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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015467.v1
title: Eccentric exercise and stretching for plantar flexor muscles applied during 21 days after immobilization do not modify the non-contractile tissue

description: ABSTRACT The adaptations of the extracellular matrix, which is closely related to the maintenance of the integrity and performance of the musculoskeletal system, are not widely described in the literature after rehabilitation due to prolonged disuse. The aim of this study was to analyze the perimysial connective tissue area and the cross-sectional area of muscle fibers in soleus and plantaris muscles of immobilized female rats, later rehabilitated due to stretching and eccentric exercise protocols. The expression of the perimysial connective tissue of both studied muscles did not show significant differences after the procedure of immobilization and training. Eccentric training applied for 10 days was enough to recover the area of fibers for the plantaris muscle, while the recovery of the soleus muscle happened only after the 21-days protocol.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015465.v1
title: Is there a difference in early mobilization between mechanically ventilated clinical and surgical patients in ICU?

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to conduct a survey of the practices related to the mobilization of patients admitted to a general ICU, comparing them by type of intervention (clinical or surgical). This is a retrospective study of medical records of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Ministro Costa Cavalcanti in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná, Brazil, of which the following information were obtained: time to sit out of the hospital bed for the first time, to perform active exercises, to wean mechanical ventilation, of ICU hospitalization; diagnosis; sex; and age. We included 105 patients in the research, being 44 (41.9%) surgical, and 61 (58.1%) males, with an average age of 61.1±18.5 for clinical patients and 60.4±14.9 for surgical patients. We observed statistical difference concerning time to sit out of the bed (3±4 days for clinical patients and 3.1±4.5 for surgical patients) (p=0.02). We did not observe any differences regarding active exercises when comparing clinical and surgical patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015467
title: Eccentric exercise and stretching for plantar flexor muscles applied during 21 days after immobilization do not modify the non-contractile tissue

description: ABSTRACT The adaptations of the extracellular matrix, which is closely related to the maintenance of the integrity and performance of the musculoskeletal system, are not widely described in the literature after rehabilitation due to prolonged disuse. The aim of this study was to analyze the perimysial connective tissue area and the cross-sectional area of muscle fibers in soleus and plantaris muscles of immobilized female rats, later rehabilitated due to stretching and eccentric exercise protocols. The expression of the perimysial connective tissue of both studied muscles did not show significant differences after the procedure of immobilization and training. Eccentric training applied for 10 days was enough to recover the area of fibers for the plantaris muscle, while the recovery of the soleus muscle happened only after the 21-days protocol.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015468
title: Is there any change in the function of the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles of primigravidae in the second and third trimester of pregnancy?

description: ABSTRACT The purpose was to compare the function of the pelvic floor muscles in the second and third trimester of pregnancy of primigravidae. The study was carried out in two Family Health Units of the municipality of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, Brazil. Pregnant women have undergone three evaluations of the function of the pelvic floor muscles, through surface electromyography: until 16 weeks of pregnancy, between the 24th-28th and 34th-36th week of pregnancy. We recorded resting values, maximum voluntary contractions and sustained contractions. Data was tabulated in Excel and analyzed statistically in the Statistica program. A 5% significance level (p ≤ 0.05) was adopted. Nineteen primigravidae participated in this study, with an average age of 21.74 ± 3.65 years. There was an increase in body mass in the third trimester of pregnancy compared with the pre-pregnancy period, decrease in the average of the pelvic floor muscle signal during rest, along the three assessments and, in relation to the abdominal muscles, there was a decrease in the average signal at rest and during the sustained contraction in assessments 2 and 3 when compared with assessment 1. We concluded that other factors, besides those related to increased maternal body mass, may be associated with overload on PFMs during pregnancy in the first trimester. This overload can cause pregnant women to have muscle tone near the upper reference limit, thus changing the pattern of electromyographic activity, especially at rest, to maintain its support function of the continence and pelvic organs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015468.v1
title: Is there any change in the function of the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles of primigravidae in the second and third trimester of pregnancy?

