Clinical implications of discordance between anti-dsDNA antibodies by multiplex flow immunoassay and Crithidia luciliae assay in a multiethnic racial cohort of patients with SLE by Amit Saxena, Peter Izmirly, H Michael Belmont, Jill P Buyon, Devyn Zaminski

“…To address the clinical impact of measuring these antibodies by two different assays, this study leveraged a well-phenotyped multiethnic/racial cohort.Methods All patients fulfilled the classification criteria for SLE by at least one of the validated schemes: American College of Rheumatology, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics and/or American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria. …”
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Injuries in professional women’s elite soccer players in Kosovo: epidemiological injury study by Feim Gashi, Tine Kovačič, Ismet Shalaj, Bekim Haxhiu, Arben Boshnjaku

“…Methods This descriptive epidemiological study invited all 286 women’s soccer players from the 12 participating women clubs in the Kosovo 1st Soccer League (elite football level) during the 2021/2022 season, out of which 142 from 12 clubs participated. …”
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Effects of 8 weeks pre-season training on physical fitness, heart rate variability and cognition in women soccer players by Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, Ana Filipa Silva, Alfonso Castillo Rodriguez, Wanesa Onetti-Onetti, Filipe Manuel Clemente

“…The aim of this study was to explore the variations (pre-post) of (i) Anthropometric measures: weight, body mass index, lean and muscle mass, (ii) Physical fitness: countermovement jump (CMJ) and VO2max, (iii) heart rate variability (HRV) (recumbent and sitting): mean RR, RMSSD, NN50 and NN50 %, (iv) Psychomotor Vigilance Task, and v) SART: ACC Go, ACC NoGo and reaction times in semi-professional women soccer players from the second division of the Spanish League. The analysis indicated that lean mass improved after the observation period (p = .05, d = −0.38), while no other significant changes in anthropometric measures were observed. …”
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United Kingdom’s contribution to European research output in biomedical sciences: 2008–2017 by Raoul Tan, Eric Sijbrands

“…The UK’s share in the EU+ co-publications with regions outside Europe ranged between 23.0% for the Arab League and 50.6% for Australia and New Zealand and its share of the top 1% ranged between 48.6% for the USA and Canada and 70.7% for the African Union.Conclusions: The UK contributed far more highly cited publications than the rest of the EU+ states and strongly contributed to European collaborations with the rest of the world during 2008–2017. …”
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Publicly available data sources in sport-related concussion research: a caution for missing data by Abigail C. Bretzin, Bernadette A. D’Alonzo, Elsa R. van der Mei, Jason Gravel, Douglas J. Wiebe

“…We compared sport-related concussion (SRC) clinical incidence using data from publicly available sources to a recent publication reporting SRC using electronic health records (EHR) from the National Football League (NFL). We hypothesize publicly available data sources will underrepresent SRC in the NFL. …”
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The Relationship Between the Upper-Body Strength Characteristics with Velocity and Power Parameters During the Bench Throw Movement: Is Sport Branch An Inportant Factor ? by Serdar Bayrakdaroğlu, İbrahim Can

“…In accordance with this purpose; a total of 52 athletes (age: 22,8±3,61 years; height: 183,3±10,8 cm; weight: 80,1±13,4 kg) including 13 volleyball players (age: 20,3±1,25 years; height: 194,7±7,51 cm; weight: 87,8±7,22 kg) and 13 handball players (age: 25,4±3,86 years; height: 187,5±8,33 cm; weight: 90,9±14,8 kg) competed in Turkey 1. League together with 13 national martial players (age: 25,0±3,24 years; height: 175,1±6,91 cm; weight: 70,0±7,70 kg) and 13 arm wrestling players (age: 20,6±1,93 years; height: 175,7±5,39 cm; weight: 71,9±7,92 kg) participated as voluntarily. …”
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The effects of Tai Chi exercise on sleep quality among the elderly: a study based on polysomnographic monitoring by Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Tao Jiang, Hansen Li, Guikang Cao, Guodong Zhang, Guodong Zhang

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Soil pqqC-harboring bacterial community response to increasing aridity in semi-arid grassland ecosystems: Diversity, co-occurrence network, and assembly process by Mei Zhang, Mei Zhang, Ruixi Zhang, Riquan Song, Xilong An, Guixin Chu, Hongtao Jia, Hongtao Jia

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Effect of public relations activities conducted in professional football clubs on fan satisfaction by Hakan Salim Caglayan, Celalettin Bayar

“…The research sample was composed of a total of 699 fans (nmale=535 and nfemale=164) including 200 Fenerbahçe fans (nmale=179 and nfemale=21), 100 Beşiktaş Fans (nmale=2 and nfemale=98), 201 Galatasaray Fans (nmale=178 and nfemale=23) and 198 Gençlerbirliği Fans (nmale=176 and nfemale=22), who were selected with random sampling method from football teams played in Super Toto Super League at Turkey Football Federation 2011-2012 Football Season. …”
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Longitudinal changes in youth baseball batting based on body rotation and separation by Toshiharu Tsutsui, Jun Sakata, Wataru Sakamaki, Toshihiro Maemichi, Suguru Torii

