Women with low back pain do not show a pattern in the lumbopelvic muscle activation sequence that differentiates from women without low back pain.

Background: One of the causes of low back pain can be directly related to mechanical stability. Stability is the result of coordinated muscle patterns. One of the clinical tests used to assess the pattern of muscle activation is the hip extension test in the prone position, which is considered a reliable test to evaluate lumbopelvic stability.

Analysis of ankle muscle activity: A study on static balance with eyes closed and high-heeled shoes.

Background: Changes in sensory afferent interfere with the control of postural stability by the central nervous system. Wearing high-heeled shoes is an example of an external disturbance that changes sensory inputs and results in several postural adjustments to control stability. Thus, our purpose is to investigate the influence of high-heeled shoes and visual absence on maintenance of static balance and on ankle muscle activity among young women.

Ergonomic interventions for work in a sitting position: an integrative review.

The sitting position is one of the most common positions in the workplace and one that can contribute to overloading the musculoskeletal system. Ergonomics can play a significant role in ensuring an appropriate relationship between people and their work and in achieving better conditions for workers' health. The objective of this study was to consult the available evidence on the results of different ergonomic interventions for the musculoskeletal systems of workers who perform their jobs in a sitting position.

Changes in electromyographic activity of deltoid muscles in women with shoulder pain during a functional task.

Background: Shoulder pain is one of the most common complaints of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in the shoulder and is usually caused by the Subacromial Impact Syndrome. Muscle imbalances can contribute to this syndrome leading to disorders that cause changes in muscle activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether pain causes changes in the electromyographic activity of the shoulder girdle muscles during an isometric task of arm elevation in the scapular plane.

Choice reaction time can be influenced by intervention protocols after stroke: A systematic review.

Introduction: Post-stroke individuals usually present a delay in choice reaction time (CRT), and it would be important to verify the efficacy in the reduction of CRT after intervention protocols.

Objective: The main question of this review is 'What are the characteristics of the CRT test and the interventions that decrease the CRT?'

Study Design: Systematic review.

Methods: The search was performed in March 2019 using the electronic databases, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs, Cinahal, Cochrane, Ovid, Scielo, PEDro, and Embase.

Effects of serious games in strength and functionality of patients with ulnar nerve lesion: two single-case reports.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of serious games on hand muscle strength and functionality in a series of cases with ulnar nerve damage. Two patients were included in this 16-week intervention study using biofeedback. Electromyography electrodes and dynamometers were used in treatment.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is superior than placebo and control for postoperative pain relief.

To determine whether transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is more efficient than placebo TENS and control groups for pain relief. Randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.  A total of 78 adults with postoperative pain, after cholecystectomy, at the University Hospital.

Serious games therapy associated with conventional physical therapy intervention accelerated hand muscles strengthening and hand functioning after complex fracture of the wrist: A case report.

Study Design: Case report.

Introduction: A severe wrist fracture can cause permanent physical disabilities and deformities, leading to limit patients in their occupation and social environment.

Purpose Of The Study: We aim at presenting a treatment protocol and the functional outcome of a patient with severe clinical state after a rare wrist fracture.

Association between the Rosén and Lundborg Score and the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale in hand functional evaluation of patients with leprosy diagnosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the association of results from the Rosén and Lundborg Score and the screening activity limitation and Safety Awareness scale for the assessment of hand in patients diagnosed with leprosy.

Method: An association between the Rosén and Lundborg Score and the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale for hand was evaluated in a cross-section study with 25 people of a mean age of 51 years old (SD 14), undergoing drug treatment for leprosy.

Results: The mean quantitative score in the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale was 27.

Limitation of activity and restriction of social participation in relation to age range, gender, and education in people with leprosy.

Background: In Brazil, 38,000 new cases of leprosy are discovered each year, making it a public health problem.

Objective: To identify whether or not there is an association between activity limitations and the restriction of social participation with some demographic data (age range, gender, and education) of the patients in a Basic Health Unit (BHU), diagnosed with leprosy.

Methods: The SALSA scale was used to assess activity limitations, whereas the Participation scale was used to assess the restriction of social participation.

Immediate effect of mental practice with and without mirror therapy on muscle activation in hemiparetic stroke patients.

Mental practice (MP) consists of the repeated mental rehearsal of a physical skill without movement, called motor imagery (MI). Studies show that MP and MI associated mirror therapy (MPMT) may improve muscle control of the upper limbs in hemiparesis. This study aimed to evaluate muscle activation during active flexion of the wrist (MA), MP, and MPMT in patients with history of stroke and hemiparesis.

Comparative study of pain in women submitted to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Purpose:: To evaluate postoperative pain in patients submitted to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy with four ports versus single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with only one port.

Methods:: Twenty-one patients were included in the conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy group and 19 other patients in the single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy group. A VAS was used for the assessment of postoperative pain at three time points.

Leprosy incidence, characterization of cases and correlation with household and cases variables of the Brazilian states in 2010.

Background: Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries.

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of leprosy in the Brazilian states and for the country in the year 2010; to describe the cases reported according to the studied variables; to verify the correlation between the overall incidence and the studied variables.

Methods: Ecological descriptive study, with population data from the 27 states, 2010.

Mental practice and mirror therapy associated with conventional physical therapy training on the hemiparetic upper limb in poststroke rehabilitation: a preliminary study.

Background: The presence of sensory and motor deficits is common in patients post stroke. Mental practice (MP) and mirror therapy (MT) can be used as therapeutic techniques for poststroke rehabilitation. Important results have been demonstrated, although they have not established the patients' functional gain or related results of muscle electromyographic (EMG) data to functionality.

Relationship between lumbar changes and modifications in the plantar arch in women with low back pain.

Objective: : Evaluate the probable relationship among plantar arch, lumbar curvature, and low back pain.

Methods: : Fifteen healthy women were assessed taking in account personal data and anthropometric measurements, photopodoscopic evaluation of the plantar arch, and biophotogrammetric postural analysis of the patient (both using the SAPO software), as well as evaluation of lumbar pain using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The average age of the participants was 30.

Grip pattern and finger coordination differences between pianists and non-pianists.

The aim of this study was to assess differences of grip pattern and finger coordination in pianists and non-pianists, using hand tasks that were unrelated to pianistic practice. Eleven pianists with more than 10 years of intensive practice were compared to 14 non-pianists. Both groups performed four tasks with their right hand: (1) gross grip at fast velocity; (2) gross grip at slow velocity; (3) hook grip at fast velocity; and (4) hook grip at slow velocity.

Analgesic effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on pain, nausea, and emesis in patients submitted to surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Design: A clinical single-masked randomized study assessed patients submitted to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, who were divided into two groups: placebo TENS (G1) and active TENS (G2). The intensity of pain was determined using the visual analog scale and the 11-point Verbal Numerical Scale, applied to the participants before (M1) and 30 mins after (M2) TENS.