• Big Data in Cardiology: State-of-Art and Future Prospects 

      Dai, Haijiang; Younis, Arwa; Kong, Jude Dzevela; Puce, Luca; Jabbour, Georges; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article Review)
      Cardiological disorders contribute to a significant portion of the global burden of disease. Cardiology can benefit from Big Data, which are generated and released by different sources and channels, like epidemiological ...
    • Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Increases Vigorous Physical Activity Levels and Is Associated With Reduced Hypoglycemia Avoidance Behavior In Youth With Type 1 Diabetes 

      Jabbour, Georges; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)
      The primary goal of this study was to explore physical activity (PA) levels, hypoglycemia fear scores and hypoglycemia episodes according to insulin administration and blood glucose monitoring methods in youth with type 1 ...
    • Fasting and its impact on skin anatomy, physiology, and physiopathology: A comprehensive review of the literature 

      Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Sellami, Maha; SalemI, man; Conic, Rosalynn; Kimak, Mark; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)
      Skin serves as the first protective line and barrier of the body. Like many other organs, skin can be affected by several disorders in response to external factors such as pathogens, ultraviolet light, and pollution, as ...
    • Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      BackgroundDetailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden ...
    • The Impact of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Immunoglobulins and Cytokines in Elderly: Insights From a Critical Review of the Literature. 

      Sellami, Maha; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Aboghaba, Baha; Elrayess, Mohamed A ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article Review)
      The level of immunoglobulins and cytokines changes with an ageing immune system. This review summarizes findings from studies that have examined the impact of acute and chronic exercise on immunoglobulins and cytokines in ...
    • Lockdown Duration and Training Intensity Affect Sleep Behavior in an International Sample of 1,454 Elite Athletes 

      Romdhani, Mohamed; Fullagar, Hugh H.K.; Vitale, Jacopo A.; Nédélec, Mathieu; Rae, Dale E.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)
      Objective: To investigate the effect of 1) lockdown duration and 2) training intensity on sleep quality and insomnia symptoms in elite athletes. Methods: 1,454 elite athletes (24.1 ± 6.7 years; 42% female; 41% individual ...
    • Molecular Big Data in Sports Sciences: State-of-Art and Future Prospects of OMICS-Based Sports Sciences. 

      Sellami, Maha; Elrayess, Mohamed A; Puce, Luca; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      Together with environment and experience (that is to say, diet and training), the biological and genetic make-up of an athlete plays a major role in exercise physiology. Sports genomics has shown, indeed, that some DNA ...
    • Predicting academic success in health professions training and education: Insights from a data mining analysis 

      Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Siri, Anna ( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Dropping-out is a very common phenomenon among students enrolled in Health Professions degree courses. For this reason, it would be extremely useful to have a model with the main variables that can predict, with a certain ...
    • The prevalence of feeding and eating disorders symptomology in medical students: an updated systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression 

      Fekih-Romdhane, Feten; Daher-Nashif, Suhad; Alhuwailah, Amthal H.; Al Gahtani, Haifa Mohammed Saleh; Hubail, Suad Abdulla; ... more authors ( Springer , 2022 , Article Review)
      Purpose: Medical students have a higher risk of developing psychological issues, such as feeding and eating disorders (FEDs). In the past few years, a major increase was observed in the number of studies on the topic. The ...
    • Ramadan Fasting and Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects 

      Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Khabbache, Hicham; Rammouz, Ismail; Chamari, Karim; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)
      Ramadan fasting represents one of the five pillars of the Islam creed. Even though some subjects (among which patients) are exempted from observing this religious duty, they may be eager to share this particular moment of ...
    • A tale of two stories: COVID-19 and disability. A critical scoping review of the literature on the effects of the pandemic among athletes with disabilities and para-athletes. 

      Puce, Luca; Trabelsi, Khaled; Ammar, Achraf; Jabbour, Georges; Marinelli, Lucio; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      The still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted athletes, and, in particular, para-athletes and athletes with disabilities. However, there is no scholarly appraisal on this topic. Therefore, a critical scoping ...
    • Trait self-control, identified-introjected religiosity and health-related-feelings in healthy Muslims: A structural equation model analysis 

      Briki, Walid; Aloui, Asma; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Chaouachi, Anis; Patrick, Thomas; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2015 , Article)
      Aim: The present study attempted to test McCullough and Willoughby’s hypothesis that self-control mediates the relationships between religiosity and psychosocial outcomes. Specifically, this study examined whether trait ...