Publications by authors named "C Giacomozzi"
The need for strategies to prevent complications from diabetic neuropathy (DPN) is well recognized. However, foot-ankle exercise programs show weak to moderate evidence, and barriers to their implementation persist, including broad and facilitated access to exercise programs, which guarantee for equity. In this paper, we report for the first time the effectiveness of a web-based foot-ankle exercise program aiming to improve DPN-related outcomes, gait biomechanics and functional outcomes.
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- Diabetes-related foot ulcers are a major health issue, largely caused by peripheral neuropathy, leading to the study's focus on how these conditions impact lower limb movement during walking.
- The research involved 80 participants divided into four groups based on their diabetes-related conditions and analyzed their walking patterns using 3D gait analysis.
- Results showed significant changes in joint movements for those with active or historical ulcers, indicating the need for personalized management strategies for diabetic patients to prevent ulcers.
Background: The percentage of smokers who develop COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) peaks at 40-50% in most recent publications.
Summary: Tobacco smoke remains the main cause of COPD, though smoking-related limitation of the flow is rather subjective. For patients who keep on smoking, general practitioners (GPs) and pulmonologists should be able to offer smoking cessation programs as an important part of COPD treatment.
As little is known about the burden of type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in adolescents in Western Europe (WE), we aimed to explore their epidemiology among 10-24 year-olds. Estimates were retrieved from the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) 2019. We reported counts, rates per 100,000 population, and percentage changes from 1990 to 2019 for prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) of T1DM and T2DM, and the burden of T2DM in YLDs attributable to high body mass index (HBMI), for 24 WE countries.
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- In 2005, Italy launched a voluntary iodine prophylaxis program to improve iodine levels, but recent data on its efficacy was lacking.
- A nationwide survey conducted from 2015 to 2019 observed that 71.5% of adults and 78% of school canteens used iodized salt, with schoolchildren showing adequate urinary iodine but higher rates of neonatal TSH levels than recommended by the WHO.
- Despite achieving overall iodine sufficiency, concerns about iodine status for pregnant women persist, alongside a noted decrease in new hyperthyroidism cases.