“…Participants were divided into six age categories according to the little league eligibility rules (players were classified according to their age as of July 31 of a given year). …”
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Effectiveness of Indirect and Direct Laryngoscopes in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Hiroshi Hoshijima, Takahiro Mihara, Shinichi Kokubu, Sakura Takeda, Toshiya Shiga, Kentaro Mizuta

“…Frequentist network meta-analysis was conducted, and network plots and network league tables were produced. Subgroup analysis was performed after excluding rigid-fiberscope-type indirect laryngoscopes. …”
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Detailed analysis of the association between urate deposition and bone erosion in gout: a dual-energy computed tomography study by Wan-Yi Zheng, Wen-Feng Zhan, Jing-Yi Wang, Wei-Ming Deng, Yu-Kai Hung, Wei Wang, Gui-Hua Jiang

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the effect of urate deposition (UD) on bone erosion and examine the association between the volume of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals and an improved bone erosion score method, as measured in the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints of patients with gout.Materials and methodsFifty-six patients diagnosed with gout using the 2015 European League Against Rheumatism and American College of Rheumatology criteria were enrolled. …”
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Visual analysis of the research trend and status on the association between vitamin D and immunity: From 2012 to 2021 by Xuemei Luo, Yali Deng, Wenfang He

“…In terms of institutions, the top five institutions with the highest number of publications all belong to Europe. Among them, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) (121, 7.31%) has a greater proportion of output articles. …”
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Role of <i>IL6R</i> Genetic Variants in Predicting Response to Tocilizumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Luis Sainz, Pau Riera, Patricia Moya, Sara Bernal, Jordi Casademont, Cesar Díaz-Torné, Ana Milena Millán, Hye Sang Park, Adriana Lasa, Héctor Corominas

“…Responses to treatments were assessed at six months using three variables: a quantitative improvement in Disease activity score including 28 joints (DAS28), a satisfactory European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response, and low disease activity (LDA) achievement. …”
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The sacroiliac dysfunction and pain is associated with history of lower extremity sport related injuries by Sajjad Abdollahi, Rahman Sheikhhoseini, Mohammad Rahimi, Wendy E. Huddleston

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, basketball-related injury data were collected during 2019–2020 from 204 basketball players of the Iranian league using the online Information Retrospective Injury Questionnaire. …”
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Protocol for a pilot and feasibility study evaluating a complex nurse-led patient education intervention to promote cancer patient engagement in healthy lifestyle (O-PHE programme) by Serena Barello, Andrea Cattaneo, Loris Bonetti, Cristina Franzoso-Sartorio, Maria Claudia Rinaldi, Angela Tolotti, Sarah Liptrott, Davide Sari

“…Finally, patients’ organisations, such as the Swiss Cancer League, will be involved in the dissemination process. …”
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Relationships between training load, peak height velocity, muscle soreness and fatigue status in elite-level young soccer players: a competition season study by Hadi Nobari, Özgür Eken, Okan Kamiş, Rafael Oliveira, Pablo Prieto González, Rodrigo Aquino

“…Methods Twenty U14 players that competed in the national league participated in this study. The players were monitored during the whole season (26 weeks), and evaluations were carried out at the end of the in-season. …”
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Effects of concurrent training and CoQ10 on neurotrophic factors and physical function in people with Multiple Sclerosis: a pilot study by Amir Hossein Haghighi, Amin Ahmadi, Antonio Carotenuto, Roya Askari, Karim Nikkhah, Behnam Bagherzadeh-Rahmani, Hadi Sharabadi, Daniel Souza, Paulo Gentil

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Players’, Head Coaches', And Medical Personnels' Knowledge, Understandings and Perceptions of Injuries and Injury Prevention in Elite-Level Women’s Football in Ireland by Dan Horan, Seamus Kelly, Martin Hägglund, Catherine Blake, Mark Roe, Eamonn Delahunt

“…The aim of our study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of players, head coaches, and medical personnel in the Irish Women’s National League (WNL) to injury prevention and injury management. …”
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Video-EEG-monitoring to guide antiseizure medication withdrawal by Laurien K. L. Dhaenens-Meyer, Elisabeth Schriewer, Yvonne G. Weber, Stefan Wolking

“…Successful withdrawal was defined according to the following criteria: no recoding of (sub)clinical seizure activity during VEM (groups 1, 2, and 3), patients did not meet the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) definition of epilepsy (groups 2 and 3) [14], and patients were discharged without ongoing ASM treatment (all groups). …”
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