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MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myot...
Abstract Background Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) causes progressive myopathy of extremity muscles. DM1 may also affect muscles of the trunk. The aim of this study was to... -
Does cognitive behavioral therapy alter mental defeat and cognitive flexibili...
Abstract Objective Mental defeat and cognitive flexibility have been studied as explanatory factors for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. This study examined mental... -
A manual-based family intervention for families living with the consequences ...
Abstract Background Acquiring a traumatic injury constitutes a severe life change for the survivor, but also for the surrounding family. The paradigm of helping the family has... -
Changes of the glutathione redox system during the weaning transition in pigl...
Abstract Background Weaning is known to result in barrier dysfunction and villus atrophy in the immediate post-weaning phase, and the magnitude of these responses is... -
A randomized controlled trial protocol comparing the feeds of fresh versus fr...
Abstract Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of death among preterm infants born at -
The age-related effect on cognitive performance in cognitively healthy elderl...
Abstract Background As research in treatments for neurocognitive diseases progresses, there is an increasing need to identify cognitive decline in the earliest stages of disease... -
Effect of interactive cognitive-motor training on eye-hand coordination and c...
Abstract Background Poor eye–hand coordination is associated with the symptoms of the early stage of cognitive decline. However, previous research on the eye–hand coordination... -
Low-volume high-intensity interval training improves cardiometabolic health, ...
Abstract Background Obesity is associated with impaired health and lower work ability. Increased physical activity is a cornerstone in the treatment of obesity and related risk... -
The potential effects of an extended alcohol withdrawal treatment programme o...
Abstract Background According to the German guidelines, people with severe alcohol use disorders (AUDs) should receive withdrawal treatment. Compared to somatic withdrawal... -
Repeat testing for chlamydia trachomatis, a "safe approach" to unsafe sex? a ...
Abstract Background Chlamydia trachomatis testing is offered to youth in Sweden, through a network of Youth Health Clinics, free at the point of care, in an attempt to bring... -
Effect of availability of HIV self-testing on HIV testing frequency among men...
Abstract Background HIV testing plays a central role in the combat against HIV. We aimed to determine if the availability of HIV self-testing (HIVST) would increase the... -
Changes in dietary intake during puberty and their determinants: results from...
Abstract Background Understanding changes in dietary intake during puberty could aid the mapping of dietary interventions for primary prevention. The present study describes... -
Learning receptive awareness via neurofeedback in stressed healthcare provide...
Abstract Objective Because physicians and nurses are commonly stressed, Bispectral Index™ (BIS) neurofeedback, following trainer instructions, was used to learn to lower the... -
The equity impact of brief opportunistic interventions to promote weight loss...
Abstract Background Guidelines recommend that clinicians should make brief opportunistic behavioural interventions to patients who are obese to increase the uptake of effective... -
Correction to: Functional variation in allelic methylomes underscores a stron...
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Additional file 1. -
Weight development between age 5 and 10 years and its associations with dieta...
Abstract Background Social inequalities in bodyweight start early in life and track into adulthood. Dietary patterns are an important determinant of weight development in... -
Mortality in the Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (MIX)
Abstract Background There are few studies of mortality amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) in Australia. In this study, we estimate mortality in a cohort of PWID in Melbourne... -
Effects of a health educational intervention on malaria knowledge, motivation...
Abstract Background The levels of insecticide-treated net use among pregnant women and uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, have been sub-optimal in... -
WhatsApp embedded in routine service delivery for smoking cessation: effects ...
Abstract Background The demand for smoking cessation services has risen in Turkey, as smokers planning to quit reached 35% in 2012. Communication technologies are used globally... -
Older adults with lower autobiographical memory abilities report less age-rel...
Abstract Background Individuals differ in how they remember the past: some richly re-experience specific details of past episodes, whereas others recall only the gist of past...
