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BMC Musculoskelet Disord
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: Artcure diffusional patch (ADP) is a novel transdermal therapeutic system that started to be used in the last decade for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Previous studies have reported early results of the therapy. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the medium- to long-term functional outcomes of this treatment in LDH patients and examine factors predicting the need for surgery after treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Orofac Orthop
January 2025
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Mário Santos Braga 30, room 214, ZC 24040-110, Niterói (RJ), Brazil.
Background: Mouth breathing is related to morphological and functional alterations in growing individuals. Understanding early events that can lead to these changes can prevent or decrease the need for orthodontic treatment.
Objective: The goal was to assess the prognosis for dental alterations evidenced by changes in the incisor inclination and arch width after surgical intervention to normalize the mode of breathing in growing patients.
J Hand Ther
January 2025
Physiotherapeutic Resources Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA.
Background: De Quervain's tenosynovitis (QT) is common among individuals performing repetitive manual tasks and significantly affects daily activities due to pain. While traditional treatments often provide limited relief, high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) shows as a potential analgesic resource.
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to evaluate the analgesic effects of HILT in patients with QT.
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
January 2025
German Aortic Centre, Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart and Vascular Centre UKE Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Objective: Half of re-interventions after fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair (FB-EVAR) are target vessel related. Regarding bridging stent choice, existing data are controversial. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the performance of Advanta V12/iCAST as bridging stent in FB-EVAR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: While the digital-based interventions targeting older adults to prevent age-related health problems such as sarcopenia have grown rapidly in recent years, there are no meta-analyses indicating synthesized pooled estimates.
Objective: To examine the effects of digital-based interventions on sarcopenia-related measures, including physical performance and muscle mass, in healthy community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: Systematic searches were performed on MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library for eligible studies published up to 31 March 2023.
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