Validation of the OPTIMAL-Confidence Questionnaire in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Unlabelled: Low back pain is one of the most prevalent pathologies. Several studies relate its chronification to certain psycho-emotional characteristics, such as self-efficacy or the patient's lack of confidence in the ability to move. Determine the reliability and validity of the OPTIMAL-confidence scale in people with chronic low back pain and describe the confidence in the movement capacity of this population.

Sinus fungal balls caused by Syncephalastrum spp.: 2 clinical cases and literature review.

Introduction: Syncephalastrum spp. is a mucoral that rarely produces pathology. Fungal balls caused by this genus are infrequent.

A Phase I/IIa Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Study on the Safety and Efficacy of Nebulized Liposomal Amphotericin for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis.

Although nebulized liposomal amphotericin B (NLAB) is being used in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) prophylaxis, no clinical trial has shown its efficacy as a therapeutic strategy. NAIFI is the inaugural randomized, controlled clinical trial designed to examine the safety and effectiveness of NLAB (dosage: 25 mg in 6 mL, three times per week for 6 weeks) against a placebo, in the auxiliary treatment of IPA. Throughout the three-year clinical trial, thirteen patients (six NLAB, seven placebo) were included, with 61% being onco-hematological with less than 100 neutrophils/μL.

Proposal for a physiotherapy assessment form for the evaluation of women patients with uro-gynecological disorders: A Delphi study.

Background: The correct selection of treatment techniques and methods in physiotherapy depends directly on a well-structured anamnesis, examination and assessment. Within urogynecological and obstetric physiotherapy there is no standardized and protocolized assessment that allows to follow established steps. For all this, the main objective of this study was to identify the assessment items that should be included in the a physiotherapeutic uro-gynecological assessment.

Training Characteristics and Competitive Demands in Women Road Cyclists: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: To identify the main training characteristics and competitive demands in women's road cycling.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted on 5 databases according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis) guidelines. The articles had to be primary studies, written after 1990 with a sample of competitive women between the ages of 15 and 50.

Relationship between competency for evidence-based practice and level of burnout of physical therapists with the establishment of the therapeutic relationship.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions and effective therapeutic alliance (TA) are associated with greater treatment success. Furthermore, burnout syndrome could be detrimental to the development of such TA.

Objective: To examine the association between EBP competencies and burnout level with the quality of TA among Spanish physiotherapists.

[Gastrostomy tubes in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: indications, safety and experience in a tertiary care centre].

Aim: The aim of this study is the clinical characterisation of patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who were indicated for the placement of a gastrostomy tube (G-Tube) in the period 2007-2017 in the Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, and to find possible associated prognostic factors.

Material And Methods: It is a descriptive study of clinical cases.

Results: Between 2007 and 2017, 139 cases of ALS were assessed and a G-Tube was indicated in 29 of them.

Occurrence and Genomic Characterization of Clone ST1193 Clonotype 14-64 in Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Escherichia coli in Spain.

We conducted a prospective, multicenter, specific pilot study on uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTI). One-hundred non-duplicated uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from uUTI occurred in 2020 in women attending 15 primary care centers of a single health region of northern Spain were characterized using a clonal diagnosis approach. Among the high genetic diversity showed by 59 different phylogroup-clonotype combinations, 11 clones accounted for 46% of the isolates: B2-ST73 (CH24-30); B2-ST73 (CH24-103); B2-ST131 (CH40-30); B2-ST141 (CH52-5); B2-ST372 (CH103-9); B2-ST404 (CH14-27); B2-ST404 (CH14-807); B2-ST1193 (CH14-64); D-ST69 (CH35-27); D-ST349 (CH36-54), and F-ST59 (CH32-41).

The relationship between burnout and empathy in physiotherapists: a cross-sectional study.

Background: There have been few studies carried out into empathy in physiotherapists. Burnout can debilitate the quality of care and the efficacy of treatment as the empathetic capacity of the professional diminishes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to examine the association between the construct burnout, empathy and sociodemographic aspects in Spanish physiotherapists.

The association between empathy and the physiotherapy-patient therapeutic alliance: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The central component of person-centred care is in having a therapeutic realtionship. Furthermore, the empathy of the physiotherapist is one of the most important attributes in achieving a successful therapeutic alliance.

Objective: The aim of the research was to determine the association between the constructs of empathy and therapeutic alliance in Spanish physical therapists and the possible influence of socio-professional variables on them.

Dynamic profiles and predictive values of some biochemical and haematological quantities in COVID-19 inpatients.

Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in some hospitalized patients has shown some important alterations in laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to establish the most relevant quantities associated with the worst prognosis related to COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: This was a descriptive, longitudinal, observational and retrospective study, in a cohort of 845 adult inpatients from Bellvitge University Hospital (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain).

Perceptions and Degree of Satisfaction with the Health Sciences University Educational Community Regarding the Measures Adopted for the Prevention of COVID-19 in the Academic Year 2020/2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the start of the academic year 2020/2021 to be conditioned by health and safety regulations. The present research was defined with the aim of analyzing the degree of satisfaction and perceptions on the establishment of bubble groups and pairs and on the use of audiovisual platforms for the development of theoretical and practical university teaching in three degrees of health sciences. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a representative sample of students and teachers of health sciences in Ponferrada ( = 285).

