Publications by authors named "J M Lackner"
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- The study investigates how nonspecific factors like treatment credibility and expectancy influence the results of nonoperative treatments for degenerative meniscal tears (DMTs).
- It hypothesizes that treatment credibility will be consistent across various patient demographics while older patients and those with longer or more intense pain will have lower treatment expectancy and symptom expectancy scores.
- In a cohort of 126 participants, results showed that those with a higher body mass index and longer pain duration had significantly lower treatment credibility and expectancy ratings compared to those with a lower BMI and shorter pain duration.
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- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects gut-brain function and can lead to psychological distress, work impairment, and reduced quality of life, with limited research on its relationship with smoking.
- The study analyzed 263 adults with IBS who smoke, focusing on how IBS symptom severity and anxiety sensitivity influence smoking habits and challenges in quitting.
- Results showed that both anxiety sensitivity and IBS severity increased perceived difficulties in quitting smoking, especially highlighting that higher anxiety sensitivity amplified the negative expectations around quitting for those with more severe IBS symptoms.
We explored in 75 s long trials the effects of visually induced self-rotation and displacement (SR&D) on the horizontally extended right arm of standing subjects (N = 12). A "tool condition" was included in which subjects held a long rod. The extent of arm movement was contingent on whether the arm was extended out Freely or Pointing at a briefly proprioceptively specified target position.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne of the greatest challenges worldwide is containing the spread of problematic microorganisms. A promising approach is the use of antimicrobial coatings (AMCs). The antimicrobial potential of certain metals, including copper and zinc, has already been verified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrom both pharmaceutical and structural perspectives, the large family of prostaglandins represent a truly remarkable class of natural products. Prostaglandin A is a tissue hormone naturally found in human seminal plasma and in the sea whip Plexaura homomalla with yet poorly understood biological or therapeutic effects. Herein, a novel strategy for the stereoselective construction of both naturally occurring prostaglandin A epimers and first insights into their functional effects on the major inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptors (GABAR) are provided.
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