Effect of a standard exercise protocol on shoulder pain in long-term wheelchair users.

Purpose: To analyze the effectiveness of a 6-month exercise protocol on shoulder pain experienced by wheelchair users during functional activities.

Subjects: Forty-two wheelchair users, 35 males and seven females: average age of 35 years and an average duration of wheelchair use of 14 years.

Methods: Subjects were randomly assigned to treatment (n=21) and control (n=21) groups.

[The immunological and cytogenetic changes in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis].

The performed studies showed that patients with active phase pulmonary tuberculosis have their T-system function suppressed, that of B-system activated, this phenomenon being the most marked in those patients with fibrocavernous tuberculosis. Increase in the activity of phagocytes was more common in patients with infiltrative tuberculosis. The immunity system state in subjects with non-active post tuberculous alterations did not depart from normal values.