Neural markers of error processing relate to task performance, but not to substance-related risks and problems and externalizing problems in adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Detecting errors and adapting behavior accordingly constitutes an integral aspect of cognition. Previous studies have linked neural correlates of error processing (e.g.

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Power- and Weightlifters: a Pilot Study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is defined as involuntary leakage of urine on physical effort and is prevalent among power- and weightlifters. However, there is scant knowledge on treatment options for this population. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the potential outcomes and feasibility of a pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program on SUI in nulliparous female power- and weightlifters.

Pelvic floor muscle training in female functional fitness exercisers: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial.

Objective: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among females during functional fitness training, such as CrossFit. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on SUI in female functional fitness exercisers.

Methods: This was an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial with a PFMT group (n=22) and a control group (n=25).

Acute Effect of Heavy Weightlifting on the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Strength-Trained Women: An Experimental Crossover Study.

Introduction/purpose: Heavy lifting may produce strain on the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) due to high increases in intra-abdominal pressure, but knowledge of the impact of weightlifting on the PFM is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate acute effects of heavy weightlifting on the PFM in strength-trained women and whether general strength in whole-body exercises correlated to PFM strength.

Methods: Forty-seven nulliparous women between 18 and 35 yr who regularly performed weightlifting and were able to lift their own body weight × 1.

Case report: A prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by in an immunocompetent patient.

Extrapulmonary infections with are rare, but important to acknowledge. We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) with in a 66-year-old immunocompetent man with an aortic homograft. The diagnosis was made by direct 16S rRNA gene amplification from valve material, confirmed by a targeted -PCR in serum and the detection of specific antibodies.

Polypharmacy and Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in Home-Dwelling Older People - A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Risks associated with polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions represent a challenge in drug treatment, especially in older adults. The aim of the present study was to assess the use of prescription and non-prescription drugs and the frequency of potential drug-drug interactions in home-dwelling older individuals.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was applied.

Urinary and anal incontinence among female gymnasts and cheerleaders-bother and associated factors. A cross-sectional study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Artistic gymnastics, team gymnastics and cheerleading are sports including high-impact activities. It is presumed that the athletes' pelvic floor must be functioning well to prevent urinary (UI) and anal incontinence (AI) during sports. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for UI and AI in female artistic gymnasts, team gymnasts and cheerleaders; the influence of UI and AI on daily living and sport performance; and the athletes' knowledge about the pelvic floor muscles (PFM).

Prevalence of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Bother, and Risk Factors and Knowledge of the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Norwegian Male and Female Powerlifters and Olympic Weightlifters.

Skaug, KL, Bø, K, Engh, ME, and Frawley, H. Prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunction, bother, and risk factors and knowledge of the pelvic floor muscles in Norwegian male and female powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res 36(10): 2800-2807, 2022-Strenuous exercise has been suggested as a risk factor of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD).

Factors associated with self-rated health in a Norwegian population of older people participating in a preventive home visit program: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Assessing self-rated health by preventive home visits of older people can provide information about the person's well-being, quality of life and risk of developing illness. The aim of this study was to examine associations between self-rated health and factors related to demographics, lifestyle, health conditions and medical diagnoses by older people participating in a preventive home visit program.

Methods: A cross-sectional study including 233 participants (age 75-79) from three municipalities of Western Norway was conducted.

Experience-dependent modulation of the visual evoked potential: Testing effect sizes, retention over time, and associations with age in 415 healthy individuals.

Experience-dependent modulation of the visual evoked potential (VEP) is a promising proxy measure of synaptic plasticity in the cerebral cortex. However, existing studies are limited by small to moderate sample sizes as well as by considerable variability in how VEP modulation is quantified. In the present study, we used a large sample (n = 415) of healthy volunteers to compare different quantifications of VEP modulation with regards to effect sizes and retention of the modulation effect over time.

Self-management and health related quality of life in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Purpose: Although it is well-known that persons with COPD experience lower health related quality of life (HRQoL), little is known about the importance of self-management related domains on HRQoL in persons with COPD. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine associations between self-management related domains and HRQoL, adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, self-efficacy, and sense of coherence.

Methods: Cross-sectional data of 225 persons with COPD, recruited from a hospital register, were analyzed.

Effects of a COPD self-management support intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: This study examines the effects of the COPD-specific health promoting self-management intervention "Better living with COPD" on different self-management-related domains, self-efficacy, and sense of coherence (SOC).

