Prospective Evaluation of Neurocognition in Patients Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Srinivasa P. Potluri, MD, Cody W. Dorton, DO, Kyle A. McCullough, MD, Taylor Pickering, DO, Jasjit K. Banwait, PhD, Sarah M. Hale, CCRC, Talia G. Meidan, BS, Radhika M. Vaishnav, BS, Katherine B. Harrington, MD, Justin M. Schaffer, MD, William T. Brinkman, MD, Robert C. Stoler, MD, Timothy A. Mixon, MD, R. Jay Widmer, MD, Anita R. Krueger, MD, Karim Al-Azizi, MD, Molly I. Szerlip, MD, Michael J. Mack, MD, J. Michael DiMaio, MD

“…Conclusions: Among patients with baseline MCI undergoing TAVR, neurocognitive function as measured by the Mini MoCA exam significantly improved at 30 days and 6 months postprocedure. …”
Get full text

Disturbed sleep after lung transplantation is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Aric A. Prather, PhD, Ying Gao, MS, Legna Betancourt, BS, Rose C. Kordahl, BS, Anya Sriram, BS, Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, Steven R. Hays, MD, Jasleen Kukreja, MD, Daniel R. Calabrese, MD, Aida Venado, MD, Bhavya Kapse, PhD, John R. Greenland, MD, PhD, Jonathan P. Singer, MD, MS

“…Background: Many lung transplant recipients fail to derive the expected improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQL) and survival. …”
Get full text

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training Can Improve Menopausal Symptoms and Psychological Well-Being in Women with a Diagnosis of Primary Breast Cancer: A Longitudinal Randomiz... by Karina Dolgilevica, Elizabeth Grunfeld, Nazanin Derakshan

“…Other findings indicated that the intervention and active control participants reported lasting improvements in cognitive function, fatigue, and stress-related symptoms (all <i>ps</i> < 0.05). …”
Get full text

Protocol of randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of moderate exercise training on the functional capacity of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator i... by Selvakumar Paramasivan, Lakshmi Ramamoorthy, Raja Selvaraj

“…BACKGROUND: Cardiac rehabilitation programs are planned to reduce the physiological and psychological stress of Cardiovascular Disease, decrease the risk of mortality secondary to CVD, improve cardiovascular function, and help patients to achieve their highest quality of life. …”
Get full text

Study protocol for a pilot clinical trial to understand neural mechanisms of response to a psychological treatment for pain and anxiety in pediatric functional abdominal pain disor... by Natoshia R Cunningham, Michelle A Adler, Brittany N Barber Garcia, Taylor Abounader, Alaina K Miller, Mariela Monzalvo, Ismaeel Hashemi, Ryan Cox, Samantha L Ely, Yong Zhou, Mark DeLano, Todd Mulderink, Mathew J Reeves, James L Peugh, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Robert C Coghill, Judith E Arnetz, David C Zhu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPD) are the most common chronic pain conditions of childhood and are made worse by co-occurring anxiety. …”
Get full text

Effects of Twelve Weeks of Virtual Square Stepping Exercises on Quality of Life, Satisfaction with the Life, Mental Health, and Cognitive Function in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Ran... by Ángel Denche-Zamorano, Damián Pereira-Payo, Javier De Los Ríos-Calonge, Pablo Tomás-Carús, Daniel Collado-Mateo, José Carmelo Adsuar

“…Therefore, even though our VSEE-based intervention was found to be applicable and safe in women with FM, it did not produce significant changes in improving QoL, SWL, mental health, and cognitive function in our sample. …”
Get full text

Protective potential of high-intensity interval training on cardiac structure and function after COVID-19: protocol and statistical analysis plan for an investigator-blinded random... by Lars Køber, Mathias Ried-Larsen, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Niels Vejlstrup, Frederik Foged, Iben Elmerdahl Rasmussen, Josephine Bjørn Budde, Rasmus Syberg Rasmussen, Villads Rasmussen, Mark Lyngbæk, Simon Jønck, Rikke Krogh-Madsen, Birgitte Lindegaard, Regitse Højgaard Christensen, Peter Godsk Jørgensen, Morten Asp Vonsild Lund, Ronan M G Berg

“…The main hypothesis is that a 12-week HIIT scheme is a safe way to improve loss of cardiac mass and associated cardiorespiratory fitness, despite hypothesised limited HIIT-induced changes in conventional lung function indices per se. …”
Get full text

Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Ipsilateral Cortex) along with Physiotherapy to Contralateral Side on Tone and Function of Subacute Stroke Survivors: Prot... by Pallavi Lalchand Harjpal, Raghuveer Raghumahanti, Mohammed Irshad Qureshi

“…Aim: The present research aims to determine the effectiveness of a standard physiotherapy protocol for the contralateral side combined with rTMS of the ipsilateral (contralesional) cortex in improving tone and function in subacute stroke survivors. …”
Get full text

Baseline functional connectivity of the basal forebrain-cortical circuit predict taVNS treatment response in primary insomnia: a randomized controlled trial and fMRI study by Meng Qi, Yiting Huang, Runru Mai, Zhaoxian Yan, Biyun Xu, Bo Liu, Yue Zhang

“…This study investigated whether transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) modulates BF functional connectivity (FC) in patients with PI and whether baseline FC predicts taVNS treatment response. …”
Get full text

