[Remote functional evaluation after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in amateur sportsmen with sedentary work].

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly injured knee ligament. Currently there are two commonly used surgical procedures: middle third patellar tendon grafts (bone-patellar tendon-bone: BTB) and semitendinosus autografts or semitendinosus combined with gracilis tendon autografts (ST/G). Purpose.

Functional assessment and rehabilitation protocol in acute patients affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit and in the Medical Care Unit.

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is characterized by different clinical pictures that may require prolonged hospitalization and produce disabilities challenging the recovery of previous independence.

Aim: The aim is to evaluate the impact of an early assisted rehabilitation program on the functional status of an acutely hospitalized population affected by COVID-19.

Design: Single-institution retrospective longitudinal study.

[Evaluation of quality of life and arthropathy in the adult haemophilic patient].

Haemophilia in its most severe clinical form can lead to alterations in the physical and psychosocial state with important repercussions on the quality of life. Purpose. A retrospective study was conducted to highlight the impact of haemophilic arthropathy on quality of life.

Significance of serum Myostatin in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Malnutrition and muscle wasting are common in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Their pathogenesis is complex and involves many molecules including Myostatin (Mstn), which acts as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle. The characterisation of Mstn as a biomarker of malnutrition could be useful in the prevention and management of this condition.

Focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy for greater trochanteric pain syndrome with gluteal tendinopathy: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives:: To investigate if focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (f-ESWT) is an effective treatment in a population affected by greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS).

Design:: Randomized controlled trial, with blind outcome assessors.

Setting:: Outpatients, University Hospital.

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis: platelet-derived growth factors vs. hyaluronic acid. A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Aim of this trial was to compare efficacy of activated platelet-rich plasma against hyaluronic acid as intra-articular injections to people with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Design: Phase-2 randomized controlled trial, with blind patients and outcome assessors.

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation service; years 2011-2013.

Postural analysis in a pediatric cohort of patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: a pilot study.

Background: The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a rare disorder affecting the connective tissue. EDS patients may suffer of proprioception and balance impairment but all the studies dealing with such symptoms have been addressed to adult subjects. The Study of such impairment in younger patients may lead to a better awareness of own motor abilities and to a focused rehabilitative intervention.

Functional and quality of life evaluation after single level cervical discectomy and fusion or cervical artificial disc replacement.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare clinical, functional and quality of life (QOL) outcomes after two types of surgical approach for single level cervical disc herniation: anterior cervical discectomy andfusion (ACDF) with cage and cervical artificial disc replacement (C-ADR).

Method: 119 patients with cervical disc herniation underwent surgery from January 2007 to December 2010; 55 patients were included in the study (27 ACDF, 28 C-ADR). We performed: a pre and postoperative clinical evaluation of cervicobrachial pain, motor and sensory deficit in the upper limbs; a functional and QOL evaluation with self assessment scales (VAS, NPNQ, SF-36); a postoperative instrumental evaluation of cervical ROM and pain.

Early rehabilitative treatment in aortocoronary bypass surgery.

Aim: The objective of this retrospective study is to analyze functional recovery and response to rehabilitation treatment during the immediate postoperative phase of aortocoronary bypass (ACB) surgery.

Methods: We studied 319 patients, who had undergone ACB surgery and who needed post-acute rehabilitation.

Results: All patients presented post-operative respiratory dysfunction, 300 cases presented inability in position changes and needed neuromotor exercises in addition to chest physiotherapy.