Methods: In a randomized controlled design, 182 people with COPD were allocated to either an intervention group (offered Better living with COPD in addition to usual care) or a control group (usual care). Self-management-related domains were measured by the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) before and after intervention.

Risk assessment during preventive home visits among older people.

Background: Preventive home visits (PHV) may contribute to identify risks and needs in older people, and thereby delay the onset of functional decline and illness, otherwise often followed by home care or admission to hospital or nursing homes. There is a need to increase knowledge about which factors are associated with different risk areas among older people, so that the PHV questionnaire focuses on relevant tests and questions to make the PHV more specific and have a clear focus and purpose.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine associations between five kinds of risks: risk of falls, malnutrition, polypharmacy, cognitive impairment, and risk of developing illness and factors related to lifestyle, health, and medical diagnoses among older people living at home.

Symptom burden and self-management in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Purpose: Self-management is crucial for effective COPD management. This study aimed at identifying associations between self-management and sociodemographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and symptom burden in people with COPD.

Patients And Methods: In this cross-sectional study with 225 participants diagnosed with COPD grades II-IV, multiple linear regression analysis was conducted, using sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and symptom burden (COPD Assessment Test) as the independent variables and the eight self-management domains of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) as the outcome variables.

Health team for the elderly: a feasibility study for preventive home visits.

Unlabelled: The aim was to describe the development, utilization and feasibility of a model of preventive home visits, in an urban and a rural municipality in Norway.

Background: Older people >65 years will rise significantly in coming years. Increased age is associated with risk of disability, illness and need for public health services.

What is the minimum number of patients for quality control of lung cancer management in Norway?

Introduction: There are few data available on the optimal number of lung cancer patients needed to generate and compare estimates of quality between units managing lung cancer. The number of lung cancer patients per management unit varies considerably in Norway, where there are 42 hospitals that treated between 1 and 454 lung cancer patients in 2011.

Aims: To estimate the differences in quality indicators that are of sufficient importance to change a pulmonary physician's lung cancer management program, and to estimate the size of the patient samples necessary to detect such differences.

The European initiative for quality management in lung cancer care.

Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer-related death worldwide and poses a significant respiratory disease burden. Little is known about the provision of lung cancer care across Europe. The overall aim of the Task Force was to investigate current practice in lung cancer care across Europe.

Management of latent tuberculous infection in Norway in 2009: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting: Despite a steep increase in the number of individuals treated for latent tuberculous infection (LTBI), few data are available on how treatment is implemented.

Objective: To obtain baseline information on initiation and completion of treatment for LTBI in Norway in 2009.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

All-cause and liver-related mortality in hepatitis C infected drug users followed for 33 years: a controlled study.

Background & Aims: The course of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in injecting drug users (IDUs) has not been well described. The aim of this study was to compare long-term all-cause and liver-related mortality among anti-HCV positive IDUs with and without persisting HCV infection.

Methods: A retrospective-prospective controlled cohort design was applied.

Predictors of long-term survival of lung cancer patients in a Norwegian community.

Introduction: Few population-based studies are available on more than 5 years survival of lung cancer patients.

Objectives: The aims of this report were to study the survival and the predictors of survival in all lung cancer patients in a defined population and to determine whether and how the length of time from symptom onset to confirmed diagnosis (delay time) influenced survival.

Methods: In a retrospective study, all incident cases from the Norwegian Cancer Registry and the hospital records in the Haugalandet area from 1990 to 1996 were followed until 31 December 2008.

Hospitalisation days in patients with lung cancer in a general population.

Background: Little is known concerning the hospitalisation of all lung cancer patients in a geographically defined population.

Method: All incident lung cancer patients in the Haugalandet area in South-west Norway from 1990 through 1996 were followed from diagnosis till either death or end of follow-up 1 December 2003. Initial symptoms, anatomical stage, functional performance status, histology, initial treatment, terminal care, number of admissions as well as days of hospitalisation were recorded.

[Risk factors for hepatitis C among injecting drug users in Oslo].

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among injecting drug users. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of risk behaviour and its association with HCV infection.

Material And Methods: All users of the needle exchange program in Oslo, within a given time period, were eligible for inclusion in this cross-sectional study; 327 chose to participate.

[Hepatitis C--a health problem also in Norway].

Background: Hepatitis C is a large global health problem; approximately 20 - 30 000 are infected in Norway. Hepatitis C-infection is often chronic and can progress into chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The most important transmission route is through percutaneous exposure to infected blood.