• Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Neck Pain Collaborators, GBD 2021; GBD 2021 Neck Pain Collaborators (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background Neck pain is a highly prevalent condition that leads to considerable pain, disability, and economic cost. We present the most current estimates of neck pain prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) ...

• Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

  Momtazmanesh, Sara; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi; Rad, Elaheh Malakan; Rezaei, Negar; Shobeiri, Parnian; Aali, Amirali; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen ; Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab ; Abdelmasseh, Michael ; Abdoun, Meriem ; Abdulah, Deldar Morad ; Abdullah, Abu Yousuf Md; Abedi, Aidin ; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abrehdari-Tafreshi, Zahra ; Achappa, Basavaprabhu ; Adane, Denberu Eshetie Adane; Adane, Tigist Demssew ; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adnan, Mohammad ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmadi, Ali ; Ahmadi, Keivan ; Ahmed, Ali ; Ahmed, Ayman ; Rashid, Tarik Ahmed ; Hamad, Hanadi Al; Alahdab, Fares ; Alemayehu, Astawus ; Alif, Sheikh Mohammad; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ; Almustanyir, Sami ; Altirkawi, Khalid A.; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Dehkordi, Javad Aminian ; Amir-Behghadami, Mehrdad; Ancuceanu, Robert; Andrei, Catalina Liliana ; Andrei, Tudorel ; Antony, Catherine M.; Anyasodor, Anayochukwu Edward ; Arabloo, Jalal ; Arulappan, Judie ; Ashraf, Tahira; Dadras, Omid; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Ostojic, Sergej (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Updated data on chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are vital in their prevention, control, and treatment in the path to achieving the third UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a one-third reduction in ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of other musculoskeletal disorders, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Gill, Tiffany K.; Mittinty, Manasi Murthy; March, Lyn M; Steinmetz, Jaimie D; Culbreth, Garland T; Cross, Marita; Kopec, Jacek A.; Woolf, Anthony D.; Haile, Lydia M; Hagins, Hailey; Ong, Kanyin Liane; Kopansky-Giles, Deborah R.; Dreinhoefer, Karsten E.; Betteridge, Neil; Abbasian, Mohammadreza; Abbasifard, Mitra; Abedi, Krishna; Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun; Aithala, Janardhana P.; Akbarzadeh-Khiavi, Mostafa; Al Thaher, Yazan; Alalwan, Tariq A.; Alzahrani, Hosam; Amiri, Sohrab; Antony, Benny; Arabloo, Jalal; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y.; Arumugam, Ashokan; Aryal, Krishna Kumar; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Atreya, Alok; Baghdadi, Soroush; Bardhan, Mainak; Barrero, Lope H.; Bearne, Lindsay M.; Bekele, Alehegn Bekele; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Bhatti, Rajbir; Bijani, Ali; Bordianu, Theresa; Bouaoud, Souad; Briggs, Andrew M.; Cheema, Huzaifa Ahmad; Christensen, Steffan Wittrup McPhee; Chukwu, Isaac Sunday; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew; Dai, Xiaochen; Luca, Katie de; Desye, Belay; Dhimal, Meghnath; Do, Thanh Chi; Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis; Forghani, Siamak Farokh; Ferreira, Nuno; Ganesan, Balasankar; Gebrehiwot, Mesfin; Ghashghaee, Ahmad; Graham, Simon Matthew; Harlianto, Netanja I.; Hartvigsen, Jan; Hasaballah, Ahmed I.; Hasanian, Mohammad; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser; Hay, Simon I.; Heidari, Mohammad; Hsiao, Alexander Kevin; Ilic, Irena M.; Jokar, Mohammad; Khajuria, Himanshu; Khan, Md Jobair; Khanal, Praval; Khateri, Sorour; Kiadaliri, Ali; Kim, Min Seo; Kisa, Adnan; Kolahi, Ali-Asghar; Krishan, Kewal; Krishnamoorthy, Vijay; Landires, Iván; Larijani, Bagher; Le, Thao Thi Thu; Lee, Yo Han; Lim, Stephen S.; Lo, Justin; Madani, Seyedeh Panid; Malagón-Rojas, Jeadran N.; Malik, Iram; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Mathew, Ashish J.; Meretoja, Tuomo J.; Mesregah, Mohamed Kamal; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Mirahmadi, Alireza; Misganaw, Awoke; Mohaghegh, Sadra; Mokdad, Ali H.; Sagoe, Dominic; Vos, Theo; Brooks, Peter M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Musculoskeletal disorders include more than 150 different conditions affecting joints, muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and the spine. To capture all health loss from death and disability due to musculoskeletal ...

