Author(s): Fortin M; Rosenstein B; Levesque J; Nandlall N;
Background and Objectives: Ultrasound echo intensity (EI) of the lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM) could offer valuable insights regarding muscle quality in people with low back pain (LBP). However, whether the rater's experience noticeably influences the ...
Article GUID: 34065340
Author(s): Fortin M; Rye M; Roussac A; Naghdi N; Macedo LG; Dover G; Elliott JM; DeMont R; Weber MH; Pepin V; ...
Background: Exercise is a common approach for the management of patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP). However, there is no clear mechanistic evidence or consensus on what type of ...
Article GUID: 34022854
Author(s): Pellegrino G; Hedrich T; Sziklas V; Lina JM; Grova C; Kobayashi E;
Interactions between interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) and distant cortical regions subserve potential effects on cognition of patients with focal epilepsy. We hypothesize that "healthy" brain areas at a distance from the epileptic focus may respond ...
Article GUID: 34002916
Author(s): Lentini M; Scalia J; Lebel FB; Touma F; Jhajj A; Darlington PJ; Dover G;
Context: Athletes are often exposed to pain due to injury and competition. Using preliminary evidence, researchers have shown that cardiovascular measures could be an objective measure of pain, but the cardiovascular response can be influenced by psychologi ...
Article GUID: 34000018
Author(s): Edache IY; Kakinami L; Alberga AS;
Objectives: Public health policies have been proposed to help address prevalent Canadian obesity rates. Along with the increase in obesity prevalence, explicit weight bias is also rampant in Western society. This paper aimed to assess the association betwee ...
Article GUID: 33990876
Author(s): Turner L; Santosa S;
With increasing adiposity in obesity, adipose tissue macrophages contribute to adipose tissue malfunction and increased circulating proinflammatory cytokines. The chronic low-grade inflammation that occurs in obesity ultimately gives rise to a state of meta ...
Article GUID: 33979430
Author(s): Tremblay SA; Jäger AT; Huck J; Giacosa C; Beram S; Schneider U; Grahl S; Villringer A; Tardif CL; Bazin PL; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ; ...
Efficient neural transmission is crucial for optimal brain function, yet the plastic potential of white matter (WM) has long been overlooked. Growing evidence now shows that modifications to axons ...
Article GUID: 33885965
Author(s): Costa ACBP; Omran RP; Law C; Dumeaux V; Whiteway M;
Candida albicans opaque cells release pheromones to stimulate cells of opposite mating type to activate their pheromone response pathway. Although this fungal pathogen shares orthologous proteins involved in the process with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the pa ...
Article GUID: 33793759
Author(s): Pothier K; Vrinceanu T; Intzandt B; Bosquet L; Karelis AD; Lussier M; Vu TTM; Nigam A; Li KZH; Berryman N; Bherer L; ...
Objectives: Mobility is a complex but crucial clinical outcome in older adults. Past observational studies have highlighted that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), energy cost of walking (ECW), and c ...
Article GUID: 33774144
Author(s): Machado A; Cai Z; Vincent T; Pellegrino G; Lina JM; Kobayashi E; Grova C;
In functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), deconvolution analysis of oxy and deoxy-hemoglobin concentration changes allows estimating specific hemodynamic response functions (HRF) elicited by neuronal activity, taking advantage of the fNIRS excellent ...
Article GUID: 33727581
Author(s): Masoumi N; Belasso CJ; Ahmad MO; Benali H; Xiao Y; Rivaz H;
Purpose: Accurate multimodal registration of intraoperative ultrasound (US) and preoperative computed tomography (CT) is a challenging problem. Construction of public datasets of US and CT images can accelerate the development of such image registration tec ...
Article GUID: 33683544
Author(s): Jeancolas L; Petrovska-Delacrétaz D; Mangone G; Benkelfat BE; Corvol JC; Vidailhet M; Lehéricy S; Benali H; ...
Many articles have used voice analysis to detect Parkinson's disease (PD), but few have focused on the early stages of the disease and the gender effect. In this article, we have adapted the la ...
Article GUID: 33679361
