Este estudo analisou práticas profissionais de trabalhadores de um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial (Caps), com ênfase nas implicações profissionais com a instituição Saúde Mental. Compõe uma pesquisa-intervenção que utilizou o referencial teórico-metodológico da Análise Institucional, destacando a Socioclínica Institucional. O trabalho aconteceu em um Caps II de uma cidade do interior do Rio Grande do Norte entr...
RESUMO O Acidente Vascular Encefálico (AVE) é uma patologia que frequentemente causa limitações motoras nos Membros Superiores (MMSS) gerando prejuízos funcionais nos movimentos de alcance. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o recrutamento muscular do membro superior parético durante três condições de alcance: ativo, ativo-assistido e autoassistido, através de dados eletromiográficos das fibras anteriores do Mús...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the movement strategies of quadriplegics, assisted by neuromuscular electrical stimulation, on reach and palmar grasp using objects of different weights. Methods: It was a prospective clinical trial. Four chronic quadriplegics (C5-C6), with injuries of traumatic origin, were recruited and all of them had their reach and palmar grasp movement captured by four infrared cameras and ...
Objective: A retrospective cohort study was preformed aiming to verify the presence of transient dysfunction of gas exchange in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery and determine if this disorder is linked to cardiorespiratory events. Methods: We included 942 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery and cardiac procedures who were referred to the Intensive Care Unit between June 2007 and November ...
Objective To investigate somatosensory deficits in the ipsilesional wrist and hand in chronic stroke patients and correlate these deficits with contralesional sensorimotor dysfunctions, functional testing, laterality and handedness.Methods Fifty subjects (twenty-two healthy volunteers and twenty-eight stroke patients) underwent evaluation with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments, the sensory and motor Fugl-Meyer Ass...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o nível de consciência, efeitos pulmonares e hemodinâmicos em pacientes intensivos durante a posição ortostática. MÉTODOS: Estudo realizado de abril de 2008 a julho de 2009 na unidade de terapia intensiva adulto do HC-UNICAMP. Foram incluídos quinze pacientes que estiveram mecanicamente ventilados por mais de sete dias; traqueostomizados; em nebulização intermitente; pressão inspiratória máxi...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functional status of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients diagnosed at this institution; to analyze hospital and palliative care; to identify patients' knowledge about home care and supportive resources. METHOD: Twenty-nine patients were evaluated on the ALSFRS-R scale and two semi-structured questionnaires, at the start of the study and every four months thereafter for 1 year...
OBJECTIVE: Describe the somatosensory function of the affected upper limb of hemiparetic stroke patients and investigate the correlations between measurements of motor and sensory functions in tasks with and without visual deprivation. METHOD: We applied the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Nottingham Sensory Assessment (NSA), and several motor and sensory tests: Paper manipulation (PM), Motor Sequences (MS), Reach...
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the efficacy of oral supplementation with milk whey proteins and modified starch (70%WPI:30%MS), on nutritional and functional parameters of patients with ALS. METHOD: A prospective randomized double-blind study was performed with 16 ALS patients, divided in two groups, the treatment group received (70%WPI:30%MS) and the control group received (maltodextrin). They underwent prospective n...
Testes de função pulmonar são usados para determinar a gravidade, as conseqüências funcionais e o progresso de disfunções pulmonares e neuromusculares. As variações metodológicas com o bocal e a máscara facial e a cooperação do paciente podem interferir no desempenho das manobras e afetar as medidas. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar os valores de volumes pulmonares (volume corrente [Vc], volume-minuto [Vm])...