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Association between sport specialization and risk of musculoskeletal injury in high school athletes: A critically appraised topic
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
Context: Sport specialization is defined as intensive, year-round training in a single sport to the exclusion of other sports. The increased training and competition loads secondary to this trend have been hypothesized to ...
Exploratory analysis of estrogen-mediated gene expression in central ghrelin signaling pathways
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2022-02-18)
Introduction & Objective: As of 2020, 67% of Americans are overweight or obese. Particularly concerning is the greater incidence of obesity in post-menopausal women. Previous studies have shown that estrogen decreases food ...
Women in orthopaedic surgery: How medical schools and residencies can improve gender imbalance
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2023-02-17)
Background: Studies about women in orthopaedics was once a rarely researched topic, though it has seen an increase in interest in the last five to 10 years; a trend that parallels with the changes in our culture as a country ...
Association and disparities of food insecurity and child abuse: Analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2023-02-17)
Background: Child abuse is a major public health issue and is a significant risk factor for compromised development, health morbidities, and the development of mental and behavioral disorders in children. Many factors ...
Does the wearing of padded headgear in non-helmeted contact sports reduce the likelihood of sustaining a concussion? A critically appraised topic
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
Context: Concussions are a hot topic in the world of athletics. When most people think of concussions in the world of sports, they generally think of sports such as American football or ice hockey. Current literature men's ...
"Michael Douglas" effect
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
Background: In June 2013, celebrity actor Michael Douglas announced that he had received a diagnosis of throat cancer, which he attributed to the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted ...
Perceived stress and coping skills in professional master's level athletic training students
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
Background: As athletic training education continues to expand, it is important to consider the amount of stress students experience and what coping skills they use to mitigate it. Although there is considerable research ...
Cross-sectional review of publication trends among OBGYN graduates
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
Objective: Research and other scholarly activities are essential components to medical training and may predict (i) success for matching into residency or fellowship programs and (ii) a future in academia. Despite this ...
CHSI/VA collaborative development of an asynchronous digital solution to increase veteran access to smoking cessation medications
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2019-02-22)
Introduction: Smoking is a major modifiable health risk factor in the United States especially for veterans. Approximately, 10 million adults search online for assistance in quitting smoking each year. These signify a need ...
Case of bilateral coronary-cameral fistulae incidentally identified on left heart catheterization
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2023-02-17)
Coronary-cameral fistula are a rare phenomenon. Fistula have an incidence of 0.08-0.3%.[1,2] Of those, approximately 5% possess multiple concurrently.[1] Though many are asymptomatic anginal symptoms may occur. Symptomatic ...