Publications by authors named "Lucas Caseri Camara"
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed muscle strength and endurance in the lower extremities of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared to healthy controls.
- PAD patients showed significantly lower muscle strength in knee flexion, dorsiflexion, and plantar flexion, while strength in knee extension was similar to the control group.
- Additionally, PAD patients had reduced endurance in dorsiflexion and plantar flexion, indicating a need for targeted interventions to improve their muscle strength and endurance.
Background: Isokinetic dynamometry is becoming increasingly important for the assessment of muscle function in individuals with intermittent claudication. However, there is still little information available about the cardiovascular responses of these patients during this type of assessment.
Objective: To assess and compare the cardiovascular responses recorded during the assessment of muscle strength and endurance for two exercises commonly used in patients with IC (plantar flexion/dorsiflexion and knee flexion/extension).
Objective: To analyze concentric and eccentric strength and endurance in patients with unilateral intermittent claudication.
Introduction: Basic motor tasks are composed of concentric, isometric, and eccentric actions, which are related and contribute to physical performance. In previous studies of patients with intermittent claudication, the disease-related reduction in concentric and isometric muscular strength and endurance resulted in poorer walking performance.
Background: Althoughobesity is usually observed in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients, the effects of the association between these diseases on walking capacity are not well documented.
Objective: The main objectives of this study were to determine the effects of obesity on exercise tolerance and post-exercise hemodynamic recovery in elderly PAD patients.
Methods: 46 patients with stable symptoms of intermittent claudication were classified according to their body mass index (BMI) into normal group (NOR) = BMI <28.