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Sacroiliac joint pain: what treatment and when. (2024)
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Cocconi, F., Maffulli, N., Bell, A., Memminger, M. K., Simeone, F., & Migliorini, F. (in press). Sacroiliac joint pain: what treatment and when. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737175.2024.2400682

Spinal and non-spinal pathologies can cause low back pain. Non-spinal sources of low back pain include the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and the hip. SIJ pain can be treated either conservatively or surgically. Current strategies for managing sacroiliac joi... Read More about Sacroiliac joint pain: what treatment and when..

Rate of revision and wear penetration in different polyethylene liner compositions in total hip arthroplasty: a Bayesian network meta-analysis (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Betsch, M., Maffulli, N., Schäfer, L., Hildebrand, F., Kubach, J., & Pasurka, M. (in press). Rate of revision and wear penetration in different polyethylene liner compositions in total hip arthroplasty: a Bayesian network meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 21162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-71326-1

The present Bayesian network meta-analysis compared different types of polyethylene liners in total hip arthroplasty (THA) in terms of wear penetration (mm/year) and rate of revision. The type of liners compared were the crosslinked ultra-high molecu... Read More about Rate of revision and wear penetration in different polyethylene liner compositions in total hip arthroplasty: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Update on the intriguing roles of AQP4 expression and redistribution in the progression and treatment of glioma (2024)
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Lan, Y.-L., Zou, S., & Chen, R. (2024). Update on the intriguing roles of AQP4 expression and redistribution in the progression and treatment of glioma. Annals of Medicine, 56(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2024.2401111

Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) isabundant in the human brain and has an important role in brain homeostatsis and diseases. AQP4 expression has been found to be associated with glioma malignancies. However, the complete understanding of the biological processes... Read More about Update on the intriguing roles of AQP4 expression and redistribution in the progression and treatment of glioma.

Return to Sport Following Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Lucenti, L., Maffulli, N., Bardazzi, T., Saggini, R., Memminger, M., Simeone, F., & Migliorini, F. (in press). Return to Sport Following Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(17), https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13175219

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is common. The present systematic review updates the current evidence on return to sport (RTS) in patients who have undergone arthroscopic surgery for FAI in any of its variants (CAM, pincer, or both). M... Read More about Return to Sport Following Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review.

State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (2024)
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Basso, V., Döbrössy, M. D., Thompson, L. H., Kirik, D., Fuller, H. R., & Gates, M. A. (2024). State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons. Biology, 13(9), 690. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090690

Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) comprise around 75% of all dopaminergic neurons in the human brain. While both groups of dopaminergic neurons are in close proximity in the midbrai... Read More about State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons.

Pharmacological management of secondary chronic spinal cord injury: a systematic review (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Cocconi, F., Schäfer, L., Simeone, F., Jeyaraman, M., & Maffulli, N. (2024). Pharmacological management of secondary chronic spinal cord injury: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 151(1), 49–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae009

Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) may bring lifelong consequences for affected patients and a high financial burden to the health care system. Source of data Published peer-reviewed scientific articles identified from EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubM... Read More about Pharmacological management of secondary chronic spinal cord injury: a systematic review.

A novel neuronal circuit: Tanycytes mediate defensive metabolic responses following acute high‐temperature exposure (2024)
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Chen, Q., Brüning‐Richardson, A., Chen, R., Zou, S., & Lan, Y. (2024). A novel neuronal circuit: Tanycytes mediate defensive metabolic responses following acute high‐temperature exposure. Brain-X, 2(3), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/brx2.70003

The core body temperature, plays a vital role in influencing metabolic rate, enzyme activity, and various other physiological processes.1 Significant progress has been achieved in unraveling the neural mechanisms responsible for lowering body tempera... Read More about A novel neuronal circuit: Tanycytes mediate defensive metabolic responses following acute high‐temperature exposure.

Osteoinductive potential of graphene and graphene oxide for bone tissue engineering: a comparative study (2024)
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Kashte, S. B., Kadam, S., Maffulli, N., Potty, A. G., Migliorini, F., & Gupta, A. (2024). Osteoinductive potential of graphene and graphene oxide for bone tissue engineering: a comparative study. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 19(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-024-05028-9

Background
Bone defects, especially critical-size bone defects, and their repair pose a treatment challenge. Osteoinductive scaffolds have gained importance given their potential in bone tissue engineering applications.

Methods
Polycaprolactone... Read More about Osteoinductive potential of graphene and graphene oxide for bone tissue engineering: a comparative study.

Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome (2024)
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Tierney, L., Kuiper, J. H., Roberts, S., Snow, M., Williams, M., Harrington, M. B., …Wright, K. T. (in press). Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, https://doi.org/10.1002/ksa.12433

Purpose
To investigate patient demographic, injury and surgery/treatment-associated factors that can influence the patient-reported outcome (Lysholm score), following autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) in a large, ‘real-world’, nonuniform, pr... Read More about Lower cell number, lateral defect location and milder grade are associated with improved autologous chondrocyte implantation outcome.

Shoulder balloon spacer for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears results in significant improvements (2024)
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Savarese, E., Aicale, R., Romeo, R., & Maffulli, N. (in press). Shoulder balloon spacer for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears results in significant improvements. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, https://doi.org/10.1002/ksa.12445

AbstractPurposeThe aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of balloon implantation in patients with irreparable supraspinatus tears alone or in combination with other rotator cuff (RC) tendon tears and the effect of several covariabl... Read More about Shoulder balloon spacer for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears results in significant improvements.