OBJECTIVE : This pilot study aimed to evaluate the perception and satisfaction of deselected male Academy professional footballers towards a medical after-care intervention.
METHODS : A quasiexperimental study design, ...
Bogwasi, Lone; Holtzhausen, Louis; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Botha, Tanita(Termedia Publishing, 2023-07-21)
Rectus femoris (RF) injury is a concern in sports. The management RF strains/tears and avulsion
injuries need to be clearly outlined. A systematic review of literature on current management strategies for RF
injuries, ...
Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common cancer of the thyroid
gland, accounting for up to 20% of all primary malignant tumors in iodine-replete areas. The
diagnostic work-up, staging, risk stratification, ...
Myataza, Asive; Thomas, Juno; Smith, Anthony M.(BMC, 2023-11)
BACKGROUND : We describe the genotypic characteristics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants of Salmonella
enterica serovar Isangi (Salmonella Isangi) clinical isolates in South Africa from 2020 through ...
BACKGROUND : The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic remains a major global health problem and Eswatini is not excluded.
Our study investigated the circulating genotypes in Eswatini and compared them at baseline (start of ...
BACKGROUND : Elimination of vertical HIV Transmission (VHT) and maternal deaths are global health priorities. Male
involvement is one of the most important factors that influences women’s decisions, including the uptake ...
BACKGROUND : Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health concern for both men and women.
Spatial mapping and clustering analysis can reveal subtle patterns in IPV occurrences but are yet to be explored ...
Hlongwane, T.M.A.G. (Tsakane); Pattinson, Robert Clive; Bergh, Anne-Marie(BMC, 2023-05-27)
INTRODUCTION : Detecting the risk of stillbirth during pregnancy remains a challenge. Continuous-wave Doppler
ultrasound (CWDU) can be used to screen for placental insufficiency, which is a major cause of stillbirths in ...
BACKGROUND : There are many factors during pregnancy and labor that influence women’s acceptability of maternal
healthcare. Nevertheless, the concept of acceptability of maternal healthcare has unfortunately not been ...
OBJECTIVE : Retinoic acid (RA) is known to transition proliferating SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells towards functional
neurons. However, the activity of RA is restricted due to its photolability where any findings from prolonged ...
PURPOSE : Emerging biomarkers of cancer cachexia and their roles in sarcopenia and prognosis are poorly understood. Baseline assessments of anthropometrics, sarcopenia, cachexia status and biomarkers of cachexia were ...
Ncube, Keith Ntokozo; Jurgens, Tamarin; Steenkamp, Vanessa; Cromarty, Allan Duncan; Van den Bout, Jan Iman(MDPI, 2023-05-19)
Three-dimensional cell culture models are increasingly adopted as preferred pre-clinical
drug testing platforms, as they circumvent limitations associated with traditional monolayer cell
cultures. However, many of these ...
BACKGROUND : In randomized clinical trials, therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to reduce death and/or
moderate-to-severe disability in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in high-income countries,
while ...
Jackson, Christi; Rehman, Andrea M.; McHugh, Grace; Gonzalez‑Martinez, Carmen; Ngwira, Lucky G.; Bandason, Tsitsi; Mujuru, Hilda; Odland, Jon Oyvind; Corbett, Elizabeth L.; Ferrand, Rashida A.; Simms, Victoria(BMC, 2023-06-11)
BACKGROUND : We investigated risk factors for sustained virological non-suppression (viral load ≥ 1000 copies/ml on
two tests 48 weeks apart) among children and adolescents accessing HIV care in public sector clinics in ...
Sun, Ivy Guofang; Duangthip, Duangporn; Kwok, Charis Hiu‑Kei; Chu, Chun Hung; Crystal, Yasmi O.; Schroth, Robert J.; Feldens, Carlos Alberto; Virtanen, Jorma I.; Al‑Batayneh, Ola Barakat; Gaffar, Balgis; Mfolo, Tshepiso; El Tantawi, Maha; Mohebbi, Simin Z.; Daryanavard, Hamideh; Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group (ECCAG)(BMC, 2023-07-26)
AIM : The objective of this scoping review is to present current evidence regarding the association between early
childhood caries (ECC) and maternal-related gender inequality.
METHODS : Two independent reviewers performed ...
BACKGROUND : South Africa (SA) is on the brink of implementing workplace-based assessments (WBA) in all medical
specialist training programmes in the country. Despite the fact that competency-based medical education ...
INTRODUCTION : Ultrasound scan is one of the essential assessments that is crucial in the early identification of health
risks during antenatal care. Its accessibility to women in low-and middle-income countries remains ...
Lorke, Dietrich E.; Rock, John A.; Hernandez Jr., Robert; Graham, David; Keough, Natalie; Van Tonder, Daniël J.(BMC, 2023-05-26)
BACKGROUND : The establishment of new anatomy facilities needs to accommodate a combination of modern
teaching modalities that best align with evidence-based best teaching practices. This article describes the process ...
Imran, Mohd.; Alshammari, Mohammed Kanan; Arora, Mandeep Kumar; Dubey, Amit Kumar; Das, Sabya Sachi; Kamal, Mehnaz; Alqahtani, Abdulaziz Saad Abdulrahman; Sahloly, Mohammed Ahmed Yahya; Alshammari, Ahmed Hammad; Alhomam, Hessah Mohammed; Mahzari, Aeshah Mousa; Abida; Rabaan, Ali A.; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa(MDPI, 2023-02)
The monkeypox disease (MPX) outbreak of 2022 has been reported in more than one
hundred countries and is becoming a global concern. Unfortunately, only a few treatments, such as
tecovirimat (TCV), are available against ...
Despite its widespread use in adults, the Nordic hamstring exercise remains underexplored in
athletic youth populations. Further, given the dynamic nature of growth and maturation, comparisons with elite
adult populations ...