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Open AccessAtopic dermatitis in early life and pain at 10 years of age: An exploratory study
Pain is a distinctive burden in atopic dermatitis and recognized as an important and highly prevalent symptom. It is unknown if the presence of atopic disease may sensitize children to adverse pain profiles in...
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Pain site persistence and changes from childhood to adolescence: a prospective cohort study
Pain is a complex experience that interferes with the well-being of youth who experience it. We aimed to assess whether recurrent pain sites in childhood can predict later recurrent pain sites prospectively.
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Open AccessAssociation of child neurodevelopmental or behavioural problems with maternal unemployment in a population-based birth cohort
To estimate associations between suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental or behavioural problems in 7-year-old children and maternal unemployment at child age 7 and 10, in a Portuguese birth cohort.
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Association between dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate levels at 7 years old and bone mineral density at 10 years old: a prospective cohort study
We aimed to explore the effect of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) at age 7 on areal bone mineral density (aBMD) at age 10 and to distinguish the direct and indirect effects (explained by sexual maturit...
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Early-life programming of pain sensation? Spinal pain in pre-adolescents with pain experience in early life
Neurobiological mechanisms can be involved in early programming of pain sensitization. We aimed to investigate the association between early-life pain experience and pre-adolescence spinal pain. We conducted a...
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Household food insecurity and socio-demographic determinants in young adults: findings from a Portuguese population-based sample
This study evaluated the prevalence and the socio-demographic determinants of food insecurity among young adults at a time of economic crisis recovery.
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An Augmented Reality Application to Support Deployed Emergency Teams
THEMIS-AR is an augmented reality (AR) app designed for mobile devices that was developed to assist first responders on disaster relief operations, which a very demanding context for users, regarding both the ...
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The population impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in relation to other non-communicable disorders: comparing two estimation approaches
The aim of this study was to quantify the population impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) with other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), using two complementary strategies: standard multivaria...
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Augmented Reality in Support of Disaster Response
Disaster Management is a complex process, usually dealing with a large amount of uncertain, incomplete and vague information, which normally requires the coordination and collaboration among a variety of actor...
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Serum serotonin levels and bone in rheumatoid arthritis patients
In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease characterized by bone loss, increased levels of serotonin have been reported. Recent studies have demonstrated a role for circulating serotonin as a regulator of osteobl...
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Do bone mineral content and density determine fracture in children? A possible threshold for physical activity
Relations between bone parameters, physical exertion, and childhood fractures are complex. We aimed to estimate the associations between fracture history and bone mineral content (BMC) and areal bone mineral d...
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Open AccessQuantitative modelling of hip fracture trends in 14 European countries: testing variations of a shared reversal over time
Qualitative similarities between hip fracture trends in different countries suggests variations of the same epidemic. We tested a single statistical shape to describe time trends in Europe, while allowing for ...
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Bone Markers Throughout Sexual Development: Epidemiological Significance and Population-Based Findings
Bone markers are used in adults to predict fracture risk and to monitor anabolic or catabolic therapies. Much less is known about their usefulness during childhood and adolescence when, besides remodeling, bon...
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Knee and hip radiographic osteoarthritis features: differences on pain, function and quality of life
The association between radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) and symptoms is inconsistent and variable according to each joint. The purpose of this study is to understand the relation between radiographic OA featu...
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Bone Markers Throughout Sexual Development: Epidemiological Significance and Population-Based Findings
Bone markers are used in adults to predict fracture risk and to monitor anabolic or catabolic therapies. Much less is known about their usefulness during childhood and adolescence when, besides remodeling, bon...
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Associations between a posteriori defined dietary patterns and bone mineral density in adolescents
Dietary pattern analysis may uncover the joint effects of multiple dietary components on bone health, but such research is scarce and targets mostly adults.
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Open AccessOsteoarthritis medical labelling and health-related quality of life in the general population
Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease. In the absence of an effective medical treatment and due to the chronic nature of this condition, an osteoarthritis medical diagnosis may finally result...
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Depressive symptoms are not associated with forearm bone accrual during adolescence
Although depression has been associated to worst bone physical properties in adulthood, this study showed that depressive symptoms were not significantly associated to bone mineral density measured at the fore...
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Smoking is a predictor of worse trabecular mechanical performance in hip fragility fracture patients
Clinical risk factors (CRFs) are established predictors of fracture events. However, the influence of individual CRFs on trabecular mechanical fragility is still a subject of debate. In this study, we aimed to...
