Platelet-Rich Plasma in a Patient with Cerebral Palsy.

Background: The use of platelet-rich plasma is a now a common medical technique known as regenerative medicine, through power cell activation and differentiation, which produces growth factors called platelets derived both locally and systematically. Here, we report the case of a cerebral palsy patient who received intravenous platelet-rich plasma.

Case Report: We administered an intravenous injection of concentrated platelet-rich plasma (25 cc) in a 6-year-old boy with perinatal cerebral palsy, cognitive impairment, and marked and severe generalized spasticity.

Intrinsic motivation and sportsmanship: mediating role of interpersonal relationships.

This study analyzed the mediating role of interpersonal relations between intrinsic motivation and sportsmanship. Athletes (98 men, 97 women), ages 11 to 43 years, completed measures of intrinsic motivation toward sports, self-concept of social and family relations, and sportsmanship orientation. A structural equation model indicated that self-concept of interpersonal relations mediated the relation between intrinsic motivation and sportsmanship.

[Outbreaks of animal and human leptospirosis in the province of Ciego de Avila].

A descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the outbreaks of the disease occurred in human beings and animals in the province of Ciego de Avila from 1980 to 2003. It was proved in this paper that the measures taken in animal health and public health have managed to reduce the frequency of outbreaks.