Cricket is becoming a fashionable team game throughout the world. One day internationals (ODI) have been able to bring more and more spectators to the cricket ground, due to the nature of its’ format. Among the ODI tournaments, the Champions trophy takes a significant place, as it is the second largest tournament after the global event of cricket world cup. This paper investigates the performa...

Background : Detection of biomarkers, such as galactomannan (GM), has proven to be great significance in early recognition invasive aspergillosis (IA). The aim our study was evaluate the lateral flow assay (LFA) for detection GM on serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples previously positive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA). Methods: performed BAL obtained from patients with suspect...

BACKGROUND The Kineflex lumbar artificial disc replacement device (SpinalMotion, Mountain View, California) is a semiconstrained, posterior center of rotation, metal-on-metal intervertebral disc prosthesis. We performed a prospective, randomized, non-inferiority trial comparing the Kineflex Disc with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Charité device (DePuy Spine, Raynham, Massachus...

BACKGROUND Non-specific low back pain (LBP) is a common health problem resulting from many risk factors and human behaviors. Some of these may interact synergistically and have been implicated in the cause of low back pain. Massage both traditional Thai massage and joint mobilization as a common practice has been shown to be effective for some subgroup of nonspecific LBP patients. PURPOSE AND...

  Background: Literature recommends that refractory cases with lumbar disc herniation and appropriate indications are better to be treated surgically, but do all the patients throughout the world consent to the surgery with a same disability and pain threshold? We aim to elucidate the prevalence and severity of disabilities and pain in Iranian patients with lumbar disc herniation who have conse...

Rural development should be central to poverty reduction. Three quarters of the 1.2 billion people surviving on less than one dollar a day live and work in rural areas. Rural people are twice as likely to be poor as urban counterparts. However, rural development faces a loss of confidence: funding has been falling, and governments and donors are scrambling to rethink policy. What new directions...

BACKGROUND Previously, many studies have evaluated quality of life (QoL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), however, none of them specifically investigated the correlation between pain-related disability measured by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and QoL in AS patients. In addition, the correlation between global kyphosis (GK) in lateral plain radiographs and QoL in AS patients rema...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of Kinesio Taping (KT) in addition to conventional Physical therapy (CPT) with CPT alone for treatment patients acute low back pain. METHODS: This study was conducted Peshawar, Pakistan from Jan June 2019. A total 56 LBP, selected through a convenient sampling technique were randomly allocated experimental group, KT along PT (n=28), or control (n=28). Particip...