Orthopedics
Feb 25, 2020
Low back pain is experienced by a large number of people in western countries and may be caused and influenced by many different pathologies and psychosocial factors including disc degeneration. Disc ...
Feb 18, 2020
Bone defects are usually difficult to be regenerated due to pathological states or the size of the injury. Researchers are focusing on tissue engineering approaches in order to drive the regenerative ...
Feb 18, 2020
Under the condition of LPS/IFN-γ activation, macrophage metabolism is conversed from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis. In the present work, we analyzed whether glycolysis could affect IL-1β e...
Feb 18, 2020
Struma ovarii is a rare, usually benign ovarian tumour with malignancy occurring in 3000 µg/L following recombinant TSH administration prior to her first dose of I131. At 25 months following radioiod...
Feb 18, 2020
Enhancement of cell-matrix adhesion is preferable and crucial in various fields of tissue engineering. Integrins are important receptors that facilitate cell-matrix adhesion, mediated by intracellular...
Feb 17, 2020
To develop an automated pipeline based on convolutional neural networks to segment lumbar intervertebral discs and characterize their biochemical composition using voxel-based relaxometry, and establi...
Feb 17, 2020
Emerging evidence highlights the role of the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) KCNQ1OT1 in fracture healing. Osteoblast proliferation, migration, and survival are pivotal during this process. In this study,...
Feb 17, 2020
Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) has been used successfully to treat myriad types of chronic pain, including spinal radicular pain and that associated with facet arthropathy. Although there are a few repor...
Feb 17, 2020
Modulation of pain perception by oxytocin (OXT) has attracted increased scientific and clinical interest. Neural mechanisms underlying these effects are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to i...
Feb 17, 2020
This study aimed to analyse the effect of a portfolio with three activities fostering students' reflection, self-efficacy and teaching of communication skills and professionalism.A cross-sectional stu...
Feb 17, 2020
The Wickerhamiella and Starmerella genera form a clade (W/S clade) that branches close to Yarrowia lipolytica in the Saccharomycotina species tree. It comprises approximately 90 recognized species and...
Feb 17, 2020
Fungal effector proteins facilitate host-plant colonization and have generally been characterized as small secreted proteins (SSPs). We classified and functionally tested SSPs from the secretomes of t...
Feb 17, 2020
Orientin and isoorientin are C-glycosidic flavonoids, considered as markers of some plant species as Passiflora edulis var. flavicarpa Degener and reported in the literature to have pharmacological pr...
Feb 17, 2020
Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary bone cancer in children, adolescents and dogs. Current combination surgical and chemotherapeutic treatments have increased survival. However, in recurrent...
Feb 17, 2020
Cyclin E1 is one the most promising biomarkers in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer for response to the new standard of care drug class, CDK4/6 inhibitors. Because of its strong predictiv...
Feb 13, 2020
Cohort study (level 3).To identify independent risk factors for residual low back pain (LBP) following osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF).Non-union has been proposed as the primary cause of residua...
Feb 13, 2020
Retrospective case analyses.The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and characteristics of associated upper cervical spine injuries in 15 survival cases of traumatic atlanto-occipital d...
Feb 13, 2020
Research studies to understand the biomechanics of manual wheelchair propulsion often incorporate experimental data and mathematical models. This project aimed to advance this field of study by develo...
Feb 13, 2020
Observational studies have suggested that accelerated surgery is associated with improved outcomes in patients with a hip fracture. The HIP ATTACK trial assessed whether accelerated surgery could redu...
Feb 13, 2020
To investigate the safety and efficacy of dienogest (DNG), a progestational 19-norsteroid, administered for 52 weeks in patients with primary and secondary dysmenorrhea.A total of 147 patients with ...