The effect of brief, repetitive balance training on balance and fall risk in older people with stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of integrating a specific balance-training program focused on static balance to the conventional rehabilitation program on dynamic balance, risk of falls, and activities of daily living (ADLs) in older adults post-stroke.

Design: A single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Institutional Intermediate Care Hospital.

Physical performance tests for preliminary cognitive screening in older adults: A systematic review of strength, walking, and balance assessments.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to determine which physical tests, particularly those assessing strength, walking abilities and balance stability, can provide the most pertinent information for a preliminary screening of cognitive status, facilitating further cognitive evaluation.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted using the PubMed and Web of Science databases. Studies that assessed both strength or balance stability and cognitive state in community-dwelling adults aged ≥60 years old were selected for inclusion.

Effects of intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold on skeletal muscle regeneration: Mitochondrial dynamics, protein oxidation and turnover.

Muscle injuries and the subsequent regeneration events compromise muscle homeostasis at morphological, functional and molecular levels. Among the molecular alterations, those derived from the mitochondrial function are especially relevant. We analysed the mitochondrial dynamics, the redox balance, the protein oxidation and the main protein repairing mechanisms after 9 days of injury in the rat gastrocnemius muscle.

Validation of a laser visual feedback and core stability exercise programme to improve lateropulsion reduction and pushing intensity in stroke patients with pusher syndrome: A Delphi study.

Background: The patient with pusher syndrome (PS) is characterized by showing postural control alterations due to a lack of perception of his own body in the space. It appears when the patient actively pushes with his unaffected limbs towards the injured side, reacting with resistance to passive straightening towards the midline. Between 10% and 50% of strokes present PS.

Effect of different types of supervised exercise programs on cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, pain, fatigue, mental health and inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in older patients with post-COVID-19 sequelae "EJerSA-COVID-19": a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Many patients with COVID-19 present the so-called post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 such as fatigue, post-stress discomfort, dyspnea, headache, pain mental impairment, incapacity to perform daily physical tasks ant exercise intolerance. This study aims to investigate the effects of different exercise programs on physical and mental fitness, physical condition and biomarkers of the immune system and oxidative stress in older patients with post-COVID-19 sequelae.

Methods: The sample will be made up of 120 eligible participants, over the age of 60 years who have had COVID-19 disease and are survivors and present persistent COVID-19 symptomatology diagnosed by the corresponding physician.

Validation of a dual-task exercise program to improve balance and gait speed in older people (DualPro): a Delphi study.

Background: Most physical exercise programs for older people work the physical component in isolation, excluding cognitive aspects. Previous studies reported that both components (physical and cognitive) are necessary for correct functioning of older people in the society.

Purpose: To create and validate a dual-task exercise program (DualPro) to improve balance and gait speed in older people.

Electrical Impedance Myography in Health and Physical Exercise: A Systematic Review and Future Perspectives.

Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a non-invasive method that provides information about muscle health and changes that occur within it. EIM is based on the analysis of three impedance variables: resistance, reactance, and the phase angle. This systematic review of the literature provides a deeper insight into the scope and range of applications of EIM in health and physical exercise.

Development and Content Validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire-Young Children (PAQ-YC) to Assess Physical Activity in Children between 5 and 7 Years.

Childhood is a critical period in the development and consolidation of healthy habits, such as the practice of physical activity (PA). It is essential to have valid instruments to measure PA from an early age. The aim of this study was to design and evaluate the content validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire-Young Children (PAQ-YC) to measure the PA level in children aged 5-7 years.

Development, Reliability, and Testing of a New Rating Scale for Neonatal Encephalopathy.

Objective: To develop and test the Neonatal Encephalopathy-Rating Scale (NE-RS), a new rating scale to grade the severity of neonatal encephalopathy (NE) within the first 6 hours after birth.

Study Design: A 3-phase process was conducted: (1) design of a comprehensive scale that would be specific, sensitive, brief, and unsophisticated; (2) evaluation in a cohort of infants with neonatal encephalopathy and healthy controls; and (3) validation with brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and outcome at 2 years of age.

Results: We evaluated the NE-RS in 54 infants with NE and 28 healthy infants.

The Relationship between Resistance Exercise Performance and Ventilatory Efficiency after Beetroot Juice Intake in Well-Trained Athletes.

The assessment of ventilatory efficiency is critical to understanding the matching of ventilation (VE) and perfusion in the lungs during exercise. This study aimed to establish a causal physiological relationship between ventilatory efficiency and resistance exercise performance after beetroot juice (BJ) intake. Eleven well-trained males performed a resistance exercise test after drinking 140 mL of BJ (~12.

Development and validation of a short version of the Female Sexual Function Index in the Spanish population.

Background: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a commonly used scale for the assessment of female sexual function. Our aim was to develop and validate a Spanish short version of the FSFI.

Methods: A parallel exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach was used, involving 2 sites.

Effects of early intervention on parenting stress after preterm birth: A meta-analysis.

Background: Preterm infants have a higher risk of development disorders. Prematurity can be considered a source of stress, in both children and their parents, due to the high number of interventions that they require. Early intervention (EI) programmes have shown to have a positive influence on the neurodevelopment of children with neurological risk.

