Exercise & Fitness

Ultrashort echo time MRI radiomics as a predictor of clinical outcomes in patellar tendinopathy: Insights from a large prospective clinical trial.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the predictive utility of radiomic features extracted from ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI in comparison to conventional proton density (PD) sequences for short-term (24-week) and long-term (5-year) clinical outcomes in patients with patellar tendinopathy (PT) receiving exercise therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study of 76 PT patients undergoing 24-week exercise...

Leveraging human pose estimation for diagnostic feedback: Action research on instructional mediation and sustainable learning in coach education.

This study investigates the pedagogical integration of Human Pose Estimation (HPE) tools in a university-level physical fitness practicum with 31 undergraduate students, aiming to enhance students' diagnostic reasoning, reflective engagement, and instructional interaction. Grounded in a three-week action research design, the study triangulates data from HPE diagnostic reports, student reflections,...

Predicting cardiovascular diseases using imbalanced data: An XGBoost-based analysis of the 2022 BRFSS dataset.

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide, arising from complex interactions among demographic, clini...

Impact of continuing renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors before surgery on intraoperative hypotensive events: a secondary analysis of the STOP-or-NOT Trial.

BACKGROUND: The multicentre STOP-or-NOT trial has shown that continuation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors (RAASis) before major noncardiac...

Psychological factors in consumer intentions toward smartwatches: A study on technology adoption and behavior.

This research examines the psychological factors that contribute to consumer intentions toward smartwatches, with a particular focus on technology ado...

Challenges in improving the equation for estimating 24-h urinary sodium excretion from casual urine in hypertensive patients taking antihypertensive drugs: addressing overestimation, especially at low sodium excretion levels.

The estimation formula by Tanaka et al. for predicting the 24-h urinary sodium (Na) excretion (24Na) from a single causal urine sample is widely used....

Multicenter Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence System for Automatic Recognition of Fetal Ultrasound Findings Suggestive of Congenital Malformations.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of an artificial intelligence (AI) system for detecting eight abnormal fetal ultrasound findings acr...

Association between the insulin resistance indices and incident type 2 diabetes across different body mass index states: a cohort study and external validation from two East Asian populations.

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) indices like the TyG index are predictors of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), but their comparative performance across BMI ...

Quantitative evaluation of retinal vascular morphology based on the human visual bionic mechanism for the evaluation of diabetic retinopathy onset.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A limited amount of diabetic retinopathy (DR) development can be explained by traditional risk factors. This study aimed to deter...

Physical exercise protects cardiovascular fitness in long-term spaceflight: what have we learned?

As space exploration advances into the era of deep space exploration, humanity faces unprecedented challenges in maintaining astronaut health, not onl...

Is chronic low back pain related to sleep disturbances? A self-organizing maps for unsupervised machine learning-based patient phenotyping.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a multifactorial condition and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Among the various contribu...

Acceptance of communication robots among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis with psychological stress.

OBJECTIVE: Although several psychotherapeutic interventions have been introduced for patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), challenges suc...

Acceleration of chemical shift encoding-based water-fat imaging for pancreatic proton density fat fraction mapping in a single breath-hold: Data from the LION study.

PURPOSE: With the rising prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, there is an increasing need for noninvasive quantification of pancreatic fat as...

Evaluating the efficacy and diagnostic reliability of computer vision artificial intelligence algorithm in automating anatomical classification for second-trimester fetal anomaly ultrasound scans: A prospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and workflow efficiency of BioticsAI-anatomyUNet-0.1-2022 software in identifying 18 standard fetal ana...

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Coronary Artery Disease: Gaps, Digital Models, and the Future of Personalized Prevention.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, with coronary artery disease representing the primary driver of prematu...

AI-Enabled Early Detection of Chemo-Induced Cardiotoxicity Patterns Using ECG Time Series Data: A Simulated Oncology Framework.

OBJECTIVES: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity is still a major clinical problem, usually appearing subclinically before structural or symptomatic ca...

Advances in the Application of Digital Health Technologies in the Management of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disorder that requires long-term follow-up and individualized management. With the rapid development of ...

Prediction of independent ambulation at hospital discharge in patients with proximal femoral fractures based on preoperative clinical information: A retrospective study using extreme gradient boosting and SHapley additive explanations.

BACKGROUND: Independent ambulation at hospital discharge is a critical determinant of discharge destination and caregiving burden in older adults with...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Prediction of Recurrence and Personalized Treatment Planning in Pediatric Pilonidal Sinus Disease.

PurposeThis study aimed to assess the feasibility of artificial intelligence (AI)-based models for predicting recurrence risk and supporting individua...

Protector role of muscle quality against diabetes in non-elderly U.S. adults.

BACKGROUND: Since 1980, the number of people with diabetes has doubled globally, a figure expected to reach 783 million by 2045. The Muscle Quality In...