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Vincenza Leonardi

L'uso di doping ed integratori in atleti non professionisti. Studio epidemiologico

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IL NODULO UNICO DELLA TIROIDE: AFFIDABILITA’ DELL’INDAGINE ECOGRAFICA

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ANALYSIS OF “JUMPER’S KNEE” PREVENTIVE FACTORS IN VOLLEYBALL

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Evaluation of Safe and Effectiveness of an Injectable Solution Acid Deoxycholic Based for Reduction of Localized Adiposities

Background:. The use of deoxycholic acid to reduce localized fat deposits is a procedure that has been in use for about 30 years. Its effectiveness as treatment is due to emulsification of phospholipids and therefore, solubilization of the biological membranes with resulting fat necrosis. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness and the safety of an injectable solution containing sodium deoxycholtate 1.25% (DB125), used as intralipotherapy. Methods:. The effectiveness and safety of DB125 solution have been assessed with a multicentre observational prospective study carried out between February and October 2017. The 221 selected patients presented with various forms and degre…

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Intralipotherapy, the State of the Art.

Background: Reconstruction intralipotherapy is a term commonly used in the field of aesthetic medicine, above all in Europe, which defines a specific injection technique developed for the treatment of localized fat with substances that provoke the lysis of adipocytes by means of an injection directly into the adipose tissue with a long needle. The aim of this study is to define the technique in detail and everything that is associated with it, on the basis of years of multicenter experience by doctors who perform it. Materials and Methods: From January 2010 to December 2014, 3,080 European physicians were trained in intralipotherapy technique, and approximately 152,500 patients were treated…

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Effetti del canottaggio sul dorso di soggetti sani e soggetti paramorfici con ipercifosi in età giovanile ed adolescenziale

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Dolore anale: quando è una urgenza?

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Le patologie del tendine di Achille in atleti di mezzofondo. Valutazione comparativa tra sportivi di entrambi i sessi

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RUOLO DELLA VIDEOLAPAROSCOPIA NELLE URGENZE PELVICHE: NOSTRA ESPERIENZA

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Additional file 1: of Combined effect of different factors on weight status and cardiometabolic risk in Italian adolescents

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Soccer players have a better standing balance in nondominant one-legged stance

Rosario Barone1, Filippo Macaluso2, Marcello Traina3,4, Vincenza Leonardi4,5, Felicia Farina1, Valentina Di Felice11Human Anatomy Section 'E. Luna', BioNeC, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 2Department of Physiological Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases, 4Methods and Didactics of Motory Activities, DISMOT, 5Department of General Surgery, Emergency and Organ Transplants (GENURTO), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy  Rosario Barone and Filippo Macaluso contributed equally to the workAbstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in standing balan…

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Indicazioni chirurgiche nella malattia di Graves: considerazioni in relazione alla nostra esperienza

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Rettocele: l'esperienza maturata in un ambulatorio di colonproctologia.

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Un suggerimento pratico per la prevenzione della Commotio Cordis

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Physical activity programs for balance and fall prevention in elderly: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Due to demographic changes the world's population is progressively ageing. The physiological decay of the elderly adult may lead to a reduction in the ability to balance and an increased risk of falls becoming an important issue among the elderly. In order to counteract the decay in the ability to balance, physical activity has been proven to be effective. The aim of this study is to systematically review the scientific literature in order to identify physical activity programs able to increase balance in the elderly. METHODS: This review is based on the data from Medline-NLM, Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and SPORTDiscuss and includes randomized control trials that have analyzed balan…

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TRATTAMENTO RIABILITATIVO DELL’INCONTINENZA FECALE: NOSTRA ESPERIENZA

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Lymph node metastasis in lower lip squamous cell carcinoma in relation to tumour size, histologic variables and p27Kip1 protein expression.

We studied a consecutive series of 95 patients undergoing radical surgical resection of lower lip squamous cell carcinoma (LLSCC) to assess the correlation between lymph node status and several prognostic variables, such as sex and age, tumour size, histologic grading, maximal microscopic tumour thickness, perineural infiltration and p27Kip1 protein status, to see which of these might be predictive of the development of lymph node metastases. Statistical analysis demonstrated a significant association between node status and tumour size, histological grading, maximal thickness, perineural invasion and p27Kip1 protein expression; additionally to node metastasis, low p27Kip1 protein expressio…

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Morphological description of hypothetical cellulite starting unit. The first step to explain cellulite development

Introduction: Cellulite is a complex pathology that affects about 85% of women. The origin of cellulite is poorly understood, even if some studies describe different hypotheses based on the observation of subcutaneous architecture, vascular and lymphatic patterns. Material and methods: in this work an ultra-structural description of cellulite specimens, harvested from fifteen healthy women affected by first degree cellulite, was provided. Specimens were harvested from trochanter, after local anaesthesia using punch biopsy. Samples were fixated, immediately after biopsy, in glutaraldehyde 2% and processed for electron microscopy. Results: with scanning and transmission electron microscopy it…

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Erratum to “Protein supplement consumption is linked to time spent exercising and high-protein content foods: A multicentric observational study” [Heliyon 5 (4) (April 2019) e01508]

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Malattia di Crohn: diagnosi e trattamento in urgenza.

