Publications by authors named "Angelica Fatima Silva"
Recent Advance Analysis of Recovery in Hospitalized People with COVID-19: A Systematic Review.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
November 2022
Introduction: COVID-19 is a public health emergency all around the world. Severe illness occurred in about 14% of patients and 5% of patients developed critical illness, but the prognosis for these patients remains unclear.
Objective: To describe the prognosis in hospitalized adults with COVID-19.
Whole body vibration in the static modified push-up position in untrained healthy women stimulates neuromuscular system potentiating increased handgrip myogenic response.
J Bodyw Mov Ther
October 2020
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) on handgrip strength and muscle activity during a push-up position in healthy women.
- Twenty-eight women underwent four different tests: control (no vibration), placebo (simulated vibration), low vibration, and high vibration.
- Results showed that high vibration significantly improved handgrip strength and reduced muscle activity, indicating greater efficiency in muscle contraction.
The purpose of this study was to compare the activation of deep abdominal and spine stabilizer muscles of subjects with and without Pilates experience. Twenty-three subjects were divided into a no-experience group (n = 13) and an experienced group (n = 10). The subjects performed three 12-s drawing-in maneuver trials at 50% TrA/IO maximal voluntary contraction (MVC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the behaviour of the upper rectus abdominis, lower rectus abdominis and transverse abdominis/internal oblique (TrA/IO) by using surface electromyography during trunk flexion with and without the Pilates breathing technique.
Methods: Nineteen female subjects (without experience of the Pilates method) were recruited. The muscles were evaluated while trunk flexion was performed by using the Pilates breathing technique (POW) and Step Barrel device, followed by another contraction without the technique (NORM).
Immediate improvements in activation amplitude levels of the deep abdominal muscle following a sacroiliac joint manipulation during rapid upper limb movement.
J Bodyw Mov Ther
October 2014
Objective: To assess the immediate effects on the electrical activity of the transversus abdominis/internal oblique (TrA/IO) muscle during rapid voluntary upper limb movements before and after a sacroiliac joint (SIJ) manipulation.
Methods: Twenty healthy subjects who had innominate fixation, assessed by standing flexion test, were recruited. All subjects were submitted to SIJ manipulation and the TrA/IO muscles were evaluated bilaterally, before and after the procedure, through surface electromyography while ten random rapid upper limb flexions or abductions were performed.