Application of Interrupter Resistance and Spirometry Techniques in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine: Feasibility and Concordance in Healthy Children Under 8 Years by Rim Kammoun, Farah Gargouri, Asma Haddar, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, Valentina Stefanica, Walid Feki, Hatem Ghouili, Ismail Dergaa, Kaouthar Masmoudi

“…This study aimed to assess the feasibility and clinical concordance between expiratory interrupter resistance (Rint(e)) and standard spirometry in healthy children under 8 years, thus contributing to the development of age-appropriate pulmonary function testing in pediatric medicine. …”
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Reference Values of Pulmonary Function Tests for Canadian Caucasians by Carlos Gutierrez, R Heberto Ghezzo, Raja T Abboud, Manuel G Cosio, John R Dill, Richard R Martin, Dan S McCarthy, John LC Morse, Noe Zamel

“…A multicentre, cross-sectional study was carried out in six centres across Canada to establish a national standard for pulmonary function tests using healthy, lifetime nonsmokers, with each centre aiming to test 10 men and 10 women from each decade from 20 to 80 years of age. …”
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The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“… # Methods Participants completed the HIEQ test battery, a game-based platform on an iPad application, that assesses balance, cognitive function, and visual function, for up to 15 consecutive school days in a group classroom setting. …”
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Longitudinal changes in the 6-minute walk test and the Glittre-activities of daily living test in adults with cystic fibrosis by Vera Lucia Barros Abelenda, Cláudia Henrique da Costa, Mônica de Cássia Firmida, Raphael Freitas Jaber de Oliveira, Rogério Rufino, Agnaldo José Lopes

“…This longitudinal study enrolled 24 awCF who completed the 6MWT and TGlittre. Pulmonary function tests, handgrip strength (HGS), and the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R) were conducted. …”
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Normative Data for the D-KEFS Color-Word Interference and Trail Making Tests Adapted in Greek Adult Population 20–49 Years Old by Marianna Tsatali, Fotini Surdu, Andromachi Konstantinou, Despina Moraitou

“…Background: This study was designed to adapt the Delis–Kaplan Executive System (D-KEFS) version of the Color-Word Interference (CWIT) and Trail Making Tests (TMTs) for the Greek adult population from 20 to 49 years old, since it is of research as well as clinical importance to detect executive functions’ impairment in young adults with neurological or/and psychiatric conditions. …”
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Bringing Executive Function Testing Online: Assessment Validation Study by Mouna Attarha, Ana Carolina de Figueiredo Pelegrino, Lydia Ouellet, Sarah-Jane Grant, Etienne de Villers-Sidani, Thomas Van Vleet

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Multi-Functional Test Benches for Electric Drive Instructional Laboratories by Alecksey Anuchin, Nikolay Kuraev, Lev Rassudov, Dmitrii Savkin, Galina Demidova

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The effect of childhood obesity on respiratory function tests and airway hyperresponsiveness by Zülal Ulger, Esen Demir, Remziye Tanaç, Damla Gökşen, Figen Gülen, Sükran Darcan, Demet Can, Mahmut Coker

“…This cross-sectional controlled study was done with 38 exogenous obese patients, aged 9 to 15 years, and 30 healthy children. Basal respiratory function test parameters were measured with spirometry. …”
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Platelet phenotypes and practical aspects of platelet function testing in cardiology by Zh. D. Kobalava, A. S. Pisaryuk, A. A. Filkova, E. S. Tukhsanboev, A. A. Boldyreva, D. P. Lazutova, I. A. Meray, M. A. Panteleev

“…Later, laboratory platelet function tests began to be used by cardiologists, first in experimental and clinical studies. …”
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Pattern of Liver Function Tests in Spectrum of Acute Viral Hepatitis by Shagufta Yousaf, Mohammad Younas, Ghulam Murtaza, Fahim Akhtar, Syed Raza Jaffar, Aamir Ijaz

“…Objective: To find out the pattern of Liver Function tests (LFTs) in different spectrums of Acute Viral Hepatitis (AVH). …”
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Walking or breathing: comparing the 6-minute walking distance test to the pulmonary function test for lung resection candidates by Ali Mehri, Fariba Zabihi, Taha Sharafian, Mona Kabiri, Reza Rezaei

