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People living with severe mental illness have a reduced life expectancy when compared to the general population largely due to physical health comorbidities. Exercise is a valuable, evidence-based component of mental hea...

Tatiana CLA Silva,1 Yvinna T Rodrigues,1 Emilė Radytė,2 Ervinas Bernatavičius,2 Alexander A Cook,2 Ieva Karvelyte,2 Maria LAS Carvalho,1 Luiza Macedo,1 Joyce Maria Pereira de Oliveira,1 Talit...

Introduction:Orthopedic and musculoskeletal pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and many patients continue to experience suboptimal relief despite advances in pharmacological and physical therapies. Magnetic...

Depression represents a significant global public health problem, negatively affecting patients’ quality of life and social functioning. Despite the increasing availability of effective pharmacological and psychotherap...

Growing evidence underscores the importance of hope in shaping patients’ experiences. In the context of illness, hope regulates emotions, supports resilience, helps patients face uncertainty, and sustains the belief th...

Background. Fibromyalgia, as a multidimensional syndrome, requires interventions that target multiple aspects of the disease simultaneously. This complexity underscores the importance of non-pharmacological strategies ai...

Background: TikTok videos on orthopaedic topics receive high engagement, but the quality of content on knee osteotomies is unclear. Purpose: To assess the quality, reliability, and educational value of TikTok videos on k...

Carla S Enriquez,1– 3 Alka Bishnoi,1 Musola N Oniyide,4 Katherine L Jennings,1 Roger Luo5,6 1Department of Physical Therapy, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA; 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns H...

Abstract Background Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common musculoskeletal symptom associated with spinal disorders, impairing quality of life while imposing significant medical and socioeconomic burdens. Traditional l...

Introduction: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is a disorder of reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus, which can cause symptoms and complications. The global prevalence of GERD is 25% in adults, 20% in West...

Sharon Wang-Price,1 Jason Zafereo,2 Khalid Alkhathami,3,* Yousef Alshehre,4,* Hui-Ting Goh1 1School of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Texas Woman’s University, Dallas, TX, USA; 2Departmen...

Background: Trapezius myalgia (TM) is a prevalent condition characterized by upper back and neck pain, commonly affecting those engaged in prolonged desk work, repetitive overhead activity, or manual labour. The conditio...

Abstract When human instructors guide learners through motor tasks, they seamlessly coordinate physical touch with verbal explanations - a dance teacher positions a student’s arms while describing the movement, a thera...

INTRODUCTION: Hemodialysis (HD) while causing role difficulties due to physical problems and disturbances in general health perception in the short term, leads to disorders of physical function and general health percept...

BackgroundX-linked hyper IgM syndrome (XHIGM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency (PID) caused by pathogenic variants in the CD40 ligand (CD40LG) gene, resulting in defective immunoglobulin class-switch recombination, cau...

Abstract Background Given that sleep disturbance and fatigue are pervasive among patients with advanced ovarian cancer (OC) and associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL), several patient-reported outcom...

The risk of breast lesion development in patients under immunosupressive therapy is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of breast disease in female renal transplant recipients Twenty-two female ...

IntroductionHyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by impaired immunoglobulin class-switch recombination, most commonly due to mutations in the CD40 ligand (CD40L) gene. Affected patie...