description: ABSTRACT The purpose was to compare the function of the pelvic floor muscles in the second and third trimester of pregnancy of primigravidae. The study was carried out in two Family Health Units of the municipality of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, Brazil. Pregnant women have undergone three evaluations of the function of the pelvic floor muscles, through surface electromyography: until 16 weeks of pregnancy, between the 24th-28th and 34th-36th week of pregnancy. We recorded resting values, maximum voluntary contractions and sustained contractions. Data was tabulated in Excel and analyzed statistically in the Statistica program. A 5% significance level (p ≤ 0.05) was adopted. Nineteen primigravidae participated in this study, with an average age of 21.74 ± 3.65 years. There was an increase in body mass in the third trimester of pregnancy compared with the pre-pregnancy period, decrease in the average of the pelvic floor muscle signal during rest, along the three assessments and, in relation to the abdominal muscles, there was a decrease in the average signal at rest and during the sustained contraction in assessments 2 and 3 when compared with assessment 1. We concluded that other factors, besides those related to increased maternal body mass, may be associated with overload on PFMs during pregnancy in the first trimester. This overload can cause pregnant women to have muscle tone near the upper reference limit, thus changing the pattern of electromyographic activity, especially at rest, to maintain its support function of the continence and pelvic organs.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015470
title: Reliability of the Gross Motor Function Classification System Expanded and Revised (GMFCS E & R) among students and health professionals in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The Gross Motor Function Classification System has been reliable to classify the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy (CP); however, the reliability of the Portuguese version (Brazil) is not entirely established in the country, especially among different health professionals and undergraduate students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the Portuguese version (Brazil) of the GMFCS E&R by students and health professionals (physical and occupational therapists), with different levels of experience. The gross motor function of 30 children with CP between 4 and 18 years was filmed, accompanied by the neurology service or rehabilitation of a hospital in São Paulo's countryside. The videos were sent to students of a public university and to physical (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) professionals that composed three groups (Group 1: 1 PT and 1 OT with more than 5 years of experience in neurology; Group 2: 1 PT and 1 OT with up to two years of experience; Group 3: an undergraduate student of PT and 1 of OT). The kappa coefficient was used to evaluate reliability among the groups. Almost perfect agreement was obtained in Group 1 [K=0.83; 95%CI (0.68-0.98)] and substantial was obtained in groups 2 and 3 [K=0.79; 95%CI (0.63-0.95) and K=0.67; 95%CI (0.48-0.86), respectively]. The GMFCS E&R proved reliable for use by health professionals of different areas and levels of experience, including undergraduate students, helping them to understand the heterogeneity of CP.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015470.v1
title: Reliability of the Gross Motor Function Classification System Expanded and Revised (GMFCS E & R) among students and health professionals in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The Gross Motor Function Classification System has been reliable to classify the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy (CP); however, the reliability of the Portuguese version (Brazil) is not entirely established in the country, especially among different health professionals and undergraduate students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the Portuguese version (Brazil) of the GMFCS E&R by students and health professionals (physical and occupational therapists), with different levels of experience. The gross motor function of 30 children with CP between 4 and 18 years was filmed, accompanied by the neurology service or rehabilitation of a hospital in São Paulo's countryside. The videos were sent to students of a public university and to physical (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) professionals that composed three groups (Group 1: 1 PT and 1 OT with more than 5 years of experience in neurology; Group 2: 1 PT and 1 OT with up to two years of experience; Group 3: an undergraduate student of PT and 1 of OT). The kappa coefficient was used to evaluate reliability among the groups. Almost perfect agreement was obtained in Group 1 [K=0.83; 95%CI (0.68-0.98)] and substantial was obtained in groups 2 and 3 [K=0.79; 95%CI (0.63-0.95) and K=0.67; 95%CI (0.48-0.86), respectively]. The GMFCS E&R proved reliable for use by health professionals of different areas and levels of experience, including undergraduate students, helping them to understand the heterogeneity of CP.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015471.v1
title: Evaluation of longitudinal ligament of the spine of Wistar rats in an experimental model of Suit therapy

description: ABSTRACT Ligaments adapt according to the intensity of physical activity and mechanical load to which they are subjected. In the last decade there have been methods and protocols in the field of infant neurofunctional physiotherapy, which have the term "suit" in common, to characterize the existence of suits with adjustable elastic bands and the possibility of applying load on the human skeleton. Since the mechanical load can produce fibrocartilaginous changes on the ligaments and also that no studies evaluating the effect of suit therapy on ligaments of the spine were found, research with experimental methods of load are justified. The aim of this study was to analyze thickness and morphology of longitudinal ligaments of the spine of Wistar rats when subjected to mechanical load by vertebral compression. Thirty animals were separated into five groups (G1 - control; G2 - simulation of the use of suit; G3, G4, and G5 - maintenance of the suit). The suit experimental model, in G4 and G5, were adapted weights or elastic bands arranged in "X" for 50% of spinal overload of the weight of the animal, who remained with the suit for 40 hours over four weeks of experiment, five days a week. There were no significant differences for thickness, and morphological changes of longitudinal ligaments were also not observed. We concluded that there were no changes in longitudinal ligaments of the spine in animals subjected to the experimental model of suit therapy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015471
title: Evaluation of longitudinal ligament of the spine of Wistar rats in an experimental model of Suit therapy

