Individualized Anesthetic Management of a Patient With Pheochromocytoma and Concurrent Breast Cancer: A Case Report.

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors that present a challenge for surgical and anesthetic management due to their ability to produce significant amounts of catecholamines. This case report highlights the successful management of a 49-year-old woman simultaneously diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1, pheochromocytoma, and breast cancer. A key decision by the multidisciplinary team involving endocrinology, general surgery, senology, intensive care, and anesthesiology was to prioritize breast cancer surgery over pheochromocytoma resection.

The effects of adding a six-month Pilates exercise program to three months of traditional community-based pulmonary rehabilitation in individuals with COPD: a prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Pilates exercise may complement traditional pulmonary rehabilitation in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objective was to analyze the effects of adding a six-month Pilates exercise program to a three-month pulmonary rehabilitation for individuals with COPD.

Methods: Thirty-five participants with COPD (GOLD B) were assigned to the intervention (n=14) or control (n=21) group.

Inadvertent Epidural and Intravenous Line Swap: A Case Report.

Administration of medication via the wrong administration route has the potential for serious morbidity and mortality. Regrettably, because of the ethical implications in such situations, most of our knowledge comes from case reports. This paper reports on the accidental misconnection of intravenous acetaminophen to an epidural line and of the patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) pump to intravenous access, as a result of patient error.

Kinesiology tape increases muscle tone, stiffness, and elasticity: Effects of the direction of tape application.

The claim that the effects of kinesiology tape are different depending on the direction of tape application needs to be clearly ascertained. This study aimed to determine the immediate effects of two forearm kinesiology tape applications on muscle tone, stiffness, and elasticity of young individuals. Thirty-nine participants (15 men and 24 women) were randomized (1:1:1) to: the facilitatory group, receiving kinesiology tape applied from origin to insertion; the inhibitory group, receiving kinesiology tape applied from insertion to origin; or, a control group, without any intervention.

Community-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs in Individuals With COPD.

Background: Community-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs can be offered to patients with COPD, but the literature on its effects is still not well summarized. Our purpose was to investigate the health-, physical-, and respiratory-related effects of community-based PR in individuals with COPD as compared to control groups.

Methods: The PubMed and Embase databases were searched up to May 17, 2021.

Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the European Portuguese Version of the Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI).

Introduction: The Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI) is a self-administered questionnaire specifically used to determine the impact of shoulder instability on quality of life. The aim of this study was to translate the WOSI into European Portuguese and analyze its validity and reliability in a population with shoulder instability.

Material And Methods: The WOSI was translated and culturally adapted from its original version into European Portuguese (WOSIPT).

The Acute Effects of Manual and Instrument-Assisted Cervical Spine Manipulation on Pressure Pain Threshold, Pressure Pain Perception, and Muscle-Related Variables in Asymptomatic Subjects: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate effects in asymptomatic participants of manual and instrument-assisted cervical manipulation on pressure pain thresholds, pressure pain perception, and muscle mechanical properties (tone, stiffness, and elasticity) over muscles anatomically related and unrelated to the manipulated level.

Methods: Fifty-nine asymptomatic participants (34 women and 25 men; age [mean ± standard deviation] = 21.1 ± 1.

Non-Pharmacological and Non-Surgical Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis is to know, based on the available randomized controlled trials, if the non-surgical and non-pharmacological interventions commonly used for knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients are effective and which are the most effective ones.

Material And Methods: RCTs were identified through electronic databases respecting the following terms to guide the search strategy: PICO (Patients - Humans with knee OA; Intervention - Non-surgical and non-pharmacological interventions; Comparison - Pharmacological, surgical, placebo, no intervention, or other non-pharmacological/non-surgical interventions; Outcomes - Pain, physical function and patient global assessment). The methodological quality of the selected publications was evaluated using the PEDro and GRADE scales.

Cold-Water Immersion Has No Effect on Muscle Stiffness After Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage.

