Probing Evidence of Cerebral White Matter Microstructural Disruptions in Ischemic Heart Disease Before and Following Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging Study.

Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is linked to brain white matter (WM) breakdown but how age or disease effects WM integrity, and whether it is reversible using cardiac rehabilitation (CR), remains unclear.

Purpose: To assess the effects of brain aging, cardiovascular disease, and CR on WM microstructure in brains of IHD patients following a cardiac event.

Study Type: Retrospective.

Exploring Cerebrovascular Function in Osteoarthritis: "Heads-up".

Individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) are at greater risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular incidents; yet, cerebrovascular control remains uncharacterized. Our primary outcome was to acquire cerebrovascular control metrics in patients with OA and compare measures to healthy control adults (CTL) without OA or cardiovascular complications. Our primary covariate was a 10-year risk factor for cardiovascular and stroke incidents, and secondary covariates were other cardiovascular disease risk factors (i.

Concussion Symptoms Predictive of Adolescent Sport-Related Concussion Injury.

Objective: To assess the predictive capability of the postconcussion symptom scale (PCSS) of the sport concussion assessment tool (SCAT) III to differentiate concussed and nonconcussed adolescents.

Design: Retrospective.

Setting: Tertiary.

Autonomic Dysregulation in Adolescent Concussion Is Sex- and Posture-Dependent.

Objective: To study autonomic responses to postural changes in concussed adolescents. The influence of sex was also studied.

Design: Longitudinal cohort observational study.

Concussion in Adolescents Impairs Heart Rate Response to Brief Handgrip Exercise.

Objective: Test the hypotheses that (1) concussion in adolescents impairs autonomic neural control of heart rate (HR), and (2) HR reactivity improves with symptom resolution.

Design: Observational, case-control.

Participants: Nineteen concussed adolescents (8 female adolescents; age 15 ± 2 years) and 16 healthy controls (6 female adolescents, age 15 ± 2 years).

Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a community-based summer camp for children with obesity: a prospective feasibility study.

Background: Increasing rates of childhood overweight and obesity highlight a need for the evaluation of lifestyle interventions. The purpose of the study was to determine the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance of a novel family-focused program targeting children with obesity (i.e.