Publications by authors named "M Marullo"
Introduction: Despite an improved understanding of its pathogenesis, dry eye disease (DED) remains relatively underestimated and its treatment challenging. A better alignment between the clinical evaluation and the patient self-assessment also requires capturing the whole patient experience of DED. This project aimed to unveil this experience through narrative medicine (NM).
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- * A 12-month clinical trial showed that patients who improved their diet and exercise adherence experienced remission of MASLD, with changes noted in their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).
- * After the intervention, key mitochondrial functions in PBMCs normalized in MASLD patients, indicating that a Mediterranean diet can support mitochondrial health without requiring calorie restriction, which may help in diagnosing and monitoring the disease.
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- The study aimed to examine how different levels of physical activity (PA) affect semen quality in healthy young males aged 18-23.
- It involved a group of 143 students who completed questionnaires on their physical activity and provided samples for semen analysis at the beginning and after 4 and 8 months.
- The findings indicated that moderate physical activity positively correlated with better semen parameters, such as higher sperm motility and normal morphology, compared to low or high PA levels.
One-day surgery is safe and effective in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A prospective comparative study at 1 year of follow-up.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
December 2024
Purpose: To compare the outcomes and complications of two perioperative protocols for the management of patients who underwent medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA): 24 h (1-day surgery [OS]) versus 72 h (enhanced recovery after surgery [ERAS]) of the length of hospital stay (LOS). In our hypothesis, the reduction of the LOS from 3 to 1 day did not influence the outcomes and complications.
Methods: A total of 42 patients (21 in each group) with isolated anteromedial knee osteoarthritis and meeting specific criteria were prospectively included in the study.
Background: Lockdown measures during the recent pandemic, due to the novel COVID-19, affected several other aspects of lifestyle, but little is known about their long-term impact, especially among adolescents. Our study aimed to assess the long-term consequences of changes in diet, exercise and screen activity levels, sleep quality, smoke, smartphone addiction and emotional distress among a sample of Italian adolescents, 2 years after the beginning of the pandemic.
Methods: We submitted an online survey to high-school students in the province of Brescia, a city in Northern Italy, investigating changes in food consumption and in physical and screen activities, cooking skills, sleep duration and quality, emotional distress, smartphone addiction and nutrition knowledge.