In the methods section, they stated that risk assessment was performed as advised by the Cochrane collaboration. Assessment includes “randomization sequence generation,” “allocation concealment,” “blinding,” “incomplete outcome data,” and “selective outcome reporting.” In Table 2 of Ma et al.[1] however, assessed domains differed with “intention‐to‐treat analysis” and “no loss to follow‐up” rep...

Background: The cause of fertilization failure in IVF is most often due to the absence of sperm penetration but the reason why fertilization does not occur when intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is applied is not clear. However some intrinsic oocyte problems may also be responsible for fertilization failure. It has been reported that 13% of unfertilized oocytes after IVF show morphologica...

Objectives: Participation is defines as involvement within a life situation and the ultimate outcome for individuals with disabilities. One of the most common cause of chronic disability that restricts participation of individuals is Cerebral palsy (CP). The main goal of rehabilitation is empowering participation of their clients in different life areas. To achieve changes in participation, ass...

OBJECTIVE Routine outcome assessment in adult mental health services involves the on-going assessment of patient-level outcomes. Use of outcomes to inform treatment is widely recommended, but seldom implemented. The goals of this review were (i) to identify principles that have been proposed for implementing routine outcome assessment, (ii) to identify the full range of outcome domains that hav...

UNLABELLED There has been a marked increase in attention to the measurement of "outcomes" after speech-language intervention for adult aphasia. Consumers, speech-language pathologists (SLPs), and funding sources desire evidence of therapy outcomes that improve communication and enhance the quality of life for people with aphasia. While many assessment tools are available to measure outcomes aft...

purpose rupture of pectoralis major (pm) occurs most commonly as a result of an indirect mechanism associated with extensive tension on a maximally contracted muscle. patients with pm tendon ruptures, classically present a history of sudden severe pain in arm and shoulder at the time of injury. treatment options vary from conservative to operative. in cases with total or near-total injuries, su...