A service evaluation of patient and clinician experience of video consultations in a specialist outpatient neurorehabilitation service.

Introduction: There has been a rapid adoption of telerehabilitation services, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with minimal guidance or evaluation of benefit. This survey explores experiences of video consultations in a specialist outpatient neurorehabilitation service.

Methods: Digital surveys were designed to evaluate experience of Attend Anywhere.

The effects of cognitive-motor interference on walking performance in adolescents with low balance.

Background: Children with reduced motor competence (MC) have reported differences in their walking performance when compared to their typically developed peers, albeit, with inconsistent results.

Research Questions: What is the effect of reduced balance on walking performance in adolescent boys and girls under cognitive-motor interference conditions?

Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed motor competence, in adolescents aged 13-14 years, using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2nd edition and walking performance from gait parameters derived from an inertial measurement unit placed over the estimated centre of mass. Each participant performed two 10 m straight-line walks at their self-selected speed.

Anatomy of Summertime Upslope Events in Northeastern Colorado: Ammonia (NH) Transport to the Rocky Mountains.

The Transport and Transformation of Ammonia (TRANSAm) airborne field campaign occurred over northeastern Colorado during the summers of 2021 and 2022. A subset of the TRANSAm flights investigated easterly wind conditions capable of moving agricultural emissions of ammonia (NH) through urban areas and into the Rocky Mountains. TRANSAm captured 6 of these events, unveiling important commonalities.

Sensorimotor functioning changes in response to global exercise versus handwriting upper limb exercise training in Parkinson's disease, results from a phase II randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: People with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) present motor alterations which can impact daily life tasks that require speed and/or accuracy of movement.

Objective: A sub analysis of NCT01439022, aiming to estimate the extent to which two different exercise training protocols (global and handwriting upper limb exercise training) impact reaction time, travel speed, and accuracy in PwPD.

Methods: Seventy PwPD, right-side dominant were randomised 1:1 into two six-month training protocol groups; 35 PwPD performed global exercise training and 35 performed specific training (handwriting upper limb exercise movements).

Corrigendum: Motor learning in developmental coordination disorder: behavioral and neuroimaging study.

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Development of a single-item physical activity intention measure for adults with intellectual disabilities: Evidence of validity and reliability.

Background: Physical activity (PA) is important for overall health and well-being, but adults with intellectual disabilities often struggle to achieve adequate levels of PA. Therefore, it is necessary to understand their PA behaviour.

Objective: To develop a Single-Item Physical Activity Intention Measure (SPAIM) to assess PA intentions of adults with intellectual disabilities and preliminarily analyse its psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability.

The positioning information that should be provided to caregivers of adults with a physical disability on supply of custom-contoured seating, a Delphi study.

Purpose: This research aims to identify information that is important to provide on supply of custom-contoured seating. The way this information would be best communicated is also of interest. A two-round e-Delphi study was utilised to explore consensus.

Regime shift in secondary inorganic aerosol formation and nitrogen deposition in the rural United States.

Secondary inorganic aerosols play an important role in air pollution and climate change, and their formation modulates the atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen (including oxidized and reduced nitrogen), thus impacting the nitrogen cycle. Large-scale and long-term analyses of secondary inorganic aerosol formation based on model simulations have substantial uncertainties. Here we improve constraints on secondary inorganic aerosol formation using decade-long in situ observations of aerosol composition and gaseous precursors from multiple monitoring networks across the United States.

Subcutaneous injection of adipose stromal cell-secretome improves renal function and reduces inflammation in established acute kidney injury.

Background: Adipose stromal cells (ASC) are a form of mesenchymal stromal cells that elicit effects primarily via secreted factors, which may have advantages for the treatment of injury or disease. Several previous studies have demonstrated a protective role for MSC/ASC on mitigating acute kidney injury but whether ASC derived factors could hasten recovery from established injury has not been evaluated.

Methods: We generated a concentrated secretome (CS) of human ASC under well-defined conditions and evaluated its ability to improve the recovery of renal function in a preclinical model of acute kidney injury (AKI) in rats.

The effectiveness of prehabilitation interventions on biopsychosocial and service outcomes pre and post upper gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review.

Purpose: This review synthesised the evidence for the effect of prehabilitation interventions on biopsychosocial and service outcomes.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review was conducted. 10 databases were searched to December 2023.

Use of the Capability, Opportunity and Motivation Behaviour model (COM-B) to Understand Interventions to Support Physical Activity Behaviour in People with Stroke: An Overview of Reviews.

