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BACKGROUND: Stunting is the most common form of chronic malnutrition in children that continues to be a public health concern in Indonesia. Local capacity at district, subdistrict, and village levels is still insufficient and remains a major constraint that needs to be addressed. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess…

BACKGROUND: The Achilles tendon consists of three subtendons, but their functional meaning is still unknown. There are several approaches for the examination in-vivo using sonographic imaging, however, there is no approach for in-vivo examination with respect to the single subtendons of the m. triceps surae. The study'…

Walking or locomotor training is often initiated following pediatric spinal cord injury (SCI). There is no synthesis of the literature on interventions targeting walking for pediatric SCI, although this would assist future clinical trials and interventions. To address this need, we completed a systematic review to summ…

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature on interventions involving parents that aim to prevent body dissatisfaction or eating disorders in children, and provide directions for future research by highlighting current gaps. METHOD: The literature was searched for articles using key concepts: parents, preventi…

In this review, we discuss about current knowledge about stem cell (SC) therapy in the treatment of retinal degeneration. Both human embryonic stem cell and induced pluripotent stem cell has been growth in culture for a long time, and started to be explored in the treatment of blinding conditions. The Food and Drug Adm…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which organizational justice (OJ) mediates between responsible leadership (RL) and employee turnover intention (TI). DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Both online and offline questionnaire was used to collect the data from 387 Indian health-care employees, and…

BACKGROUND: Place matters for health. In Texas, growing rural populations face a variety of structural, social, and economic disparities that position them for potentially worse health outcomes. The current study contributes to understanding rural health disparities in a state-specific context. METHODS: Using 2023 Cou…

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically identify and scrutinise published empirical evidence about overdiagnosis in malignant melanoma and examine how frequent overdiagnosis of melanoma is and whether this is related to different types of interventions or diagnostic technologies. DESIGN AND SETTING: Empirical studies t…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether there were differences in study design and purpose between published child- and adult-focused clinical research. METHODS: We reviewed all articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Int…

OBJECTIVES: The impact of COVID-19 on gambling behavior and the gambling industry itself has been widely speculated. Prior studies have shown how boredom, social isolation, poor mental health, and financial hardships, all of which have been associated with COVID-19, can aggravate problem gambling behaviors in patients…

OBJECTIVES: This scoping review identifies research in musculoskeletal disorders that uses high frequency follow-up of symptoms. The aim was to investigate whether symptom variability is investigated as a predictor of disease outcome and how intensive follow-up methods are used in musculoskeletal research. METHODS: Em…

BACKGROUND: Electrical studies are often used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We noticed differences in results when we considered the clinical tests. OBJECTIVES: What's the prevalence of CTS in adapted sports athletes based on clinical diagnostic? Is there any relationship between the presence of symptoms a…

BACKGROUND: The objective of our study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at assessing the prevalence of inhalation injury in burn patients and its prognostic value in relation to in-hospital mortality. METHODS: We searched the PubMed and EMBASE databases for noninterventional studies published…

INTRODUCTION: Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 7% to 13% of childbearing women. Access to care may be limited by maternal time constraints and fears of being judged, labeled as mentally ill, and having their infants taken away. The study's objective was to test the feasibility, effectiveness, and acceptability of ce…

PURPOSE: Little is known about cancer-related distress during young adulthood. Results from the few studies that have directly assessed this age group have indicated that young adults (YAs) may be at greater risk of developing psychosocial difficulties due to their unique challenges of coping with cancer. This study's…

OBJECTIVES: Computed tomography (CT) use is increasing in the emergency department (ED). Many physicians are concerned about exposing patients to radiation from CT scanning, but estimates of radiation doses vary. This study's objective was to determine the radiation doses from CT scanning for common indications in a Ca…

PURPOSE: This paper reports on three interrelated Australian studies that provide a nationally coherent and evidence-informed approach to interprofessional education (IPE). Based on findings from previous studies that IPE tends to be marginalized in mainstream health curriculum, the three studies aspired to produce a r…

OBJECTIVE: This study prospectively evaluated the relationship between early puberty and the onset of internalizing symptoms and disorders in adolescent girls. METHOD: The sample was drawn from 1,463 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade girls who participated in a longitudinal school-based study of growth and developmen…

Neurogenesis is a critical process in neurodevelopment, contributing to the formation and function of the central nervous system (CNS). Historically, neurogenesis was thought to occur only during embryonic development. However, Eriksson et al. (1998) conducted the first study to confirm neurogenic regions within t…