Publications by authors named "L I Diaz Vergara"
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- Breast cancer survivors face various physical and psychological challenges that can decrease their quality of life, making regular exercise important for their recovery and well-being.
- Despite known benefits, many of these survivors in Chile struggle to maintain a consistent exercise routine due to multiple barriers, including lack of information, physical discomfort, and sociocultural factors.
- Identifying these barriers and facilitators can help healthcare providers promote tailored and supportive exercise programs that encourage adherence among breast cancer survivors.
Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders for upper limbs (UL-WMSDs) form a complex of occupational diseases common to many professions worldwide. UL-WMSDs are manifested in most cases by pain, resulting in musculoskeletal discomfort.
Objective: This research aimed to evaluate the perception of musculoskeletal discomfort in workers from the interior of the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Bahia through the construction of a scale to assess musculoskeletal discomfort for upper limb.
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- KS-WNK1 is a kidney-specific isoform of the WNK1 kinase primarily located in the distal convoluted tubule, but its exact function in potassium regulation is still not fully understood.
- Research showed that KS-WNK1's expression is low on a normal-potassium diet and increases during low-potassium conditions; it influences potassium excretion when dietary potassium changes dramatically.
- The study found that KS-WNK1 helps the kidney adapt to extreme potassium intake fluctuations by regulating urinary electrolyte excretion, highlighting its potential role in wildlife's potassium homeostasis.
Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections, such as peritonitis, exit site, and tunnel infections, substantially impair the sustainability of PD. Accordingly, PD-related infection is the top-priority research outcome for patients and caregivers. While PD nurse trainers teach patients to perform their own PD, PD training curricula are not standardized or informed by an evidentiary base and may offer a potential approach to prevent PD infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo compare clinical and functional variables among 3 groups of children and adolescents: subjects at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) who also have obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), CHR-P patients without OCS, and healthy controls (HC). A total of 128 CHR-P patients and 98 HC between the ages of 10 and 17 years were recruited as part of a multicenter prospective longitudinal study conducted in Spain between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2018, with diagnoses made for CHR-P using the Scale of Prodromal Symptoms (SOPS). Two groups were obtained based on Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version (LOI-CV) scores: 64 CHR-P patients with OCS (OCS+) and 64 CHR-P patients without OCS (OCS-).
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