Vaccine practices, literacy, and hesitancy among parents in the United Arab Emirates.

Background: Immunisation is one of public health's greatest success stories, yet, annually, 20 million children miss out entirely or partially on routine immunisation. National immunisation estimates have the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lagging behind with 4% of children under the age of 1 not having received any vaccines. Vaccine hesitancy is considered one of the biggest barriers to vaccination.

Dynamic stabilization home exercise program for treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: A prospective randomized control trial.

Study Design: Randomized control trial.

Introduction: Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of hand pain and disability. Standard conservative therapy (SCT) for thumb CMC OA includes an orthosis and instruction in joint protection, adaptive equipment, and pain relieving modalities.

Patient satisfaction of hand therapy services.

Study Design: This study utilized a cross-sectional cohort design that used survey techniques for data collection.

Introduction: Patient satisfaction is becoming increasingly important in the health care field; however, it is typically evaluated with the use a single question. Patient satisfaction encompasses numerous aspects that should be considered on evaluation.

Melorheostosis: A Retrospective Clinical Analysis of 24 Patients at the Mayo Clinic.

Background: Current understanding of the clinical features of persons with melorheostosis is restricted primarily to individual case reports and small case series.

Objective: To assess the clinical features of patients with melorheostosis treated at our institution from 1972 through 2010.

Design: Chart review.