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Efficacy of Manual and Manipulative Therapy in the Perception of Pain and Cervical Motion in Patients With Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized, Contr…
2014
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of manipulative and manual therapy treatments with regard to pain perception and neck mobility in patients with tension-type headache.A randomized clinical trial was conducted on 84 adults diagnosed with tension-type headache. Eighty-four subjects were enrolled in this study: 68 women and 16 men. Mean age was 39.76 years, ranging from 18 to 65 years. A total of 57.1% were diagnosed with chronic tension-type headache and 42.9% with tension-type headache. Participants were divided into 3 treatment groups (manual therapy, manipulative therapy, a combination of manual and manipulative therapy) and a control group. Four treatment sessions we…
Identifying physical activity type in manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury by means of accelerometers
2015
Objectives: The main objective of this study was to develop and test classification algorithms based on machine learning using accelerometers to identify the activity type performed by manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: The study was conducted in the Physical Therapy department and the Physical Education and Sports department of the University of Valencia. Methods: A total of 20 volunteers were asked to perform 10 physical activities, lying down, body transfers, moving items, mopping, working on a computer, watching TV, arm-ergometer exercises, passive propulsion, slow propulsion and fast propulsion, while fitted with four accelerometers placed on both wrists, c…
Role of the hospital pharmacist in an Italian antimicrobial stewardship programme
2020
The inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents is contributing to an increasing phenomenon of bacterial resistance. For this reason, there is a growing interest in ‘antimicrobial stewardship’, a series of coordinated and multidisciplinary interventions aimed to promote the safe and appropriate use of antimicrobials in which the pharmacist’s contribution is necessary for the optimal choice of drug, dose, duration of therapy and the implementation of cost containment strategies. AIM OF THE STUDY: We wanted to create a reference model and a specific training manual on antibiotic stewardship to introduce the role of the department pharmacist with specific infection disease skills in the Italian …
Carpal tunnel syndrome and pain
2022
Abstract Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a compressive peripheral neuropathy characterized by pain, tingling sensation, and paresthesia in the region of the median nerve. The patient’s medical history, the presence of risk factors, and the characteristics of the symptoms are key aspects for establishing a suitable differential diagnosis. Conservative or surgical treatment of CTS may be indicated depending on both the severity and temporality of the condition. The conservative treatment of mild and moderate CTS includes, among the most common treatments in physiotherapy and occupational therapy, the use of orthoses, physical agents, manual therapy, therapeutic exercises, education, ergonomic…
Effect of Manual Therapy and Splint Therapy in People with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Study
2020
Background: Isolated manual therapy techniques (MT) have shown beneficial effects in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) but the effect of the combination of such techniques, together with the well-stablished splint therapy (ST) remains to be elucidated. Objective: This study was conducted to ascertain whether a combined program of MT techniques, including intraoral treatment, plus traditional ST improves pain and clinical dysfunction in subjects with TMD. Methods: A preliminary trial was conducted. 16 participants were assigned to either the MT plus ST-Experimental Group (EG, n = 8) or the ST alone&mdash
Randomized Trial of General Strength and Conditioning versus Motor Control and Manual Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain on Physical and Self-Report O…
2020
Exercise and spinal manipulative therapy are commonly used for the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in Australia. Reduction in pain intensity is a common outcome
Il manuale è finito, viva il manuale! Considerazioni sulla manualistica a proposito di M. Montanari, "Storia Medievale"
2002
Recensione del manuale di storia medievale di M. Montanari e proposta di struttura per un nuovo manuale
Endofenotipos neurocognitivos potenciales para el trastorno bipolar: velocidad motora manual, memoria visual, velocidad de procesamiento
2017
Antecedentes: Son pocas las investigaciones que se centran en el estudio de las disfunciones neurocognitivas en pacientes con trastorno bipolar (TB) como posibles marcadores de rasgo para esta enfermedad, menos aún son las que comparan el rendimiento motor, la memoria visual o la velocidad de procesamiento de la información, en estudios transversales o longitudinales, incluyendo a la vez, controles (CS) y familiares sanos de primer grado de los pacientes (TB-F); hasta la redacción de esta tesis, aunque el número va en aumento, en la investigación psiquiátrica el trastorno bipolar sigue ocupando un lugar secundario frente a la esquizofrenia, siendo insuficientes los estudios que buscan evide…
Manuali, «fieldwork», migranti. Passi per un’antropologia semiotica delle culture
2005
A partire da una riflessione sul ruolo determinante che i processi di testualizzazione svolgono in etnoantropologia si è inteso in questo contributo mettere l’accento su tre nozioni chiave, per il riorientamento della disciplina, quali quelle di ‘manuale’, ‘fieldwork’, ‘migrante’. Le tre nozioni sono state individuate sulla base di una concezione semiotica dell’antropologia secondo cui l’interrelata conoscenza di sé e degli altri non può fare a meno di una parallela disamina dell’interfaccia segnico e della simmetrica proiezione dei soggetti nel mondo fenomenologico dell’esperienza. L’analisi delle tre nozioni in oggetto è risultata essere rivelatrice di alcuni orientamenti ancora esotizzan…
Edukacja techniczna wsparciem rozwoju małej motoryki uczniów w młodszym wieku szkolnym
2018
Sprawność manualna dziecka rozwija się w toku różnorodnych ćwiczeń i zadań ruchowych usprawniających pracę mięśni drobnych oraz koordynację oka i ręki. Od tego, jaki poziom osiągnie dziecko w tym zakresie, zależy, między innymi, przebieg procesu nauki pisania oraz wykonania wszelkich prac manualnych, jednym z zadań edukacji technicznej w przedszkolu, a także w kształceniu wczesnoszkolnym jest rozwijanie motoryki niezbędnej do prawidłowego funkcjonowania dziecka w szkole i w życiu. Proces dochodzenia do biegłości w wykonywaniu precyzyjnych ruchów jest długotrwały i uwarunkowany zarówno cechami indywidualnymi, jak też przebiegiem i intensywnością ćwiczeń w tym zakresie. Przedmiotem poniższego…