Comparing the efficacy of different types of exercise for the treatment and prevention of depression in youths: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yihan Zhang, Yihan Zhang, Geng Li, Chengzhen Liu, Jinliang Guan, Yuantong Zhang, Zifu Shi

“…Specifically, the results suggest that resistance exercise, performed 3–4 times per week, with sessions lasting 30–60 min and a length of more than 6 weeks, yields optimal results for the treatment and prevention of depression in young individuals. …”
Get full text

Impact of PFMEA Implementation with Fuzzy Approach on Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness in the Sugar Industry by Mohammad Baghbani, Soleyman Iranzadeh, Majid Bagherzadeh khajeh

“…Next, during brainstorming sessions, appropriate solutions were suggested for corrective actions, and these strategies were implemented in priority over eight weeks. …”
Get full text

An intervention to improve outcomes of falls in dementia: the DIFRID mixed-methods feasibility study by Louise M Allan, Alison Wheatley, Amy Smith, Elizabeth Flynn, Tara Homer, Shannon Robalino, Fiona R Beyer, Christopher Fox, Denise Howel, Robert Barber, Jim Anthony Connolly, Louise Robinson, Steve Wayne Parry, Lynn Rochester, Lynne Corner, Claire Bamford

“…Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and support workers delivered up to 22 sessions of tailored activities in the home or local area of the person with dementia over a period of 12 weeks. …”
Get full text

A community-based primary prevention programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus integrating identification and lifestyle intervention for prevention: a cluster randomised controlled tr... by Melanie J Davies, Laura J Gray, Dariush Ahrabian, Marian Carey, Azhar Farooqi, Alastair Gray, Stephanie Goldby, Sian Hill, Kenneth Jones, Jose Leal, Kathryn Realf, Timothy Skinner, Bernie Stribling, Jacqui Troughton, Thomas Yates, Kamlesh Khunti

“…Results: A total of 22.6% of the intervention group did not attend the education and 29.1% attended all sessions. A total of 131 participants developed T2DM (standard care, n = 67; intervention, n = 64). …”
Get full text

POSTURE EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTION USING ISOFREE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, ADAPTED TO DENTISTS – CASE STUDY by Nicolae Horațiu POP, Adina MOHOLEA, Remus VĂIDĂHĂZAN

“…The protocol consisted of ten sessions of evaluation and intervention. The head, cervical and lumbar spine and foot were initially and finally evaluated using photometric measurements and the IsoFree equipment. …”
Get full text

Intraorbital Arteriovenous Malformation Treated by Transcatheter Embolization; a Case Report by Mohammad Etezad Razavi, Sirous Nekooei, Shahram Afzaly

“…Superselective catheterization of the feeding artery and embolization with absorbable gelatin particles (Gelfoam) and non-absorbable polyvinyl alcohol particles were performed in two separate sessions followed by surgical debulking. Signs and symptoms were diminished after 14 months. …”
Get full text

Speaker-specific features of simple vowels in Persian based on the source-filter theory by Homa Asadi, Batool Alinezhad

“…Materials & MethodsTo test between-and within-speaker variability, twelve male Persian speakers were recorded on two different sessions, separated by a time-lapse of one to two weeks. …”
Get full text

COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS IN PROGRAM AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PRESENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS by Rustamian S. T., Katerenchuk I. P.

“…Physical and role physical functioning in patients with PD is partially reduced due to the number of sessions per day that occur every 6 hours. On the scale of bodily pain in HD1 and KG1 there is a statistically significant difference p<0.01. …”
Get full text

INTERNET GAMING AMONG CHILDREN IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: AN EMERGING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM by Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Akhtar Sherin

“…According to the WHO, as of April 2020, around 1.5 billion children were out of schools, may be turning to online schooling, playing video games or socializing with peers online.1 Furthermore, the anecdotal reports suggest that children after marking attendance in virtual classroom simultaneously, open gaming windows and start playing video games while still in the class and being unnoticed as away from the learning sessions. The unsupervised or loosely supervised children may be at higher risk of developing the psychological complication. …”
Get full text

Overactive bladder, lack of habituation, and central sensitisation: The sympathetic skin response as a possible diagnostic marker and neuromodulation as a treatment by M.E. Fernández-Cuadros, L.M. Martín-Martín, M.J. Albaladejo-Florín, O.S. Pérez-Moro, S. Álava-Rabasa, G. Goizueta-San-Martín

“…Material and methods: Forty-seven patients, retrospective observational pre-post study.Intervention: manometric biofeedback and posterior tibial transcutaneous NM (PTNM), 8 sessions.Outcome variables: a) clinical (daytime urinary frequency [DUF] and nocturnal urinary frequency [NUF]), b) neurophysiological (latency, amplitude and percentage of habituation); c) comorbidities associated with CS; d) manometric (maximum and average pressure); at the beginning/end of treatment. …”
Get full text

Patrones de aprendizaje de estudiantes de posgrado en salud pública: relaciones con la identidad, la formación y el trabajo de profesores enBrasil by Yansy Aurora Delgado Orrillo, Anna Ciraso-Calí, Carla Quesada-Pallarès, Tania Celeste Matos Nunes, Gustavo de Oliveira Figueiredo, Jordi García-Orriols, Maria Cristina Rodrigues Guilam, J. Reinaldo Martínez-Fernández

“…Además, se entrevista a 25 docentes en sesiones de grupo focal para identificar identidad profesional, formación pedagógica y trabajo docente. …”
Get full text

The effectiveness of cupping therapy on low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials by Zixin Zhang, Mahesh Pasapula, Zelu Wang, Kimberley Edwards, Alan Norrish