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RISULTATI DEL TRATTAMENTO CON RFTA DELLE NEOPLASIE EPATICHE SECONDARIE

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INDICAZIONI CHIRURGICHE NELLA MALATTIA DI GRAVES: CONSIDERAZIONI IN RELAZIONE ALLA NOSTRA ESPERIENZA

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LE COMPLICANZE DELLA CHIRURGIA TIROIDEA IN RELAZIONE ALL’INTERVENTO CHIRURGICO PRATICATO

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Shoulder's volleyball player: an epidemiological study

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PATHOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINALE STROMAL TUMORS (GIST: A REVIEW.)

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The use of doping and integrators in non professionals athletes. Epidemiological study

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Distribution of Visuospatial Attention in "Open-Skill Sport" Athletes

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Overexpression of cyclin D1 and interaction between p27Kip1 and tumour thickness predict lymph node metastases occurrence in lower lip squamous cell carcinoma

We have attempted to identify those subgroups of patients most likely to develop lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip (LLSSC). A total of 97 subjects, who did not undergo elective neck dissection, were recruited into the 60-month disease-free survival study. After univariate analysis, tumour size, histological grading, maximal thickness, perineural invasion and immunoreactivity to cyclin D1 and p27Kip1 proteins proved to be significant factors. Tests of the effect of interaction between p27Kip1 LI and tumour thickness yielded that the impact of tumour thickness on the risk of lymph node metastases was modified by the percentage of p27Kip1 positive cells. Subse…

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ANESTESIA LOCALE IN CHIRURGIA PROCTOLOGICA: NOSTRA ESPERIENZA

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The use of doping and integrators in not professionals athletes: epidemiological study

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Modificazioni posturali indotte dal canottaggio in giovani atleti ben allenati

This research brings evidence that rowing represents a valid sports model for helping both healthy and paramorphic people in changing unhealthy back positions. In particular, this study analyzed the changes induced to the back of twenty well trained athletes. Furthermore, it was taken into consideration a case of an athlete who presented a case of kyphosis and lordosys. This study was carried on for a period of two years during which it was observed that both kyphosis and lordosys had disappeared in the subject observed for this study. The quantitative and qualitative variables taken into account here, demonstrate that the positive results for correcting and self-correcting the position of …

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LE EMORRAGIE DIGESTIVE DEL TRATTO SOVRAMESOCOLICO: OSSERVAZIONE DI ALCUNI CASI CLINICI

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A pratical suggestion for preventing Commotio Cordis

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A pratical suggestion for prevention commotio cordis

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The volleyball player's shoulder, an epidemiological study

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In Vitro Biocompatibility Evaluation of Nine Dermal Fillers on L929 Cell Line

Objective. Biomaterial research for soft tissue augmentation is an increasing topic in aesthetic medicine. Hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers are widely used for their low invasiveness and easy application to correct aesthetic defects or traumatic injuries. Some complications as acute or chronic inflammation can occur in patients following the injection. Biocompatibility assays are required for medical devices intended for human use, in order to prevent damages or injuries in the host. In this study, nine HA fillers were tested in order to evaluate their cytotoxicity and their effects on L929 cell line, according to the UNI EN ISO 10993 regulation. Methods. Extracts were prepared from nine HA fil…

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Combined effect of different factors on weight status and cardiometabolic risk in Italian adolescents

Background The observed increase in body weight and cardiometabolic risk (CR) in youth from developed countries contributes to the global burden of chronic diseases in adult age. The aim of this work is to provide a patterning of the associations between different factors and the weight status and CR of the subjects involved in the Italian ministerial ASSO project. Methods This study involved 919 students from high schools in Palermo. Weight, height and waist circumference were collected by trained teachers; weight status was estimated by the BMI cut-offs for adolescents and CR through the waist-to-height ratio. Questionnaires were administered through the web-based ASSO-NutFit software. Ch…

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L'USO DI DOPING ED INTEGRATORI IN ATLETI NON PROFESSIONISTI, STUDIO EPIDEMIOLOGICO

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Structural analysis of rat patellar tendon in response resistance and endurance training.

