PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF UPPER LIMBS AVAILABLE IN THEIR ITALIAN VERSION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURAL AND PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract Introduction There is no systematic review that analyzes the psychometric properties of questionnaires in Italian.Previous studies have analyzed the psychometric characteristics of instruments for the measurement of pathologies of upper limbs and their joints in different languages.The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychometr

One of the most important and advanced forms of water erosion is gully erosion that causes the destruction of land and sediment production in many areas, resulting in a lot of economic damage.The Nemarestagh watershed is one of the sub-basins of the river Haraz which is exposed to expanding this form of erosion.It is necessary to determine the sens

In the context of China’s recent urbanization, the agglomeration and diffusion of the strip-city spatial network are gradually being reconstructed.The ways in which the street network structure affects the underlying logic of economic and Plates social development is worthy of in-depth consideration.This study takes Lanzhou (a typical strip city

BACKGROUND:Human ovarian surface epithelial (HOSE) cells are a critical cell source for ovarian cancer research; however, they are difficult to obtain and maintain under standard laboratory conditions in large quantities.The aim of this study was to generate immortalized HOSE (IHOSE) cells with maintained properties to the original cell source, the

Caffeine is widely used to improve neonatal health in animals with low vitality.Due to its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, caffeine stimulates the cardiorespiratory system by antagonism of adenosine receptors and alteration in Ca+2 ion channel activity.Moreover, the availability of intracellular Ca+2 also has positive inotropic effects by in