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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...

Background: Small-bore needle arthroscopy (SNA) has emerged as a minimally invasive diagnostic tool in outpatient orthopaedics, allowing direct intra-articular visualization and serving as a potential alternative to magn...

Limb difference affects millions worldwide, with prevalence expected to rise due to increasing rates of diabetes and vascular disease. Despite the need for high-quality, functional prostheses, many individuals, particula...

Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) has been shown to improve geometric and dosimetric accuracy, with emerging evidence for clinical benefit, but it remains resource-intensive and lacks scalability. This limitation arises from m...

Objectives We assessed whether survey mode influenced reporting of sexual behaviors and psychosocial factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya. Methods In cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from 493 M...

Social inclusion unfolds through everyday movement and encounter and is shaped by embodied, affective, and spatial dynamics. Conceptualizing in/exclusion as layered and co-occurring, this article examines how a multimoda...

Aim A novel interactive exergaming device enables children with cerebral palsy (CP) to exercise whilst standing. A small study showed gains in ankle motion after training with the device. This study explores the feasibil...

Combined diquat and paraquat poisoning is a rare but clinically significant form of poisoning, associated with severe oxidative stress and multiorgan failure. Historical case series have reported high case fatality, part...

To address the issues of low solution accuracy, premature convergence, and susceptibility to local optima in the Parrot Optimization (PO) algorithm, a Reinforced Multi-strategy Parrot Optimization (RMPO) algorithm has be...

Importance Evidence regarding the mechanism of tinnitus in patients with normal full-frequency hearing remains limited. This study investigated the auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveform patterns in these patients to...

Objective This study aimed to explore the influence of the angiotensin-(1–7)/Mas receptor and angiotensin II/angiotensin II type 1 receptor pathways on pyroptosis during sepsis and their subsequent effects on cognitive...

Introduction Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Nigeria face rising cancer incidence and mortality, with late-stage presentation and limited resources. Only eight government-funded radiotherapy centres serve a...

Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare, but allied health professionals’ (AHPs) perspectives on AI integration remain underexplored, especially in Malaysia. This study examined AHPs’ perce...

Background Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in medical diagnostic reasoning, yet their performance in specialized clinical domains such as rheumatology remains incompletely characteri...

Objective Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This study examined the associations of body mass index and the appendicular lean mass-to-body weight ratio with metabolic syndrome...

Objective To determine whether blood cadmium levels are associated with the likelihood of developing human papillomavirus infection in women aged 20–59 years. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data fro...

Background: Deep learning has transformed medical imaging by enabling earlier and more accurate disease diagnosis. Lesion and tumor segmentation, essential for analyzing and tracking morphological changes, is commonly do...

The wastewater effluent is a hotspot for a multitude of microorganisms, including environmental pathogens, true human pathogens, and animal pathogens. In the absence of standardized wastewater treatment facilities, these...

This study explored how public higher education governing boards interpret and respond to anti–diversity, equity, and inclusion (anti-DEI) legislation. Drawing on frameworks of interest convergence/divergence and publi...

Objective Although associations between obesity and thyroid function have been widely reported, few studies have examined euthyroid (clinically normal) adults using both bioelectrical impedance-derived body composition m...

Objective Despite of the tentative role of asbestos in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), their lung function variation in relation to air pollution remains unexplored. This cross-sectional study aimed to expl...

Objective This study aimed to describe the clinical and neuroimaging characteristics and 120-day outcomes in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Methods This prospective study involved 32 patients wit...

Background Research has revealed persistent disparities in meeting the needs of racially minoritized youth identified with suicide risk in schools. An evidence-based trauma-informed suicide prevention practice, such as S...