Development and Validation of the “Physical Functional Impact Index on Chronic Pain” (PFIICP): A Formative Model Approach by Filipe Antunes, Nuno Sousa, Pedro Teixeira

“… Introduction: The development and validation of reliable and valid instruments to assess chronic pain and its impact on daily functioning are crucial in both clinical and research settings. …”
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Information and communication technologies for the improvement of cognitive function in healthy older adults: a systematic review protocol by Roland Pastells-Peiró, Filip Bellon, Esther Rubinat Arnaldo, Jordi Martínez-Soldevila, Montserrat Gea-Sánchez, Helena Fernández-Lago

“…The articles that report data on cognitive function by domain, for example, memory or executive functions, or by test will be included. …”
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Improving neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenia by addition of cognitive remediation therapy to a standard treatment of metacognitive training by Pasquale Caponnetto, Marilena Maglia, Roberta Auditore, Marta Bocchieri, Antonio Caruso, Jennifer DiPiazza, Riccardo Polosa

“…Therefore, a randomized, controlled, monocentric, singleblind trial was carried out to compare two different rehabilitation strategies adopted for the restoration and recovery of cognitive functioning of residential patients with schizophrenia. …”
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How doctors generate diagnostic hypotheses: a study of radiological diagnosis with functional magnetic resonance imaging. by Marcio Melo, Daniel J Scarpin, Edson Amaro, Rodrigo B D Passos, João R Sato, Karl J Friston, Cathy J Price

“…<h4>Methodology and principal findings</h4>To test this proposal we developed an experimental paradigm with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using radiological diagnosis as a model. …”
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for physical function maintenance during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Study protocol. by Lindsey J Anderson, Lauren Paulsen, Gary Miranda, Karen L Syrjala, Solomon A Graf, Thomas R Chauncey, Jose M Garcia

“…Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a common life-saving treatment for hematologic malignancies, though can lead to long-term functional impairment, fatigue, muscle atrophy, with decreased quality of life. …”
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Effect of single bout exercise modalities on multi-domain cognitive function in recreationally active older adults by Syed Murshid, Adam Linoby, Raja Nurul Jannat Raja Hussain

“…Objective: This study explored the effects of single bout exercise of open-skill and closed-skill on cognitive functions, in physically active older adults. Methodology: Ninety-nine health elderly were recruited and assigned to three groups: badminton (n=33), close skill (n=33), and control (n=33). …”
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The effects of short-term vitamin D supplementation on the pulmonary function and physical fitness factors in adolescent wrestlers by hersh nouri, dariush shaikholeslami vatani, Naser Rostamzadeh

“…To investigate the research variables, serum 25(OH)D levels, pulmonary function by spirometry test and physical fitness indices were measured twice, before and after supplementation periods. …”
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Features of the cellular immune response in men with disorders of reproductive function depending on the type of alcoholic beverages consumed by L. L. Vorontsova, M. Ye. Zhuravlova, O. O. Mikhieiev, V. A. Kovalenko

“…Guided by the lack of clear information about the alcoholic beverages influence on both the subpopulation of lymphocytes in particular and the fertility of the ejaculate as a whole, the purpose of this study was to study the features of the cellular immune response in men with disorders of reproductive function depending on the type and quantity of alcohol consumed. …”
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Morphometric Assessment of Convergent Tool Technology and Function during the Early Middle Palaeolithic: The Case of Payre, France. by M Gema Chacón, Florent Détroit, Aude Coudenneau, Marie-Hélène Moncel

“…The aim of this paper is to test the geometric morphometric approach on non-standardized artefacts applying the Elliptical Fourier analysis (EFA) to 3D contours and to assess the potential relationship between size and shape, technology and function. …”
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Role of cumulative biological risk in mediating socioeconomic disparities in cognitive function in the elderly: a mediation analysis by Jimmy Akrivos, Carolyn Wei Zhu, Vahram Haroutunian

