The effects of exercise training on autonomic and hemodynamic responses to muscle metaboreflex in people living with HIV/AIDS: A randomized clinical trial protocol.

Background: People living with HIV (PLHIV) present impaired muscle metaboreflex, which may lead to exercise intolerance and increased cardiovascular risk. The muscle metaboreflex adaptations to exercise training in these patients are unknown. The present study aims to investigate the effects of a supervised multimodal exercise training on hemodynamic and autonomic responses to muscle metaboreflex activation in PLHIV.

Muscle mass, strength, bone mineral density and vascular function in middle-aged people living with HIV vs. age-matched and older controls.

Introduction: Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) substantially extended the life of people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, prolonged HIV infection and cART increase the risk of comorbidities accelerating age-related muscle, bone, and vascular disorders. This cross-sectional study compared muscle mass and strength, bone mineral density (BMD), and vascular function in middle-aged PLHIV treated with cART vs.

Factors associated with the knowledge and attitude of adolescents regarding male condom use.

Objective: Identify factors associated with the knowledge and attitude regarding male condom use in school adolescents.

Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice survey, conducted with 114 adolescents from a public state high school from August to October 2017, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Results: The assumption of having sufficient knowledge regarding safe sex, not having a casual/dating partner, and having had three or more sexual partners in the last three months affected adequate knowledge.

Exercise training improves microvascular function in patients with Chagas heart disease: Data from the PEACH study.

Background: Chagas heart disease (CHD) impairs the systemic microvascular function. We investigated the effects of exercise training on cutaneous microvascular function among patients with CHD.

Methods: Patients from the PEACH study were randomly assigned to a supervised exercise training 3 times/week for 6 months (Trained; n = 10) or a control group (Untrained; n = 8).

Effect of Dance on Postural Control in People with Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis Review.

This systematic review verified the effect of dance on postural control in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and investigated whether this practice can be as effective over a short period as when it is performed over a longer period in relation to the postural control of this population. The search was performed in April 2019 in nine databases. Only randomized/quasi-randomized controlled trials with participants with idiopathic PD were included.

Effects of environmental noise pollution on perceived stress and cortisol levels in street vendors.

The present study describes and analyzes experimental results of a study performed with street vendors exposed to noise pollution by monitoring daily variations in cortisol levels taking into account the influence of variables such as age and body mass index (BMI). The study was conducted with 17 male street vendors, inhabitants of Uberlândia - Brazil, who work in the central region of the city. The levels of exposure to noise were assessed using an audio dosimeter and, every two hr, samples of saliva were collected for determination of salivary cortisol levels through an enzymatic immunoassay.

Influence of Physical Exercise on Advanced Glycation End Products Levels in Patients Living With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) used to treat acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV) induces a number of adverse effects, such as insulin resistance and dyslipidemia, which ultimately increases the cardiovascular risk. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been implicated in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other chronic diseases. It is known that physical exercise improves the lipid profile, insulin resistance and reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Is endothelial microvascular function equally impaired among patients with chronic Chagas and ischemic cardiomyopathy?

Background: Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) and cardiomyopathies due to other etiologies involve differences in pathophysiological pathways that are still unclear. Systemic microvascular abnormalities are associated with the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease. However, systemic microvascular endothelial function in CCC remains to be elucidated.

The impact of exercise frequency upon microvascular endothelium function and oxidative stress among patients with coronary artery disease.

Purpose: This study compared the effects of low and high weekly exercise frequencies on microvascular endothelium function and oxidative stress among patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods: Thirty-four male patients completed a 6-month cardiac rehabilitation programme, from which 23 performed exercise with a high frequency (HF) and 11 with a low frequency (LF). Systemic microvascular blood flow, maximal aerobic capacity, blood lipids, oxidative stress and anthropometric data were assessed prior to and after the cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Double-flanged-haptic and capsular tension ring or segment for sutureless fixation in zonular instability.

Purpose: This paper introduces a surgical technique for the sutureless management of zonular dialysis greater than 120° using a capsular tension segment (CTS) or a modified capsular tension ring (m-CTR; CTR with suturing eyelets) and a haptic removed from a 3-piece polypropylene IOL.

Methods: A CTR is used as normal. Cataract removal is followed by connection of the CTS or m-CTR to the single haptic and created using heat to make a flange in one haptic's extremity.

A Simple Model to Identify Risk of Sarcopenia and Physical Disability in HIV-Infected Patients.

Farinatti, P, Paes, L, Harris, EA, Lopes, GO, and Borges, JP. A simple model to identify risk of sarcopenia and physical disability in HIV-infected patients. J Strength Cond Res 31(9): 2542-2551, 2017-Early detection of sarcopenia might help preventing muscle loss and disability in HIV-infected patients.

The Effects of Unsupervised Home-based Exercise Upon Functional Capacity After 6 Months of Discharge From Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: It remains unclear whether self-regulated exercise is sufficient to maintain the benefits acquired during formal cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This retrospective observational study investigated the effects of a home-based exercise intervention after discharge from CR upon anthropometric and aerobic capacity markers in clinically stable patients.

Methods: Fifty patients with cardiovascular disease were discharged after 6 months of CR and encouraged to maintain aerobic exercise without supervision.