Darryl P. Leong, Koon Teo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patricio López‐Jaramillo et al.
BACKGROUND Reduced muscular strength, as measured by grip strength, has been associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Grip strength is appealing as a simple, quick, and inexpensive means of stratifying an individual's risk of cardiovascular death. However, the pro...
Jean Côté
The purpose of the present study was to describe patterns in the dynamics of families of talented athletes throughout their development in sport. Four families, including three families of elite rowers and one family of an elite tennis player were examined. The framework provided by Ericsson, Krampe...
A. Grant, A Avenell, Marion Campbell, Andrew M. McDonald et al.
Background Elderly people who have a fracture are at high risk of another. Vitamin D and calcium supplements are often recommended for fracture prevention. We aimed to assess whether vitamin D3 and calcium, either alone or in combination, were effective in prevention of secondary fractures. Methods ...
Lan Li, Fei Yu, Dongquan Shi, Jianping Shi et al.
The present review discusses the application of virtual reality (VR) technology in clinical medicine, especially in surgical training, pain management and therapeutic treatment of mental illness. We introduce the common types of VR simulators and their operational principles in aforementioned fields...
Marion Campbell, Claire Snowdon, David Francis, Diana Elbourne et al.
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with good and poor recruitment to multicentre trials. DATA SOURCES: Part A: database of trials started in or after 1994 and were due to end before 2003 held by the Medical Research Council and Health Technology Assessment Programmes. Part B: interviews with...
Jessica Fraser‐Thomas, Jean Côté
The purpose of this study was to gain understanding of adolescents’ positive and negative developmental experiences in sport. Twenty-two purposefully sampled adolescent competitive swimmers participated in a semistructured qualitative interview. Content analysis led to the organization of meaning un...
Aidan Cosgrove, I. S. Corry, H. Kerr Graham
SUMMARY The role of intramuscular botulinum toxin A in the treatment of 26 children with cerebral palsy was evaluated. The indication for injection was the presence of a dynamic contracture of lower‐limb muscles interfering with positioning or walking. Spastic target muscles were identified by clini...
Ana Maria B. Menezes, María Montes de, Rogelio Pérez‐Padilla, Gilbert Nadeau et al.
Background Several COPD phenotypes have been described; the COPD-asthma overlap is one of the most recognized. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of three subgroups (asthma, COPD, and COPD-asthma overlap) in the Latin American Project for the Investigation of Obstructive Lung Disea...
Ricardo Vigatto, Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre, Heleno Rodrigues Corrêa Filho
In Brief Study Design. Translation, revision, back-translation, and 3-way validity were performed. Objective. The objective of this study was to translate a version of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate its reliability. Summary of Background Data. Reports in t...
Edwin Dale, Detlef H. Gerlach, AVA L. WILHITE
The problem of menstrual dysfunction in women who engage in endurance training for participation in distance running events has been studied. Through survey, selected aspects of the personal, training, menstrual, and contraceptive histories of 168 women who were defined as runners, joggers, or contr...
Mary Ann McColl, Diane Davies, Peter M. Carlson, Jane Johnston et al.
Objective To present a new measure of community integration, the Community Integration Measure (CIM), and to offer preliminary information about its psychometric properties. Design Validation study. Setting Community. Participants Ninety-two participants placed in 3 subgroups (brain injury survivors...
Denise Kendrick, Katherine Fielding, Elaine Bentley, Robert Kerslake et al.
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain is not associated with improved clinical outcomes or satisfaction with care. DESIGN: Randomised unblinded controlled trial. SETTING: 73 general practices in Nottingham, north Nottinghamshire, southe...
Adrian Grant, D. G. Altman, Abdel Babiker, Marion Campbell et al.
OBJECTIVES: To address issues about data monitoring committees (DMCs) for randomised controlled trials (RCTs). DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases. Handsearching of selected books. Personal contacts with experts in the field. REVIEW METHODS: Systematic literature reviews of DMCs and small group proce...
Jacob Bornstein, Andrew T. Goldstein, Colleen K. Stockdale, Sophie Bergeron et al.
INTRODUCTION: In 2014, the Executive Council of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the Boards of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) acknowledged the need to rev...
Joseph Baker, Jean Côté, Bruce Abernethy
(2003). Learning from the Experts: Practice Activities of Expert Decision Makers in Sport. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport: Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 342-347.