Publications by authors named "Pietro Cataldo"
Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury is a rare ligamentous knee injury which most commonly occurs due to direct trauma; it represents only 0.65% of knee injuries. On the basis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), PCL injury is divided into surgical and non-surgical.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Swimming pool activities revealed to be efficacious to train psychomotor skills and increase adaptive behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a specific multi-systemic aquatic therapy (CI-MAT) on gross motor and social skills in three adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Methods: three adolescents with ASD of which two boys (M1 with a chronological age of 10.
Background And Objective: Since oxidative stress plays a pathogenetic role in chronic neck pain (CNP), we investigated whether a combination of α-lipoic acid (ALA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) might improve pain control and the efficacy of physiotherapy ("multimodal therapy") in patients with CNP.
Setting: This study was conducted in the Rehabilitation Unit of the Department of Surgical and Oncological Sciences at the University Policlinic in Palermo, Italy.
Design And Patients: This was a prospective, randomized, open study in outpatients.
Background: Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is an interstitial lung disease characterized by bilateral nodular and cystic lesions. Clinically it seems to be a reactive process related to cigarette smoking.
Cases: In 2 cases of PLCH, cytologic and immunocytochemical evaluation of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was successfully used for the diagnosis of PLCH.