The Effectiveness of Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Treating Spinal Pain Does Not Depend on the Application Procedures: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.

To assess whether spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) application procedures (ie, target, thrust, and region) impacted changes in pain and disability for adults with spine pain. Systematic review with network meta-analysis. We searched PubMed and Epistemonikos for systematic reviews indexed up to February 2022 and conducted a systematic search of 5 databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL [Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials], PEDro [Physiotherapy Evidence Database], and Index to Chiropractic Literature) from January 1, 2018, to September 12, 2023.

"I Learned as I Went": an online distance education case study.

Interactions between deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and instructors in online distance education (ODE) increased exponentially during the COVID pandemic. To understand this phenomena, we conducted a comprehensive literature review about evolving ODE formats customized for deaf student's needs. This literature shows increasing multimodal, multilingual, and interactive features.

Identifying Factors Predicting Margin Status After Mastectomy.

Introduction: A positive margin after mastectomy increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence and the morbidity associated with re-excision or chest wall irradiation. This study aimed to identify factors that may predict margin status after mastectomy.

Methods: Women with Tis-T3 breast cancers who underwent mastectomy from 2014 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.