Reflections of Foster Youth Engaging in the Co-Design of Digital Mental Health Technology: Duoethnography Study.

Background: Current research on digital applications to support the mental health and well-being of foster youth is limited to theoretical applications for transition-aged foster youth and support platforms developed without intentional input from foster youth themselves. Centering the lived expertise of foster youth in digital solutions is crucial to dismantling barriers to care, leading to an increase in service access and improving mental health outcomes. Co-design centers the intended end users during the design process, creating a direct relationship between potential users and developers.

Non-Hospitalized Patients With Post-COVID Condition and Myopathic Electromyography Findings Show no Difference in Symptom Severity and Clinical Manifestations Compared to Those Without Myopathic Findings.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a post-infectious syndrome designated as long-COVID or post-COVID condition (PCC) that presents with numerous symptoms including fatigue and myalgias. This study evaluated myopathic electromyography (EMG) findings in non-hospitalized PCC patients in relation to symptom severity, quality of life (QoL), and physical function.

Methods: Twenty-nine PCC patients with persistent symptoms ≥ 3 months after laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, without hospitalization or comorbidities, were included.

Physical and perceptual demands of youth international team match-play in traditional and aged-matched future teams for biologically late maturing soccer players.

Background: Given the rapidly increasing interest in national futures programmes, and the associated significant increased resource investment, there is a pressing need for data specific to futures programmes to inform practice across world football.

Aim: To investigate the differences in the physical and perceptual demands of match-play using Global Positioning Software technology and Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) in traditional youth international team and age-matched international future teams for biologically late-maturing players over one in-season period.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 18 U15 future team (FT) players and 21 national team (NT) players were examined.

Longitudinal changes in regional fat and muscle composition and cardiometabolic biomarkers over 5 years of hormone therapy in transgender individuals.

Background: Longitudinal studies investigating hormone therapy in transgender individuals are rare and often limited to 1- to 2-year follow-up periods.

Objectives And Methods: We examined changes in body composition, muscle volumes, and fat distribution as well as muscle strength, arterial stiffness, and cardiometabolic biomarkers in both transgender men (TM; n = 17, age 25 ± 5 years) and transgender women (TW; n = 16, age 28 ± 5 years) at baseline and after 1 and 5-6 years of hormone therapy in a longitudinal prospective cohort design. Whole-body and regional fat and muscle volumes were analyzed using magnetic resonance imaging, and blood samples were taken.