Examining the Association between Evidence-Based Practice and Burnout among Spanish Physical Therapists: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The aim of this study was to quantify the level of burnout and competence for evidence-based practice among Spanish physical therapists and to determine if there is a relationship between these and other socio-professional factors. A cross-sectional study with 472 Spanish Physiotherapists. An electronic survey was conducted that included the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire and sociodemographic data.

Nature relatedness as a potential factor to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in Ecuadorian children.

Background: Nature relatedness can be associated with health-related outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the associations of nature relatedness with physical activity and sedentary behavior.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 9-12 year old children living in Cuenca, Ecuador, was conducted between October 2018 and March 2019.

Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire for Ecuadorian University Students (EVS-EUE).

University students are considered a key population in promoting and establishing healthy lifestyles that will ensure a full life for the next generations. The purpose of this study was to do a cultural and linguistic adaptation of the healthy lifestyle questionnaire for Ecuadorian university students (EVS-EUE). Two thousand, one hundred and eight (2108) students from 17 to 19 years old (27%), 20 to 24 years old (57%), and over 24 years old (16%) participated ( = 21.

Musculoskeletal Pain and Teleworking in Times of the COVID-19: Analysis of the Impact on the Workers at Two Spanish Universities.

The special situation brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and the confinement imposed by the Government, has given rise to numerous changes in working habits. The workers at the universities have had to start a period of teleworking that could give rise to consequences for the musculoskeletal system. The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of the confinement on the musculoskeletal health of the staff of two Spanish universities.

Musculoskeletal Pain and Non-Classroom Teaching in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Impact on Students from Two Spanish Universities.

The lockdown, due to the coronavirus, has led to a change in lifestyle and physical activity in Spanish university students. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and changes in physical activity and self-perceived stress in the student bodies of two Spanish Universities during the lockdown. A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 1198 students (70.

Significant socio-emotional learning and improvement of empathy in physiotherapy students through service learning methodology: A mixed methods research.

Background: Research into service learning (SL) in education has increased since the 1990s. In higher education physiotherapy programmes, this technique is used to achieve real practical learning and to grasp how to recognize and manage emotions, to be concerned for others and to take decisions in clinical contexts.

Objectives: To create a community experience through SL methodology for physiotherapy university students and to analyse their perceptions of the learning experience and changes in empathy.

Measurement of total and unbound bictegravir concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by UHPLC-MS/MS.

Bictegravir is a novel integrase strand transfer inhibitor, administrated in co-formulation with tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine (Biktarvy®), indicated in the management of HIV-1 infection in patients not previously treated with antiretroviral therapy. Bictegravir is highly bound to plasma proteins, and this significantly determines its clearance, solubility, and activity. These characteristics are crucial determinants of bictegravir penetration into human body compartments, as the central nervous system.

Effectiveness of the application of massage therapy and kinesitherapy by parents on premature neonates: A research protocol.

Aim: The study aims to analyse the efficacy of massage therapy and kinesitherapy applied by parents of premature infants admitted to hospital.

Background: Premature newborns suffer early somatic deprivation that has adverse effects on their growth and development and that also has a negative impact on the emotional state of their parents. Massage therapy and kinesitherapy is beneficial in alleviating somatic deficit and facilitates the bond between parents and newborns.

Differentially methylated CpG regions analyzed by PCR-high resolution melting for monozygotic twin pair discrimination.

Discrimination between monozygotic (MZ) twins is a forensic limitation when using conventional DNA profiling techniques for human identification. Recent works based on epigenetics seem to open a new way to solve this issue due to methylation status of MZ twins change during their lifetime. Methylation analysis through BeadChip platforms allows the study up to 850 K CpG sites revealing that numerous differential methylation regions exist between MZ twins.

An unexpected world population variation of MCT1 polymorphism 1470T > A involved in lactate transport.

A common missense mutation (1470T > A) in gene SLC16A1 responsible for an amino acid substitution in protein MCT1 has been associated with differential lactate transport and hence, differences in physical performance and muscle injuries in relation to physical exercise. This study describes, for the first time, the worldwide variation of MCT1 variant 1470T > A at an intra- and inter-continental level. Two thousand five hundred and four individual genotypes of 26 populations clustered in 5 population groups have been analysed with data downloaded from the public database 1000 Genomes Phase 3 Browser.

Dinucleotide (CA)n tandem repeats on the human X-chromosome and the history of the Mediterranean populations.

Background: Tandem repeats (STRs) are genomic markers of particular interest in forensic and population genetics. Most of the population data currently available correspond to the variation of STRs of forensic panels, which barely include dinucleotide tandem repeats.

Aims: The aim of the study is to test the usefulness of a battery of dinucleotide STRs on the X chromosome for population and forensic studies.

A survey of sub-Saharan gene flow into the Mediterranean at risk loci for coronary artery disease.

This study tries to find detectable signals of gene flow of Sub-Saharan origin into the Mediterranean in four genomic regions previously associated with coronary artery disease. A total of 366 single-nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped in 772 individuals from 10 Mediterranean countries. Population structure analyses were performed, in which a noticeable Sub-Saharan component was found in the studied samples.

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Introducción: estimar la prevalencia del tabaquismo y analizar cómo se diagnostican y se trata a los fumadores diagnosticados de EPOC.Métodos: estudio epidemiológico, transversal, multicéntrico (30 centros salud de la provincia de León). Incluyó pacientes mayores de 35 años diagnosticados y tratados de EPOC.