Ciències de la Salut: Recent submissions
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Hip range of motion and strength in male athletes with stage 1 osteitis pubis: a cross-sectional and correlational study
(International Journal of Environmental Reseacrh and Public Health, 2022)Background: The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine whether athletes with stage 1 osteitis pubis (OP) present differences in hip range of motion (ROM) and muscle strength, between both sides ... -
Psychopathological aspects of sexting and IBSA perpetrators: a brief research report
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022)Introduction: IBSA has been defined as taking, distributing, and/or making threats to distribute, a sexual image without a person's consent, and up to date there is still limited research on IBSA ... -
Short-term effects of three types of hamstring stretching on length, neurodynamic response, and perceived sense of effort: a randomised cross-over trial
(Life, 2022)Background: Stretching techniques for hamstring muscles have been described both to increase muscle length and to evaluate nerve mechanosensitivity. Aim: We sought to evaluate the short-term effects of ... -
Evaluation and comparison of oral health status between spanish and immigrant children residing in Barcelona, Spain
(Children, 2022)The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the level of oral health among Spanish and immigrant children residing in Barcelona, Spain. Oral health status was evaluated in 1400 children aged 3 to ... -
Combination of two manipulative techniques for the treatment of cervicogenic dizziness: a randomized controlled trial
(Life, 2022)Cervicogenic dizziness is clinically associated with upper cervical spine dysfunctions. It seems that manual therapy decreases the intensity of dizziness in these subjects, but what happens to pain ... -
Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study
(Anaesthesia, 2021)Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 ... -
Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score
(British Journal of Surgery, 2021)Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic tens of millions of operations have been cancelled1 as a result of excessive postoperative pulmonary complications (51.2 per cent) and mortality rates (23.8 ... -
Urban environment and physical activity and capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Environmental Research, 2022)Background: Physical activity and exercise capacity are key prognostic factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but their environmental determinants are unknown. Objectives: To test the ... -
Effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in pregnancy to prevent hospitalisation in infants aged <2 months and effectiveness of both primary vaccination and mother's vaccination in pregnancy in infants aged 2-11 months
(Vaccine, 2022)Background: PERTINENT is an active hospital-based surveillance system for pertussis in infants. In 2019, four of the six participating European countries recommended pertussis vaccination in pregnancy. ... -
Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study
(The Lancet Microbe, 2022-10)Background: Serotype 24F is one of the emerging pneumococcal serotypes after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). We aimed to identify lineages driving the increase of serotype 24F ... -
A social return on investment analysis of improving the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within the spanish national healthcare system
(International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2022)Purpose: To define a set of proposals that would improve the current management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) within the Spanish National Healthcare System (SNHS) from a comprehensive ... -
Second-language phoneme learning positively relates to voice recognition abilities in the native language: Evidence from behavior and brain potentials
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2022)Previous studies suggest a relationship between second-language learning and voice recognition processes, but the nature of such relation remains poorly understood. The present study investigates whether ... -
Relationship between hip abductor muscle strength and frontal plane kinematics: a cross-sectional study in elite handball athletes
(Applied Sciences, 2022)Frontal plane kinematics of the lower limb could be especially relevant in the risk of injuries in handball (HB) athletes. An association between lower limb frontal plane kinematics and hip abductor ... -
Caracterización del microbioma nasofaríngeo en pacientes con enfermedad de Kawasaki
(2022)Introducción: La etiología de la enfermedad de Kawasaki (EK) sigue siendo desconocida. Varios estudios han relacionado el microbioma humano con algunas enfermedades. Sin embargo, los estudios sobre el ... -
Analysis of the results and adverse factors of arthroscopic repair of degenerative subscapular lesions
(Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, 2022)Objective: To carry out a review of degenerative subscapularis ruptures (SSC) after their arthroscopic repair and to evaluate whether the results are comparable in terms of pain and function to those ... -
Multiple drug regimen-refractory rosai–dorfman–destombes disease mimicking relapsing polychondritis successfully treated with cobimetinib
(European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022)Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease (RDD) or sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown cause. The disease often manifests as bilateral painless ... -
Students’ perceptions, engagement and satisfaction with the use of an e-rubric for the assessment of manual skills in physiotherapy
(BMC Medical Education, 2021)Introduction: In recent years, formative assessment has gained importance in health care education to facilitate and enhance learning throughout the training period. Within the frame of active methodologies, ... -
Quality of life impairment after a diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome
(Pituitary, 2022)This brief review is devoted mainly to publications in the last 5 years dealing with health-related quality of life (QoL) after a diagnosis of endogenous hypercortisolism, due to pituitary-dependent ... -
Impact of changes in the WHO’s 2019 update of DDDs on the measurement of adult hospital antibacterial consumption in Catalonia (Spain), 2008–18
(JAC - Antimicrobial Resistance, 2022)Objectives: In 2019 the WHO fully adopted new DDD values. The objective of this study is to analyse their impact on the measurement of consumption of antibacterials in hospitals participating in the ... -
A two-point ultrasound-guided injection technique for the transversus thoracis plane block: a canine cadaveric study
(Animals, 2022)The transversus thoracis plane block is a locoregional technique recently described in canine cadavers to desensitize the intercostal nerves running through this plane. In canine cadavers, a transverse ...