Vojta Therapy in Neuromotor Development of Pediatrics Patients with Periventricular Leukomalacia: Case Series

Background and Objectives: Vojta therapy is used by physiotherapists and is based on stimulation through peripheral pressure that leads to the activation of involuntary motor response patterns, thus triggering patterns of reflex locomotion, hence also called reflex locomotion therapy. Objective: To analyze the changes produced by Vojta therapy in the evolution of infant motor development in patients with maturational delay due to periventricular leukomalacia. Materials and methods: One session of Vojta Therapy per week for eleven months, patients’ neuromotor development was evaluated through the Denver II Test and the Baleys Scale. Results: A clinically significant increase in the development of the patients is observed. Conclusions: Neuromotor development seems to generate an adequate progression in the motor area

Effect of Combined Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise Protocols on the Postural Stability of Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain. A Secondary Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial

Postural stability is a little-studied factor in non-specific chronic neck pain; the causes that can alter it are unknown. The relationship with chronic pain could be a determining factor for its deficit. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sustained pain and a postural stability deficit. A randomized and blinded clinical trial (double-blind; placebo control; 12 weeks follow-up) was conducted with a total of 69 subjects divided into three groups, two experimental (manual therapy and specific exercise) and a control treatment, and carried out over a treatment period of three weeks with a follow-up after 12 weeks. Their postural stability was assessed through the overall balance index (OBI). The postural stability of subjects with non-specific chronic neck pain improved in the experimental treatments. There were no statistically significant differences between the experimental groups. This trial found that manual therapy and therapeutic exercise significantly improved OBI compared to the control group. Trial registration: Brazilian Clinical Trial Registry, RBR-2vj7sw

Avances de las mujeres en las ciencias, las humanidades y todas las disciplinas. Libro científico I 2023

“Libro Científico I 2023”, es resultado del trabajo colaborativo entre pares de la División de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseño (CyAD) y la División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería (CBI)”El congreso internacional Avances de las mujeres en las Ciencias, las Humanidades y todas las disciplinas es un evento organizado por las cinco Unidades de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. El principal objetivo de este congreso es recuperar, realzar, destacar y difundir los logros en las distintas áreas: Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Ciencias de la Salud, Ciencias para las Artes y el Diseño, y Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de mujeres que se desempeñan como docentes e investigadoras de la UAM. Además, se busca avanzar en el conocimiento de los procesos de equidad e igualdad de género en la educación superior, como así también, integrar el capital cultural femenino al recuperar la memoria y plasmarla en publicaciones para que formen parte del patrimonio de nuestra universidad y del mundo. En esta ocasión, la temática fue lo relacionado con la pandemia que nos afectó en todo el planeta: se mostraron las grandes diferencias económicas y políticas entre regiones del mundo, así como el surgimiento de problemas que se estuvieron gestando durante mucho tiempo, los vacíos en el conocimiento y sus prioridades de atención, considerando, además, que el tiempo y los recursos para su desarrollo son indispensables. Los ejes temáticos son los siguientes: En el área de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería: Sostenibilidad avances científicos y tecnológicos; La tecnología aplicada a problemas y soluciones derivados de la pandemia del COVID-19; Cambio climático y tecnología; Uso de nuevas tecnologías; retos de la complejidad de la enseñanza de las ciencias básicas en las ingenierías. En el área de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud: Gerontología, salud y violencia obstétrica; Bioética y diversidad; Derechos humanos de la infancia, obesidad, enfermedades crónico degenerativas y nutrición; Biotecnología, ciencias biomoleculares y bioinformática. En el área Ciencias y Artes para el diseño: El arte y desarrollo de productos y servicios del diseño; Problemática hospitalaria y vivienda; Diseño y visualización de la información tecnología y comunicación; Megaciudades y proyectos de desarrollo urbano y regional. En el área Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades: Violencia de género en el contexto del COVID-19; Derechos humanos de mujeres y niñas; Transformación de la educación global; Crisis económica en el contexto del COVID-19 y sus efectos.Yadira Alatriste Martínez, editora, compiladora y directora del equipo editorial; César Ulises Hernández Franco; Brandon Antonio Navarrete Rubio; Claudia Angélica Chávez Gutiérrez; Zaina Yeridni Martínez Leyva; Abraham Hernández Villegas; Ingrid Karina Mayen Delgado; Juana Aidet Jiménez Velasco, diseño y maquetación; Laura Isabel Romero Castillo, prólogo; Patricia del Valle Repossi, introducción

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

Perspectives and Attitudes of Patients with COVID-19 toward a Telerehabilitation Programme: A Qualitative Study

The total isolation of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires non-faceto-face medical assistance. There is evidence of the efficacy of home treatments with exercises in patients with respiratory disorders which could become the therapeutic method of choice for the treatment and supervision of patients isolated due to infection during home confinement. This study’s objective was to analyse the experience and opinions of isolated patients with COVID-19 included in a programme of telerehabilitation exercises for 14 days and it is intended to reflect, from a qualitative point of view, the viability and usefulness of telerehabilitation tools in the management of these patients. Twenty-five participants of a telerehabilitation programme were interviewed by telephone through semi-structured interviews, following a positivist and objective model. The data were categorised and analysed through NVIVO qualitative analysis software. The information obtained was classified into four main topics (telerehabilitation programme, perception of clinical benefit, psychological aspects and level of health care) and six subtopics (technical aspects, communication, improvement aspects, exercise plan, motivation and applicability to public health systems). The telerehabilitation programme established in patients confined by COVID-19 is very well received, without considerable technical difficulties and generates physical and psychological improvements. Patients highlight the importance of applying this type of programme in public health systems

Vojta Therapy in Neuromotor Development of Pediatrics Patients with Periventricular Leukomalacia: Case Series

Background and Objectives: Vojta therapy is used by physiotherapists and is based on stimulation through peripheral pressure that leads to the activation of involuntary motor response patterns, thus triggering patterns of reflex locomotion, hence also called reflex locomotion therapy. Objective: To analyze the changes produced by Vojta therapy in the evolution of infant motor development in patients with maturational delay due to periventricular leukomalacia. Materials and methods: One session of Vojta Therapy per week for eleven months, patients’ neuromotor development was evaluated through the Denver II Test and the Baleys Scale. Results: A clinically significant increase in the development of the patients is observed. Conclusions: Neuromotor development seems to generate an adequate progression in the motor area

Could physical therapy interventions be adopted in the management of critically ill patients with covid-19? a scoping review

As part of COVID-19 consequences, it has been estimated that 5% of patients affected by this disease will require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and physical therapy techniques have been implemented in patients with other conditions admitted to ICU. The aim of the present study is to summarize all the available information about the implementation of physical therapy management in critically ill patients. From three clinical guidelines already published, we performed a search in PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and CINAHL, including systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and randomized controlled trials, among others. Data extraction was performed independently by two reviewers. Quality assessment was developed through the AMSTAR-2 tool and PEDro Scale. A narrative synthesis was performed and 29 studies were included. The information extracted has been classified into four folders: ICU environment in COVID-19 (security aspects and management of the patient), respiratory physiotherapy (general indications and contraindications, spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated patient approaches), positional treatment, and exercise therapy (safety aspects and progression). The implementation of physiotherapy in patients affected with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU is a necessary strategy that prevents complications and contributes to the stabilization of patients in critical periods, facilitating their recovery