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The ligamentum teres and its role in hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Cocconi, F., Bardazzi, T., Masoni, V., Gardino, V., Pipino, G., & Maffulli, N. (in press). The ligamentum teres and its role in hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review. Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 25(1), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10195-024-00810-1

Background: The ligamentum teres (LT) has received attention in patients undergoing hip arthroscopy (HA) for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Indeed, a better understanding of the function of the LT and its implications for clinical outcomes in th... Read More about The ligamentum teres and its role in hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review.

Mapping migratory routes: Avian conservation-focused opportunities for a pan-European automated telemetry network (2024)
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Mitchell, L., Brust, V., Karwinkel, T., Åkesson, S., Kishkinev, D., Norevik, G., …Schmaljohann, H. (in press). Mapping migratory routes: Avian conservation-focused opportunities for a pan-European automated telemetry network. Conservation Biology,

Accelerated biodiversity loss during the Anthropocene has destabilised functional links within and between ecosystems. Migratory species that cross different ecosystems on their repeated journeys between breeding and non-breeding sites are particula... Read More about Mapping migratory routes: Avian conservation-focused opportunities for a pan-European automated telemetry network.

Integrin adhesome axis inhibits the RPM-1 ubiquitin ligase signaling hub to regulate growth cone and axon development (2024)
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Amezquita, J., Desbois, M., Opperman, K. J., Pak, J. S., Christensen, E. L., Nguyen, N. T., …Grill, B. (2024). Integrin adhesome axis inhibits the RPM-1 ubiquitin ligase signaling hub to regulate growth cone and axon development. PLOS genetics, 20(12), Article e1011496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011496

Integrin signaling plays important roles in development and disease. An adhesion signaling network called the integrin adhesome has been principally defined using bioinformatics and cell-based proteomics. To date, the adhesome has not been studied us... Read More about Integrin adhesome axis inhibits the RPM-1 ubiquitin ligase signaling hub to regulate growth cone and axon development.

Molecular Mimicry Between Gut Microbiome and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current Concepts (2024)
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Muruganandam, A., Migliorini, F., Jeyaraman, N., Vaishya, R., Balaji, S., Ramasubramanian, S., …Jeyaraman, M. (in press). Molecular Mimicry Between Gut Microbiome and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current Concepts. Medical Sciences, 12(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci12040072

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents an autoimmune condition impacted by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, with the gut microbiome (GMB) being one of the influential environmental factors. Patients with RA display notable modificati... Read More about Molecular Mimicry Between Gut Microbiome and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current Concepts.

Arthroscopic lateral ligament reconstruction for isolated chronic lateral ankle instability is associated with longer recovery compared to arthroscopic Broström repair and inferior extensor retinaculum augmentation. (2024)
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Feng, S.-M., Sun, Q.-Q., Xue, C., Maffulli, N., Oliva, F., & Luo, X. (2025). Arthroscopic lateral ligament reconstruction for isolated chronic lateral ankle instability is associated with longer recovery compared to arthroscopic Broström repair and inferior extensor retinaculum augmentation. Injury, 56(2), 112082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.112082

Patients with chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) can be managed with arthroscopic Broström repair and inferior extensor retinaculum augmentation or arthroscopic assisted lateral ligament reconstruction using ipsilateral semitendinosus autograft... Read More about Arthroscopic lateral ligament reconstruction for isolated chronic lateral ankle instability is associated with longer recovery compared to arthroscopic Broström repair and inferior extensor retinaculum augmentation..

Allograft versus autograft ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: a systematic review (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Pilone, M., Schäfer, L., Bertini, F. A., Giorgino, R., & Maffulli, N. (in press). Allograft versus autograft ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae020

Introduction Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in children and adolescents with open physes are common. Areas of agreement Evidence of ACL reconstruction using allografts in children with open physes is limited. Areas of controversy Whether t... Read More about Allograft versus autograft ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: a systematic review.

C-Reactive Protein and Association with Disease Severity in Hospitalized Adult Lassa Fever Patients in Nigeria (2024)
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Dic-Ijiewere, E. O., Asogun, D., Okojie, F. O., Omono, A. P., Christopher, O. E., Zumla, A., …Zumla, A. (2025). C-Reactive Protein and Association with Disease Severity in Hospitalized Adult Lassa Fever Patients in Nigeria. IJID Regions, 14, Article 100506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100506

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: Lassa fever poses a significant health burden in west Africa. The pathophysiology of Lassa fever and determinants of clinical spectrum of disease remain poorly understood. We pe... Read More about C-Reactive Protein and Association with Disease Severity in Hospitalized Adult Lassa Fever Patients in Nigeria.

Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study. (2024)
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Maffulli, N., Christidis, G., Gougoulias, N., Christidis, P., Poku, D., Hassan, R., …Oliva, F. (in press). Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study. British Medical Bulletin, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae019

The present prospective comparative study included patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) who underwent percutaneous repair with one knot compared to percutaneous repair with two knots. All patients underwent the procedure under local anes... Read More about Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study..

