BACKGROUND: Shoulder pain is a highly prevalent musculoskeletal disorder that severely compromises patients' quality of life. The Constant-Murley Scale (CMS) is a well-established method for shoulder function evaluation. However, the necessity of cli...
Mobility impairments and increased fall risk are common in multiple sclerosis (MS), resulting from myelin degradation in motor pathways. While forward walking is a common mobility assessment, backward walking shows greater sensitivity in distinguishi...
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
Sep 3, 2025
BACKGROUND: Late-life depression (LLD) is prevalent in older adults and linked to increased disability, mortality, and suicide risk. Insomnia symptoms are considered common remaining symptoms of LLD following treatment. However, the multivariate rela...
The combined analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) and phonocardiogram signals(PCG) has demonstrated significant potential in the non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease (CAD). The efficacy of combining cardiac pathological parameters such as...
There is limited evidence on how social determinants of health (SDOH) and physical frailty (PF) influence mortality prediction in heart failure (HF), particularly for in-hospital, 90-day, and 1-year outcomes. This study aims to develop explainable ma...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a challenge, particularly in low-resource settings. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has shown promise, but most studies focus on HIV-infected populations. In the case of TB, data on lung ultrasound (LU...
BACKGROUND: Diabetes remains a major public health concern in the United States, with a complex interplay of behavioral, demographic, and clinical risk factors. This study aims to identify the three best-performing machine learning models for diabete...
Macrophages, pivotal orchestrators of the immune system, are integral to the initiation of specific immune responses and exert profound influence on the pathogenesis, progression, and therapeutic landscape of aortic dissection (AD). Leveraging the pr...
OBJECTIVE: To test the applicability of deep learning models for detecting and staging rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) based on morphological features using two- and three-dimensional optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.
Teacher leadership is widely regarded as a critical driver of school reform and educational quality improvement. Although the field has been extensively studied, empirical research remains limited in Xinjiang, China-a region characterized by its mult...
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