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Mortality rates due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in São Paulo City from 200...

OBJECTIVE: 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 ...

Predictive factors for spasticity among ischemic stroke patients

Spasticity is a determining for functional loss following ischemic stroke. OBJECTIVE: To detect possible predictive factors for its occurrence. METHOD: Demographic, clinical and tomographic data on 146 stroke patients were analyzed. RESULTS: Spasticity was noted more frequently among patients who underwent physiotherapy (p<0.0001; OR=19.4; 95% CI: 4.4-84.5), those who underwent such treatment for long periods (...

Relação entre degeneração do trato córtico-espinhal através de ressonância magn...

A esclerose lateral amiotrófica (ELA) é doença neurodegenerativa que afeta o trato córtico-espinhal. A escala funcional de avaliação em ELA (ALSFRS) é um questionário que quantifica clinicamente as perdas motoras, enquanto a imagem por tensor de difusão (DTI) avalia a integridade das fibras através da fração de anisiotropia (FA). No presente estudo, sete pacientes com ELA definida foram avaliados pela ALSFRS e ...

Balance and motor coordination are not fully developed in 7 years old blind chi...

Visually impaired children show difficulties in recognizing their own bodies, objects around then and the spatial parameters that are essential for independent movement. This study analyzes the neuro-psychomotor development of a group of congenitally visually impaired children as compared to children with normal sight. We have evaluated two groups of seven-year-olds by means of neurological evolution examinatio...

Cinesioterapia previne ombro doloroso em pacientes hemiplégicos/paréticos na fa...

CONTEXTO: Ombro doloroso é freqüente em pacientes com hemiplegia/hemiparesia (H/P) por acidente vascular encefálico (AVE), dificultando a recuperação neuromotora gerando incapacidade funcional. OBJETIVO: Estudar tratamento fisioterapêutico para a prevenção da dor no ombro com H/P em pacientes com AVE na fase sub-aguda, e analisar desfechos secundários (força muscular do ombro acometido e movimentos funcionais a...