Colleges of osteopathic medicine teach osteopathic principles, which provide a different approach to and interaction with patients than principles taught in allopathic medical schools. The authors examined whether osteopathic primary care physicians' interactions with patients reflect the principles of osteopathic medicine when compared with allopathic physicians' interactions. The principles o...

This study investigated risk factors for frequent work-related burn and cut injuries and low back pain (LBP) among kitchen workers including personal, work-related and environmental factors. Subjects were 991 kitchen workers in 103 schools, 17 hospitals and nursing homes, and 6 restaurants in central Japan. A cross-sectional survey was carried out using a structured self-administered questionna...

BACKGROUND Children are often exposed to ergonomic risk factors at school. Thus, the school is a potential environment for developing musculoskeletal disorders and implementing back care programs. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of an educational program on schoolchildren's knowledge regarding back pain prevention. METHODS 392 students from 4th to 8th grade from a Brazilian state school t...

Background Recurrent non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is increasingly becoming common among adolescents worldwide. A recent study in Zimbabwe showed a relatively high prevalence (28.8 %) among high school students. Influential associated factors, however, remain unclear. This is a significant shortcoming. The aim was to determine personal or lifestyle-related factors associated with recurrent...

A microbiologist and pathologist, who was engaged in research on African Tick-borne Relapsing Fever, Joseph Everett Dutton (Fig. 1), became a victim of this disease. He was born on 9th of September 1874 in Higher Bebington, Cheshire, as the fifth son of the chemist John Dutton, was educated from 1888 to 1892 in the King’s School of Chester, and entered the Liverpool Medical School and the Royal...

The purpose of this integrative review is to describe the state of knowledge about the effect of worksite back injury prevention programs on selected study outcomes. Fifteen experimental and quasi-experimental studies published between 1987 and 1994 were identified through a comprehensive literature search. The research studies were reviewed and analyzed using a data collection abstracting tool...

OBJECTIVE To study the associations between sleep quality/quantity and performance in auditory/visual working memory tasks of different load levels. METHOD Sixty schoolchildren aged 6 to 13 years from normal school classes voluntarily participated. Actigraphy measurement was done during a typical school week for 72 consecutive hours. It was timed together with the working memory experiments t...

The back cover of this special issue displays the research complex buildings School Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at HUST (top) SKKU (bottom).