Medicine - Table of Contents

March 15, 2021

Myofascial release versus Mulligan sustained natural apophyseal glides’ immediate and short-term effects on pain, function, and mobility in non-specific low back pain

Vignesh Bhat P, Vivek Dineshbhai Patel, Charu Eapen, Manisha Shenoy, Steve Milanese

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10706 PubMed 33777508

March 3, 2021

Publication rate and citation counts for preprints released during the COVID-19 pandemic: the good, the bad and the ugly

Diego Añazco, Bryan Nicolalde, Isabel Espinosa, Jose Camacho, Mariam Mushtaq, Jimena Gimenez, Enrique Teran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10927 PubMed 33717688

March 23, 2021

Differences between adjusted vs. non-adjusted loads in velocity-based training: consequences for strength training control and programming

Pedro Jiménez-Reyes, Adrian Castaño-Zambudio, Víctor Cuadrado-Peñafiel, Jorge M. González-Hernández, Fernando Capelo-Ramírez, Luis M. Martínez-Aranda, Juan J. González-Badillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10942 PubMed 33828909

March 1, 2021

Plyometric jump training effects on the physical fitness of individual-sport athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Silvia Sole, Rodrigo Ramírez-Campillo, David C. Andrade, Javier Sanchez-Sanchez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11004 PubMed 33717707

March 9, 2021

The emotional canvas of human screams: patterns and acoustic cues in the perceptual categorization of a basic call type

Jonathan W. M. Engelberg, Jay W. Schwartz, Harold Gouzoules

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10990 PubMed 33854835

March 12, 2021

The kinematic analysis of the lower limb during topspin forehand loop between different level table tennis athletes

Yuqi He, Xiang Lyu, Dong Sun, Julien S. Baker, Yaodong Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10841 PubMed 33763297

March 8, 2021

Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study

Irena Ilic, Vesna Milicic, Sandra Grujicic, Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic, Sanja Kocic, Milena D. Ilic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11055 PubMed 33732555

March 26, 2021

The prospective COVID-19 vaccine: willingness to pay and perception of community members in Ibadan, Nigeria

Olayinka Ilesanmi, Aanuoluwapo Afolabi, Obioma Uchendu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11153 PubMed 33828927

March 8, 2021

Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation optimal control approach

Nicos Haralabidis, Gil Serrancolí, Steffi Colyer, Ian Bezodis, Aki Salo, Dario Cazzola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10975 PubMed 33732550

March 5, 2021

Identification of the hub genes in gastric cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Chunyang Li, Haopeng Yu, Yajing Sun, Xiaoxi Zeng, Wei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10682 PubMed 33717664

March 30, 2021

COL1A1 is a prognostic biomarker and correlated with immune infiltrates in lung cancer

Qishun Geng, Zhibo Shen, Lifeng Li, Jie Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11145 PubMed 33850663

March 11, 2021

The association between prior physical fitness and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic—a cross-sectional, retrospective study

Yaoshan Dun, Jeffrey W. Ripley-Gonzalez, Nanjiang Zhou, Qiuxia Li, Meijuan Chen, Zihang Hu, Wenliang Zhang, Randal J. Thomas, Thomas P. Olson, Jie Liu, Yuchen Dong, Suixin Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11091 PubMed 33763311

March 17, 2021

Impact of work environment perceptions and communication satisfaction on the intention to quit: an empirical analysis of nurses in Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani, Khalid E. Almalki, Yasir M. Alsufyani, Sayer M. Aljuaid, Abeer M. Almutairi, Bandar O. Alsufyani, Abdullah S. Alshahrani, Omar G. Baker, Ahmad Aboshaiqah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10949 PubMed 33777522

March 31, 2021

Bioinformatic strategies for the analysis of genomic aberrations detected by targeted NGS panels with clinical application

Jakub Hynst, Veronika Navrkalova, Karol Pal, Sarka Pospisilova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10897 PubMed 33850640

March 18, 2021

Evaluation of risk factors associated with the development of MDR- and XDR-TB in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective cohort study

Amna Saifullah, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Yusra Habib Khan, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Nasser Hadal Alotaibi, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alzarea, Maria Rasheed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10826 PubMed 33777510

March 16, 2021

Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the first SARS-CoV-2 variants introduced in Lebanon

Rita Feghali, Georgi Merhi, Aurelia Kwasiborski, Veronique Hourdel, Nada Ghosn, Sima Tokajian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11015 PubMed 34611501

March 24, 2021

Using demographic data to understand the distribution of H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics cases among federal entities and municipalities of Mexico

Yohanna Sarria-Guzmán, Jaime Bernal, Michele De Biase, Ligia C. Muñoz-Arenas, Francisco Erik González-Jiménez, Clemente Mosso, Arit De León-Lorenzana, Carmine Fusaro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11144 PubMed 33828926

March 24, 2021

Characteristics of the gut microbiome in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

Zewen Zhang, Tian Tian, Zhen Chen, Lirong Liu, Tao Luo, Jianghong Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10952 PubMed 33828910

March 1, 2021

Comparison of gut microbiota between adults with autism spectrum disorder and obese adults

Qiang Zhang, Rong Zou, Min Guo, Mengmeng Duan, Quan Li, Huajun Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10946 PubMed 33717692

March 10, 2021

Characterization of the first vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus genomes isolated in Brazil

Marcelle Oliveira de Almeida, Rodrigo Carvalho, Flavia Figueira Aburjaile, Fabio Malcher Miranda, Janaína Canário Cerqueira, Bertram Brenig, Preetam Ghosh, Rommel Ramos, Rodrigo Bentes Kato, Siomar de Castro Soares, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, Marcus Vinicius Canário Viana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11079 PubMed 33854845

March 2, 2021

A psychrometric model to assess the biological decay of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in aerosols

Clive B. Beggs, Eldad J. Avital

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11024 PubMed 33717712

March 31, 2021

The classification of EEG-based winking signals: a transfer learning and random forest pipeline

Jothi Letchumy Mahendra Kumar, Mamunur Rashid, Rabiu Muazu Musa, Mohd Azraai Mohd Razman, Norizam Sulaiman, Rozita Jailani, Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11182 PubMed 33850667

March 17, 2021

Bioinformatics analysis identified CDC20 as a potential drug target for cholangiocarcinoma

Prin Sungwan, Worachart Lert-itthiporn, Atit Silsirivanit, Nathakan Klinhom-on, Seiji Okada, Sopit Wongkham, Wunchana Seubwai