Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturations and increased fractional oxygen extraction events vary by gestational age in preterm infants by M. Mohamed, M. Frasketi, H. Hoffman, M. Elgendy, S. Aly, H. Aly

“…This study examines changes in frequency, duration, and severity of SctO2 desaturation and increased cFTOE with GA. Study design: The lower limit of normal SctO2, the event threshold, was calculated using a tolerance interval method with 95% confidence interval (CI) and 90% probability. …”
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Shoulder Rotation Range of Motion and Serve Speed in Adolescent Male Volleyball Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Rafael Telles, Ronaldo Alves Cunha, André Lima Yoshimura, Alberto Castro Pochini, Benno Ejnisman, Renato Rozenblit Soliaman

“…The possible association of anthropometrics and competitive practice time with these velocities was also investigated. # Study Design Cross-sectional study. # Methods Fifty-seven male volleyball athletes (mean age 17.11 ± 1.88 y; weight 74.68 ± 9.7 kg; height 1.87 ± 0.09 cm) were evaluated for shoulder IR and ER with a bubble goniometer and serve speed inside and outside court was measured with a radar gun. …”
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Establishing Normative Dynamic Postural Control Values in Elite Female Handball Players by Brice Picot, Jeanne Dury, Guillaume Néron, Patrick O McKeon, Nicolas Forestier

“… # Purpose The aim of this investigation was to establish normative ranges of mSEBT performance in young, healthy female handball players to help practitioners when interpreting risk estimates. # Study design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Athletes from 14 elite teams were recruited during a national tournament and performed 3 trials in the anterior (ANT), posteromedial (PM), posterolateral (PL) directions of the mSEBT. …”
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Lower Extremity and Trunk Electromyographic Muscle Activity During Performance of the Y-Balance Test on Stable and Unstable Surfaces by Navpreet Kaur, Kunal Bhanot, Germaine Ferreira

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose To compare the EMG activity of trunk and LE muscles during the performance of the YBT on stable and unstable surfaces. # Study Design Cross-Sectional study. # Methods Healthy adults with no history of chronic ankle instability were recruited for the study. …”
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Single-Leg Vertical Hop Test Detects Greater Limb Asymmetries Than Horizontal Hop Tests After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Athletes by Michael J Zarro, Matthew G Stitzlein, Jason S Lee, Robert W Rowland, Vicki L Gray, Jeffrey B Taylor, Sean J Meredith, Jonathan D Packer, Christa M Nelson

“…The hypothesis was the SLVH would elicit significantly lower LSI than horizontal hop tests. # Study design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Eighteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 collegiate athletes (7 males, 11 females) at 7.33 ± 2.05 months after ACLR were included in this retrospective study. …”
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An Explanatory Study on User Behavior in Discovering Aggregated Multimedia Web Content by Abdur Rehman Khan, Umer Rashid, Naveed Ahmed

“…Our research employs between-subjects study and post hoc analysis strategies to analyze participants’ information-seeking characteristics. The study design adopted statistical hypothesis testing to consolidate previous user behavioral studies, confirm existing strategies, and present recommended practices for future general-purpose web search engines. …”
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Intra-rater and Inter-rater Reliability of the KangaTech (KT360) Fixed Frame Dynamometry System During Maximal Isometric Strength Measurements of the Knee Flexors. by Ellie Woolhead, Richard Partner, Megan Parsley, Ashley Jones

“…The aim of this study was to determine the inter-and intra-rater reliability of the KangaTech (KT360) fixed frame dynamometry system when measuring maximal isometric strength of the knee flexor muscles. # Study Design Inter and intra-rater reliability single cohort study…”
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Effect of Low-Dose Hormone Therapy on Metabolic Parameters and Bone Mineral Density by Ufuk Atlihan, Onur Yavuz, Huseyin Aytug Avsar, Can Ata, Tevfik Berk Bildaci, Selcuk Erkilinc

“…The purpose of the research was to investigate the impact of low-dose hormone therapy on metabolic parameters and bone densitometry in patients with early menopause. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 98 patients aged 38-42 years with an early-menopause and followed up were evaluated retrospectively in this cohort study. …”
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Association between Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormone Indices and Bone Mineral Density in US Males by Shuai Chen, Wucui Huang, Guowei Zhou, Xiaohe Sun, Jie Jin, Zhiwei Li

“…Given the complex study design and sample weights, the correlation between sensitivity to thyroid hormone indices and BMD was evaluated through multivariate linear regression models, and extra subgroup analyses were performed to examine the robustness of the results. …”
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Sixth-Month Perinatal Outcomes of Anemic Pregnancies by Emel Kıyak Çağlayan, Öznur Küçük, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Levent Seçkin, Ayla Aktulay, Yaprak Engin Üstün

“… OBJECTIVE: In this study, we retrospectively compare the outcomes of anemia in 3rd trimester pregnant women who applied to our clinic, in terms of maternal factors and its fetal effects, in 0 and 6th months. STUDY DESIGN: 139 cases admitted to our clinic during December 2010 - May 2012 due to pregnancy in their 3rd trimester and were diagnosed with anemia and whose records were available were included in the study. …”
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Bodyblade™ Training in Athletes with Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability by Victor Pulido, Brent Alvar, David Behm

