Publications by authors named "Julia Wall"
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- * Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on 363 adolescent athletes with LBP at Boston Children's Hospital, analyzing data from 2015 to 2020 using statistical tests for associations.
- * Results: The most common diagnosis was non-specific LBP (34%), followed by spondylolysis (28%), with differences noted in diagnosis based on sex, particularly for facet-joint and SI-joint related pain, highlighting the need for better diagnostic methods and management guidelines tailored for this group.
Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients represent challenging spinal surgery candidates due to associated frailty and deformity. This study consolidates the literature concerning spinal surgery outcomes in PD versus non-PD patients, to evaluate if PD predisposes patients to worse post-operative outcomes, so that treatment protocols can be optimised.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Google Scholar databases per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Background Context: Various statistical approaches exist to delineate learning curves in spine surgery. Techniques range from dividing cases into intervals for metric comparison, to employing regression and cumulative summation (CUSUM) analyses. However, their inherent inconsistencies and methodological flaws limit their comparability and reliability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlternative metrics, or altmetrics, have emerged as a promising tool for measuring the social impact of research, which is increasingly important in today's digital and social media-driven world. Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) is a weighted count of all the online attention garnered by a study, and it is currently unclear whether a relationship with traditional bibliometrics exists. The purpose of this article was to retrospectively review articles published in the Surgeon Journal from 2003 to 2020 to compare AAS with bibliometric parameters using an Independent t-test and Pearson's correlation analysis.
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- - The study explores the impacts of sport-related low back pain (LBP) on adolescent athletes, focusing on how it affects their daily lives and relationships with parents, teammates, and coaches.
- - Conducted through qualitative interviews over online video calls, the research involved athletes aged 10-19 who reported experiencing LBP in the year before the interview.
- - Key findings reveal that the normalization of pain in sports undermines athlete safety, alters self-perception, and significantly affects well-being, highlighting the need for improved safeguarding measures for young athletes dealing with pain.
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- - The study systematically reviewed 80 research articles to determine the incidence and prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in adolescent athletes, finding that LBP occurs in about 11% over 2 years and 42% over the last year.
- - Key risk factors for LBP included active participation in sports, high volumes of training, concurrent leg pain, being overweight, older age, female sex, and a family history of back pain.
- - The research highlighted spondylolysis as the most reported form of LBP and indicated that variations in findings were influenced by different study methodologies and definitions of LBP.
Background: There is limited information on optimization of symptomatic management of cervical dystonia (CD) after implantation of pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS).
Objectives: To describe the long-term, "real-world" management of CD patients after DBS implantation and the role of reintroduction of pharmacologic and botulinum toxin (BoNT) therapy.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with focal cervical or segmental craniocervical dystonia implanted with DBS was conducted.
Objectives: Low back pain is highly prevalent in rowing and can be associated with significant disability and premature retirement. A previous qualitative study in rowers revealed a culture of concealment of pain and injury due to fear of judgement by coaches or teammates. The aim of this study was to explore rowers' perspectives in relation to diagnosis, contributory factors, and management of low back pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKicking is fundamental in many field-based sports. Most studies investigating kicking performance have been conducted with male athletes, resulting in a dearth of specific data to inform coaching of this skill in female players. This systematic review aimed to compare kicking biomechanics in male and female athletes in field-based sports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraditional deep brain stimulation requires intraoperative neurophysiological confirmation of electrode placement. Recently, purely image guided methods are being evaluated as to their clinical efficacy in comparison to surgery using microelectrode recordings. We used the ClearPoint(®) system to place electrodes in both the subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus internus in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.
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