• Political Leaders’ Communication Strategies during COVID-19 in Highly Infected Countries: A Scoping Review 

  Nour, Magde Mohamed; Kisa, Adnan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  This scoping review maps communication strategies employed by political leaders in countries that experienced high infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Arksey and O’Malley scoping review framework, this ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Ferreira, Manuela L.; Luca, Katie de; Haile, Lydia M; Steinmetz, Jaimie D; Culbreth, Garland T; Cross, Marita; Kopec, Jacek; Ferreira, Paulo H.; Blyth, Fiona M.; Rachelle, Buchbinder; Hartvigsen, Jan; Wu, Ai-Min; Safiri, Saed; Woolf, Anthony D.; Collins, Gary S.; Ong, Kanyin Liane; Vollset, Stein Emil; Smith, Amanda; Cruz, Jessica A.; Fukutaki, Kai; Abate, Semagn Mekonnen; Abbasifard, Mitra; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abedi, Aidin; Abidi, Hassan; Sakilah Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas; Ahmadi, Ali; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Alamer, Abayneh Tadesse; Alem, Adugnaw Zeleke; Alimohamadi, Yousef; Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah; Alshehri, Mohammed Mansour; Alzahrani, Hosam; Amini, Saeed; Amiri, Sohrab; Amu, Hubert; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Andrei, Tudorel; Antony, Benny; Arabloo, Jalal; Arulappan, Judie; Arumugam, Ashokan; Ashraf, Tahira; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Awoke, Nefsu; Azadnajafabad, Sina; Bärnighausen, Till Winfried; Barrero, Lope H.; Barrow, Amadou; Barzegar, Akbar; Bearne, Lindsay M.; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Berhie, Alemshet Yirga; Bhandari, Bharti Bhandari; Bhojaraja, Vijayalakshmi S.; Bijani, Ali; Bodicha, Belay Boda Abule; Bolla, Srinivasa Rao; Brazo-Sayavera, Javier; Briggs, Andrew M.; Cao, Chao; Charalampous, Periklis; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Cicuttini, Flavia M.; Clarsen, Benjamin Matthew; Cuschieri, Sarah; Dadras, Omid; Dai, Xiaochen; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; Dehghan, Azizallah; Demie, Takele Gezahegn G; Denova-Gutiérrez, Edgar; Dewan, Syed Masudur Rahman; Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Samath; Dhimal, Mandira Lamichhane; Dhimal, Meghnath; Diaz, Daniel; Didehdar, Mojtaba; Digesa, Lankamo Ena; Diress, Mengistie; Do, Hoa Thi; Doan, Linh Phuong; Ekholuenetale, Michael; Elhadi, Muhammed; Eskandarieh, Sharareh; Faghani, Shahriar; Fares, Jawad; Fatehizadeh, Ali; Fetensa, Getahun; Fischer, Florian; Filip, Irina; Franklin, Richard Charles; Ganesan, Balasankar; Kisa, Adnan; Vos, Theo; March, Lyn M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Low back pain is highly prevalent and the main cause of years lived with disability (YLDs). We present the most up-to-date global, regional, and national data on prevalence and YLDs for low back pain from the ...

• Experiences of living with binge eating disorder and facilitators of recovery processes: a qualitative study 

  Fjerdingren, Marit; Garnweidner-Holme, Lisa; Nesse, Linda; Molin, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most prevalent eating disorder worldwide. BED is often associated with low quality of life and mental health problems. Given the complexity of the disorder, recovery may be ...

• A scoping review of personalized user experiences on social media: The interplay between algorithms and human factors 

  Eg, Ragnhild; Demirkol Tønnesen, Özlem; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  No social media user sees the same feed. These platforms are personalized to the individual with the aid of algorithms that filter and prioritize content based on users' demographic profiles and personal data. On the one ...

• From juniors to seniors: changes in training characteristics and aerobic power in 17 world-class cross-country skiers 

  Walther, Jacob; Haugen, Thomas André; Solli, Guro Strøm; Tønnessen, Espen; Sandbakk, Øyvind Bucher (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Purpose: To compare training characteristics and aerobic power (VO2max) between the most successful junior and senior seasons of world-class cross-country (XC) skiers and to identify differences between sexes and among ...