No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review (2024)
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Lucenti, L., Maffulli, N., Bardazzi, T., Pipino, G., Pappalardo, G., & Migliorini, F. (in press). No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(23), https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13237214

Background: The impact of smoking in arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabolar impingement (FAI) is controversial. This systematic review updates and discusses current evidence on the influence of cigarette smoking on the outcome of arthroscopic mana... Read More about No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review.

Validation of minimally invasive articular cartilage sparing technique for olecranon osteotomy (2024)
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McClelland, D., Blackwell, J. R., Dover, C., Grocott, N., Ogrodnik, P. J., Mataliotakis, G. I., & Kim, E. (in press). Validation of minimally invasive articular cartilage sparing technique for olecranon osteotomy. ANZ Journal of Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.19297

AbstractBackgroundThe authors present a cadaveric validation of a minimally invasive articular cartilage preserving olecranon osteotomy technique for use in the operative management of distal humeral fractures.MethodsTwenty‐four elbows in six male an... Read More about Validation of minimally invasive articular cartilage sparing technique for olecranon osteotomy.

Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. (2024)
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Gunasekara, S. D., Agampodi, T. C., Weerasinghe, M., Fernando, M. S., Price, H. P., Wickramasinghe, N. D., & Agampodi, S. B. (2024). Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(11), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088714

ObjectiveTo assess community awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in a disease-endemic district in Sri Lanka.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional study.SettingThis study was conducted in selected 158 Grama Niladhari divisions covering all the... Read More about Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study..

Intra-articular injections of ozone versus hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis: a level I meta-analysis. (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Giorgino, R., Mazzoleni, M. G., Schäfer, L., Bertini, F. A., & Maffulli, N. (in press). Intra-articular injections of ozone versus hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis: a level I meta-analysis. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 35(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-024-04135-x

Intra-articular injections of ozone and hyaluronic acid (HA) are routinely performed for the management of knee osteoarthritis. The present meta-analysis compared intra-articular injections of HA versus ozone in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA)... Read More about Intra-articular injections of ozone versus hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis: a level I meta-analysis..

Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry (2024)
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Evans, A. D., Coggon, R. M., Harris, M., Carter, E. J., Albers, E., Guérin, G. M., …Teagle, D. A. (2025). Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 650, Article 119116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119116

As ocean crust traverses away from spreading ridges, low-temperature hydrothermal minerals fill cracks to form veins, transforming the physical and chemical properties of ocean crust whilst also modifying the composition of seawater. Vein width and f... Read More about Ocean crustal veins record dynamic interplay between plate-cooling-induced cracking and ocean chemistry.

Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials (2024)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Schäfer, L., Kubach, J., Betsch, M., & Pasurka, M. (in press). Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Pharmaceuticals, 17(11), Article 1557. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17111557

The present meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) injections for knee osteoarthritis. The outcomes of interest were the visual analogue scale (VAS) and Western Ontario McMaster Osteo-Arthritis Index (WOMAC) s... Read More about Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016 (2024)
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Jackson, J., Sultana Shanta, I., McKee, C., P. Luby, S., Haider, N., Sharker, Y., …S. Gurley, E. (2024). Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016. PloS one, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313904

Nipah virus spillovers via consumption of date palm sap in Bangladesh vary substantially between years and have been associated with lower winter temperatures and precipitation. However, the mechanisms driving the interannual variation and the influe... Read More about Identifying weather patterns affecting household date palm sap consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016.

Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence. (2024)
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Gupta, A., & Maffulli, N. (2024). Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence. Pain and Therapy, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-024-00684-5

A multidisciplinary approach is recommended to manage shoulder pain, the third most common musculoskeletal disorder, but traditional modalities have limitations, providing only temporary symptomatic pain relief instead of targeting the underlying pat... Read More about Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence..

Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS (2024)
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Song, S., Yang, J., Liu, L., Bai, G., Zhou, J., & McKay, D. (2024). Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS. Ecological Informatics, Article 102903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102903

Warming of lakes' surface water leads to accelerated loss of biodiversity and eco-environmental collapse of aquatic systems. Changes in lack surface water temperature (LSWT) are a crucial indicator of lake warming. LSWT growth potentially leads to a... Read More about Lake surface water temperature in China from 2001 to 2021 based on GEE and HANTS.

A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution (2024)
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Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T. A., Duc, M., Dunn, J. C., & Bensch, S. (2024). A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution. Parasitology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024000878

Haemoproteus bobricklefsi sp. nov. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) was found in the dunnock Prunella modularis and represents the first blood parasite described in accentor birds of the Prunellidae. The description is based on the morphology of blood... Read More about A new blood parasite of the accentor birds: description, molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships and distribution.

Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review (2024)
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Baroncini, A., Maffulli, N., Pilone, M., Pipino, G., Memminger, M. K., Pappalardo, G., & Migliorini, F. (2024). Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(22), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13226864

Background: Low back pain is common. For patients with mechanic or non-specific chronic LBP (cLBP), the current guidelines suggest conservative, nonpharmacologic treatment as a first-line treatment. Among the available strategies, physiotherapy repre... Read More about Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.