Effects of intrinsic foot muscle strengthening on the medial longitudinal arch mobility and function: A systematic review.

Objective: To Investigate the effects of intrinsic foot muscle (IFM) strengthening on foot's medial longitudinal arch (MLA) mobility and function in healthy individuals. We also identified exercise type and resistance training characteristics (series and repetitions).

Methods: Eight databases were searched, between October 2020 and February 2021 and updated in May 2021.

Mat Pilates training reduced clinical and ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive women using antihypertensive medications.

Background: Physical exercise has been used in the treatment of hypertension. However, there are few methods researched and shown beneficial for treatment of hypertension. The objective was to evaluate the effect of Mat Pilates training (MP) on blood pressure (BP) of hypertensive women medicated with antihypertensive drugs.

Investigation of stress, anxiety and depression in women with fibromyalgia: a comparative study.

Introduction: Depression has emerged as the most prevalent mental disorder in patients with fibromyalgia. Stress, whose stages are alarm, resistance, near-exhaustion and exhaustion, constitutes a physical reaction to a threatening situation.

Objective: To investigate the levels of stress, anxiety and depression in women with fibromyalgia, comparing them with those of healthy women.

Cytogenetic biomonitoring of oral mucosa cells of crack cocaine users.

The aim of the present study was to comparatively evaluate genomic damage (micronucleus) and cellular death (pyknosis, karyolysis, and karyorrhexis) in exfoliated oral mucosa cells from crack cocaine users by micronucleus test. A total of 30 crack cocaine users and 30 health controls (non-exposed individuals) were included in this setting. Individuals had epithelial cells from cheek mechanically exfoliated, placed in fixative, and dropped in clean slides, which were checked for the above nuclear phenotypes.