Clinical and anatomopathological features of eosinophilic oesophagitis in children and adults.

Introduction: Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic clinical-pathological disorder with an immunological basis characterised by symptoms of oesophageal dysfunction and, histologically, eosinophilic inflammation.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and differences in children and adults diagnosed with EoE in a tertiary level hospital.

Method: Descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study.

Assessing Change of Direction Ability in a Spanish Elite Soccer Academy.

The aims of the study were: a) to analyze the reproducibility of the Modified Agility Test (MAT) according to two types of displacement (i.e. constrained [MATtop] vs.

Mould and grass pollen allergy as risk factors for childhood asthma in Zaragoza, Spain.

Objective: Examine the prevalence of asthma and associated predictive factors in a group of 468 students.

Patients And Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study in a randomly selected population of 468 children aged 10-12, in the city of Zaragoza. We used the ISAAC questionnaire on asthma completed by children under supervision of the investigators.

Quantification of the perceived training load and its relationship with changes in physical fitness performance in junior soccer players.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived respiratory and muscular training load (TL) and changes in physical fitness in elite and non-elite junior soccer players. Twenty-eight elite (n = 14, 17.6 ± 0.