Role of a New Walk Test in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Junhao Jin, Yao Mi, Aqian Wang, Bo Li, Kaiyu Jiang, Hai Zhu, Ting Liang, Hongling Su, Yunshan Cao

“…A simplified risk stratification using WHO functional class, 6MWT distance, 18MWT time and NT‐proBNP was predictive of 1‐year clinical outcome. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in organized groups by G. T. Tаshmetovа, I. V. Liverko

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Etiology and Pathogenesis of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (Review) by M. I. Neimark, V. V. Shmelev, A. A. Rakhmonov, Z. A. Titova

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EXPERIENCE OF ADAPTED PROBIOTIC MILK FORMULAS IN FEEDING OF INFANTS OF THE 1ST YEAR OF LIFE by A. S. Eibermann, Yu. M. Spivakovskii, O. S. Bytskevich, E. E. Raskina, A. Yu. Spivakovskaya

“…Aim: to assess the influence of probiotic milk formula on the functional and nutritive status as well as the microbiocenosis of 32 infants of the 1st year of life. …”
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Vestibular Testing Results in a World-Famous Tightrope Walker by Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Fausto Romano, Nina Feddermann-Demont, Urs Scheifele, Marco Piccirelli, Giovanni Bertolini, Jürg Kesselring, Dominik Straumann

“…Methods: Comprehensive assessments were conducted, including semicircular canal function tests (caloric irrigation, rotatory-chair testing, video head impulse testing of all six canals, dynamic visual acuity) and otolith function evaluations (subjective visual vertical, fundus photography, ocular/cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials [oVEMPs/cVEMPs]). …”
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Functional Amenorrhea and Pituitary Microadenoma by Dan Nicolae PADURARU, Alexandra ENE, Andra MORAR, Cristina MOLDOVAN, Alexandra BOLOCAN, Oana BOTEZAN, Octavian ANDRONIC, Bogdan SOCEA, Roxana TURTUREA, Mara CARSOTE, Ana VALEA

“…The Diphereline stimulation test revealed functional integrity of the pituitary gland and ovaries. …”
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No Effect of Return to Sport Test Batteries with and without Psychological PROs on the Risk of a Second ACL Injury: A Critical Assessment of Four Different Test Batteries by Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Johan Högberg, Roland Thomeé, Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski

“…Four different test batteries comprising muscle function tests and PROs were created to assess whether patients were ready to RTS. …”
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Athletic Shoulder Test Differences Exist Bilaterally in Healthy Pitchers by Aaron Trunt, Brandon T. Fisher, Lisa N. MacFadden

“…# Background There is a lack of valid and reliable tests that assess upper extremity strength and function for rehabilitation and injury prevention purposes in throwing athletes. …”
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Video head impulse test in children after cochlear implantation by Lemajić-Komazec Slobodanka N., Komazec Zoran S., Vlaški Ljiljana M., Buljčik-Čupić Maja M., Savović Slobodan N., Mihajlović Dunja M., Sokolovac Ivana V.

“…The aim of this work was to evaluate the lateral semicircular canal function using a high frequency video head impulse test in children after CI. …”
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A Review of the Fabrication Methods, Testing, and Performance of Face Masks by Farooq Azam, Faheem Ahmad, Zia Uddin, Abher Rasheed, Yasir Nawab, Ali Afzal, Sheraz Ahmad, Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Munir Ashraf

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Identifying lifelong factors that impact brain health and functional outcomes in adults with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: the cognition and longitudinal assessments of risk fac... by Velandai K Srikanth, Eva L Feldman, Chris Moran, Lili Zhao, Amy Brown, Richard Beare, Elisabeth A Northam, Emily J Koubek, Stacey A Sakowski, Taya Collyer, Chris L. Adamson, Fergus J. Cameron

“…We now introduce the Cognition and Longitudinal Assessments of Risk Factors over 30 Years (CLARiFY) Diabetes Complications Study to assess brain, cognition and functional outcomes in mid-adulthood, approximately 30 years post-T1D onset. …”
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Development and validation of odour identification tests for olfactory assessment in Singapore by Xinni Xu, Margaret Ru Xiang Zhang, Terese Huiying Low, Yew Kwang Ong

“… Introduction: Odour recognition is influenced by culture. Odour identification tests need to be adapted to a population to accurately assess olfactory function. …”
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Analysis of current status and influencing factors of elderly stroke patients' attention (老年脑卒中患者注意力水平现状及影响因素研究) by LI Saisai (李赛赛), LI Ruxue (李茹雪), ZHOU Ran (周然), CHENG Jie (成杰), LI Anyi (李安奕), LIANG Yajing (梁亚静)

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Intervention effect of postoperative multimodal pulmonary rehabilitation training on lung cancer patients by LI Min, WANG Xiaobin, LI Tongtong

“…The two groups were compared based on the following measures: pulmonary function including forced expiratory volume in first second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) and maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV); respiratory function including 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance, post-6MWT respiratory rate, heart rate, and Borg dyspnea scale score; muscle strength via Medical Research Council (MRC) scale; and cancer-related fatigue frgured by the Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) score. …”
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Evaluation of the respiratory function in myasthenia gravis: an important tool for clinical feature and diagnosis of the disease Avaliação da função respiratória na miastenia gravi... by Paulo A. P. Saraiva, José Lamartine de Assis, Paulo E. Marchiori

“…Respiratory involvement occurred in almost all patients with myasthenia gravis in all clinical forms of the disease: 332 lung function tests done in 324 myasthenic patients without respiratory symptoms (age 34.6 ± 18.3 years) were examined. …”
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Usability of a hearing test mobile app across generations. by Małgorzata Pastucha, Elżbieta Gos, Krzysztof Kochanek, Henryk Skarżyński, Wieslaw Wiktor Jedrzejczak

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The study was conducted on 77 participants from three age groups (16-39 years, 40-59 years, 60 years and older) who self-tested their hearing thresholds using the mobile app and who later underwent pure tone audiometry with an audiologist. …”
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Predictors of long-term knowledge retention in the driver theory test by David A. Stefan, Daniël D. Heikoop, Joost C. F. de Winter, Sjoerd Houwing

“…It was also found that the extent to which knowledge increased or decreased over the years was item-dependent, a pattern possibly explained by whether the test item measures functionally relevant driving experiences or if it primarily assesses isolated rules. …”
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ASME in-service inspection and in-service testing programs for Angra 1 by ANA ROSA BALIZA MAIA, youssef morghi, AMIR ZACARIAS MESQUITA

“…For each type of component in each classification, the functions have been considered and methods of inspecting, testing, or monitoring each component is specified. …”
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The effect of 11+Kids program on the scores of musculoskeletal screening tests by Mohammad Alimoradi, Abdolhamid Daneshjoo, Mansour Sahebozamani, Sajad Noorian

“…The FIFA 11+ Kids performed instead of the usual warm-up for 8 weeks, while the control group performed their usual warm-up program. Functional movement screen (FMS) and special football jump-landing task (SFJLT) tests were examined in pre-test and post-test. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the “Visual Object and Space Perception Test” in Turkish. by Gökhan Özdemir, Mustafa Altaş, Lütfü Hanoğlu, Beyza Dağlı, Özden Erkan Oğul, Müberra Tanrıverdi

“…In our study, it is aimed to analyze Turkish cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of VOSP Test, which evaluates visual-spatial functions in stroke survivors and healthy individuals. …”
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