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Ahmed Abdelmoniem Ibrahim,1 Ahmed Maher Mohamed Gabr Ali,1 Ibtisam Abdallah Fadulelmulla,2 Mohamed Marzouk Mohamed Ragab,3 Ahmed Abdelmageed Aldemery,4 Amany Raafat Mohamed,5 Ibrahim Metwally Dewir,6 Hamad Ali Hakami,7 Hisham Mohamed Hussein1,3 1Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Ha’il, Hail, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Basic Sciences for Physical Therapy, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; 4Department of Physical Therapy, Ahmed Foad Hospital, Egyptian Ministry of Health, Giza, Egypt); 5Department of Physical Therapy for Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Suez University, Suez, Egypt; 6Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia; 7Department of Physical Therapy, Jazan General Hospital, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Ahmed Abdelmoniem Ibrahim, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, 2440, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966561028613, Email a.abdalmoniem@uoh.edu.saPurpose: The main aim of the trial was to assess the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity, fatigue, and stress in post-surgical breast cancer survivors.Methods: Forty-seven females who had undergone unilateral post-mastectomy were randomly assigned to an intervention group (IG; n = 24) and a control group (CG; n = 23). Both groups received aerobic exercise training. In addition, the intervention group received inspiratory muscle training 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressure (Pimax) (Pemex), 6-minute walk test, Handgrip strength by hand-held dynamometer, Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS), and Perceived Stress Scale pss 10 values were measured before the training and then at the eighth week for both groups.Results: No differences were detected between the groups in terms of sample and clinical characteristics 8 weeks post-intervention. In favor of the intervention group, a significant difference with medium to high effect size was found in terms of Pimax, Pemax, FAS, PS, and 6MWT (p < 0.05). However, there was no difference in terms of handgrip strength (p-value: 0.072), with a medium effect size (0.070). Regarding within-group comparisons, IG exhibited substantial differences in all outcome measures (p < 0.05) compared to CG, with the exception of PImax and 6MWT.Conclusion: In post-operative breast cancer survivors, respiratory muscle training combined with aerobic training increases respiratory muscle strength and functional ability while lowering stress and tiredness.Keywords: aerobic exercises, breathing muscles, function, mastectomy

Background: Volunteering is a beneficial activity with a wide range of positive outcomes, from the individual to the communal level. In many ways, volunteering has a positive impact on the development of a volunteer's personality and experience. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of health volunteering on improving the self-skills and practical capacities of students in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Materials and Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional electronic web-based survey that was submitted on a web-based questionnaire; 183 students answered the survey, and then, the data were analyzed using SPSS., Results: This study shows that 95.6% of participants agree and strongly agree that the health volunteering experience was useful, 2.7% of the participants neither agree nor disagree, and 1.6% disagree and strongly disagree. Regarding the distribution of the participants on skills learned from volunteering experience, the largest proportion of student (36.1%) volunteers in the health sector acquired communication skills and the smallest proportion of student (14.8%) volunteers in the acquired time management skills. Regarding the disadvantages, 81.4% of the participants do not think there were any disadvantages to their previous health volunteering experience, while only 18.6% of them think there were any disadvantages to their previous health volunteering experience. Additionally, the study found that the type of the sector affects the skills acquired from health volunteering., Conclusion: Research revealed that the majority considered volunteering a great experience. Volunteering increased the self-skills and practical capacities of radiology students, which proved the hypothesis., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Alzain, Elhussein, Hamd, Fadulelmulla, Omer, Alotaibi, Alsuhaymi, Aljohany, Alharbi, Ahmed, Hussien, Elamin, Mohamed Ahmed Medani and Khandaker.)

Kidney transplantation stands as a practical and cost-effective treatment option for end-stage renal disease patients, offering an improved quality of life with reduced morbidity when compared with hemodialysis. To evaluate the status of transplanted kidneys in Saudi patients, we conducted a retrospective single-center study at Jazan, Saudi Arabia, involving 46 adult renal recipients enrolled randomly from 2015 to December 2022. Using high-frequency ultrasound, we performed Duplex ultrasound examinations to assess renal allografts. The study revealed that the renal grafts exhibited normal length, with preserved cortical medullary differentiation (CMD) in 84.8% of cases and poor CMD in 15.2%. The echogenicity of the grafts remained normal in 69.6% of instances. Interestingly, we observed a significant rise in resistance index values as the graft duration increased (P = .04), whereas patients with abnormal creatinine levels displayed decreased peak systolic velocity and end-diastolic velocity. Notably, sonographic graft assessments unveiled complications, including perinephric fluid accumulation (8.7%), simple renal cysts (10.86%), hydronephrosis (8.7%), and one case of graft rejection. Receiver operating characteristics analysis for serum blood creatinine levels and abnormal parenchymal findings yielded fair to poor predictive accuracy, with varying sensitivity and specificity measures that lacked statistical significance. In conclusion, our study revealed that most Saudi renal transplant recipients exhibited grafts with normal echogenicity, preserved CMD, and limited perinephric fluid. This investigation provides valuable insights into sonographic changes and Doppler parameters of renal grafts, potentially aiding in the early detection of graft rejection and facilitating diagnostic and therapeutic planning., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)