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare three different protocols: Traditional, Bodyblade™, and Mixed (Traditional & Bodyblade™) for shoulder rehabilitation on athletes with TASI. # Study Design Randomized-controlled longitudinal training study…”
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Hop Distance Symmetry Moderately Reflects Knee Biomechanics Symmetry During Landing But Not For Controlled Propulsions by Stefano Di Paolo, Naoaki Ito, Kayla D. Seymore, Haraldur B. Sigurðsson, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Karin Gravare Silbernagel

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose To investigate the correlation between clinical limb symmetry index (LSI) and landing and propulsion knee biomechanics during the hop test battery using markerless motion capture. # Study Design Cross-sectional biomechanics laboratory study # Methods Forty-two participants with and without knee surgery (age 28.0 ± 8.0 years) performed the hop test battery which consisted of a single hop for distance, crossover hop, triple hop, and 6-m timed hop in the order listed. …”
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No Difference in Hip Muscle Volumes and Fatty Infiltration in Those With Hip-Related Pain Compared to Controls by Timothy H Retchford, Kylie J Tucker, Harvi F Hart, Adam I Semciw, Patrick Weinrauch, Alison Grimaldi, Sallie M Cowan, Kay M Crossley, Joanne L Kemp

“… # Purposes To: (i) compare the volumes and fatty infiltrate of gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimis, tensor fascia latae and quadratus femoris between symptomatic and less-symptomatic sides of participants with hip-related pain; (ii) compare the volumes and fatty infiltrate of hip muscles between healthy controls and symptomatic participants; and (iii) explore relationships of hip muscle volumes to muscle strength and patient-reported outcome measures in people with hip-related pain. # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods Muscle volume and fatty infiltrate (from magnetic resonance imaging), hip muscle strength, patient-reported symptoms, function and quality of life (QOL) were determined for 16 participants with hip-related pain (no clinical signs of FAIS; 37±9 years) and 15 controls (31±9 years). …”
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EU-TIRADS-Based Omission of Fine-Needle Aspiration and Cytology from Thyroid Nodules Overlooks a Substantial Number of Follicular Thyroid Cancers by Tamas Solymosi, Laszlo Hegedüs, Miklos Bodor, Endre V. Nagy

“…The US-based indication of FNA, as defined by EU-TIRADS scores, combined with lesion size, was calculated. This study design is unique in avoiding the common selection bias when TIRADS’ sensitivity is tested in a cohort selected for FNA and surgery based on the same US characteristics on which TIRADS is based. …”
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Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer by Daiva Petruseviciene, Deive Surmaitiene, Daiva Baltaduoniene, Egle Lendraitiene

“…An open label randomized controlled trial study design was applied. The participants were members of various societies of women with cancer. …”
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The Effect of Embryo Transfer Process Duration on Implantation Success by Isıl Kasapoglu, Kiper Aslan, Adnan Orhan, Ozge Albayrak, Seyma Haskoylu, Goktan Kuspinar, Berrin Avcı, Gürkan Uncu

“… OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the embryo transfer duration of standard and simple embryo transfer method. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary ART Centre, between June 2018- September 2018. …”
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Twelve-Week Quadriceps Strength as A Predictor of Quadriceps Strength At Time Of Return To Sport Testing Following Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Re... by Joseph P Hannon, Sharon Wang-Price, Shiho Goto, Steven Singleton, Lindsey Dietrich, James Bothwell, Curtis Bush, Craig Garrison

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between early (12 weeks following ACL-R) isokinetic peak torque and isokinetic peak torque at time of return to sport (RTS) testing. # Study Design Cohort Study # Methods A total of 120 participants (males = 55; females =65) were enrolled in the study (age = 16.1±1.4 yrs; height = 1.72±10.5 m; mass = 70.7±16.3 kg). …”
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Effects of Verbal and Tactile Cues on Gluteal Force Production and Broad Jump Distance by BJ Lehecka, Terra Daniels, Bryson Koester, Wyatt Kropp, Matthew Reeves, Ryan Waterson

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of verbal and tactile cues on gluteal force production and broad jump distance. # Study Design Cross-Sectional cohort # Methods Gluteus maximus force production and broad jump distance were tested in forty-two healthy male and female university students at baseline and after verbal and tactile cues given in random order. …”
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementing Team-Based Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Simulation Study: Exploratory Analysis by Joan Brown, Sophia De-Oliveira, Christopher Mitchell, Rachel Carmen Cesar, Li Ding, Melissa Fix, Daniel Stemen, Krisda Yacharn, Se Fum Wong, Anahat Dhillon

“…Qualitative themes identified improved confidence and decision-making. ConclusionsThe study design was flawed, indicating improvement opportunities for future research on simulation training in the clinical setting. …”
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Effect of phenylbutazone administration on the enteroinsular axis in horses with insulin dysregulation by Kate L. Kemp, Jazmine E. Skinner, François‐René Bertin

“…Methods Randomized cross‐over study design, with horses assigned to treatment with phenylbutazone (4.4 mg/kg IV q24h) or placebo (5 mL 0.9% saline). …”
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