Publications by authors named "Carmen Martinez Rincon"

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  • Metatarsalgia, or foot pain, affects people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in remission and those without RA, showing mechanical issues.
  • A study involving 84 patients with remRA and 60 without RA compared their foot problems, looking at pain, foot function, joint movement, and damage.
  • Both groups had similar issues, but patients with remRA had more disability and foot deformities, suggesting that their condition might cause more foot-related problems.
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Background: Nursing students need to acquire knowledge through active methods that promote critical thinking and decision making. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether there are differences in the acquisition of knowledge by nursing students between active face-to-face or virtual teaching methods.

Methods: In this comparative study, nursing students enrolled in the psychology course were divided into two groups: a face-to-face group that received active teaching methods and a virtual group.

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  • The study investigated how lateral wedge insoles (LWIs) affect the positions of the midfoot and rearfoot joints for people with knee and ankle issues.
  • Using motion tracking on 69 subjects, the research compared the effects of wearing LWIs versus being barefoot.
  • Results showed significant movement changes in the midfoot and rearfoot while using LWIs, indicating that these insoles can influence foot alignment and movement mechanics.
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Introduction: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis frequently consult for pain resulting from involvement of the tendons of the foot. This pain negatively affects foot biomechanics and quality of life. The most widely used treatment option for this condition is ultrasound-guided steroid injection, while other treatments were recommended such as heel pad, splints, and footwear.

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Introduction: malnutrition is commonly associated with, and worsens the prognosis of heart failure. The management of chronic heart failure and its complications based only on the application of pharmacologic guidelines is incomplete. The benefits of interventions to improve nutritional status may be limited by the multifactorial nature of malnutrition.

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Introduction: The malnutrition prevalence's studies in patients with heart failure have a great variability. The proportion depends on the used method and the evaluation moment. Malnutrition increases complications, hospital stay, mortality and hospital reentry.

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Introduction: Malnutrition increases mortality and hospital stay. Increasingly Sanitary institutions follow nutritional screening in order to detect early malnutrition or the risk of developing. There is not universally accepted method for nutritional assessment or screening.

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Background: We sought to assess the biomechanical characteristics of the feet of patients with Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy and to determine reulceration rates before and after personalized conservative orthotic treatment.

Methods: A longitudinal prospective study was performed in 35 patients with Charcot's foot. Although some patients had a history of ulcers, at the study outset no patient had ulcers.

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Background: The dialysis patients have problems in maintaining proper conduct and adherence to the diet prescribed in liquid nephrology consultation. Indicate the interdialytic weight gain, serum potassium and phosphorus along with self-report instruments, markers that have been used as indicators of non-adherence to the diet. Most of the time is not counted in dialysis units with dietitians-nutritionists.

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Unlabelled: Pressure ulcers represent an ongoing challenge, particularly in immobile patients, that must be met by all health professionals. Extrinsic influential factors involved in the development of pressure ulcers include local shear forces, skin friction, moisture, and temperature for a patient in bed.

Objectives: Based on the relationship between pressure ulcers and skin temperature, we sought to study the influence of different bed support surface covers on skin temperature.

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