Impaction of Deciduous and Permanent Teeth Related to Local Obstacles: A Retrospective Study of 10 Years of Institutional Experience by Luisa Limongelli, Giuseppe Barile, Giusy Fanelli, Tommaso Corsalini, Saverio Capodiferro, Massimo Corsalini

“…<b>Methods</b>: The inclusion criteria were minor age (<18 years) and the presence of impacted teeth due to a local cause, excluding wisdom teeth. …”
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Acute effects of breaking up sitting time with isometric exercise on cognition in healthy adults by Gustavo Oliveira da Silva, Juliana Ferreira de Carvalho, Paolo Marcello Cunha, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Hélcio Kanegusuku, Marilia de Almeida Correia

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Hot and Cool Executive Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizotypal Traits by Evangelia Chrysanthi Kouklari, Evdokia Tagkouli, Vassiliki Ntre, Artemios Pehlivanidis, Stella Tsermentseli, Nikos C. Stefanis, Chris Pantelis, Katerina Papanikolaou

“…<b>Methods:</b> This study investigated the impact of co-occurring autistic and schizotypal traits on EF in 63 children diagnosed with ASD, aged 7 to 12 years. Participants were assessed using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2), the Melbourne Assessment of Schizotypy in Kids (MASK), and a battery of hot and cool EF tests. …”
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Neural functions vary by return-to-sport status in participants with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a retrospective cohort study using sub-bands of resting-state functi... by Hongyun Song, Hongyun Song, Hongyun Song, Hongyun Song, Hongyun Song, Sunan Zhu, Sunan Zhu, Sunan Zhu, Sunan Zhu, Zongyou Pan, Zongyou Pan, Zongyou Pan, Zongyou Pan, XiaoJing Yu, Bing Xiong, Xuesong Dai, Xuesong Dai, Xuesong Dai, Xuesong Dai

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to characterize the differences in neural function among patients with different functional abilities 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).DesignResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed to obtain blood-oxygen-level-dependent values for ACLR returned to sports coper participants (CP), non-coper participants (NP), and healthy controls (HC). …”
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Spectrum of Visual Dysfunction Detected by a Novel Testing Protocol Within a Special School Eye Care Service by Mohammud Musleh, Alison Green, Aleks Mankowska, Catherine Viner, Rachel Pilling

“…All six tests of visual function were completed by 44% (mean 5.1; range 2–6). …”
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Can viscoelastic haemostatic tests in burn patients help to predict outcome? – A case report and narrative review of the literature by Joeri Slob, Stephan A. Loer, Seppe S.H.A. Koopman, Cornelis H. van der Vlies

“…Viscoelastic haemostatic tests received increasing attention in coagulation monitoring as a tool to evaluate the haemostatic function of whole blood. …”
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Effect of onset of metabolic syndrome on allograft function in living donor’s kidney transplantation by Gu Dong-feng, Ding Ya-nan, Shen Bei-li, Zhao He, Liu Rui-yong, Qu Qing-shan

“…Statistical analysis of serum creatine in MS and non-MS groups was conducted by SPSS 16.0 software at Month 3/6，Year 1/3/5 post-transplantation. And t-test was utilized for comparing two groups. …”
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Association of physical function with masticatory ability and masticatory habits: a cohort study by Moeno Takeshita, Mariko Naito, Rumi Nishimura, Haruka Fukutani, Minami Kondo, Yuko Kurawaki, Sachiko Yamada, Noriyasu Uchibori

“…Methods In this cohort study, we followed up with 146 community-dwelling older adults aged 65–84 years for 1 year. Physical function domain scores on the Kihon Checklist were used to assess physical function. …”
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Association of Musculoskeletal Indexes With 1-Year Outcomes After ≥ 7 Days of Mechanical VentilationTake-Home Points by Hannah Wozniak, MD, Erminio Santangelo, Micheal McInnis, Laura Dragoi, Priscila Robles, Leslie M. Chu, Andrea Matte, Margaret S. Herridge, Margaret S. Herridge, Leslie M. Chu, Andrea Matte, George Tomlinson, Linda Chan, Claire Thomas, Jan O. Friedrich, Sangeeta Mehta, Francois Lamontagne, Melanie Levasseur, Niall D. Ferguson, Neill K.J. Adhikari, Jill C. Rudkowski, Hilary Meggison, Yoanna Skrobik, John Flannery, Mark Bayley, Jane Batt, Claudia dos Santos, Susan E. Abbey, Adrienne Tan, Vincent Lo, Sunita Mathur, Matteo Parotto, Denise Morris, Linda Flockhart, Eddy Fan, Christie M. Lee, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Najib Ayas, Karen Choong, Robert Fowler, Damon C. Scales, Tasnim Sinuff, Brian H. Cuthbertson, Louise Rose, Priscila Robles, Stacey Burns, Marcelo Cypel, Lianne Singer, Cecelia Chaparro, Chung-Wai Chow, Shaf Keshavjee, Laurent Brochard, Paul Hebert, Arthur S. Slutsky, John C. Marshall, Deborah Cook, Jill I. Cameron, Margaret S. Herridge, Leslie M. Chu: Andrea Matte, George Tomlinson, Linda Chan, Claire Thomas, Jan O. Friedrich, Sangeeta Mehta, Francois Lamontagne, Melanie Levasseur, Niall D. Ferguson, Neill K.J. Adhikari, Jill C. Rudkowski, Hilary Meggison, Yoanna Skrobik, John Flannery, Mark Bayley, Jane Batt, Claudia dos Santos, Susan E. Abbey, Adrienne Tan, Vincent Lo, Sunita Mathur, Matteo Parotto, Denise Morris, Linda Flockhart, Eddy Fan, Christie M. Lee, M. Elizabeth Wilcox, Najib Ayas, Karen Choong, Robert Fowler, Damon C. Scales, Tasnim Sinuff, Brian H. Cuthbertson, Louise Rose, Priscila Robles, Stacey Burns, Marcelo Cypel, Lianne Singer, Cecelia Chaparro, Chung-Wai Chow, Shaf Keshavjee, Laurent Brochard, Paul Hebert, Arthur S. Slutsky, John C. Marshall, Deborah Cook, Jill I. Cameron

