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Funcionalidade de membro superior em pacientes deambuladores e não deambuladore...
Santos,Ana Lúcia Yaeko da Silva; Maciel,Flaviana Kelly de Lima; Fávero,Francis Meire; Grossklauss,Luís Fernando; Sá,Cristina dos Santos Cardoso deRESUMO Novos tratamentos propostos para os pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne (DMD) têm sua eficácia avaliada por testes de membros inferiores. Contudo, os testes funcionais de membros superiores (MMSS) avaliam tanto deambuladores (D) como não deambuladores (ND). Assim, este estudo se propôs a comparar a funcionalidade de MMSS de pacientes D e ND com DMD e correlacionar o estadiamento da doença e a fu...
Epidemiological and clinical factors impact on the benefit of riluzole in the s...
Fávero,Francis Meire; Voos,Mariana Callil; Castro,Isac de; Caromano,Fátima Aparecida; Oliveira,Acary Souza BulleABSTRACT Objective To investigate the impact of epidemiological and clinical factors on the benefit of riluzole in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods The survival rate of 578 patients with ALS (1999-2011) was analyzed by descriptive statistics and Kaplan-Meier curves. Considering the median of the sample survival time (19 months), patients were divided in two groups: below (B19) and abov...
Versão brasileira da Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo)
Sá,Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de; Fávero,Francis Meire; Voos,Mariana Callil; Choren,Francine; Carvalho,Raquel de PaulaRESUMO Traduziu-se e adaptou-se para o português do Brasil o teste Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo). Dois profissionais proficientes na língua inglesa traduziram, independentemente, a escala original para o português do Brasil (T1 e T2). Em seguida, gerou-se a versão traduzida de consenso (TU). Dois tradutores realizaram duas versões em inglês (RT1 e RT2) da versão TU. Um novo processo de consenso ...
The relevance of trunk evaluation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the segmental...
Sá,Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de; Fagundes,Iara Kristine; Araújo,Talita Bastos; Oliveira,Acary Souza Bulle; Fávero,Francis MeireABSTRACT The aim was to describe trunk control in ambulant and non-ambulant patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a sample of 50 DMD patients, (M age = 16.7 years) who underwent the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo). A seven-level scale of trunk control was used (1: head control only; 7: control of entire trunk while unsupported). Static, active ...
Mortality rates due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in São Paulo City from 200...
Matos,Sheila Evangelista de; Conde,Mônica Tilli Reis Pessoa; Fávero,Francis Meire; Taniguchi,Mauro; Quadros,Abrahão Augusto JuvinianoOBJECTIVE: To describe the mortality rates of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the city of São Paulo as a function of demographics, year, and region. METHOD: This was a retrospective descriptive study. Information was obtained from death certificates registered at the Program for the Improvement of Mortality Information, Municipal Health Department (PRO-AIM/SMS), coded as G12.2 according to International ...