Impact of ultrasound-guided percutaneous flexor retinaculum fenestration on outcome of hydrostatic dissection of median nerve in patient with carpal tunnel syndrome by Ahmed M. Zidan, Hytham Mohamed Nafady, Mohamed Abdelrahman Alkenawy, Mohammad Abol Wafa Ahmad, Ahmed Mohamed Eldeeb, Mohamed Talaat Mohamed, Mahmoud Mohamed Aboumandour Fouda, Hasan A. Soltan, Nehal Elsayed Shabaan, Ahmed B. M. Mehany, Yasser Fouad Ghoraba

“…Methods This randomized clinical research included a total of 54 individuals with CTS separated into two groups; group (A) included patients with hydrostatic dissection with adjuvant fenestration of transverse carpal ligament (n = 27), while group (B) involved patients with hydrostatic dissection alone (n = 27). Pain and disability through the visual analog scale (VAS), symptom severity (SS) score, modified Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ), and functional disability (FD) score before injection and 3 months post-injection were assessed. …”
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Self-Management Strategies for Low Back Pain Among Horticulture Workers: Protocol for a Type II Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study by Kim Dunleavy, Heidi Liss Radunovich, Jason M Beneciuk, Boyi Hu, Yang Yang, Janeen McCormick Blythe, Kelly K Gurka

“… BackgroundLow back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent and disabling, especially in agriculture sectors. However, there is a gap in LBP prevention and intervention studies in these physically demanding occupations, and to date, no studies have focused on horticulture workers. …”
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Airway approach in a pediatric patient with Noonan syndrome. Presentation of a case by Dayane García Jiménez, Rolando Javier Álvarez Pérez, Robin Fajardo Alcalá, Ivanis Idael Corría Milán

“…A 13-year-old male patient was presented with a personal pathological history of Noonan syndrome genotype PTPN11, hypothyroidism, mild intellectual disability who attended the Surgical Guard Corps due to abdominal pain of 16 hours duration. …”
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Unseen: Advancing Digital Accessibility with Binaural Audio Technology in an Immersive Gaming Prototype by Claudia Susie C. Rodrigues, Vitoria Nazareth, Ramon O. Azevedo, Priscyla Barbosa, Cláudia Werner

“… The growing significance of accessibility, particularly in the realm of disability rights, is unmistakable. "Unseen" emerges as a prototype leveraging binaural audio technology to craft an immersive 3D gaming experience, placing a paramount focus on promoting accessibility and digital inclusion. …”
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Unmasking the Masquerader: A Delayed Diagnosis of MS and Its 4.5 Years of Implications in an Older African American Male by Deanna Dong, Joshua Carlson, Joseph Ruberwa, Thomas Snihur, Nawar Al-Obaidi, José Bustillo

“…In patients that present with possible symptoms of MS, a high suspicion for MS should be entertained even in epidemiologically atypical patients to prevent delay in diagnosis and irreversible disability.…”
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Glittering Hope: Evaluating the bicycles for educational empowerment (BEEP) programme as panacea to inclusive education in Zimbabwe by Taruvinga Muzingili, Raymond Taruvinga

“…However, challenges included inadequate maintenance strategies, safety concerns, and a lack of a disability-sensitive approach. The study concludes that BEEP positively influences educational outcomes but urgently requires an integrated model for sustainability. …”
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La prévention intégrée au travail : une conceptualisation basée sur les perspectives des parties prenantes canadiennes by Lily Bellehumeur-Béchamp, Andrée-Anne Drolet, Marie-Ève Major, Valérie Lederer, Claude Vincent, Alexandra Lecours

“…Using a descriptive-interpretive research design, individual interviews were conducted with 12 stakeholders involved in the continuum of work injury and disability prevention. A thematic analysis was performed on the data collected. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome by D. Papathemeli, A. Mataftsi, A. Patsatsi, D. Sotiriadis, M. Samouilidou, S. Chondromatidou, A. Evangeliou

“…Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterized by ichthyosis, spastic diplegia or tetraplegia, and intellectual disability. Herein, we describe a case of a Greek patient with ichthyosis and spasticity of the legs but with normal intelligence (IQ 95). …”
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Comparative Investigation of Synesthesia in “Sight al-Zand” by AbulʿAla Al-MaʿarriAnd the Poetical Works of Shoorideh-E-Shirazi by Javad Gholamalizadeh, Abdolbaset Arab Yosefabadi, Reza Asghari

