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Overall, research about the validity and reliability of risk assessment tools is dated and heterogeneous in methodology. The conceptualizations of risk assessment and the operationalization of risk also varied widely. There was a general dearth of evidence that supported the use of tools across demographic subgroups.

Heterogeneity of studies assessing tool validity and reliability suggests a lack of agreement about how to assess tools and makes it difficult to interpret findings across studies. Agencies should be cautious about overreliance on tools for which evidence is limited.
Heterogeneity of studies assessing tool validity and reliability suggests a lack of agreement about how to assess tools and makes it difficult to interpret findings across studies. Agencies should be cautious about overreliance on tools for which evidence is limited.The cognitive map theory suggests the hippocampal-entorhinal system has a representation of space that encodes geometric properties. There is also evidence that the hippocampus plays a critical role in supporting declarative memory, and recent theories have hypothesized the mechanism for encoding space is the same as that for processing memory. If space is not represented independently, it might be influenced by non-spatial properties. This study tested whether connections between non-spatial properties can distort judgments about spatial distance. In virtual reality, subjects navigated through an environment to learn the locations of target houses, and then were tested on their ability to judge the pairwise distances between houses and reconstruct a map of the environment. The environment was constructed to have pairs of houses with the same spatial distance but either the same or different color. If memory for spatial and non-spatial properties interact, similar houses would be expected to be judged as closer. In Experiment 1, the similar pairs all had the same color, while in Experiment 2, each pair had a different color to make the pairs more distinctive. We observed that similar houses were drawn closer on reconstructed maps in both experiments, and pairwise distance judgments were smaller for similar houses in Experiment 2. Biases from color similarity are difficult to reconcile with independent representation of space. Our results support theories that space is represented with other properties, and the mechanisms for encoding space in the hippocampal-entorhinal system have a broader function.
Patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) present myofascial trigger points in the hip muscles that may reduce muscle extensibility, provoke pain and stiffness, and decrease physical function. The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of dry needling (DN) intervention with a self-stretching protocol on muscle extensibility, pain, stiffness, and physical function in patients with hip OA.

A single-blinded randomised controlled trial was designed. Thirty-eight participants with hip OA were randomly assigned to the DN group (n=19) or the stretching group (n=19). The DN group received three sessions of DN, and the stretching group followed a 3-week protocol. Hip muscle extensibility was the primary outcome and was measured using the Ely test, the modified Ober test, and the Active Knee Extension test. Pain, stiffness, and physical function were the secondary outcomes measured with the WOMAC questionnaire. The variables were assessed before and after treatment by blinded examiners.

DN was more effective than self-stretching for improving hip flexor and abductor muscles extensibility (p<0.05). DN and self-stretching techniques improved hip extensor muscles extensibility, pain, stiffness, and physical function in patients with hip OA (<0.05). The DN group showed large effect sizes in all the variables (d>0.8).

Three sessions of DN were more effective than three weeks of self-stretching to improve hip muscle extensibility in patients with hip OA. DN and self-stretching techniques decreased pain and stiffness and improved physical function in patients with hip OA.
Three sessions of DN were more effective than three weeks of self-stretching to improve hip muscle extensibility in patients with hip OA. DN and self-stretching techniques decreased pain and stiffness and improved physical function in patients with hip OA.
Chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis commonly have a worse quality of life (QoL) due to complications of the disease and dialysis procedure. Physical exercise has emerged as a strategy to improve this scenario. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of an intradialytic aerobic exercise program on QoL and aerobic fitness in hemodialysis patients.

These are a secondary analysis of clinical trial data previously published in which hemodialysis patients were randomized into "bike group" (using an adapted exercise bicycle) or "control group" (usual care). The exercise sessions lasted 45min (5min of warm-up, 35min of moderate-intensity and 5min of cool-down) three times/week for three months. The QoL domains were assessed using the SF-36 QoL questionnaire. Aerobic fitness was evaluated using the 6-min walk test (6MWT). Circulating cytokines, biochemical parameters and Kt/V were also assessed.

Nine patients completed three months of exercise (5 men, 44±11 years), and nine were in the control group (6 men, 44±14 years). In the bike group, there was a trend to improve the physical role domain (p=0.06) regarding QoL, an improvement in the 6MWT (p=0.02), and in the Kt/V (p=0.03) after three months. There was a positive correlation between the general health domain and Kt/V (r=0.691; p=0.003) and an inverse correlation between the physical functioning domain and plasma TNF-α levels (r=-0.514; p=0.04).

12 weeks of intradialytic aerobic exercise was enough to benefit hemodialysis patients' quality of life, aerobic fitness, and quality of dialysis.

gov id NCT04375553.
gov id NCT04375553.
To examine associations between alcohol use and sleep in middled-aged/older adults and to test sex as a moderator of this relationship.

