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    • Covid-19 home confinement negatively impacts social participation and life satisfaction: A worldwide multicenter study 

      Ammar A., Chtourou H., Boukhris O., Trabelsi K., Masmoudi L., Brach M., Bouaziz B., Bentlage E., How D., Ahmed M., Mueller P., Mueller N., Hsouna H., Aloui A., Hammouda O., Paineiras-Domingos L.L., Braakman-Jansen A., Wrede C., Bastoni S., Pernambuco C.S., Mataruna L., Taheri M., Irandoust K., Khacharem A., Bragazzi N.L., Strahler J., Adrian J., Andreeva A., Khoshnami S.C., Samara E., Zisi V., Sankar P., Ahmed W.N., Romdhani M., Delhey J., Bailey S.J., Bott N.T., Gargouri F., Chaari L., Batatia H., Ali G.M., Abdelkarim O., Jarraya M., Abed K.E., Souissi N., Van Gemert-Pijnen L., Riemann B.L., Riemann L., Moalla W., Gómez-Raja J., Epstein M., Sanderman R., Schulz S., Jerg A., Al-Horani R., Mansi T., Jmail M., Barbosa F., Santos F., Šimunič B., Pišot R., Pišot S., Gaggioli A., Zmijewski P., Apfelbacher C., Steinacker J., Saad H.B., Glenn J.M., Chamari K., Driss T., Hoekelmann A., ECLB-COVID19 Consortium (2020)
      Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation, and home confinement. ...

    • Evidence for the molecular heterogeneity of sickle cell anemia chromosomes bearing the βS/benin haplotype 

      Patrinos, G. P.; Samperi, P.; Nigro, L. I.; Kollia, P.; Schiliro, G.; Papadakis, M. N. (2005)
      There are at least four distinct African and one Asian chromosomal backgrounds (haplotypes) on which the sickle cell mutation has arisen. Additionally, previous data suggest that the βS/Bantu haplotype is heterogeneous at ...

    • The health impact of Saharan dust exposure 

      Kotsyfakis M., Zarogiannis S.G., Patelarou E. (2019)
      Air pollution is a high priority global health concern. The health damaging effects of ambient particulate matter (PM), a component of air pollution, are extensively documented, with 1.4% of deaths worldwide resulting from ...

    • Sleep quality and physical activity as predictors of mental wellbeing variance in older adults during covid-19 lockdown: Eclb covid-19 international online survey 

      Trabelsi K., Ammar A., Masmoudi L., Boukhris O., Chtourou H., Bouaziz B., Brach M., Bentlage E., How D., Ahmed M., Mueller P., Mueller N., Hsouna H., El Ghoul Y., Romdhani M., Hammouda O., Paineiras-Domingos L.L., Braakman-Jansen A., Wrede C., Bastoni S., Pernambuco C.S., Mataruna-Dos-santos L.J., Taheri M., Irandoust K., Bragazzi N.L., Strahler J., Washif J.A., Andreeva A., Bailey S.J., Acton J., Mitchell E., Bott N.T., Gargouri F., Chaari L., Batatia H., Khoshnami S.C., Samara E., Zisi V., Sankar P., Ahmed W.N., Ali G.M., Abdelkarim O., Jarraya M., Abed K.E., Moalla W., Souissi N., Aloui A., Souissi N., Van Gemert-Pijnen L., Riemann B.L., Riemann L., Delhey J., Gómez-Raja J., Epstein M., Sanderman R., Schulz S., Jerg A., Al-Horani R., Mansi T., Dergaa I., Jmail M., Barbosa F., Ferreira-Santos F., Šimunič B., Pišot R., Pišot S., Gaggioli A., Steinacker J., Zmijewski P., Apfelbacher C., Glenn J.M., Khacharem A., Clark C.C.T., Ben Saad H., Chamari K., Driss T., Hoekelmann A., ECLB-COVID19 Consortium (2021)
      Background. The COVID-19 lockdown could engender disruption to lifestyle behaviors, thus impairing mental wellbeing in the general population. This study investigated whether socio-demographic variables, changes in physical ...

    • Translation into modern standard Arabic, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties' evaluation of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) in Arabic-speaking athletes with Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury 

      Korakakis V., Saretsky M., Whiteley R., Azzopardi M.C., Klauznicer J., Itani A., Sayrafi O.A., Giakas G., Malliaropoulos N. (2019)
      Background The Lower Extremity Functional Scale evaluates the functional status of patients that have lower extremity conditions of musculoskeletal origin. Regional Arabic dialects often create barriers to clear communication ...