CARRARA G.

A crucial ability for athletes playing sports that involve coincidence timing actions is the motor timing ability. The efficiency of perceptual and motor processes underlying the motor timing ability has been related to the motor experience gained in interceptive sports, such as tennis. In the present study, the motor timing ability in young...

Objectives: To develop and validate a new algorithm to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and estimate disease prevalence using administrative health databases (AHDs) of the Italian Lombardy region. Design: Case-control and cohort diagnostic accuracy study. Methods: In a randomly selected sample of 827 patients drawn from a...

Objectives: Studies on the seasonality of onset of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) have shown conflicting results. The aim of this systematic literature review and meta-analysis is to determine from aggregated data whether there is a seasonal distribution for these diseases. Methods: A literature search was performed...