Promoting physical activity for children: an audit among Italian family pediatricians.

Background: This survey aimed to investigate the perception of Italian Pediatricians regarding the promotion of physical activity.

Methods: From January to May 2015, a survey was conducted among family pediatricians working in Puglia, interviewed by a standardized questionnaire, that investigated demographic information, participation in sporting activity by the pediatrician, opinion on obesity and the promotion of physical activity, and attitude towards enquiring about the physical activity of patients with and without chronic diseases.

Results: We collected 200 questionnaires (35.

Returning to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in amateur sports men: a retrospective study.

Background: According to the literature, 95% of professional athletes return to their sport after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery. The main objective of this study was to verify the return to sport after ACL reconstruction in a homogenous group of amateur sportsmen and sportswomen in a series of Italian patients.

Materials And Methods: We designed a retrospective study in which we analyzed the amateur sports patients operated for ACL reconstruction.

Risk of infectious mononucleosis among agonistic swimmers: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The risk of infectious mononucleosis among athletes is quite debated. Some personal observations seem to suggest an increase risk of mononucleosis among athletes, because they attend always close settings with an high probability of respiratory pathogens transmission; overtraining has been also proposed as risk factor.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study in a group of swimmers (aged 11-14 years) of the University Sport Centre of Bari.

Variable clinical features in patients with CDH23 mutations (USH1D-DFNB12).

Objective: To describe the findings of audiovestibular and ophthalmologic examinations in four families with mutations in the CDH23 gene.

Study Design: Family study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Mutations in the calcium-binding motifs of CDH23 and the 35delG mutation in GJB2 cause hearing loss in one family.

We have ascertained a multi-generation family with apparent autosomal recessive non-syndromic childhood hearing loss (DFNB). Failure to demonstrate linkage in a genome-wide scan with 300 polymorphic markers has suggested genetic heterogeneity for the hearing loss in this family. This heterogeneity could be demonstrated by analysis of candidate loci and genes for DFNB.