The effects of age and physical activity status on muscle synergies when walking down slopes.

Purpose: The aim of the current study was to determine whether gait control (muscle synergies) or gait stability (margin of stability (MoS)) were different between younger and older adults when walking on level or downhill slopes. Further, it sought to determine associations between either age or physical activity with muscle synergy widths.

Methods: Ten healthy younger (28.

Can assessment of human assumed central sensitisation improve the predictive accuracy of the STarT Back screening tool in acute low back pain?

Background: The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBT) is recommended to provide risk-stratified care in low back pain (LBP), yet its predictive value is moderate for disability and low for pain severity. Assessment of human assumed central sensitisation (HACS) in conjunction with the SBT may improve its predictive accuracy.

Objectives: To examine whether assessment of HACS in acute LBP improves the predictive accuracy of the SBT for LBP recovery at six months in people with acute non-specific LBP.

Clinical features of fallers and non-fallers: finding best-performing combinations of physical performance measurements to discriminate physical impairments between fallers and non-fallers among older adults with and without osteoporosis.

Unlabelled: Is osteoporosis related to worst outcomes after fall accidents? After a fall accident, there were no differences in walking and balance between individuals with/without osteoporosis. Gains in fat tissue, higher pain, and difficulty to walk were related to previous falls, regardless of osteoporosis.

Purpose: Impairments are expected after an accidental fall in the older age; whoever, it is still unclear if patients suffering from osteoporosis are in higher risks of fall accidents and if such accidents would cause worst outcomes compared with older adults without osteoporosis.

Sex differences in transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes among patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis.

Background: Despite comprising almost half of all patients undergoing valvular repair, data on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis (BAS) are limited.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate whether there are any sex differences in trends and outcomes of TAVR in this population.

Methods: We utilized the National Inpatient Sample from 2012 to 2020 to identify admissions with BAS who underwent TAVR and analyzed trends and outcomes.