Objective: Physical activity in people with stroke remains low despite considerable research. This overview aimed to provide high-level synthesis and aid clinical decision-making. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model was used to classify interventions to understand which components improve physical activity behaviour in people with stroke.

Abundant nitrogenous secondary organic aerosol formation accelerated by cloud processing.

Nitrogenous organic (CHON), crucial for secondary organic aerosol (SOA), forms through poorly studied mechanisms in clouds. Our study explores CHON transformation during cloud processes (CPs). These processes play a vital role in enhancing the variety of CHONs, leading to the formation of CHONs with oxygen atom counts ranging from 1 to 10 and double bond equivalent (DBE) values spanning from 2 to 10.

A programme evaluation of 'First Steps': A peer-conceived, developed and led self-management intervention for people after a Parkinson's diagnosis.

Objective: A diagnosis of Parkinson's often leads to uncertainty about the future and loss of perceived control. Peer support may offer a means to address these concerns and promote self-management.

Design: A programme evaluation of the feasibility and potential effects of 'First Steps', utilising a pragmatic step wedge approach.

Impaired hemodynamic renal reserve response following recovery from established acute kidney injury and improvement by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery.

Renal reserve capacity may be compromised following recovery from acute kidney injury (AKI) and could be used to identify impaired renal function in the face of restored glomerular filtration rate (GFR) or plasma creatinine. To investigate the loss of hemodynamic renal reserve responses following recovery in a model of AKI, rats were subjected to left unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and contralateral nephrectomy and allowed to recover for 5 wk. Some rats were treated 24 h post-I/R by hydrodynamic isotonic fluid delivery (AKI-HIFD) of saline through the renal vein, previously shown to improve recovery and inflammation relative to control rats that received saline through the vena cava (AKI-VC).

The Relationship Between Motor Competence Physical Activity Cardiorespiratory Fitness and BMI in UK Adolescents.

This study set out to identify the extent of the relationships between subsections of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2nd Edition - MABC2 (manual dexterity, aiming and catching, and balance) to PA, CRF and BMI in adolescents. Height, BMI, the MABC2, a 20m shuttle run test and wrist-worn accelerometery PA levels (mins) were measured. Multivariable linear regression models, adjusting for sex, height and BMI were used to assess the relationship of the three subsections of the MABC2 with PA, CRF and BMI.

Observations of ozone, acyl peroxy nitrates, and their precursors during summer 2019 at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CAVE) is located in southeastern New Mexico and is adjacent to the Permian Basin, one of the most productive oil and natural gas (O&G) production regions in the United States. Since 2018, ozone (O) at CAVE has frequently exceeded the 70 ppbv 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard. We examine the influence of regional emissions on O formation using observations of O, nitrogen oxides (NO = NO + NO), a suite of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), and peroxypropionyl nitrate (PPN).

Source characterization of volatile organic compounds at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CAVE), located in southeastern New Mexico, experiences elevated ground-level ozone (O) exceeding the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) of 70 ppbv. It is situated adjacent to the Permian Basin, one of the largest oil and gas (O&G) producing regions in the US. In 2019, the Carlsbad Caverns Air Quality Study (CarCavAQS) was conducted to examine impacts of different sources on ozone precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Exploring the barriers and facilitators to volunteering as an intervention for those with long-term neurological conditions: How make therapeutic volunteering possible?

Background: Volunteering may have therapeutic benefits, but little is known about its requirements and potential for people with neurological conditions (pwNC).

Design: Two separate focus groups were conducted in Darmstadt, Germany: one group consisting of six pwNC and another group consisting of four health care professionals and three volunteering service providers. The focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed and data were managed using NVivo12.

In Situ Raman Methodology for Online Analysis of CO and HO Loadings in a Water-Lean Solvent for CO Capture.

Carbon capture represents a key pathway to meeting climate change mitigation goals. Powerful next-generation solvent-based capture processes are under development by many researchers, but optimization and testing would be significantly aided by integrating in situ monitoring capability. Further, real-time water analysis in water-lean solvents offers the potential to maintain their water balance in operation.

Digital home monitoring for capturing daily fluctuation of symptoms; a longitudinal repeated measures study: Long Covid Multi-disciplinary Consortium to Optimise Treatments and Services across the NHS (a LOCOMOTION study).

Introduction: A substantial proportion of COVID-19 survivors continue to have symptoms more than 3 months after infection, especially of those who required medical intervention. Lasting symptoms are wide-ranging, and presentation varies between individuals and fluctuates within an individual. Improved understanding of undulation in symptoms and triggers may improve efficacy of healthcare providers and enable individuals to better self-manage their Long Covid.