Publications by authors named "Artur Cesar Aquino Dos Santos"
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- Fatigue and muscle weakness are prevalent in COVID-19 survivors, but research on muscle characteristics post-hospitalization for moderate and severe cases is limited.
- The study aimed to analyze muscle thickness and echo intensity in long COVID patients, linking these metrics to various demographic, clinical, and functional factors.
- Findings revealed that muscle thickness correlated with age, handgrip strength, sleepiness, and subcutaneous fat thickness, indicating potential areas for rehabilitation focus in recovering patients.
Worldwide, knee osteoarthritis (KOA) accounts for 2.2% of total years lived with disability. There is a low correlation between joint tissue damage and pain intensity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients with sequelae of stroke commonly report somatosensory losses. It is believed that body temperature may be associated with tactile sensibility and sensorimotor recovery of these patients. Demonstrate the associations among tactile sensibility, cutaneous temperature, subjective temperature perception, and sensorimotor recovery of patients with stroke sequelae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Osteoarthritis is a common disease in which skin temperature may be included among the pathophysiological factors. Thermography allows the mapping of cutaneous temperature and may be employed in the investigation of osteoarthritis.
Objectives: To evaluate cutaneous temperature of the lower limbs, as well as to verify its association with pressure pain thresholds in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
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- The study investigates how stroke combined with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects sensitivity and temperature in patients' feet compared to stroke-only patients.
- Using monofilament tests and thermal imaging, researchers analyzed data from 16 volunteers to measure these factors.
- Results indicated no significant differences in sensitivity or temperature between the two groups, but the control group showed notable temperature variations between their affected and unaffected sides.
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- * A case study of a stroke patient (IWPS) demonstrates that he experiences functional improvements in mobility through robotic therapy, showing no discomfort related to temperature differences between his limbs.
- * Thermographic analysis using the FLIR T650SC infrared sensor revealed that the patient's hemiplegic and unaffected sides showed temperature increases immediately after therapy, but achieved better thermoregulation after a 30-minute rest period.