• Different Outcomes According to Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 

  Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L. Susan; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Numerous acupuncture studies have been conducted on cancer-related pain; however, its efficacy compared to sham acupuncture remains controversial. We confirmed whether the outcome of acupuncture differs according to the ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of other musculoskeletal disorders, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Gill, Tiffany K.; Mittinty, Manasi Murthy; March, Lyn M; Steinmetz, Jaimie D; Culbreth, Garland T; Other Musculoskeletal Disorders Collaborators, GBD 2021; Cross, Marita; Kopec, Jacek A; Woolf, Anthony D; Haile, Lydia M; Hagins, Hailey; Ong, Kanyin Liane; Kopansky-Giles, Deborah R; Dreinhoefer, Karsten E; Betteridge, Neil; Abbasian, Mohammadreza; Abbasifard, Mitra; Abedi, Krishna; Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun; Aithala, Janardhana P; Akbarzadeh-Khiavi, Mostafa; Thaher, Yazan Al; Alalwan, Tariq A; Alzahrani, Hosam; Amiri, Sohrab; Antony, Benny; Arabloo, Jalal; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Arumugam, Ashokan; Aryal, Krishna K; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Atreya, Alok; Baghdadi, Soroush; Bardhan, Mainak; Barrero, Lope H; Bearne, Lindsay M; Bekele, Alehegn Bekele; Bensenor, Isabela M; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Bhatti, Rajbir; Bijani, Ali; Bordianu, Theresa; Bouaoud, Souad; Briggs, Andrew M; Cheema, Huzaifa Ahmad; Christensen, Steffan Wittrup McPhee; Chukwu, Isaac Sunday; Clarsen, Benjamin; Dai, Xiaochen; de Luca, Katie; Desye, Belay; Dhimal, Meghnath; Kisa, Adnan; Sagoe, Dominic (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Musculoskeletal disorders include more than 150 different conditions affecting joints, muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and the spine. To capture all health loss from death and disability due to musculoskeletal ...

• Global, regional, and national mortality due to unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning, 2000–2021: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Moberg, Madeline E; Hamilton, Erin B.; Zeng, Scott M; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Collaboraton, GBD 2021; Bryazka, Dana; Zhao, Jeff T; Feldman, Rachel; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Abdurehman, Ame Mehadi; Abedi, Aidin; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Addo, Isaac Yeboah; Adepoju, Abiola Victor; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah; Afzal, Saira; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Ahmad, Sajjad; Ahmed, Danial; Ahmed, Haroon; Alem, Dejene Tsegaye; Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed; Alimohamadi, Yousef; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Amrollahi-Sharifabadi, Mohammad; Anagaw, Tadele Fentabil; Anyasodor, Anayochukwu Edward; Arabloo, Jalal; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Atreya, Alok; Jafari, Amirhossein Azari; Badiye, Ashish D; Baghcheghi, Nayereh; Bagherieh, Sara; Bansal, Hansi; Barrow, Amadou; Bashiri, Azadeh; Bayileyegn, Nebiyou Simegnew; Berhie, Alemshet Yirga; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Boloor, Archith; Cámera, Luis Alberto; Carvalho, Felix; Carvalho, Márcia; Chandrasekar, Eeshwar K; Chang, Jung-Chen; Kisa, Adnan; Dadras, Omid; Fatima, Syeda Anum Fatima (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning is a largely preventable cause of death that has received insufficient attention. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive global analysis of the demographic, temporal, and ...

• Protocol for a 20-year follow-up after a randomized controlled trial of a Mediterranean diet in pregnancy: maternal and offspring risk factors for cardiovascular disease 

  Troensegaard, Hannibal; Khoury, Janette; Westerberg, Ane Cecilie; Tonstad, Serena; Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Iversen, Per Ole; Holven, Kirsten B.; Retterstøl, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background: An inadequate maternal diet during pregnancy can impair offspring health and may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. The purpose of the proposed study is to assess the risk factors ...

• Global research trends of sham acupuncture: A bibliometric analysis 

  Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Ye-Seul; Alræk, Terje; Birch, Stephen; Lee, Hye Won; Ang, Lin; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Objective Sham acupuncture has been used as a control in acupuncture efficacy trials. However, questions have been raised about whether it is a physiologically inert placebo. We aimed to understand global research trends ...

• Publication status and reporting quality of case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events: A systematic reviews of case studies 

  Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Norheim, Arne Johan; Kang, Jung Won (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Introduction: Case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events (AEs) have been consistently published in the literature. This review aims to assess the current publication status of case reports on acupuncture-related ...

• Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 

  Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L Susan; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Importance When sham acupuncture is set as a control in evaluating acupuncture, the sham needling technique is usually different from acupuncture. However, the sham procedure is conducted either at the same points that ...

