Screening for prostate cancer: protocol for updating multiple systematic reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update.

Purpose: To inform updated recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care on screening for prostate cancer in adults aged 18 years and older in primary care. This protocol outlines the planned scope and methods for a series of systematic reviews.

Methods: Updates of two systematic reviews and a de novo review will be conducted to synthesize the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for prostate cancer with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and/or digital rectal examination (DRE) (with or without additional information) and patient values and preferences.

Investigation of the thermodynamic drivers of the interaction between the high mobility group box domain of Sox2 and bacterial lipopolysaccharide.

Gastric cancer is associated with high mortality and is preceded by an infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). H.

Four weeks of training with simple postural instructions changes trunk posture and foot strike pattern in recreational runners.

Objectives: Previous studies showed that adopting forward trunk lean and forefoot strike patterns may reduce risk of running-related knee injuries. However, the process of learning such forms is unclear. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of a 4-week training using simple postural instructions to elicit these changes.

N° 367-2019 Lignes Directrices Canadiennes Sur L'activité Physique Durant La Grossesse.

Objectif: L'objectif est de guider les femmes enceintes et les professionnels de l'obstétrique et de l'exercice en ce qui concerne l'activité physique prénatale. RéSULTATS: Les issues évaluées étaient la morbidité maternelle, fœtale ou néonatale et la mortalité fœtale pendant et après la grossesse. DONNéES: Nous avons interrogé MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, la Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, le Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus et la Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, ERIC, SPORTDiscus, ClinicalTrials.

Prenatal exercise (including but not limited to pelvic floor muscle training) and urinary incontinence during and following pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To examine the relationships between prenatal physical activity and prenatal and postnatal urinary incontinence (UI).

Design: Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Data Sources: Online databases were searched up to 6 January 2017.

Impact of prenatal exercise on neonatal and childhood outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: We aimed to identify the relationship between maternal prenatal exercise and birth complications, and neonatal and childhood morphometric, metabolic and developmental outcomes.

Design: Systematic review with random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Data Sources: Online databases were searched up to 6 January 2017.

Impact of prenatal exercise on both prenatal and postnatal anxiety and depressive symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To examine the influence of prenatal exercise on depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Design: Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Data Sources: Online databases were searched up to 6 January 2017.

Prenatal exercise for the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), gestational hypertension (GH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are associated with short and long-term health issues for mother and child; prevention of these complications is critically important. This study aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationships between prenatal exercise and GDM, GH and PE.

Design: Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Glucose responses to acute and chronic exercise during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the relationship between prenatal exercise and glycaemic control.

Design: Systematic review with random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Data Sources: Online databases were searched up to 6 January 2017.