Publications by authors named "M Venturelli"
(1) Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for 70% of dementia cases and with no effective pharmacological treatments, new rehabilitation methods are needed. Motor and cognitive activities and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have shown promise in stabilizing and enhancing cognitive functions. Objective: we want to investigate the effects of tDCS combined with motor or cognitive activity on cognitive functions in AD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Theta-burst stimulation (TBS) over the primary motor cortex modulates activity of the underlying neural tissue, but little is known about its consequence on neuromuscular fatigue (NMF) and its neural correlates. This study aimed to compare the effects of facilitatory versus inhibitory TBS on the NMF and excitability/inhibition of the corticospinal pathway in an unfatigued/fatigued muscle.
Methods: The effects of three TBS protocols (facilitatory/intermittent: iTBS; inhibitory/continuous: cTBS, and sham: sTBS) were tested on exercise performance, neuromuscular function, corticospinal excitability and inhibition in twenty young healthy participants.
Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndromes are inherited disorders in which there is an increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer in the lifetime, usually at a younger age compared to the general population. Cancer prevention in these syndromes includes prophylactic surgeries, personalized surveillance programs and chemopreventive strategies. Chemoprevention exploits the use of certain drugs or other substances to help lower the risk of developing cancer.
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- This study examines the influence of sex on fatigue resistance during single-limb dynamic exercises, focusing on performance fatigability (PF), cardiovascular responses, and muscle metabolism.
- Twenty-four young healthy participants (12 males and 12 females) performed knee extension exercises while their neuromuscular performance and muscle oxidative characteristics were assessed.
- Results showed that while both sexes performed similarly in total work and time to exhaustion, females exhibited less decline in muscle strength post-exercise, higher mitochondrial capacity, and different cardiovascular responses compared to males.
Introduction: In the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, a unique Hub and Spoke model was adopted to recognize BRCA-related breast cancer (BC) patients. Characteristics and outcomes of tumors identified by this model will be presented.
Methods: This multicenter retrospective cohort study involved patients diagnosed with BRCA-related BC identified in the Emilia-Romagna region between January 2000 and December 2013.