CONCLUSIONS: NSEIT intervention-an eHealth intervention for chronic WAD-was less costly and less effective compared with NSE. Health care costs associated with both interventions affected the ICER; therefore, patients’ overall well-being should also be considered when treating chronic WAD. Even though the cost effectiveness acceptability curve showed that the cost savings from NSEIT outweighed the lost… →

CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: In this randomized clinical trial, preoperative exercise training did not increase the likelihood of undergoing tumor surgery for patients with gastroesophageal cancer. The findings do not support the use of exercise training during neoadjuvant treatment to improve surgical outcomes, and further research is needed to determine its effects on long-term outcomes. →

BACKGROUND: Cervicothoracic pain syndrome (CTPS) is a widespread condition that adversely affects the quality of life (QOL) and is frequently associated with poor posture and muscular imbalance. Despite its prevalence, effective non-invasive interventions remain unexplored. This protocol of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to investigate the effects of PosturePals on pressure pain threshold (PPT),… →

CONCLUSION: Baseline microbial diversity and community structure were similar between responders and non-responders. Veillonella and Lactobacillus showed adjusted associations with response, but neither was robust in sensitivity analysis. These findings should therefore be regarded as exploratory rather than predictive. Larger longitudinal studies are needed to validate these findings and determine their clinical relevance. →

CONCLUSION: PPV with SO tamponade significantly reduces recurrent infection and intraocular inflammation in severe postoperative endophthalmitis, leading to trends toward improved visual outcomes. These benefits appear mediated by both anti-infective and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, supporting the use of SO in complex cases. →

CONCLUSIONS: LHQW was non-inferior to oseltamivir in clinical recovery time and resulted in faster defervescence and greater improvement in cough and sore throat, with comparable safety. →

Purpose: To evaluate effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in reducing physiological stress (as measured by heart rate [HR] change), self-reported pain, and anxiety during cold pulp testing and routine gingival probing in healthy school-aged children. Methods: This prospective, randomized, split-mouth clinical trial enrolled 30 children aged 7 to 12 years at the University of Maryland… →

CONCLUSION: TBDM was associated with higher drawing performance and more positive learner ratings than TMBM. A positive method contrast was observed at both the immediate and one-week delayed assessments, although the difference was smaller at the delayed assessment. TBDM may provide a low-cost, structured complement to existing anatomy-learning methods. Its longer-term and transferable educational effects… →