Prevalence and correlates of cervical HPV infection in a clinic-based sample of HIV-positive Hispanic women.

Objectives: Puerto Rico (PR), is the fifth highest jurisdiction of the United States of America (US) with respect to HIV prevalence and the leading in cervical cancer incidence. This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence and correlates of cervical HPV infection among a clinic-based sample of 302 women living with HIV/AIDS in PR.

Methods: Data collection included questionnaires, blood and cervical samples.

Reliability and concurrent validity between two-dimensional and three-dimensional evaluations of knee valgus during drop jumps.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish the concurrent validity and reliability of four different two-dimensional (2D) video-based techniques for quantifying frontal plane knee kinematics during a 40 cm double-legged drop jump.

Participants And Methods: A convenience sample of 16 healthy participants (nine males and seven females; age: [mean ± standard deviation] 25.5±2 years; body mass index: 24.

Biomechanical deficiencies in women with semitendinosus-gracilis anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during drop jumps.

Objective: To compare landing mechanics and neuromuscular recruitment strategies between women with semitendinosus-gracilis anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (SG-ACLr) and noninjured women during double- and single-legged drop jumps.

Design: Cross-sectional biomechanical study.

Setting: Single university-based biomechanics laboratory.

Clinic-based case-control study of the association between body mass index and endometrial cancer in Puerto Rican women.

Background: Obesity is an established risk factor for endometrial cancer (EC). This association, however, has not been studied in Puerto Rico, where overweight and obesity have reached epidemic levels (38% and 26%, respectively).

Methods: A hospital based case-control study was designed to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and EC in women older than 21 years of age.

Fatigue effects on knee joint stability during two jump tasks in women.

Dynamic knee joint stability may be affected by the onset of metabolic fatigue during sports participation that could increase the risk for knee injury. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of metabolic fatigue on knee muscle activation, peak knee joint angles, and peak knee internal moments in young women during 2 jumping tasks. Fifteen women (mean age: 24.