• Using Simulations to Help Public Health Students Overcome Language Barriers for Better Health Outcomes 

  Skjerve, Hilde; Braaum, Lars Erik; Goth, Ursula-Georgine Småland; Sørensen, Anette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Growing migration into Norway has increasingly strained the country’s health services. Good communication is essential to ensure quality care. Often, healthcare workers and immigrant clients do not share a common language, ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of rheumatoid arthritis, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  GBD 2021, Rheumatoid Arthritis Collaborators; Black, Rachel J; Cross, Marita; Haile, Lydia M; Culbreth, Garland T; Steinmetz, Jaimie D; Hagins, Hailey; Kopec, Jacek A; Brooks, Peter M; Woolf, Anthony D; Ong, Kanyin Liane; Kopansky-Giles, Deborah R; Dreinhoefer, Karsten E; Betteridge, Neil; Aali, Amirali; Abbasifard, Mitra; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Abdurehman, Ame Mehadi; Abedi, Aidin; Abidi, Hassan; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Abolhassani, Hassan; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Abu-Zaid, Ahmed; Adamu, Kidist; Addo, Isaac Yeboah; Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah; Afzal, Muhammad Sohail; Ahmed, Ayman; Aithala, Janardhana P; Akhlaghdoust, Meisam; Alemayehu, Astawus; Alvand, Saba; Alvis-Zakzuk, Nelson J; Amu, Hubert; Antony, Benny; Arabloo, Jalal; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Arulappan, Judie; Ashraf, Tahira; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Azadnajafabad, Sina; Badawi, Alaa; Baghcheghi, Nayereh; Baig, Atif Amin; Balta, Asaminew Birhanu; Banach, Maciej; Banik, Palash Chandra; Barrow, Amadou; Bashiri, Azadeh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease associated with disability and premature death. Up-to-date estimates of the burden of rheumatoid arthritis are required for health-care planning, ...

• A Holistic Analysis of Team Dynamics Using Relational Coordination as the Measure regarding Student Athlete Total Load: A Cross-Sectional Study 

  Nyhus Hagum, Cathrine; Tønnessen, Espen; Nesse, Marie Aarrestad; Shalfawi, Shaher A. I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background: Despite its small population, Norway wins a disproportionately large number of medals in international competitions. Therefore, it has been thought that the Norwegian sports model and sports school programs are ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

  Wunrow, Han Yong; Bender, Rose G; Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, GBD 2019; Vongpradith, Avina; Sirota, Sarah Brooke ; Swetschinski, Lucien R; Novotney, Amanda ; Gray, Authia P ; Ikuta, Kevin S ; Sharara, Fablina ; Wool, Eve E ; Aali, Amirali ; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief ; Abdollahi, Ashkan ; Aziz, Jeza Muhamad Abdul; Abidi, Hassan ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Adamu, Lawan Hassan ; Adane, Tigist Demssew; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adegboye, Oyelola A ; Adekiya, Tayo Alex; Adnan, Mohammad ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah ; Afzal, Saira ; Aghamiri, Shahin; Aghdam, Zahra Babaei; Agodi, Antonella ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Aqeel; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmadzade, Mohadese ; Ahmed, Ali; Ahmed, Ayman ; Ahmed, Jivan Qasim ; Ahmed, Meqdad Saleh ; Akinosoglou, Karolina ; Aklilu, Addis ; Akonde, Maxwell ; Alahdab, Fares; AL-Ahdal, Tareq Mohammed Ali ; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour ; Albelbeisi, Ahmed Hassan; Alemayehu, Tsegaye Begashaw B ; Alene, Kefyalew Addis ; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman ; Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed ; Ali, Abid ; Ali, Beriwan Abdulqadir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Although meningitis is largely preventable, it still causes hundreds of thousands of deaths globally each year. WHO set ambitious goals to reduce meningitis cases by 2030, and assessing trends in the global ...

• Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

  Thomson, Azalea M; McHugh, Theresa A; Oron, Assaf P; Teply, Corey; Sickle Cell Disease Collaborat, GBD 2021; Lonberg, Nikhil ; Tella, Victor Vilchis; Wilner, Lauren B ; Fuller, Kia ; Hagins, Hailey ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan ; Aboye, Melka Biratu ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman ; Abu-Zaid, Ahmed ; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Aqeel ; AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen S ; Amu, Hubert ; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y ; Arulappan, Judie ; Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi ; Badiye, Ashish D ; Bagherieh, Sara ; Banach, Maciej ; Banakar, Morteza ; Bardhan, Mainak ; Barrow, Amadou ; Bedane, Deriba Abera ; Bensenor, Isabela M ; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth ; Bhardwaj, Pankaj ; Bhardwaj, Prarthna V ; Bhat, Ajay Nagesh ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ; Bilalaga, Mariah Malak ; Bishai, Jessica Devin ; Bitaraf, Saeid ; Boloor, Archith ; Butt, Muhammad Hammad ; Chattu, Vijay Kumar ; Chu, Dinh-Toi ; Dadras, Omid ; Dai, Xiaochen ; Danaei, Bardia ; Dang, Anh Kim ; Demisse, Fitsum Wolde ; Dhimal, Meghnath ; Diaz, Daniel  (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Background Previous global analyses, with known underdiagnosis and single cause per death attribution systems, provide only a small insight into the suspected high population health effect of sickle cell disease. Completed ...

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