Objective To assess the injury incidence in elite handball, and if gender and previous
injuries are risk factors for new injuries. Methods Cohort study of 517 male and female elite …

Background Knowledge of injury patterns, an essential step towards injury prevention, is
lacking in youth handball. Aim To investigate if an increase in handball load is associated …

Background Healthcare financing through out-of-pocket payments and inequities in
healthcare utilisation are common in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Given the …

Objective: Soluble CD163 (sCD163) is a new macrophage-specific serum marker. This
study investigated sCD163 and other markers of macrophage activation (neopterin, ferritin …

Background Lack of state supported care services begets the informal caregiving by family
members as the mainstay of care provided to the dependent older people in many Low and …

Objectives: Thromboembolism and anticoagulant related bleeding are still the most common
complications in mechanical heart valve patients. Management of the oral anticoagulant …

Objective Although depression among older people is an important public health problem
worldwide, systematic studies evaluating its prevalence and determinants in low and middle …

Abstract Context and Objective: Soluble CD36 (sCD36) may be an early marker of insulin
resistance and atherosclerosis. The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate …

Objective The objectives of this study were to measure socio-economic inequalities in self-
reported health (SRH) and healthcare visits and to identify factors contributing to health …

Background Evidence demonstrates that medications for treating opioid use disorder
(MOUD)—namely buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release naltrexone—are …