description: ABSTRACT Ligaments adapt according to the intensity of physical activity and mechanical load to which they are subjected. In the last decade there have been methods and protocols in the field of infant neurofunctional physiotherapy, which have the term "suit" in common, to characterize the existence of suits with adjustable elastic bands and the possibility of applying load on the human skeleton. Since the mechanical load can produce fibrocartilaginous changes on the ligaments and also that no studies evaluating the effect of suit therapy on ligaments of the spine were found, research with experimental methods of load are justified. The aim of this study was to analyze thickness and morphology of longitudinal ligaments of the spine of Wistar rats when subjected to mechanical load by vertebral compression. Thirty animals were separated into five groups (G1 - control; G2 - simulation of the use of suit; G3, G4, and G5 - maintenance of the suit). The suit experimental model, in G4 and G5, were adapted weights or elastic bands arranged in "X" for 50% of spinal overload of the weight of the animal, who remained with the suit for 40 hours over four weeks of experiment, five days a week. There were no significant differences for thickness, and morphological changes of longitudinal ligaments were also not observed. We concluded that there were no changes in longitudinal ligaments of the spine in animals subjected to the experimental model of suit therapy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015473.v1
title: Duration of the effects of spinal manipulation on pain intensity and electromyographic activity of paravertebral parts of individuals with chronic mechanical low back pain

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of a manipulative intervention on the electromyographic activity of paraverterbral muscles and low back pain intensity, both immediately and 30 minutes after their application in individuals with chronic low back pain. Thirty-eight individuals were evaluated, being randomly divided into two groups: the one who received global vertebral manipulation technique (n=20), and control (n=18), which remained in lateral decubitus for 10 seconds on each side of the body. The electromyographic signal of paravertebral parts at L4-L5 level both right and left was collected during three cycles of flexion-relaxation-extension of the torso. In the intervals between cycles, participants reported the intensity of pain through the Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 100 mm). A significant reduction in pain intensity in the group that received the manipulation was observed, opposed to the control group, in which the score increased in VAS. The dimension of the effect on pain intensity was 1.0 and 0.9 right after the manipulation and 30 minutes later. The flexion/relaxation ratio (FRR) increased in the group that was subjected to manipulation, but remained unchanged in the control group. The FRR displayed effects between the groups that were 0.6 and 0.5 in both assessments. We were able to see effects of the manipulation in these two variables, and its continuation in the range observed, concluding that they linger at least during that time.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015473
title: Duration of the effects of spinal manipulation on pain intensity and electromyographic activity of paravertebral parts of individuals with chronic mechanical low back pain

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of a manipulative intervention on the electromyographic activity of paraverterbral muscles and low back pain intensity, both immediately and 30 minutes after their application in individuals with chronic low back pain. Thirty-eight individuals were evaluated, being randomly divided into two groups: the one who received global vertebral manipulation technique (n=20), and control (n=18), which remained in lateral decubitus for 10 seconds on each side of the body. The electromyographic signal of paravertebral parts at L4-L5 level both right and left was collected during three cycles of flexion-relaxation-extension of the torso. In the intervals between cycles, participants reported the intensity of pain through the Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 100 mm). A significant reduction in pain intensity in the group that received the manipulation was observed, opposed to the control group, in which the score increased in VAS. The dimension of the effect on pain intensity was 1.0 and 0.9 right after the manipulation and 30 minutes later. The flexion/relaxation ratio (FRR) increased in the group that was subjected to manipulation, but remained unchanged in the control group. The FRR displayed effects between the groups that were 0.6 and 0.5 in both assessments. We were able to see effects of the manipulation in these two variables, and its continuation in the range observed, concluding that they linger at least during that time.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015474.v1
title: Validation of a topography system for evaluation spine in sagittal plane for children in different nutrient profiles

