Background - No universally recognized transperineal ultrasound parameters are available for evaluating stress urinary incontinence. The information captured by commonly used perineal ultrasound parameters is limited and insufficient for a comprehensive assessment of stress urinary incontinence. Although bladder neck motion plays a major role in stress urinary incontinence, objective and visual ...

Objectives - This study assessed the test–retest reliability of athletic performance tests in a cohort of trained Norwegian female handball players, as well as a sub-analysis of the test–retest reliability for naturally menstruating players.<p> <p>Design - Eighteen handball players (naturally menstruating: n = 8) completed performance test batteries on three separate occasions.<p> <p>Methods ...

Objective - To describe healthcare professionals’ perception of current early rehabilitation practices and their preconditions, focusing on functional and cognitive stimulation facilitated by nurses and other healthcare professionals in Scandinavian intensive care units (ICUs).<p> <p>Design - Cross-sectional electronic survey administered to healthcare professionals. The survey was developed in ...

Background - Surgical site infections are a major health problem that deteriorates the patients’ health and increases health care costs. A reliable method to identify patients with modifiable risk of surgical site infection is necessary to reduce the incidence of them but data are limited. Hence the objective is to assess the predictive validity of a logistic regression model compared to risk indexes ...

Background - This study aimed to identify novel plasma proteins associated with first-lifetime venous thromboembolism (VTE) and molecular pathways involved in VTE pathogenesis.<p> <p>Methods - A case–cohort comprising incident VTE cases (n = 294) and a randomly sampled age- and sex-weighted subcohort (n = 1,066) was derived from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3, n = 50,800). Blood samples were ...

International health and physiotherapy research has developed over the last few decades through the use and further development of a wide range of scientific theories. This enables researchers to address current issues more appropriately and contribute to change. In German-speaking countries, this diversity of scientific grounding has yet to be developed. The common distinction between quantitative ...

<i>Enterococcus faecium</i>, a gut commensal bacterium, has become a significant nosocomial and opportunistic pathogen, linked to infections like urinary tract infections, bacteraemia, and endocarditis. Its success as a pathogen is partly due to its high level of resistance to antibacterial agents. These resistance mechanisms are complicating treatment, especially in strains resistant to vancomycin, ...

The Arctic is experiencing rapid and interlinked socio-environmental changes. Therefore, governance approaches that take the complex interactions between climate change, biodiversity loss, increasing land use pressures, and local livelihoods into account are needed: nexus approaches. However, an overview of whether and to what extent Arctic policies address these nexus elements in concert has ...

Fish red blood cells (RBCs) are nucleated and metabolically active with physiological and immunological properties. Salmonid RBCs are target cells of Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), a double-stranded RNA virus with three known genotypes (PRV-1, 2 and 3). PRV-1 can give heart and skeletal muscle inflammation to farmed Atlantic salmon, which can lead to mortality in combination with stress, PRV-3 is ...

Purpose: To compare designs of training sessions applied by world-class cross-country skiers during their most successful junior and senior season. <p> <p>Methods: Retrospective analysis of self-reported training characteristics (ie, training form, intensity, and exercise mode) among 8 male and 7 female world-class cross-country skiers was conducted. <p> <p>Results: Total number of sessions ...