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BioMed, Volume 4, Issue 2

June 2024 - 10 articles

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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,479 Views
18 Pages

14 June 2024

Prostate and bladder cancer treatments have several challenges, including intense side effects and mechanisms of resistance. Thus, it is urgent to find drugs that can fill these gaps. For this purpose, Entecavir (ETV) was tested alone and in combinat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,104 Views
14 Pages

13 June 2024

Existing implants used with Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), and other joint reconstruction treatments, have displayed premature failures and frequent needs for revision surgery in recent years, particularly with young act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,076 Views
15 Pages

Comprehensive Analysis of the Genetic Variation in the LPA Gene from Short-Read Sequencing

  • Raphael O. Betschart,
  • Georgios Koliopanos,
  • Paras Garg,
  • Linlin Guo,
  • Massimiliano Rossi,
  • Sebastian Schönherr,
  • Stefan Blankenberg,
  • Raphael Twerenbold,
  • Tanja Zeller and
  • Andreas Ziegler

4 June 2024

Lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and mainly regulated by the complex LPA gene. We investigated the types of variation in the LPA gene and their predictive performance on Lp(a) concentration. We determined the Kring...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,831 Views
10 Pages

Assistive Communication Devices in Rett Syndrome: A Case Report and Narrative Review

  • Justin Lee,
  • Jessica Lee,
  • Mouath Abu-Daoud and
  • Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni

27 May 2024

Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder primarily affecting females, characterized by developmental regression and significant communication impairments. Despite the critical role of communication in maintaining quality of life, t...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,001 Views
10 Pages

Manual Reduction for Subacute Osteoporotic Burst and Severe Compression Thoracolumbar Fractures

  • Kung-Chia Li,
  • Ching-Hsiang Hsieh,
  • Ting-Hua Liao and
  • Chih-Hung Chen

24 May 2024

The objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the impact of manual reduction (MR) on patients with subacute osteoporotic thoracolumbar burst fractures and severe compression fractures (OTLBFSCFs). From January 2016 to May 2020, 101 cases...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
12,483 Views
14 Pages

14 May 2024

The purpose of this review is to elucidate the different laboratory and biomarker testing methods available for screening and diagnosis of preeclampsia. These include routine testing, such as blood pressure readings, qualitative and quantitative urin...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,853 Views
10 Pages

Foot Position Recognition Using a Smartphone Inertial Sensor in Patient Transfer

  • Kodai Kitagawa,
  • Ryo Takashima,
  • Tadateru Kurosawa and
  • Chikamune Wada

25 April 2024

Caregivers experience lower back pain due to patient transfer. Foot position is an important and adjustable posture for reducing lumbar loads during patient transfer. Specifically, a suitable foot position provides the use of the lower limbs instead...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
1,811 Views
12 Pages

16 April 2024

Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) techniques use specialized hand-held instruments for applying controlled mechanical forces to the body with the goal of facilitating healing, improving range of motion, and reducing pain. Neverthel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
9,521 Views
11 Pages

7 April 2024

Practitioners routinely use the single leg heel raise (SLHR) to quantify calf function in healthy and injured populations. Despite this, approaches vary and the impact of cueing on SLHR performance and results interpretation in athletesis unknown. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,122 Views
11 Pages

22 March 2024

Objective: This study sought to examine whether the sense of coherence (SoC) and resilience among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients increased after participation in a fibrotherapy intervention program (FTI) and whether SoC and resilience increased am...

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