Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of using AI-enabled technology in sleep medicine: a commentary.

Unlabelled: Over the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool used to efficiently automate several tasks across multiple domains. Sleep medicine is perfectly positioned to leverage this tool due to the wealth of physiological signals obtained through sleep studies or sleep tracking devices and abundance of accessible clinical data through electronic medical records. However, caution must be applied when utilizing AI, due to intrinsic challenges associated with novel technology.

Medical Scribes in an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic Improve Productivity and Physician Well-Being.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of scribe use on physicians, nurses, and patients in an orthopaedic sports medicine clinic.

Methods: Surveys containing validated outcome measures relating to physician well-being and workplace satisfaction, among other variables, were used to assess the influence of medical scribes on clinic function. These surveys were collected for 8 months from all patients, nurses, and orthopaedic surgeons working in one orthopaedic sports medicine clinic.

Extracellular circular RNA profiles in plasma and urine of healthy, male college athletes.

Circular RNA (circRNA) are a recently discovered class of RNA characterized by a covalently-bonded back-splice junction. As circRNAs are inherently more stable than other RNA species, they may be detected extracellularly in peripheral biofluids and provide novel biomarkers. While circRNA have been identified previously in peripheral biofluids, there are few datasets for circRNA junctions from healthy controls.

Management of ankle injuries in professional basketball players: Prevalence and rehabilitation.

Basketball is a popular internationally played sport. With the physical requirements the game has on athletes, players are at risk of injury. Ankle injuries are the most common injury type suffered by basketball players.

Hip Flexor Injuries in the Athlete.

Athletic injuries to the hip flexors and iliopsoas have been described in populations across all levels of competitive sports. Overall estimates of hip flexor pathology have ranged from 5% to 28% of injuries among high-risk sport specific groups. Although most of these injuries are successfully treated with conservative management, and high rates of return to play are observed, significant rehabilitation time can be involved.

Opportunities and unknowns in adapting pediatric sleep practices to a pandemic world.

Sullivan S, Anastasi M, Beam E, et al. Opportunities and unknowns in adapting pediatric sleep practices to a pandemic world. .

Hip Arthroscopy in the High-Level Athlete: Does Capsular Closure Make a Difference?

Background: Hip arthroscopy has been shown to be effective in athletes who have femoral acetabular impingement and labral tearing. The effect of complete capsular closure versus nonclosure on return to play is unknown.

Hypothesis: Complete capsular closure after hip arthroscopy would lead to a higher rate and faster return to sports in high-level athletes.

Total Extracellular Small RNA Profiles from Plasma, Saliva, and Urine of Healthy Subjects.

Interest in circulating RNAs for monitoring and diagnosing human health has grown significantly. There are few datasets describing baseline expression levels for total cell-free circulating RNA from healthy control subjects. In this study, total extracellular RNA (exRNA) was isolated and sequenced from 183 plasma samples, 204 urine samples and 46 saliva samples from 55 male college athletes ages 18-25 years.

A preliminary study of the acute effects of religious ritual on anxiety.

Background: Various rituals have been shown to have both psychologic as well as physical effects. However, many rituals have multiple components that can account for such effects. Few studies have distinguished between the effects of ritual and those related specifically to religious content and teachings.