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the validity, repeatability and inter-evaluator reproducibility of the Vert 3D system in evaluating thoracic and lumbar curvatures of children with different nutritional profiles. A total of 115 children participated, which were divided into 3 groups: low weight and eutrophic, overweight, and obese. Each child underwent a panoramic radiography exam of the spine in right profile, from which we obtained Cobb angles for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, in addition to being evaluated with the Vert 3D topography system, five times in the same day, immediately after radiological evaluation. Evaluations were conducted by three independent evaluators and provided the Vert angles for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. Using the SPSS software, data were submitted to Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient, paired t-test and one-way ANOVA. Vert 3D system presented excellent levels of repeatability and inter-evaluator reproducibility, regardless of the nutritional profile evaluated, for angles of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, but showed low correlation with Cobb angle for thoracic kyphosis and moderate correlation for lumbar lordosis. These results indicate that this system can be used in the clinical follow-up of postural alterations of spine in sagittal plane, of children with all nutritional profiles, but cannot be used as a means of diagnosis or for the purpose of estimating the Cobb angle.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015474
title: Validation of a topography system for evaluation spine in sagittal plane for children in different nutrient profiles

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the validity, repeatability and inter-evaluator reproducibility of the Vert 3D system in evaluating thoracic and lumbar curvatures of children with different nutritional profiles. A total of 115 children participated, which were divided into 3 groups: low weight and eutrophic, overweight, and obese. Each child underwent a panoramic radiography exam of the spine in right profile, from which we obtained Cobb angles for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, in addition to being evaluated with the Vert 3D topography system, five times in the same day, immediately after radiological evaluation. Evaluations were conducted by three independent evaluators and provided the Vert angles for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. Using the SPSS software, data were submitted to Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient, paired t-test and one-way ANOVA. Vert 3D system presented excellent levels of repeatability and inter-evaluator reproducibility, regardless of the nutritional profile evaluated, for angles of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, but showed low correlation with Cobb angle for thoracic kyphosis and moderate correlation for lumbar lordosis. These results indicate that this system can be used in the clinical follow-up of postural alterations of spine in sagittal plane, of children with all nutritional profiles, but cannot be used as a means of diagnosis or for the purpose of estimating the Cobb angle.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015476
title: Relation of plantar pressure and range of movement of the lower limbs with the risk of falls in older women

description: ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to verify the influence of plantar pressure and range of motion of hip, knee and ankle variables with the risk of falls in older women. Thirty-nine older women participated, for which Maximum and Medium Pressure were evaluated using the baropodometry platform. Then, we performed the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and subsequently the range of motion (ROM) evaluation of hip and knee flexion and dorsal and plantar ankle flexion through the use of a goniometer. Baropodometric variables (Maximum Pressure and Medium Pressure) showed a tendency to influence the values of the TUG according to the value of the hypothesis test (P = 0.051), demonstrating a moderate correlation (R = 0.487), with emphasis on the Maximum Pressure showing significant correlation with the TUG (P&lt;0.005). However, the joint range of motion of hip, knee and ankle showed no significant correlations in the baropodometric variables and in the risk of falls. Concerning the analysis of the association between the TUG classified with low and medium risk of falls with the falls, no differences were found (P=0.475). The increase in maximum pressure showed a relation with the risk of falls, though the range of motion of hip, knee and ankle showed no relation to the risk of falls and the baropodometric variables in the researched population.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20015476.v1
title: Relation of plantar pressure and range of movement of the lower limbs with the risk of falls in older women

description: ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to verify the influence of plantar pressure and range of motion of hip, knee and ankle variables with the risk of falls in older women. Thirty-nine older women participated, for which Maximum and Medium Pressure were evaluated using the baropodometry platform. Then, we performed the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and subsequently the range of motion (ROM) evaluation of hip and knee flexion and dorsal and plantar ankle flexion through the use of a goniometer. Baropodometric variables (Maximum Pressure and Medium Pressure) showed a tendency to influence the values of the TUG according to the value of the hypothesis test (P = 0.051), demonstrating a moderate correlation (R = 0.487), with emphasis on the Maximum Pressure showing significant correlation with the TUG (P&lt;0.005). However, the joint range of motion of hip, knee and ankle showed no significant correlations in the baropodometric variables and in the risk of falls. Concerning the analysis of the association between the TUG classified with low and medium risk of falls with the falls, no differences were found (P=0.475). The increase in maximum pressure showed a relation with the risk of falls, though the range of motion of hip, knee and ankle showed no relation to the risk of falls and the baropodometric variables in the researched population.