Acute effects of dynamic Tape® application on vertical jump performance : A case report

Actualmente, no existe un consenso sobre los beneficios de los diferentes tipos de cintas neuromusculares sobre el rendimiento muscular. A diferencia del vendaje neuromuscular y las cintas rígidas, el Dynamic Tape® tiene una composición y propiedades diferentes con efectos desconocidos sobre el rendimiento. El objetivo de este estudio fue reportar los efectos agudos del tape dinámico® sobre el rendimiento del salto vertical. Materiales y métodos: Utilizando una metodología test-retest, se realizó un estudio de caso con dos mujeres de 21 años, saludables y físicamente activas. Se evaluó el tiempo de vuelo, la altura del salto y la potencia muscular a través de salto desde sentadilla y salto con contra movimiento en plataforma de contacto, antes y después de la aplicación del tape dinámico® en cuádriceps y en gastrocnemios. Resultados: Se encontraron mejoras en el salto desde sentadilla de hasta 10.8% en el tiempo de vuelo, 22.6% en la altura del salto y 8.9% en la potencia muscular después de la aplicación del tape dinámico®. Conclusiones: Este estudio preliminar y exploratorio mostró que la utilización del tape dinámico® podría mejorar el rendimiento del salto vertical; sin embargo, se necesitan más investigaciones sobre este tipo de vendaje.Different types of neuromuscular tapes have led to no consensus about its benefits on muscle performance. Unlike kinesiology and rigid tapes, Dynamic Tape® has different composition and properties with unknown effects on performance. The aim of this exploratory-type case study was to report the acute effects of dynamic tape® application on vertical jump performance. Material and methods: Using a test-retest methodology, a case study was carried out in two 21-year-old, healthy and physically active women. Flight time, jump height and muscle power were evaluated by squat jump and countermovement jump tests using a contact mat, before and after the application of dynamic tape® on quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles. Single and double taping were also used in different combinations. Results: Improvements of up to 10.8% on flight time, 22.6% on jump height and 8.9% on muscle power were observed for squat jump after the application of dynamic tape®. Conclusions: This preliminary and exploratory case study showed that using dynamic tape® might improve vertical jump performance; however, further research is necessary in this relatively novel type of tape

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in high resolution health care center

Objetivos: a) Describir el perfil clínico del paciente con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) atendido en una Unidad de Hospitalización polivalente y, b) definir las características clínicas y funcionales que determinan la enfermedad según la fase evolutiva. Pacientes y métodos: estudio prospectivo; período de mayo de 2008 a enero 2011. Ámbito: Unidad polivalente del Centro de Alta Resolución el Toyo. Almería. Casuística: pacientes con EPOC atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias perteneciente a la Unidad Polivalente. Metodología: hoja de recogida de datos con las variables sociodemográficas, clínicas, biológicas y terapéuticas. Para el método estadístico se ha utilizado el análisis descriptivo de las variables. Resultados: Se han incluido 224 pacientes, edad media de 74 años; (90% varones); el 85.1% en tratamiento previo con la combinación de glucocorticoides y broncodilatadores de acción prolongada; 46.8% eran fumadores activos, en 52.2% estancia observacional y 32% en estancia corta. El 93.2% presentó aumento de disnea; el 53.2% presentó fiebre, 45% cianosis y el 59.5 % que mostraban condensación pulmonar permanecen en la corta estancia hospitalaria. Conclusiones: algunas características clínico-biológicas y funcionales permiten diferenciar a cada grupo y predecir la estancia hospitalaria.Objective: To describe the clinical profile of the patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) admitted for hospitalization to the Multi Purpose Service (MPS)of the hospital and to report the clinical and functional characteristics of COPD at the different phases of the disease. Patients and methods: A prospective study was performed between May 2008 and January 2011, in the setting of the Multi Purpose Service of the Centre of High Resolution of El Toyo, Almería. We studied patients with COPD admitted to the Emergency Service of the MPS of the hospital. We used a data collection form with all the sociodemographic, clinical, biological, and therapeutic variables of the patients. Statistical analysis was carried out using the descriptive analysis of the variables. Results: A total of 224 patients were studied, with a mean age of 74 years (90% of them were men); 85% of the patients were under previous treatment with a combined therapy of glucocorticoids plus long- acting bronchodilators; 46.8% were smokers; 52.2% were in observation stay, and 32% of the patients stayed at short stay at the hospital; 93.2% of the patients showed an increased dypnea; 53.2% presented fever; 45% had cyanosis, and 59.5% which showed condensation stayed at short stay at the hospital. Conclusions: Some of the clinical, biological and functional characteristics of the patients allowed us to differentiate each group and to predict the lengh of the hospital stay

