O Projeto de Fisioterapia na Saúde da Mulher (PROFISM) foi iniciado em 2012, quando não existia assistência fisioterapêutica a mulheres com disfunções do assoalho pélvico na Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand (MEAC). O projeto surgiu pela parceria entre os profissionais da MEAC e os docentes do Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), representado pela Profª. Vilena Figue...
Objective: To analyze the impact of pelvic floor-related symptoms on the quality of life (QoL) of women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence. Methods: This is an observational and cross-sectional observational study of women with Urinary Incontinence Stress (SUI) and Mixed (MUI). Sociodemographic, clinical, obstetrical, urinary and physical activity data were collected through anamnesis. The pelvic floor m...
Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory, chronic and auto-immune disease that develops in degrees of articular destruction and extra-articular changes being able to lead to functional disability. Besides clinical assessment the diagnosis is based on the determination of the rheumatoid factor being this one also positive in healthy people as well as in other infectious and auto-immune diseases. Anticyclic citrul...