Publications by authors named "Helen Rainara Araujo Cruz"
Article Synopsis
- Self-care and understanding one's illness are crucial in managing systemic arterial hypertension, motivating the study to explore how these concepts are represented in scientific research.
- A systematic review analyzed 892 studies, narrowing down to 39 relevant papers, primarily conducted in the U.S. over the past five years, focusing on observational data rather than interventions.
- Key findings highlighted that antihypertensive medication and patients' disease perceptions were commonly examined, but the involvement of healthcare professionals like nurses and doctors in these discussions was notably limited.
Neural respiratory drive (NRD) is measured using a non-invasive recording of respiratory electromyographic signal. The parasternal intercostal muscle can assess the imbalance between the load and capacity of respiratory muscles and presents a similar pattern to diaphragmatic activity. We aimed to analyze the neural respiratory drive in seventeen individuals with hypertension during quite breathing and maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) (103.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpaired functional exercise capacity and greater cardiovascular response to the 6-min walk test in congenital generalized lipodystrophy.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
August 2022
Background: Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy (CGL) is an ultra-rare disease characterized by metabolic disorders. However, the evaluation of functional exercise capacity, cardiovascular (CV) response to exercise, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in CGL is scarce. Here we evaluated the performance and CV response to exercise and their association with PAD in CGL compared to healthy individuals.
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