study.

Objective: The LIMBIC Military and Tactical Athletic Research Study (MATARS) framework was established to confirm and extend understanding of concussion with initial studies driven by clinical data collected between 2015 and 2020 in a collegiate sports setting. The LIMBIC MATARS framework will be leveraged to apply gold-standard and innovative research designs to advance the science of concussion. This manuscript provides the background, methodology, and initial demographic data associated with the LIMBIC MATARS.

Physical activity and recovery following concussion in collegiate athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS Consortium Investigation.

Objective: To investigate whether routine daily activities (RDA), non-prescribed exercise (Non-ERx), or prescribed exercise (ERx) were associated with recovery from sport-related concussion (SRC) in collegiate athletes.

Materials And Methods: Data for this cross-sectional, retrospective chart review of collegiate athletes diagnosed with SRC ( = 285[39.6% female], age = 19.