Empoderamiento del alumnado adulto y de las personas mayores para una ciudadanía activa

Esta obra reúne iniciativas y experiencias de sensibilización y formación del profesorado y del alumnado adulto y mayor hacia una educación en competencias que contribuya a desarrollar la práctica de una ciudadanía activa compartiendo el tiempo libre, los conocimientos y las experiencias en proyectos sociales que consoliden y mejoren el entramado social de la ciudad, de las personas que la habitan y de la atención a sus necesidades. Su origen fue el proyecto CiudAct cofinanciado por el Programa Erasmus+ de la Unión Europea y en su desarrollo ha intervenido un equipo interinstitucional liderado por el Aula de Mayores+55 de la Universidad de Málaga y participado por el Centro de Profesorado «José Rodríguez Galán» de Antequera, la Asociación Cívica para la Prevención (ACP), la Asociación de Igualdad de Género Universitario (AIGU), y el Ayuntamiento de Faraján (Málaga). Con ellos, y con otras tantas instituciones y sus respectivos consorcios locales en toda Europa, se participa en la red supranacional Ciudades en Crecimiento.Programa Erasmus+ de la Unión Europea (referencia de proyecto 2015-1-ES01-KA104-014944

Pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Postoperative outcome after surgical treatment in a Spanish multicenter study (PANMEKID)

Background: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) occasionally spreads to the pancreas. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the short and long-term results of a multicenter series in order to determine the effect of surgical treatment on the prognosis of these patients. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study of patients undergoing surgery for RCC pancreatic metastases, from January 2010 to May 2020. Variables related to the primary tumor, demographics, clinical characteristics of metastasis, location in the pancreas, type of pancreatic resection performed and data on short and long-term evolution after pancreatic resection were collected. Results: The study included 116 patients. The mean time between nephrectomy and pancreatic metastases' resection was 87.35 months (ICR: 1.51-332.55). Distal pancreatectomy was the most performed technique employed (50 %). Postoperative morbidity was observed in 60.9 % of cases (Clavien-Dindo greater than IIIa in 14 %). The median follow-up time was 43 months (13-78). Overall survival (OS) rates at 1, 3, and 5 years were 96 %, 88 %, and 83 %, respectively. The disease-free survival (DFS) rate at 1, 3, and 5 years was 73 %, 49 %, and 35 %, respectively. Significant prognostic factors of relapse were a disease free interval of less than 10 years (2.05 [1.13-3.72], p 0.02) and a history of previous extrapancreatic metastasis (2.44 [1.22-4.86], p 0.01). Conclusions: Pancreatic resection if metastatic RCC is found in the pancreas is warranted to achieve higher overall survival and disease-free survival, even if extrapancreatic metastases were previously removed. The existence of intrapancreatic multifocal compromise does not always warrant the performance of a total pancreatectomy in order to improve survival. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Repeated pancreatic resection for pancreatic metastases from renal cell Carcinoma: A Spanish multicenter study (PANMEKID)

Background and objectives: Recurrent isolated pancreatic metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) after pancreatic resection is rare. The purpose of our study is to describe a series of cases of relapse of pancreatic metastasis from renal cancer in the pancreatic remnant and its surgical treatment with a repeated pancreatic resection, and to analyse the results of both overall and disease -free survival. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study of patients undergoing pancreatic resection for RCC pancreatic metastases, from January 2010 to May 2020. Patients were grouped into two groups depending on whether they received a single pancreatic resection (SPS) or iterative pancreatic resection. Data on short and long-term outcome after pancreatic resection were collected. Results: The study included 131 pancreatic resections performed in 116 patients. Thus, iterative pancreatic surgery (IPS) was performed in 15 patients. The mean length of time between the first pancreatic surgery and the second was 48.9 months (95 % CI: 22.2-56.9). There were no differences in the rate of postoperative complications. The DFS rates at 1, 3 and 5 years were 86 %, 78 % and 78 % vs 75 %, 50 % and 37 % in the IPS and SPS group respectively (p = 0.179). OS rates at 1, 3, 5 and 7 years were 100 %, 100 %, 100 % and 75 % in the IPS group vs 95 %, 85 %, 80 % and 68 % in the SPS group (p = 0.895). Conclusion: Repeated pancreatic resection in case of relapse of pancreatic metastasis of RCC in the pancreatic remnant is justified, since it achieves OS results similar to those obtained after the first resection