“…This study aimed to investigate the correlation between pulmonary function tests (PFT) and the 6MWD test in lung resection patients. …”
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Clinico Etiological Evaluation of Asthma with Special Reference to Pulmonary Function Test by Dr Monika H. Solanki, MD, Dr Dipti Shah, MD, Dr Soham Shah, MD

“…Objective: 1) To Study incidence and analyse demographic profile of Asthma. 2) To Analyse role of Pulmonary Function Test in diagnosis and control of Asthma and observe role of serial monitoring of pulmonary function tests in relation to effect of preventive drug regimen. …”
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Evaluation of Regional Taste Function in Healthy Thai Subjects Using Standard Suprathreshold Tastants by Tharatham Phonmanee, Naruphon Sastranuruk, Paraya Assanasen, Kawita Atipas

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 93 healthy Thai subjects (41 males and 52 females), aged 20 to 60 years, were recruited. Regional taste function was assessed using four standard suprathreshold tastants, with both identification scores and VAS scores recorded. …”
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Testing the Temperature-Mortality Nonparametric Function Change with an Application to Chicago Mortality by Hamdy F. F. Mahmoud

“…A permutation-based test is used to assess whether the shapes of these functions differ across time, while a bootstrap procedure evaluates the consistency of change points. …”
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Comparative analysis of cognitive functions in male college E-sport players and non-gamers by Austtasit Chainarong, Wareerat Pila, Onwaree Ingkatecha, Yanyong Phanpheng, Tanapol Kaewwong, Surumpa C. Kaewwong, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“… Introduction: Electronic sports (E-sport) may improve cognitive function by using magnetic resonance imaging. There is limited data on evaluating cognitive functions in E-sport players by the cognitive tests. …”
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Comparison of injury related functional tests in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers by Bahman Mirzaei, ali shamsi majelan, Rasoul Bayati

“…Core stability determined using a standard sit and reach test, Balance determined using YBT. The FMS developed by Cook was used to assess functional movement (3). …”
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Assessing the Usefulness of Standing Flexion Test for Functional Diagnostics of the Sacroiliac Joints by Sebastian Szajkowski, Jarosław Pasek, Michał Dwornik, Tomasz Marcinkiewicz, Grzegorz Cieślar

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Three functional mobility tests for assessing fall risk in maintenance hemodialysis patients by ZHANG Yan-ni, XIA Meng-di, LI Bo-liang, LIN Chang-wei, XIE Xi-sheng

“…Objective To evaluate the validity of three functional mobility tests for predicting fall risk in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) patients.Methods 84 patients come from the blood purification center of Nanchong central hospital from January 2013 to January 2014 were fitted in this study;F/M= 47/37,mean age(54.5 ± 15.9) years.84 patients were recruited and divided into two groups according to whether they had more than once fall in MHD:fall group and no-fall group.All patients were tested by chair rising test(CRT),time up and go test(TUG) and tandem gait test(TGT).The test results were recorded,and the correlation between three kinds of tool and fall was analyzed.Results In the CRT trials,25 patients can complete the action independent and the time less than 10 s,accounting for 29.76%;In TUG and TGT,the number of patients who can complete the action independent and the time less than 12 s or the steps more than 8 were 51(60.71%) and 52(61.90%),respectively.Among 84 patients,the fall group had 23 patients(27.38%),who has fell in the process of dialysis,and no-fall group had 61 patients(72.62%).Five female patients were fractured because of fall,accounting for 5.96%.There was significant difference in age,CRT time,TUG time and TGT step number(P<0.05),but there was no significant difference in body mass indox between two groups(P>0.05).The Spearman regression analysis revealed that the CRT,TUG and TGT were related to falling(P<0.01).Conclusions CRT,TUG and TGT as easily functional tests are useful for predicting falls in MHD patients.…”
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Stability and functionality of bovine lactoferrin powder after 9 years of storage by Yin Hu, Shubo Luo, Yuhong Jiang, Jie Lin, Baoguo Xu, Zhi-Hong Zhang, Benu Adhikari, Tiantian Xu, Bo Wang

“…The haemolysis test indicated that the bLF stored for 9 years exhibited good biocompatibility at a concentration of <5 mg/mL. …”
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