“…The results indicate that both poets seek to highlight images related to sight, especially sight-touch sense, in the combination of senses so that they can hide their disability from readers’ views.…”
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Inherited glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency disorders: a new group of inherited metabolic disorders by Michał Patalan, Alicja Leśniak, Justyna Paprocka, Agnieszka Zubkiewicz-Kucharska, Kaja Giżewska-Kacprzak, Marta Glińska, Lidia Babiak-Choroszczak, Maria Giżewska, Robert Śmigiel

“…Patients present a variety of symptoms including developmental delay with intellectual disability, abnormalities of the central nervous, skeletal, circulatory, gastrointestinal, and urinary systems, facial dysmorphia as well as hearing and visual impairment. …”
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Biological treatment options for eosinophilic asthma, with consideration of markers of eosinophilic inflammation as predictors of treatment efficacy by Aleksandra Niemiec, Olga Branicka, Barbara Rymarczyk, Radosław Gawlik

“…Asthma, particularly uncontrolled asthma, not only reduces the quality of life but is also a major cause of disability for employment. The current pharmacologic strategy to therapy consists mostly of inhaled glucocorticoids and β-agonists, as well as leukotriene antagonists, long-acting muscarinic antagonists, and oral corticosteroids. …”
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Nurses' Psychosocial Barriers to Suicide Risk Management by Sharon Valente

“…Justifications for euthanasia included poor symptom control, poor quality of life, incurable illness or permanent disability, terminal illness, and terminal illness with inadequate symptom control or impending death, patient autonomy, and clinical organ death. …”
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Developments in Diagnosis and Antileishmanial Drugs by Prachi Bhargava, Rajni Singh

“…Leishmaniasis ranks the third in disease burden in disability-adjusted life years caused by neglected tropical diseases and is the second cause of parasite-related deaths after malaria; but for a variety of reasons, it is not receiving the attention that would be justified seeing its importance. …”
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Functional Exercise and Physical Fitness Post Stroke: The Importance of Exercise Maintenance for Motor Control and Physical Fitness after Stroke by Birgitta Langhammer, Birgitta Lindmark

“…It is argued that all stroke patients, indifferent of disability, have the same possibility to improve with training. …”
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The Awareness of Special Education Teachers about Comprehensive Sexuality Education by Çimen Oğur, Seray Olçay

“…It was reported in the literature that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are one of the disability groups that require sexuality education. …”
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The impact of obesity on disease activity and other health outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis by Ankur Dalal, Rizwan Rajak

“…These contradictory observations show a definite requirement of further research in this regard and until then weight reduction through reducing fat over lean body mass can be recommended in patients with RA to improve their DA, disability, quality of life, and general cardiovascular status.…”
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Quality of Life in Iranian Patients with Acne by H. Safizadeh, S. Shamsi-Meymandy, A. Naeimi

“…Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) were used for measuring quality of life, and severity of acne was measured by Global Acne Grading System (GAGS). …”
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Case report: Kabuki syndrome and persistent hypoglycemia in neonates by Osama Y Safdar, Miral M Abddulghfar, Renad N Saaty, Zahrah Bernawi, Reem Babteen, Osama M Felemban

“…It is associated with multiple abnormalities such as (developmental delay, atypical facial features, cardiac anomalies, minor skeleton anomalies, genitourinary anomalies, and mild to moderate intellectual disability). This syndrome can lead to neonatal hypoglycemia that results from hyperinsulinemia and electrolyte abnormalities. …”
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To Use or Not to Use Metformin in Cerebral Ischemia: A Review of the Application of Metformin in Stroke Rodents by Isaac Arbeláez-Quintero, Mauricio Palacios

“…Ischemic strokes are major causes of death and disability. Searching for potential therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat stroke is necessary, given the increase in overall life expectancy. …”
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Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment with the KineSpring Knee Implant System: A Report of Two Cases by David A. Hayes, Larry E. Miller, Jon E. Block

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in middle-aged and older adults with the prevalence expected to increase by 40% by 2025. …”
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