“…Further research should be designed with a standardized cupping manipulation that specifies treatment sessions, frequency, cupping types, and treatment locations. …”
Get full text

3545 “Sofia Learns about Research”: an interactive storybook to educate children and their families on clinical research with a welcoming and inclusive approach. by Teresa Quattrin, Renee Cadzow, Alex Marrone, Terry-Ann Smith, Briana Getman

“…In a recent teacher focus group we learned that the book content may fit the Science Curriculum and plan on reading sessions in inner-city schools after approval from the district. …”
Get full text

New Assessment of Overall Tolerance in the Rehabilitation of Patients in the Early Recovery Period of Ischemic Stroke by Alexey A. Vershinin, Irina A. Belyaeva, Mikhail Yu. Martynov, Yana G. Pekhova, Andrey P. Rachin, Anatoliy D. Fesyun, Eugeniy I. Gusev

“…Patients with stroke received aerobic training during rehabilitation treatment – 10-12sessions according to the target indicators.Results and discussion. …”
Get full text

Reactive Exercises with Interactive Objects: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Trial on Task-Driven NMES Grasp Rehabilitation for Subacute and Early Chronic Stroke Patients by Andrea Crema, Ivan Furfaro, Flavio Raschellà, Mauro Rossini, Johannes Zajc, Constantin Wiesener, Walter Baccinelli, Davide Proserpio, Andreas Augsten, Nancy Immick, Sebastian Becker, Matthias Weber, Thomas Schauer, Karsten Krakow, Giulio Gasperini, Franco Molteni, Michael Friedrich Russold, Maria Bulgheroni, Silvestro Micera

“…S2 prototype, are compared through a parallel two-arms dose-matched open-label trial, lasting 27 sessions. Clinical centres: Asklepios Neurologische Klinik Falkenstein, Königstein im Taunus, Germany, and Clinica Villa Beretta, Costa Masnaga, Italy. …”
Get full text

Students, faculty perceptions and effectiveness of the early introduction of clinical skills teaching in the medical curriculum by Mahmoud S. Khalil, PhD, MD, Nouf Alrumaihi, MD, Jude Feda, MD, Lulu Alnuaim, MD, Hamza Abdulghani, MD, Khalid Fouda, PhD, MD, Saleh AlDahri, MD, Mona Soliman, PhD, MD

“…The impact of CS teaching effectiveness was assessed by comparing OSCE results for year-3 students who received early CS sessions with those who did not. The total number of student respondents was 461/598; and 259 (56.2%) were male and 202 (43.8%) were female. …”
Get full text

Recommendations for the Implementation of the Self-Administration of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin by Torres-Durán M, López-Campos JL, Calle Rubio M, Montero-Martínez C, Priegue Carrera A, Amaro Rodríguez R, Barrecheguren M, Barrio Guirado MA, Callejas-González FJ, Casas-Maldonado F, Diab-Cáceres L, García-Meseguer P, Hernández-Pérez JM, Lázaro-Asegurado L, Martínez-González C, Martínez Rivera C, Michel FJ, Montoro-Ronsano JB, Sánchez R, Ortiz-Pica M, Parra I, Quintero García JP, Ruiz-Serrano-de la Espada MDR, Tortajada-Goitia B, Miravitlles M

“…We presented herein experts’ recommendations for the implementation of a program for the self-administration of AAT.Methods: This project was conducted using a modified nominal group technique and was undertaken in two online meetings involving the participation of 25 experts: specialists in pulmonology (n=17), nurses (n=5) and hospital pharmacists (n=3).Results: The following issues were discussed, and several recommendations were agreed upon on the following topics: a) patient profile and clinical evaluation, establishing selection criteria that should include clinical as well as social criteria; b) role of health care professionals, suggested roles for specialists in pulmonology, nurses, and hospital pharmacists; c) training by the nurse, including recommendations before initiating the training and the content of the training sessions; and d) logistic issues and follow-up, adherence, and patient support.Conclusion: We expect this proposal to increase awareness of this therapeutic alternative and facilitate the implementation of self-administration programs, thus contributing to optimizing the patient experience with AAT therapy. …”
Get full text

Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pand... by Derek Farrell, Derek Farrell, Johnny Moran, Zeynep Zat, Paul W. Miller, Lorraine Knibbs, Penny Papanikolopoulos, Tessa Prattos, Iain McGowan, Derek McLaughlin, Ian Barron, Cordula Mattheß, Matthew D. Kiernan

“…This early intervention used an intensive treatment delivery of 4x2h sessions over 1-week. Additionally, the group EMDR intervention utilized therapist rotation in treatment delivery.MethodsThe study’s design comprised a delayed (1-month) treatment intervention (control) versus an active group. …”
Get full text

STRESSORS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN PAKISTAN by Faseeha Shafqat

“…Some parents reported that we immediately got happy when our child started uttering many word within few therapy sessions soon after device switched on but after long time they got to know that these words are not in child’s listening but only taught with lip-reading for immediate results. …”
Get full text

Enseñar a quien cuida el arte de cuidar: Un programa educativo con cuidadores de pacientes politraumatizados Ensinar a quem cuida a arte de cuidar: um programa educativo com cuidad... by Yésica Yolanda Rangel Flores, María Magdalena Hernández Flores, Minerva García Rangel

“…A los cuidadores del grupo de estudio se les aplicó un programa de intervención educativa a lo largo de cinco sesiones, y el grupo control recibió la educación convencional que ofrece el personal de salud durante el periodo de internamiento de su paciente politraumatizado. …”
Get full text