Publications by authors named "D S Ruiz-Gonzalez"
Evaluation of the effects of a gamified, fully immersive and stroke-specific virtual reality intervention for improving disability and quality of life in patients with stroke in the subacute phase: study protocol of the RESET randomised trial.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Stroke is a major health problem, causing many disabilities and deaths around the world.
- A new virtual reality program called RESET aims to help people with stroke improve their daily life and abilities through fun, game-like activities.
- The RESET trial will test if this VR program is better than regular rehab by comparing it with standard care and another VR program over 10 weeks.
Article Synopsis
- This study evaluated how well exercise interventions after bariatric surgery are reported in clinical trials, focusing on transparency and replicability.
- A systematic review was conducted using databases like PubMed and Scopus, analyzing 28 unique exercise interventions based on established guidelines (FITT and CERT) for content reporting.
- Results showed that many trials lacked crucial details, such as training intensity and duration, with an average CERT score of only 5 out of 19, indicating a significant need for improvement in how these interventions are documented.
Comparative efficacy of exercise, diet and/or pharmacological interventions on BMI, ovulation, and hormonal profile in reproductive-aged women with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Hum Reprod Update
July 2024
Background: The increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide poses a significant threat to reproductive function owing, in part, to hormonal disturbances caused by negative feedback between excess adiposity and the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Consequently, finding the most appropriate strategies to lose weight and improve ovulation in women with overweight or obesity is a clinically relevant matter that needs to be investigated. A comprehensive comparison of the independent and combined efficacy of lifestyle and/or pharmacological interventions on BMI, ovulation, and hormonal profile in women with overweight or obesity at risk of anovulatory infertility would facilitate improving fertility strategies in this population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the association of accelerometer-measured lifestyle physical activity with rapid-rate non-sustained ventricular tachycardias (RR-NSVTs) in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC).
Methods: This multicentre, observational study enrolled 72 patients with AC, including right, left and biventricular forms of the disease, with underlying desmosomal and non-desmosomal mutations. Lifestyle physical activity, objectively monitored with accelerometers (ie, movement sensors) and RR-NSVT, identified as >188 bpm and >18 beats from a textile Holter ECG for 30 days.
Aim: To explore the experiences and perceptions of midwives in the treatment of sex trafficking victims.
Design: The study was qualitative with a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach, using semi-structured interviews and focus groups.
Methods: Two focus groups and six interviews were carried out on 14 midwives in primary care, delivery and emergency rooms.