Introduction. The brachial plexus injuries have serious repercussions on the functionality, family life and quality of life. Method. Crosssectional, descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative methodological strategy developed in 15 volunteers with brachial plexus injury in Clinical physical therapy school in Fortaleza/CE. Pulmonary function was evaluated by ventilometry, manovacuometry, and spirometry....
This study describes a literature review on the role of free radicals and antioxidants in the human body and quality of life. A literature review was carried out from April 25 to May 20 2013, through consultations in the databases Bireme, SciELO, LILACS, Pubmed and Google Scholar, as well as books that addressed the topic under study. The descriptors utilized were: free radicals, antioxidant, system of defense ...