Participants were 183 adults (46% female) ages 50 and above who consumed alcohol in the past year. Linear regressions tested sex as a moderator of associations between alcohol use and sleep parameters. Alcohol use was measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Overall sleep health and sleep quality were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and pre-sleep arousal was assessed using the Pre-Sleep Arousal Scale.

Overall, 11% of participants screened positive for hazardous drinking (AUDIT scores of 7+/8+ for women/men), and 59% reported poor overall sleep health (scores >5 on the PSQI). selleck products Alcohol use was not associated with overall sleep health (B=-0.25, p=.08) or pre-sleep arousal (B=0.15, p=.64). However, contrary to hypotheses, more hazardous drinking was associated with better subjective sleep quality, only among women (B=-0.08, p=.009). Alcohol use was not associated with sleep quality among men (B=0.01, p=.58). Associations remained significant when controlling for age, symptoms of anxiety and depression, body mass index, use of sleep medication, number of medical conditions, and chronic pain.

Among middle-aged and older adults, alcohol use is more strongly associated with sleep patterns among women than men, when assessed concurrently (i.e., at the same time point). Findings support the need for further consideration of sex differences in associations between alcohol use and sleep.
Among middle-aged and older adults, alcohol use is more strongly associated with sleep patterns among women than men, when assessed concurrently (i.e., at the same time point). Findings support the need for further consideration of sex differences in associations between alcohol use and sleep.
We aimed to develop a deep learning-based approach to evaluate both time-to-progression (TTP) and overall survival (OS) prognosis of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in treatment-naïve patients with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and compare the approach's performance with those of radiomics and clinical models.

EfficientNetV2 was used to build a prognosis model for treatment-naïve patients with HCC. Data of 414 intermediate-stage HCC patients from one participant center were collected to construct the training and validation datasets (70%30%) for TTP prognosis, while data of 129 intermediate-stage HCC patients from another participant center were collected as the test dataset for both TTP and OS prognosis. Three radiomics and three clinical models were then constructed for comparison.

Patients with EfficientNetV2-based model score≤0.5 had better TTP than those with higher scores (hazard ratio [HR] 0.32, 95%CI 0.22-0.46, P<0.0001; HR 0.28, 95%CI 0.20-0.41, P<0.0001; and HR 0.55, 95%CI 0.36-0.88, P=0.005 in the training, validation, and test datasets, respectively). Patients with model score≤0.5 had better OS (38.8months vs 20.9months, HR 0.58, 95%CI 0.37-0.90, P=0.008). Compared with the radiomics (intra-tumoral and peri-tumoral) and three clinical models, the EfficientNetV2-based model showed better survival prognosis for TACE (P<0.05) in the test dataset.

The EfficientNetV2-based model enables assessment of both TTP and OS prognosis of TACE in treatment-naïve, intermediate-stage HCC. Patients with lower scores will benefit from TACE. The model can potentially be used by clinicians to improve decision making regarding TACE treatment choices.
The EfficientNetV2-based model enables assessment of both TTP and OS prognosis of TACE in treatment-naïve, intermediate-stage HCC. Patients with lower scores will benefit from TACE. The model can potentially be used by clinicians to improve decision making regarding TACE treatment choices.Additive Manufactured (AM) Polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) orthopaedic implants offer new opportunities for bone substitutes. However, owing to its chemical inertness, the integration between PEEK implants and soft tissue represents a major challenge threatening the early success of the PEEK implants. Here we investigated the influence of hydroxyapatite (HA) fillers and porous structure of AM HA/PEEK scaffolds on the integration with soft tissue through in-vitro cellular experiments and in-vivo rabbit experiments. Among the animal experiments, HA/PEEK composite scaffolds with HA contents of 0, 20 wt%, 40 wt% and pore sizes of 0.8 mm, 1.6 mm were manufactured by fused filament fabrication. The results indicated that HA promoted the proliferation and adhesion of myofibroblasts on PEEK-based composites by releasing Ca2+ to active FAK and its downstream proteins, while the surface morphology of the scaffolds was also roughened by the HA particles, both of which led to the tighter adhesion between HA/PEEK scaffolds and soft tissue in-vivo. The macroscopic bonding force between soft tissue and scaffolds was dominated by the pore size of the scaffolds but was hardly affected by neither the HA content and nor the surface morphology. Scaffolds with larger pore size bonded more strongly to the soft tissue, and the maximum bonding force reached to 5.61 ± 2.55 N for 40 wt% HA/PEEK scaffolds with pore size of 1.6 mm, which was higher than that between natural bone and soft tissue of rabbits. Although the larger pore size and higher HA content of the PEEK-based scaffolds facilitated the bonding with the soft tissue, the consequent outcome of reduced mechanical properties has to be compromised in the design of the porous PEEK-based composite implants. The present study provides engineering-accessible synergistic strategies on material components and porous architecture of AM PEEK orthopaedic implants for improving the integration with soft tissue.
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