Objective: To analyze the effect of cryotherapy on muscle stiffness after exercise-induced muscle damage.

Design: A leg-to-leg comparison model.

Setting: University research laboratory.

Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm.

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm is an extremely rare entity, although it is the most frequent location of visceral pseudoaneurysms. Trauma or previous pancreatitis (where the proteolytic pancreatic enzymes lead to the formation of pseudoaneurysm, as a result of enzymatic injury to the splenic artery wall) (Amico and Alves in Pancreatology 14: 144-145, 2014) is the most frequent causes. A high degree of suspicion is required for the accurate diagnosis.

The Acute Effect of Cryotherapy on Muscle Strength and Shoulder Proprioception.

Context: Cryotherapy, a common intervention used by clinicians, poses several benefits in managing acute injuries. However, cooling muscle tissue can interfere with muscular properties and the sensory-motor system.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of cryotherapy with a crushed-ice pack on shoulder proprioception concerning joint position sense, force sense, the threshold for detecting passive movement, and maximal force production.

The effect of kinesiology tape on knee proprioception in healthy subjects.

Background: Kinesiology tape can improve athletic performance; however, due to cutaneous stimulation its application can have an influence on proprioception.

Objectives: To determine the effects of kinesiology tape on knee proprioception applied to quadriceps, namely in the joint position sense (JPS) and in the threshold to detect passive movement (TTDPM), both immediately after and 24 h after its application.

Methods: Thirty young healthy participants were randomly divided into experimental and control group.

Kinesiology taping does not change fibularis longus latency time and postural sway.

Background: Kinesiology tape seems to improve muscle force, although little is known regarding its effect on latency time and postural sway.

Objectives: To examine the effects of kinesiology taping on fibularis longus latency time and postural sway in healthy subjects.

Methods: Thirty participants were equally randomized into three groups, two experimental groups receiving kinesiology tape (EG1, from origin to insertion; EG2, from insertion to origin) and a control group.

Impact of Patellar Tendinopathy on Knee Proprioception: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: To determine whether high-level athletes with patellar tendinopathy have diminished knee proprioceptive acuity.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University research laboratory (institutional).

Effect of single bout versus repeated bouts of stretching on muscle recovery following eccentric exercise.

Objectives: To analyze the effects of a single bout and repeated bouts of stretching on indirect markers of exercise-induced muscle damage.

Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial at a university human research laboratory was conducted.

Methods: Fifty-six untrained males were randomly divided into four groups.

An Acute Bout of Quadriceps Muscle Stretching has no Influence on Knee Joint Proprioception.

The main objective of this study was to determine if an acute bout of static stretching of the quadriceps muscle affects the sense of joint position, the threshold to detect passive movement, and the sense of force. Thirty young, healthy men (age : 22.1 ± 2.

Exercise-related quality of life in subjects with asthma: a systematic review.

Objective: The purpose of this review was to analyze, based on a review of the current literature, the effects of physical activity on the quality of life (QoL) of subjects with asthma.

Methods: The authors conducted a search of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) between January 2000 and August 2010 in a group of major databases of health sciences (Academic Search Complete, Directory of Open Access Journals, Elsevier--Science Direct, Highwire Press, PubMed, Scielo Global, Scirus, Scopus, SpringerLink, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley Interscience) with the keywords asthma, QoL, physical activity, exercise, training, and program in all possible combinations. Citations and references of each study selected were also examined.

Evidence of the physiotherapeutic interventions used currently after exercise-induced muscle damage: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Exhaustive and/or unaccustomed exercise, mainly involving eccentric muscle actions, induces temporary muscle damage, evidenced by delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and decreased muscle function. Different strategies to recover from its signs and symptoms have been studied and, as a result, a significant number of articles on this issue have been published.

Objective: To assess whether some modalities currently used in physiotherapy such as massage, cryotherapy, stretching and low-intensity exercise are effective for treating the signs and symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage.