BACKGROUND: This study was a prospective, randomized, open, blinded-endpoint trial with the aim of examining whether gait training with a gait-assistance robot (GAR) improves gait disturbances in subacute non-ambulatory hemiplegic stroke patients mor...
OBJECTIVE: Although robotic surgery decreases pain compared to laparotomy, postoperative pain can be a concern near the site of a larger assistant trocar site. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) b...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Oct 16, 2014
This research examines the precision of an adaptive neuro-fuzzy computing technique in estimating the anti-obesity property of a potent medicinal plant in a clinical dietary intervention. Even though a number of mathematical functions such as SPSS an...
PURPOSE: Percutaneous tunneling (hydrodissection) in the neck and anterior chest in patients undergoing robotic thyroidectomy leads to significant hemodynamic responses such as increases in blood pressure and heart rate. We evaluated whether a single...
BACKGROUND: It is becoming increasingly important to evaluate the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) and query-assisted platforms like Google and ChatGPT in providing clinically relevant and accurate information to patient-initiated inquir...
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the reference standard for COVID-19 diagnosis, but the need for rapid, reproducible, and cost-effective diagnostic tools remains. This study investigated the diagnostic performance of a nove...
Emergencias : revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Emergencias
May 13, 2025
OBJECTIVES: To analyze agreement between diagnoses issued by the Mediktor application and those of an attending physician, and to evaluate the usefulness of this application in patients who seek emergency care.
BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis is a prevalent, chronic musculoskeletal disorder that impairs mobility and quality of life. Personalized patient education aims to improve self-management and adherence; yet, its delivery is often limited by time const...
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Mar 25, 2025
BACKGROUND: Gabapentin, an anticonvulsant medication, has been proposed as a treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). A multisite study tested gabapentin enacarbil extended-release (GE-XR; 600 mg/twice a day), a prodrug formulation, combined with a ...
Addictive behaviour is shaped by the dynamic interaction of implicit, bottom-up and explicit, top-down cognitive processes. In alcohol use disorder (AUD), implicit alcohol-related associations have been shown to predict increased subsequent alcohol c...
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