“…Results: One hundred patients were included; the median age was 57 years (interquartile range [IQR], 45-65 years), and 43% were female. …”
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A New Formulation and Code to Compute Aerodynamic Roughness Length for Gridded Geometry—Tested on Lidar-Derived Snow Surfaces by Rachel A. Neville, Patrick D. Shipman, Steven R. Fassnacht, Jessica E. Sanow, Ron Pasquini, Iuliana Oprea

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The Functional Movement Screen: Exploring Interrater Reliability between Raters in the Updated Version by Ricky Morgan, Steven LeMire, Lindsey Knoll, Emily Schuster, Cooper Tietz, Austin Weisz, Gary Schindler

“…# Background The Functional Movement Screen&trade; (FMS&trade;) was updated by adding the ankle clearing test and modifying the rotary stability movement pattern and scoring criteria. …”
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Lung Function Decline in COPD – Relations to Changes in Symptom Burden, Inflammation, and Comorbidities by Juan Wang, Björn Ställberg, Maria Hårdstedt, Kristina Bröms, Margareta Gonzalez Lindh, Amir Farkhooy, Andreas Palm, Karin Lisspers, Marieann Högman, Andrei Malinovschi

“…Purpose The study aims to improve the knowledge on the associations between comorbidities, symptom burden, inflammatory biomarkers and lung function deterioration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Materials and methods Of the 572 COPD subjects initially included in the 2014–2016 Tools for Identifying Exacerbations in COPD study in Sweden, 228 had lung function data at the 7-year follow-up. …”
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Multicystic renal dysplasia, a histomorphological spectrum: Seven years experience from a tertiary care hospital by Kanika Gupta, Shramana Mandal, Varuna Mallya, Meeta Singh, Nita Khurana, Yogesh K. Sarin

“…Result: Age ranged from 10 days to 18 years. The cases were between 1 years and 5 years of age. …”
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Rate of Progression in Activity and Participation Outcomes in Exercisers with Parkinson’s Disease: A Five-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study by Stephanie A. Miller, Mindy Mayol, Elizabeth S. Moore, Audra Heron, Victoria Nicholos, Brian Ragano

“…A cohort of 55 regular exercisers with idiopathic PD was assessed at baseline and 1, 2, and 5 years. Regular exercise was defined as scores of 4-5 on the Stages for Readiness to Exercise Scale and a self-reported average of at least 60 minutes of exercise/week within six months of each testing session. …”
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The effect of core muscle fatigue on the functional movement screening scores in female athletes by Shadab Bastam, Mohammad Rahimi, Hashem Piri, Mostafa Bafrouei

“…Background: The functional movement screen is developed to examine individual’s movement patterns through seven functional tasks.Aim: This study was conducted to examine the effect of core muscle fatigue on functional movement screening (FMS) scores in female athletes.Materials and Methods: The study has a pre-test-post-test design. …”
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Study on the protection of residual renal function in New hemodialysis patients with restricted dehydration by TANG Yu-ning, YANG Jie, LV Hong-hong, PAN Yun-long, SUN Ji-feng

“…The daily urine volume and creatinine clearance rate were documented every 3 months. Renal function, routine blood test, electrolyte and other biochemical indicators were reexamined before dialysis every 3 months. …”
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The results of the cross-sectional study of platelet aggregative function in children with hemorrhagic syndrome by Olga B. Gordeeva, Albina V. Dobrotok, Mariia V. Volkova, Natalia L. Aleshenko, Vladimir S. Kargin, Irine Dzharkava, Nadezhda F. Zhdanovskaia

“…The analyzed results of laboratory tests of platelet aggregation function, hypoaggregation with inducers was observed in more than half of the children, hyperaggregation was observed was present in almost half of the patients.…”
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A longitudinal study of motor, oculomotor and cognitive function in progressive supranuclear palsy. by Boyd C P Ghosh, Roger H S Carpenter, James B Rowe

“…However, cognitive performance was maintained over a year on the majority of tests. The unified Parkinson's disease rating scale, saccadic latency and progressive supranuclear palsy rating scale deteriorated over a year, with the latter showing the largest change. …”
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Relationship between handgrip strength, physical function, and risk of falls in older people by Catalina Rojas, Nelly Venegas, Jaime Vasquez-Gomez, Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja, Yeny Concha-Cisternas

“…To measure the handgrip strength, a hand dynamometer was used, to assess physical function the Short Physical Performance Battery test was used, and the unipodal station and time up and go tests were used to evaluate balance static and dynamic respectively. …”
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No differences in executive functions between female and male young talented football players by Jennifer Lehmann, Stefanie Pietsch

“…In total 59 male and 47 female athletes aged between 12 and 13 years were included.ResultsThe results of this study did not show any differences in executive function performance between female and male talented football players. …”
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