Validity and Reliability of the Satel 40 Hz Stabilometric Force Platform for Measuring Quiet Stance and Dynamic Standing Balance in Healthy Subjects.

Background: A force platform must have validity and reliability for optimal use. The objective of this study was to analyze the validity and the reliability of the Satel 40 Hz stabilometric force platform.

Methods: A study of instrumental validity and reliability, involving a cross-sectional correlational and comparative analysis was performed.

Effects of a home-exercise programme in childhood survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on physical fitness and physical functioning: results of a randomised clinical trial.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a home-exercise programme on physical fitness indicators and physical functioning after completion of chemotherapy in children and adolescents diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

Methods: Twenty-four survivors of ALL were assigned to usual care (control group, n = 12, 11.0 ± 3.

Development and Validation of an Exercise Programme for Recovery Balance Impairments in Poststroke Patients.

Background: Deterioration of balance is one of the most common and disabling physical-motor deficits in patients after a stroke that have a negative impact on quality of life and increase the risk of falls. Previous studies have evaluated the effectiveness of the exercises on specific aspects of balance. However, there is no structured exercise program divided by levels for balance impairment in poststroke patients.

Shoulder muscle onset timing during clinical assessment movements is the same in elite handball players as non-athletes: Implications for clinical assessment.

Objectives: This study examines neuromuscular firing patterns in overhead athletes and non-athletes of the periscapular, prime-moving, and rotator cuff muscles during "clinical" cardinal plane physiological movements.

Design: Cohort prospective study.

Setting: EMG recordings were taken of the periscapular, prime-moving, and rotator cuff muscles during flexion, scaption, and abduction performed at fast, medium, and slow speeds with a loaded (3 kg) and unloaded arm.

Validation of the range of dry needling with the fascial winding technique in the carpal tunnel using ultrasound.

Objectives: To use ultrasound imaging to show how the needles in dry needling applied in the carpal tunnel can reach the transverse carpal ligament, acting on it in the form of traction-stretching when the fascial winding technique is performed. The potential associated risks are also assessed.

Design: Validation study.

Treadmill interventions in children under six years of age at risk of neuromotor delay.

Background: Delayed motor development may occur in children with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, general developmental delay or children born preterm. It limits the child's exploration of the environment and can hinder cognitive and social-emotional development. Literature suggests that task-specific training, such as locomotor treadmill training, facilitates motor development.

Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial on additional core stability exercises training for improving dynamic sitting balance and trunk control in stroke patients.

Objective: Analyse the effect of core stability exercises in addition to conventional physiotherapy training three months after the intervention ended.

Design: A randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Outpatient services.

Learning and memory disabilities in IUGR babies: Functional and molecular analysis in a rat model.

Introduction: 1Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is the failure of the fetus to achieve its inherent growth potential, and it has frequently been associated with neurodevelopmental problems in childhood. Neurological disorders are mostly associated with IUGR babies with an abnormally high cephalization index (CI) and a brain sparing effect. However, a similar correlation has never been demonstrated in an animal model.

The Spanish version of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Validity and reliability analysis.

Objectives: Validity and reliability of the cross-cultural adaptive translation of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), to monitor gross motor development in infants from 0 to 18 months of age, were evaluated.

Methods: A cross-cultural translation was used to generate a Spanish version of the AIMS. Fifty infants at risk or with diagnosis of motor delay, 0-18 months of age, participated in this study.

Opportunity cost of the dermatologist's consulting time in the economic evaluation of teledermatology.

Introduction This study, through a systematic review and meta-analysis, has sought to demonstrate that the opportunity cost is a value to take into account in studies of economic cost in telemedicine, illustrated through the time of the dermatologist's consultation in teledermatology and traditional consultation. Methods Economic evaluation studies have been identified that compare teledermatology and traditional dermatological consultation during the period 1998-2015. We carried out a meta-analysis considering the work cost and the dermatologist's consultation time, analysing their differences.

Surgical treatment for childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Cold-knife tonsillar dissection versus bipolar radiofrequency thermal ablation.

Introduction And Objective: Adenotonsillectomy for treatment of childhood obstructive sleep apnoea is effective. The uncomfortable postoperative period and possible complications have significantly increased the use of partial techniques, seeking to improve these aspects while achieving the same results in resolving sleep apnoea. The aim was to present the experience with 2 consecutive groups of patients, comparing total tonsillectomy to bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

Validation of the Spanish version of the Trunk Impairment Scale Version 2.0 (TIS 2.0) to assess dynamic sitting balance and coordination in post-stroke adult patients.

Background: In recent years the Trunk Impairment Scale version 2.0 (TIS 2.0) has been a frequently used scale to assess dynamic sitting balance and trunk control for stroke patients.

Barriers against incorporating evidence-based practice in physical therapy in Colombia: current state and factors associated.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been widely implemented in differing areas of physiotherapy. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated EBP-related barriers amongst Latin-American physical therapists working in primary care. The primary objective of this study was to describe the current state concerning perceived barriers engagement in EBP among physical therapy in Colombia.