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Open AccessCorrection: Defining and reporting exercise intensity in interventions for older adults: a modified Delphi process
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Open AccessDefining and reporting exercise intensity in interventions for older adults: a modified Delphi process
Many exercise studies, including older adults, do not report all relevant exercise characteristics. Especially the description of exercise intensity is missing and mostly not controlled. This leads to difficul...
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Open AccessSeasonal pattern in elderly hospitalized with acute kidney injury: a retrospective nationwide study in Italy
Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently complicates hospitalization and is associated with in-hospital mortality (IHM). It has been reported a seasonal trend in different clinical conditions. The aim of this stud...
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Open AccessStructured pain-free exercise progressively improves ankle-brachial index and walking ability in patients with claudication and compressible arteries: an observational study
In patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), supervised exercise at near-moderate pain improves walking ability but not ankle-brachial index (ABI) values. In a retrospective observational study, we determ...
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Don’t stop walking: the in-home rehabilitation program for peripheral artery disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
We studied the outcomes of peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients enrolled in a structured in-home walking program right before the lockdown due to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic emergency, to determine whether thi...
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Changes in exercise capacity and risk of all-cause mortality in patients with peripheral artery disease: a 10-year retrospective cohort study
We retrospectively studied the association between changes in exercise capacity at discharge from a home-based exercise program and the risk of all-cause mortality among patients with peripheral artery disease...
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Changes in hemoglobin profile reflect autologous blood transfusion misuse in sports
The changes in hemoglobin (Hb) profile following autologous blood transfusion (ABT) for the first time were studied for anti-do** purposes. Twenty-four healthy, trained male subjects (aged 18‒40) were enroll...
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Open AccessThe effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Gait Training versus conventional therapy on mobility in severely disabled progressIve MultiplE sclerosis patients (RAGTIME): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Gait and mobility impairments affect the quality of life (QoL) of patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) is an effective rehabilitative treatment but evidence of...
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Respiratory muscle impairment in dialysis patients: can minimal dose of exercise limit the damage? A Preliminary study in a sample of patients enrolled in the EXCITE trial
Skeletal muscle atrophy and dysfunction with associated weakness may involve the respiratory muscles of dialysis patients. We evaluated the effect of moderate-intensity exercise on lung function and respirator...
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Impact of comorbidity on outcome in kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective study in Italy
The aim of this study was to relate in-hospital mortality (IHM), cardiovascular events (CVEs) and non-immunologic comorbidity evaluated on the basis of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, C...
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Impact of renal dysfunction on in-hospital mortality of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a single-center Italian study
We conducted a study, based on discharge hospital sheets [International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)], in order to evaluate the relationship between chronic kidne...
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Open AccessAcute oxygenation changes on ischemic foot of a novel intermittent pneumatic compression device and of an existing sequential device in severe peripheral arterial disease
Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) improves haemodynamics in peripheral arterial disease (PAD), but its effects on foot perfusion were scarcely studied. In severe PAD patients we measured the foot oxygen...
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Open AccessMuscle oxygen consumption by NIRS and mobility in multiple sclerosis patients
The study of muscle metabolism by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been poorly implemented in multiple sclerosis (MS). Aims of the study were to compare resting muscle oxygen consumption (rmVO2) at gastrocne...
