Dec 25, 2023

The purpose of this study was to explore a systemwide process for assessing components of low back pain (LBP) care quality in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) chiropractic visits using electronic ...

Dec 18, 2023

Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma is an aggressive sarcoma subtype with poor prognosis and limited response to conventional chemotherapy regimens. Diagnosis can be difficult owing to its variable pr...

Dec 18, 2023

Some typical defects like delamination, fiber fracture, non-uniform resin distribution and springback are inevitable as titanium-based thermoplastic FMLs are formed by general stamping process at elev...

Nov 20, 2023

Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability globally. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed in hopes of encouraging evidence-based care for LBP. However, poor quality of t...

Nov 13, 2023

Isolated ulnar shaft fractures are frequently managed nonsurgically. However, rates of nonsurgical treatment failure remain substantial, and risk factors for the failure of nonsurgical management are ...

Nov 13, 2023

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of anatomic repair procedure for chronic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) injury at the talar side, and to compare the outcomes between patients with and without ...

Nov 06, 2023

This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of elderly acetabular fractures according to the reduction of impacted dome fragments. A retrospective cohort study was performed in two institutions. Fift...

Oct 23, 2023

Distal femoral fractures are a significant injury sustained by low- and high-energy trauma. Common treatment practices are lateral locking plate or intramedullary nail fixation, with disadvantages inc...

Oct 23, 2023

Despite widely varying techniques, coracoclavicular (CC) stabilization after traumatic, unstable acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocations shows notable rates of perioperative complications, radiograp...

Oct 16, 2023

Multi-metatarsal fractures are a particular type possibly associated with worse functional outcomes. Existing studies are scarce, fragmented, and lack control for confounders. This study aimed to expl...

Oct 16, 2023

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in clinical remission tapered Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy according to a clinical guideline. During 2-years' follow-up, we aimed to inv...

Oct 02, 2023

When patients require reoperation after primary shoulder arthroplasty, revision reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) is most commonly performed. However, defining clinically important improvemen...

Oct 02, 2023

Semiconstrained total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) is an established treatment for elderly patients with distal humeral fractures not amenable to stable internal fixation (unreconstructable). In recent ye...

Sep 25, 2023

Limited research exists regarding the incidence and variations of zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) fracture patterns and their correlation with the mechanism of injury. Hence, further research is ind...

Sep 25, 2023

Hemodialysis (HD) patients have a high prevalence of frailty. The association between frailty and exercise capacity in HD patients has not been established. This study aimed to clarify the relationshi...

Sep 11, 2023

New data on the micromorphology, histochemistry, and fluorescence of colleters on leaf structures at different stages of development (leaf blade, stipules, and petiole) of Mespilus germanica L. are pr...

Sep 11, 2023

Cross-national research using data from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey showed an increase in the prevalence of chronic back pain from 2002 to 2014. However, it is unknown if...

Sep 04, 2023

Diabetic patients suffer from delayed fracture healing and impaired osteogenic function, but the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms are not fully understood. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs...

Sep 04, 2023

Brittleness is an important mechanical property. In the classical sense, a material is considered brittle if, during loading, it behaves elastically until failure. Nevertheless, it is also sometimes u...

Aug 28, 2023

Due to the increasing number of periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFF), the optimisation of implant design gains importance. For the presented research a validated, subject specific finite element mod...