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    Versão brasileira da Escala de Comprometimento do Tronco: um estudo de validade em sujeitos pós-acidente vascular encefálico

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    Trunk control - which is a basic motor ability to perform many functional tasks -is disrupted in most patients who have suffered a stroke. There are few foreign references and none in Portuguese dealing with the quantitative assessment of trunk control. The aim of this study was to translate, verify intra- and inter-examiner reliability, validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS). Eighteen hemiparetic, post-stroke volunteers were evaluated by means of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Functional Ambulation Classification; TIS was apllied by three experienced physical therapists; retest was carried out 48 hours later. Data analysis showed moderate intra-rater and an excellent inter-rater reliability (pO controle de tronco - uma habilidade motora básica indispensável à execução de muitas tarefas funcionais - encontra-se deficitário em pacientes que sofreram acidente vascular encefálico (AVE). Há poucas referências estrangeiras, e nenhuma em português, que focalizem a avaliação de tronco de forma quantitativa. Este estudo teve como objetivo traduzir e verificar a confiabilidade inter e intra-examinador, validade construtiva e consistência interna da versão brasileira da ECT - Escala de Comprometimento do Tronco (Trunk Impairment Scale). Em 18 voluntários com hemiparesia secundária à AVE foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: ECT, Protocolo de Desempenho Físico de Fugl-Meyer, Medida de Independência Funcional, EEB - Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg e Classificação de Deambulação Funcional. As avaliações foram realizadas por três fisioterapeutas experientes e o reteste da ECT foi realizado após 48 horas. Foram encontradas moderada confiabilidade intra-examinador e excelente confiabilidade inter-examinador (

    Brazilian version of the Trunk Impairment Scale: a reliability study in post-stroke subjects

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    Trunk control - which is a basic motor ability to perform many functional tasks -is disrupted in most patients who have suffered a stroke. There are few foreign references and none in Portuguese dealing with the quantitative assessment of trunk control. The aim of this study was to translate, verify intra- and inter-examiner reliability, validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS). Eighteen hemiparetic, post-stroke volunteers were evaluated by means of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale, Functional Independence Measure, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Functional Ambulation Classification; TIS was apllied by three experienced physical therapists; retest was carried out 48 hours later. Data analysis showed moderate intra-rater and an excellent inter-rater reliability (p<0.05), though low internal consistency (0.45). The only scale found to correlate with TIS was BBS (r=0.491, p=0.038), comparison to the others having shown no statistical significance. The TIS Brazilian version thus proved a valid and effective measure of trunk deficits, having fulfilled reliability criteria; it is easy to apply, and may be said to be reproducible by neurology physical therapists.O controle de tronco - uma habilidade motora básica indispensável à execução de muitas tarefas funcionais - encontra-se deficitário em pacientes que sofreram acidente vascular encefálico (AVE). Há poucas referências estrangeiras, e nenhuma em português, que focalizem a avaliação de tronco de forma quantitativa. Este estudo teve como objetivo traduzir e verificar a confiabilidade inter e intra-examinador, validade construtiva e consistência interna da versão brasileira da ECT - Escala de Comprometimento do Tronco (Trunk Impairment Scale). Em 18 voluntários com hemiparesia secundária à AVE foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: ECT, Protocolo de Desempenho Físico de Fugl-Meyer, Medida de Independência Funcional, EEB - Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg e Classificação de Deambulação Funcional. As avaliações foram realizadas por três fisioterapeutas experientes e o reteste da ECT foi realizado após 48 horas. Foram encontradas moderada confiabilidade intra-examinador e excelente confiabilidade inter-examinador (p<0,05), porém baixa consistência interna (0,45). A EEB foi a única a apresentar correlação com a ECT (r=0,491, p=0,038); a comparação com as demais escalas não revelou significância estatística. A ECT mostrou-se válida e eficaz para quantificar o comprometimento do tronco, com fácil aplicabilidade, e cumpriu os critérios de confiabilidade, assegurando sua replicabilidade por profissionais atuantes na reabilitação neurológica.24825

    ROCK1 as a novel prognostic marker in vulvar cancer

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    Background: Vulvar carcinoma is an infrequent tumour, accounting for fewer than 3% of all malignant tumours that affect women, but its incidence is rising in the past few decades. In young women, the manifestation of the vulvar carcinoma is often linked to risk factors such as smoking and HPV infection, but most cases develop in women aged over 50 years through poorly understood genetic mechanisms. Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 1 (ROCK1) has been implicated in many cellular processes, but its function in vulvar cancer has never been examined. In this study, we aimed to determine the prognostic value of ROCK1 gene and protein analysis in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC).Methods: ROCK1 expression levels were measured in 16 vulvar tumour samples and adjacent normal tissue by qRT-PCR. Further, 96 VSCC samples were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) to confirm the involvement of ROCK1 in the disease. The molecular and pathological results were correlated with the clinical data of the patients. Sixteen fresh VSCC samples were analyzed by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH).Results: In each pair of samples, ROCK1 levels were higher by qRT-PCR in normal tissue compared with the tumour samples (p = 0.016). By IHC, 100% of invasive front areas of the tumour and 95.8% of central tumour areas were positive for ROCK1. Greater expression of ROCK1 was associated with the absence of lymph node metastasis (p = 0.022) and a lower depth of invasion (p = 0.002). In addition, higher ROCK1 levels correlated with greater recurrence-free survival (p = 0.001). Loss of ROCK1 was independently linked to worse cancer-specific survival (p = 0.0054) by multivariate analysis. This finding was validated by IHC, which demonstrated enhanced protein expression in normal versus tumour tissue (p < 0.001). By aCGH, 42.9% of samples showed a gain in copy number of the ROCK1 gene.Conclusions: ROCK1 is lower expressed in tumour tissue when compared with adjacent normal vulvar epithelia. In an independent sample set of VSCCs, lower expression levels of ROCK1 correlated with worse survival rates and a poor prognosis. These findings provide important information for the clinical management of vulvar cancer
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