Desafíos actuales de la educación superior

El presente libro corresponde al trabajo investigativo realizado por sus autores frente a los desafíos que enfrenta y enfrentará la educación en tiempos actuales (provisional)

Treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients with hyperinflammatory state: a multicentre cohort study (SAM-COVID-19)

Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between tocilizumab or corticosteroids and the risk of intubation or death in patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) with a hyperinflammatory state according to clinical and laboratory parameters. Methods: A cohort study was performed in 60 Spanish hospitals including 778 patients with COVID-19 and clinical and laboratory data indicative of a hyperinflammatory state. Treatment was mainly with tocilizumab, an intermediate-high dose of corticosteroids (IHDC), a pulse dose of corticosteroids (PDC), combination therapy, or no treatment. Primary outcome was intubation or death; follow-up was 21 days. Propensity score-adjusted estimations using Cox regression (logistic regression if needed) were calculated. Propensity scores were used as confounders, matching variables and for the inverse probability of treatment weights (IPTWs). Results: In all, 88, 117, 78 and 151 patients treated with tocilizumab, IHDC, PDC, and combination therapy, respectively, were compared with 344 untreated patients. The primary endpoint occurred in 10 (11.4%), 27 (23.1%), 12 (15.4%), 40 (25.6%) and 69 (21.1%), respectively. The IPTW-based hazard ratios (odds ratio for combination therapy) for the primary endpoint were 0.32 (95%CI 0.22-0.47; p < 0.001) for tocilizumab, 0.82 (0.71-1.30; p 0.82) for IHDC, 0.61 (0.43-0.86; p 0.006) for PDC, and 1.17 (0.86-1.58; p 0.30) for combination therapy. Other applications of the propensity score provided similar results, but were not significant for PDC. Tocilizumab was also associated with lower hazard of death alone in IPTW analysis (0.07; 0.02-0.17; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Tocilizumab might be useful in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state and should be prioritized for randomized trials in this situatio

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Gestión del conocimiento. Perspectiva multidisciplinaria. Volumen 9

El libro “Gestión del Conocimiento. Perspectiva Multidisciplinaria”, volumen 9, de la Colección Unión Global, es resultado de investigaciones. Los capítulos del libro, son resultados de investigaciones desarrolladas por sus autores. El libro es una publicación internacional, seriada, continua, arbitrada de acceso abierto a todas las áreas del conocimiento, que cuenta con el esfuerzo de investigadores de varios países del mundo, orientada a contribuir con procesos de gestión del conocimiento científico, tecnológico y humanístico que consoliden la transformación del conocimiento en diferentes escenarios, tanto organizacionales como universitarios, para el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas del quehacer diario. La gestión del conocimiento es un camino para consolidar una plataforma en las empresas públicas o privadas, entidades educativas, organizaciones no gubernamentales, ya sea generando políticas para todas las jerarquías o un modelo de gestión para la administración, donde es fundamental articular el conocimiento, los trabajadores, directivos, el espacio de trabajo, hacia la creación de ambientes propicios para el desarrollo integral de las instituciones

Gestión del conocimiento: perspectiva multidisciplinaria. Volumen 11

El libro “Gestión del Conocimiento. Perspectiva Multidisciplinaria”, Volumen 11, de la Colección Unión Global, es resultado de investigaciones. Los capítulos del libro, son resultados de investigaciones desarrolladas por sus autores. El libro cuenta con el apoyo de los grupos de investigación: Universidad Sur del Lago “Jesús María Semprúm” (UNESUR), Zulia – Venezuela; Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Falcón Alonso Gamero (UPTAG), Falcón – Venezuela; Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Mérida Kleber Ramírez (UPTM), Mérida – Venezuela; Universidad Guanajuato (UG) - Campus Celaya - Salvatierra - Cuerpo Académico de Biodesarrollo y Bioeconomía en las Organizaciones y Políticas Públicas (C.A.B.B.O.P.P), Guanajuato – México; Centro de Altos Estudios de Venezuela (CEALEVE), Zulia – Venezuela, Centro Integral de Formación Educativa Especializada del Sur (CIFE - SUR) - Zulia - Venezuela, Centro de Investigaciones Internacionales SAS (CIN), Antioquia - Colombia.y diferentes grupos de investigación del ámbito nacional e internacional que hoy se unen para estrechar vínculos investigativos, para que sus aportes científicos formen parte de los libros que se publiquen en formatos digital e impreso