Effect of an 11-Week Repeated Maximal Lumbar Movement with Controlled Breathing on Lumbar Sagittal Range of Motion in Elite Swimmers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Unlabelled: Lumbar range of motion (ROM) is essential to develop effective movements during the underwater undulatory swimming technique. Core exercises are used to improve the strength of the muscles that participate in that technique, and variations in sensory input and attentional focus may modulate neuromuscular responses and impact training outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of an 11-week program of repeated maximal lumbar movements with closed eyes and without focused attention on lumbar sagittal ROM in elite swimmers versus executing them solely with proper exercise technique with controlled breathing.

Out-of-Hospital Tissue Donation: Multidisciplinary Donor Circuit in a Forensic Institute.

Objective: We aimed to implement an out-of-hospital system of generating donors that increases donation and answers the growing demand for tissue for therapeutic purposes.

Material: The Catalan Health Service issued the 4/2015 instruction promoting the integration of the donation network through collaboration with the Donor Center of Catalonia (DCC). The creation of DCC facilitated the signing of an agreement between The Blood and Tissue Bank, the Department of Justice of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Emergency Medical System, and the Hospital Clínic Barcelona for the procurement of tissues in the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia (IMLCFC), where the autopsies of all judicial deaths in the province of Barcelona are performed.