“…Of the 4976 elderly (60 years or older) who were selected, 3234 agreed to participate in the household and medical exam interviews (65% response rate).Primary and secondary outcome measures Performance on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST)—a measure of cognitive function.Results Relative to participants with the lowest level of education or family income, participants who were college graduates (β=24.4, 95% CI 22 to 26.8, p&lt;0.0001) or in the highest income quartile (β=17.3, 95% CI 15.2 to 19.4, p&lt;0.0001) had the highest DSST scores and the least AL burden (β=−0.72, 95% CI −0.98 to −0.47 and β=−0.82, 95% CI −1 to −0.57; p&lt;0.0001, respectively). …”
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Changes in functional outcome after a first-time stroke: Data from a longitudinal study. by Nipaporn Butsing, Nalinrat Thongniran, Jesada Keandoungchun

“…<h4>Background</h4>Strokes are the major cause of disability. Functional recovery following an acute stroke is time-dependent and varies depending on several factors. …”
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Altered Small-World Networks in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients during Cool Executive Function Task by Zongya Zhao, Yaqing Cheng, Zhenxin Li, Yi Yu

“…In this paper, the Trail Making Test-B (TMT-B) task was used to evaluate the cool executive function of first-episode SZ patients and electroencephalography (EEG) data were recorded from 14 first-episode SZ patients and 14 healthy controls during this cool executive function task. …”
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Dedifferentiation of brain functional gradient captures cognition performance and stroke occurrence: A UK Biobank study by Chenye Shen, Chaoqiang Liu, Nanguang Chen, Anqi Qiu

“…Brain functional dedifferentiation, marked by reduced specificity of brain activity or greater similarity of functional connectivity (FC) among networks, is a hallmark of aging. …”
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Evaluation of smartphone-based cough data in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a potential predictor of functional disability. by Pedro S Rocha, Nuno Bento, Duarte Folgado, André V Carreiro, Miguel Oliveira Santos, Mamede de Carvalho, Bruno Miranda

“…Our goal was to explore the association between cough sound characteristics and the respiratory and bulbar functions in ALS.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a single-center, cross-sectional, and case-control study. …”
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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients by Gustav Torisson, Elisabet Londos, Lars Stavenow, Lennart Minthon

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The Associations Between Functional Mobility, Dynamic Stability and Back Pain in Women After Caesarean Section Surgery by Laura Žalienė, Irina Arup

“…Functional mobility, questionnaire survey, tests of dynamic trunk stability and static endurance, mathematical descriptive statistics. …”
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Regional gastric emptying and gastric contractile activity in functional dyspepsia: new approach optimizing the consensus protocol by Marjorie Val Ietsugu, Madileine Francely Américo, Leonardo Pinto, Guilherme Augusto Soares, André Gonçalves Próspero, Kátia Koga, José Ricardo de Arruda Miranda

“…Fourteen patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) and 20 healthy volunteers were undergone GES. …”
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Defining the end of puberty in boys: INSL3 and the acute determinants of adult Leydig-cell functional capacity by Bilal Tulumcu, Richard Ivell, Waleed Alhujaili, Ravinder Anand-Ivell

“…Leydig-cell functional capacity reflects the total number and differentiation status of the Leydig-cell population within an individual and can be assessed by measuring in blood the constitutive Leydig-cell hormone insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3). …”
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Effects of Passive Movement on Motor Function and Disability in Patients with Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Auwal Abdullahi, Thomson W. L. Wong, Shamay S. M. Ng

“…<b>Result:</b> Four studies (n = 166), with two having a moderate quality and two having a high methodological quality, were included in the study. The test for overall effects showed that passive movement is superior to the control at improving the recovery of function (SMD = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.40 to −1.24, <i>p</i> = 0.0002) post intervention. …”
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Functional outcome predictors and recanalization in cerebral venous thrombosis: A single-center cross-sectional study by Rizwana Shahid, Azra Zafar

“…OBJECTIVES Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare type of stroke. Functional outcome (FOC) in CVT can be affected by different factors, and recanalization is an important determinant. …”
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