Is It Safe to Prep the External Fixator In Situ During Second-Stage Pilon Surgical Treatment?

Objective: To evaluate the infection rate of our protocol of prepping the external fixator in situ during definitive second-stage pilon fracture open reduction internal fixation.

Design: Retrospective clinical investigation.

Setting: Academic Level 1 Trauma Center.

Meta-analysis of interventions to increase physical activity among cardiac subjects.

Background: Extensive primary research has tested interventions to increase physical activity (PA) among adults with cardiovascular disease. This meta-analysis integrates the extant research about how to increase PA in cardiac samples.

Methods: Extensive literature searching located published and unpublished intervention studies that measured PA outcomes.

Meta-analysis of health behavior change interventions in type 1 diabetes.

Objectives: To meta-analyze research testing interventions to improve health behaviors including exercise among adults with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Multiple literature-searching strategies identified published and unpublished studies reporting glycated hemoglobin outcomes. Fixed- and random-effects meta-analyses included moderator effects.

Physical activity interventions among adults with arthritis: meta-analysis of outcomes.

Objective: Due to reduced physical activity, adults with arthritis experience significant disability and comorbidities including cardiovascular disease. This meta-analytic review integrates results from primary research studies testing interventions to increase physical activity in arthritis patients.

Methods: Extensive literature searching strategies were employed to locate published and unpublished empirical studies testing physical activity interventions.

Meta-analysis of the effect of exercise interventions on fitness outcomes among adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

This review applied meta-analytic procedures to integrate primary research that examined exercise fitness outcomes among adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. We used extensive literature searching strategies to locate published and unpublished intervention studies that tested exercise interventions. We conducted meta-analytic procedures using both fixed- and random-effects models.

A meta-analysis of exercise interventions among people treated for cancer.

Goal: This review applied meta-analytic procedures to integrate primary research findings that tested exercise interventions among people treated for cancer.

Methods: Extensive literature searching strategies located published and unpublished intervention studies that tested exercise interventions with at least five participants (k = 30). Primary study results were coded.