Little is known about tendon adaptations induced by mechanical loading. Our goal was to evaluate the effects of two different exercise training protocols on adult rat patellar tendon. Ninety-six male Wistar rats were divided into a sedentary group (control), a resistance-trained group and an endurance-trained group. The examinations were performed after 15, 30 and 45 days of training and after 2 weeks of rest since training was stopped. The content of collagen fibers and the cell nuclei number were quantified on tendon cross sections. In order to assess the training effectiveness, we evaluated the heart/body weight ratio, which was higher in 45 day-trained rats than their controls (P<0.01),…

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CHIRURGIA TIROIDEA NEL PAZIENTE GERIATRICO: INDICAZIONI E COMPLICANZE

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Protein supplement consumption is linked to time spent exercising and high-protein content foods: A multicentric observational study

The main aim of this study is to analyze if protein supplement consumption and food patterns vary across three geographical regions and secondly to identify possible factors that increase the likelihood of ingesting protein supplements.A total of 916 responses from gym users of 3 countries (Italy, Turkey and UK) were entered for analysis. Questions were related to supplement consumption (protein and other supplements), food intake and training habits. A descriptive analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and logistic regression were performed.No differences were found across groups regarding: prevalence of protein supplement consumption, typology of other ingested supplement and food intake…

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Prognosis in lower lip squamous cell carcinoma: assessment of tumor factors.

We studied a consecutive series of 54 cases of lower lip squamous cell carcinoma (LLSCC) in order to identify any variables which might predict the development of lymph node metastases. The cases were divided into 38 tumors without metastases (group I) and 16 tumors with lymph node metastases (group II). The following factors were investigated: tumor size, histologic grading maximal thickness, perineural invasion, DNA ploidy and PCNA expression. In conclusion, we found that LLSCC greater than 2 cm in diameter, with histological grading G3-G4, thickness of more than 6 mm, DNA aneuploidy and high PCNA expression (PCNA LI > 0.48), were at high risk for the development of lymph node metastases.

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LA NOSTRA ESPERIENZA SULLA PREVENZIONE E SUL TRATTAMENTO DELL’IPOCALCEMIA DOPO INTERVENTI DI TIROIDECTOMIA TOTALE

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Treatment of Dimpling from Cellulite.

Background:. Cellulite can be seen on the skin in widespread alterations of the skin surface and dimpling. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of the manual subcision technique to treat dimpling from cellulite, using a specific class IIA medical device (Celluerase). Methods:. The multi-center observational study assessed 200 women treated in a single session for different dimpling, using manual subcision administered by Celluerase. Aesthetic outcomes were evaluated by the authors, and the patients assessed satisfaction levels. Results:. Two hundred women between 20 and 55 years were treated. The medical evaluation of patients saw improvements with an average…

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La spalla del pallavolista: studio epidemiologico

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LA MASTOPATIA FIBROCISTICA NELLE GIOVANI DONNE, INDAGINI E TERAPIA

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La fase ricostruttiva dopo duodenocefalopancreasectomia: l’anastomosi pancreatico-digiunale. Nostra esperienza.

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Minivolley and motor skills: an exeperimental study

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Analisi dei fattori di prevenzione del Jumper’s Knee nella pallavolo

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Pathology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTS): a review

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Su di un caso clinico di stipsi cronica dell’adulto dopo trattamento chirurgico per MAR in età neonatale

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“Weekly docetaxel and gemcitabine as first line treatment for metastatic breast cancer: results of a multicenter phase II study”

&lt;i&gt;Objectives:&lt;/i&gt; We conducted a multicenter phase II study to evaluate the clinical efficacy, toxicity, and dose intensity of a new weekly schedule of docetaxel and gemcitabine as first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer patients. &lt;i&gt;Methods:&lt;/i&gt; We enrolled 58 patients, 52% of whom had received a previous anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. The treatment schedule was: docetaxel 35 mg/m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; and gemcitabine 800 mg/m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; i.v. on days 1, 8, 15 every 28 days. &lt;i&gt;Results:&lt;/i&gt; All patients were assessable for toxicity and 56 for efficacy. Overall response rate was 64.3% with 16.1% of complete responses and 48…

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MALATTIA DI CROHN: INCIDENZA E NUOVE STRATEGIE DIAGNOSTICHE

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EFFETTI DELLE ATTIVITÀ SPORTIVE SULLA MASSA VENTRICOLARE SINISTRA

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