Lipoprotein profile, diet and body composition in athletes practicing mixed an anaerobic activities.

Objective: To compare lipoprotein profile, body composition and diet in a sample of athletes practicing mixed and anaerobic sports activities, and in a group of sedentary controls.

Experimental Design: Cross selectional study.

Participants: Twenty professional soccer players (mixed trained), twenty body builders (anaerobic trained) and twenty sedentary subjects, all males and matched for age were studied.

Effects of meclofenamic acid in the treatment of lesions deriving from minor traumatology.

The clinical efficacy and tolerability of topical 5% meclofenamic acid gel versus placebo and oral sodium meclofenamate versus sodium naproxen were evaluated in patients affected with minor traumatologies. Ninety patients were studied: 60 were treated with either meclofenamic acid gel or placebo for 10 days, and 30 were administered with either sodium meclofenamate capsules or sodium naproxen capsules for 7 days. The 5% meclofenamic acid gel and its sodium salt in capsules proved significantly more rapid and efficient than did the reference compounds in reducing pain symptomatology.

[Evaluation of reduction of NSAID consumption after local treatment with a heparin-heparinoid combination in patients with osteoarthritis].

The efficacy of treatment with a heparin-glucuronilglucosaminoglycane association for external use was tested, in a double blind design, on clinical symptomatology and consumption of analgesic drugs (FANS) in patients affected with painful osteoarthritis of the knee. In the course of a 3-week treatment, the following parameters were evaluated: a) concerning the symptoms, intensity of spontaneous pain and of pain induced by both passive mobilization of the joint and walking; b) concerning the analgesic treatment, reduction of FANS consumption (expressed as percentage of basal dose) and of intensity of side effects. In the FANS + heparin-glucoronilglucosaminoglycane-treated group, the following were found with respect to the control group: a) higher reduction of pain intensity, statistically significant as far as pain on walking is concerned and higher increase in passive mobility of the joint; b) notable reduction of FANS consumption and intensity of side effects.

Dantrolene sodium in traumatic muscle contracture: double-blind clinical and pharmacological trial.

Thirty athletes with muscular contractures were enrolled in a double-blind study of dantrolene sodium and placebo to evaluate the decontracture activity and tolerance of the drug after eight days of treatment. The efficacy of the drug was assessed by studying pain at rest, during movement, and during pressure, as well as muscular tension and functional recovery. Twenty-eight patients completed the study.

[A heparin-glucuronylglucosaminoglycan combination for topical use. An evaluation of the therapeutic effects in induced experimental muscle damage and in minor sports injuries].

The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the association of heparin and sulodexide on experimental pain and on "small sport traumatology". In the experimental part of the study, cutaneous pain threshold and subcutaneous tissue ticking were measured after the induction of an algogenic focus in deep somatic side. In the clinical part of the study, pain intensity (by A.