In ovo sodium butyrate administration differentially impacts growth performance, intestinal barrier function, immune response, and gut microbiota characteristics in low and high ha... by Muhammad Zeeshan Akram, Nadia Everaert, Aleksandra Dunisławska

“…Cecal microbiota dynamics and predicted functionality were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
Get full text

Functional Imaging of Liver Cancer (FLIC): Study protocol of a phase 2 trial of 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT imaging for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. by Esther Mena, Joanna Shih, Joon-Yong Chung, Jennifer Jones, Atoosa Rabiee, Cecilia Monge, Baris Turkbey, Liza Lindenberg, Kilian E Salerno, Michael Kassin, Brad Wood, Jonathan Hernandez, Roberto Maass-Moreno, Babak Saboury, Neha Jakhete, Jason K Molitoris, Keith R Unger, Peter L Choyke, Freddy E Escorcia

“…The purpose of this Functional Imaging Liver Cancer (FLIC) trial is to assess the ability of 18F-DCFPyL-PET/CT to detect sites of HCC.…”
Get full text

Reservoir Stochastic Simulation Based on Octave Convolution and Multistage Generative Adversarial Network by Xuechao Wu, Wenyao Fan, Shijie Peng, Bing Qin, Qing Wang, Mingjie Li, Yang Li

Get full text

Breaking prolonged sitting with high-intensity interval training to improve cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults: a protocol for the pilot feasibility HIIT2SI... by Charles Hillman, Talha Syed, Dominika M Pindus, Tomasz S Ligeza, Jin Kuang, Scott Paluska, Joseph So, Miroslaw Wyczesany, Jesus Sarol, Flor B Quiroz, Ramiya Shanmugam, Maciej Kos, Naiman Khan, Art Kramer

“…The study will address three aims: (1) to assess feasibility, acceptability, fidelity and safety of HIIT breaks to improve neurocognitive function in middle-aged and older adults; (2) to quantify the differences between conditions in the change in the amplitude and latency of the P3b component of event-related potentials (a marker for frontoparietal function) and (3) to explore the differences between conditions in attentional control, episodic memory and FC of the FPN and DMN in middle-aged and older adults.Methods and analysis 54 healthy adults, aged 40–75 years, will be recruited from the local community and randomly assigned to a condition sequence (HIIT, LIIT vs LIIT and HIIT). …”
Get full text

The Elias University Hospital Approach: A Visual Guide to Ultrasound-Guided Botulinum Toxin Injection in Spasticity: Part III—Proximal Lower Limb Muscles by Marius Nicolae Popescu, Claudiu Căpeț, Cristina Beiu, Mihai Berteanu

Get full text

Assessing the Effectiveness of Neurofeedback for Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy: A Preliminary MRI Study by Donya Abolghasemkhah Salmasi, Alireza Fallahi, Narges Hoseini-Tabatabaei, Seyed-Sohrab Hashemi-Fesharaki, Reza Rostami, Mohammad-Reza Nazem-Zadeh

“…IVA-2 scores increased for all patients compared to the pre-treatment baseline, indicating cognitive improvement. Post-treatment fMRI revealed no significant differences in functional connectivity between patients and control cases, despite significant differences in some brain networks observed in pre-treatment fMRI. …”
Get full text

Physical Therapy Interventions for a Patient with Poor Muscle Strength,Knee Function, and Psychological Readiness After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Meniscus Repa... by I Putu Gde Surya Adhitya, I Gusti Ngurah Wien Aryana, Putu Ayu Sita Saraswati, Fajar Purnama, Ida Kurniawati, Noval Adhitya Wardhana, I Putu Prananda Dinata, Putu Devinda Ardaswari, Tabita Febyola Wijaya

“…The Lysholm score increased by 27 points, and the ACL-RSI score improved by 32 points. Conclusion: This case study demonstrates that phase III physical therapy interventions effectively enhance leg circumferences, muscle strength, knee function, and psychological readiness in post-ACLR patients. …”
Get full text

A Comparison Between the Mézières Method and Isostretching Postures for Frontal Stand Curvatures and Functionality in Elite Female Rhythmic Gymnasts with Low Back Pain: A Randomize... by Jasemin Todri, Erda Qorri, Juan Martínez-Fuentes, Orges Lena

Get full text

Impact of resistance and high-intensity interval training on body composition, physical function, and temporal dynamics of adaptation in older women with impaired cardiometabolic h... by Johnattan Cano-Montoya, Marcela Rojas Vargas, Sebastián Báez Vargas, Carolina Núñez Vergara, Sergio Martínez Huenchullán, Fernando Gallegos, Cristian Álvarez, Mikel Izquierdo

Get full text

Chicken meat hydrolysate improves acetaminophen-induced liver injury by alleviating oxidative stress via modulation in Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling in BALB/c mice by Vipul Wayal, Zhuo-En Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Hsuan Lai, Shulhn-Der Wang, Chang-Chi Hsieh

Get full text

The impact of transcatheter aortic valve replacement on changes of coronary computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve by Feng Hu, Qianyao Lai, Jun Fang, Xi He, Chaoyang Lin, Mingming Hu, Lin Fan, Lianglong Chen

“…Notably, both at discharge and six months post-TAVR, there was a significant improvement observed in the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification, left ventricular fractional shortening, and ejection fraction compared to pre-operative levels. …”
Get full text