Publications by authors named "M Carmen Garcia-Rios"
Erratum to "Associations among serum VEGF and CGRP levels with the peripheral vascular blood flow of the skin of the hands in women with Fibromyalgia" [J. Therm. Biol. (2023) 112C, 103469].
J Therm Biol
May 2024
Many studies have shown that patients with autoimmune disease present a hypoactive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, but the results are controversial. Our objective was to study differences in stress response axis activity between patients with autoimmune disease and healthy people. The study sample consisted of 97 women divided into four groups: 37 healthy women (HW), 21 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 21 with Sjögren's syndrome (SS), and 18 with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to compare vascular involvement, hand functionality, and upper limb disability between Raynaud's phenomenon participants and controls. Also, we analyzed the relationships between vascular impairment, mobility, and strength with disability in this Raynaud population. We conducted a case-control study with fifty-seven participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatellar Tendon Elasticity and Temperature Following after a 448 Kilohertz Radiofrequency Intervention on Active Healthy Subjects: An Open Controlled Clinical Trial.
Diagnostics (Basel)
September 2023
The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in the elasticity and temperature of the patellar tendon produced by the application of a radiofrequency at 448 kHz (CRMR) just after and 7 days after the intervention. An open controlled clinical trial was used with participants being recruited from a private clinic. The experimental group ( = 22) received a 448 kHz CRMR treatment while the control group ( = 22) did not receive any type of intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex condition characterized by chronic pain and fatigue, with unknown causes, affecting many individuals, particularly women.
- A study was conducted comparing serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in women with FM to healthy controls, along with their skin and core body temperatures.
- The findings indicated a mild positive correlation between VEGF levels and skin temperature in certain areas of the hands in FM patients, but no definitive conclusions on the relationship between VEGF and vasodilation were reached.