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Cognition affects poststroke recovery, but meta-analyses of cognition have not yet provided a comparison of observational and intervention evidence.

To describe the trajectory of poststroke cognition and the factors that moderate it across intervention and observational cohorts.

Six databases were searched up to January 2020. Studies describing quantitative changes in cognition in adults poststroke were included. Interventions were classified into pharmacological, therapist-led, nonroutine/alternative, and usual care. Summary estimates were compared via hierarchical mixed-effects models. Age, recovery stage, stroke etiology, cognitive domain targeted in studies, and intervention types were investigated as moderators of cognition. Recovery stage and intervention were further analyzed in a multiplicative metaregression model.

A total of 43 intervention trials and 79 observation cohorts involving 28 222 stroke participants were included. Heterogeneity was significant (τ

= 0.09; CI = 0.01-0.21,

< s.

Cognitive recovery is possible using different controlled interventions in all recovery stages, with smaller benefits ≥2 years poststroke. Longer-term studies are needed to determine the role of nonroutine/alternative therapies and the association between cognitive recovery and performance in everyday activities.

Motor fatigability (i.e. contraction-induced reduction in muscle strength) from a concentric task associate stronger to walking and perception of fatigue in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), compared with an isometric task. However, the central and peripheral contributions of motor fatigability between these tasks have not been investigated.

Compare the central and peripheral contributions of motor fatigability in the knee extensors in a sustained isometric fatigability protocol versus a concentric fatigability protocol and in pwMS versus healthy controls (HCs).

Participants (n=31 pwMS; n=15 HCs) underwent neuromuscular testing before and immediately after two knee extensor fatigability tasks (sustained isometric and concentric) in an isokinetic dynamometer. Neuromuscular testing of fatigability consisted of maximal voluntary contraction, voluntary activation (central/neural contributor), and resting twitch (peripheral/muscular contributor) determined by the interpolated twitch technique.

Sustai between pwMS and HCs. These between-protocol differences in pwMS provide a neuromuscular dimension to the reported difference in the strength of associations of concentric and isometric tasks to walking and perception of fatigue in pwMS.

The meniscal kinematics in the full knee range of motion (ROM) have not been demonstrated by MRI, because the narrow bore of the superconducting magnet prevents full knee motion. The purpose of this study was to the investigate meniscal kinematics associated with femorotibial kinematics using an open-structure MRI unit that allows kinematic analysis of the menisci in full knee ROM.

Non-weight-bearing MR images of the right knee of 10 subjects were acquired at six angles of knee flexion (0°, 30°, 60°, 90°, 120°, and full flexion) using a compact 0.2-T MRI system. The positions of the anterior and posterior horns of the medial and lateral menisci (MM/LM) and the medial and lateral femoral condyles (MFC/LFC) were measured at each angle of flexion.

Significant posterior LFC movement was observed in all sets of adjacent flexion angles of 60°-90° or more, indicating medial pivot motion of the femur. Significant differences in LM position were observed between adjacent flexion angles of 60°-90° or more. The pochanisms, planning meniscus transplant, and making postoperative care program for meniscus surgery.Single microphone noise reduction (NR) in hearing aids can provide a subjective benefit even when there is no objective improvement in speech intelligibility. A possible explanation lies in a reduction of listening effort. VBIT4 Previously, we showed that response times (a proxy for listening effort) to an auditory-only dual-task were reduced by NR in normal-hearing (NH) listeners. In this study, we investigate if the results from NH listeners extend to the hearing-impaired (HI), the target group for hearing aids. In addition, we assess the relevance of the outcome measure for studying and understanding listening effort. Twelve HI subjects were asked to sum two digits of a digit triplet in noise. We measured response times to this task, as well as subjective listening effort and speech intelligibility. Stimuli were presented at three signal-to-noise ratios (SNR; -5, 0, +5 dB) and in quiet. Stimuli were processed with ideal or nonideal NR, or unprocessed. The effect of NR on response times in HI listeners was significant only in conditions where speech intelligibility was also affected (-5 dB SNR). This is in contrast to the previous results with NH listeners. There was a significant effect of SNR on response times for HI listeners. The response time measure was reasonably correlated (R142 = 0.54) to subjective listening effort and showed a sufficient test-retest reliability. This study thus presents an objective, valid, and reliable measure for evaluating an aspect of listening effort of HI listeners.

Communication is one of the main foundations of providing care. Nurses have encountered patients from different languages due to globalization and mobilities within and between countries. This study aimed to explore the Iranian pediatric nurses' experiences in providing care for children of different language backgrounds.

In this conventional qualitative content analysis study, 15 pediatric nurses were selected through purposive sampling from four specialty pediatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Data were collected via in-depth semistructured face-to-face interviews and concurrently analyzed via conventional content analysis.

Data analysis resulted in 132 primary codes, which were reduced to 95 during constant comparison and categorized into 34 subcategories, six main categories, and the main theme emerging from the categories was "language as a barrier in providing effective nursing care."

This study suggests that language differences between pediatric nurses and hospitalized children may make nursing care less effective and act as a barrier to achieving patient care goals.