Determinación de la dominancia lateral en jugadoras de fútbol y su relación con afecciones podológicas.

OBJETIVO: determinar si existe relación entre la dominancia lateral y la aparición de deformidades en el pie en jugadoras de fútbol de la Comarca de Ferrolterra. METODOLOGÍA: se trata de un estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal de prevalencia. Las variables recogidas fueron: fecha de nacimiento, estatura, peso, años que lleva jugando al fútbol, posición en la que juega y talla habitual de calzado. Se determinó la dominancia lateral y se examinaron los pies de las participantes en busca de alteraciones estructurales, dérmicas y/o ungueales. En cuanto al análisis estadístico, se compararon las proporciones en el programa EPI INFO. RESULTADOS: participaron 84 mujeres futbolistas con edades comprendidas entre los 13 y los 41 años pertenecientes a 8 equipos diferentes. Las hiperqueratosis se sitúan como la afección más frecuente de todas las estudiadas. Un 85,7% de la muestra fue clasificado como diestro, mientras que el 9,52% fueron zurdos. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre las alteraciones (excepto las alteraciones ungueales en individuos diestros) en el pie dominante y el no dominante, siendo mayores en casi todos los casos los valores obtenidos en el miembro derecho. CONCLUSIÓN: los individuos diestros padecen significativamente más alteraciones ungueales en el pie derecho (dominante) que en el izquierdo. No hemos obtenido evidencia de que las alteraciones estructurales ni dérmicas del pie estén estadísticamente asociadas con la dominancia del miembro inferior.Traballo fin de grao (UDC.FEP). Podoloxía. Curso 2013/201

Investigación de extracción de datos en redes sociales

El proyecto consiste en una aplicación de Twitter para realizar distintas funciones. Se ha desarrollado en Java usando la librería de código libre Twitter4j. Al iniciarse la aplicación vemos la pantalla principal que nos muestra el usuario y el icono de Twitter de la cuenta con la que se ha creado la aplicación, y podremos publicar Tweets, ver el Timeline y realizar búsquedas tanto por palabras, etiquetas o usuarios. Los datos de las búsquedas se mostrarán en la tabla inferior con los distintos datos del Tweet y Usuario al que pertenecen.This project consists on a Twitter application to do different tasks with your account. It has been developed on Java using the free code library Twitter4j. When the application is executed, we see the main view that shows us the user and icon of the Twitter account we created the application with, here we can post Tweets on our account, see our Timeline and do searches by words, hash tags or users. The searches data will be displayed on the below table showing the different data from the Tweets and Users whom they belong.Grado en Sistemas de Informació

Response processing during visual search in normal aging: the need for more time to prevent cross talk between spatial attention and manual response selection

[Abstract] It is still not well known whether the age-related behavioural slowing observed during visual search is due to changes in the allocation of attention, in response activation patterns, or to a combination of both. To help in clarifying it, attention-related (N2 posterior contralateral; N2pc, and N2 central contralateral; N2cc) and response-related (Motor Potential; MP, and Reafferent Potential; RAP) event-related potentials (ERPs) were obtained in healthy young and older participants executing a visual search task. Age was associated with N2pc and N2cc longer latencies, earlier MP onsets and longer MP rise times. Lower N2pc, higher MP and lower RAP amplitudes were also observed. Results suggest that older participants need more time to allocate spatial attention onto the target (N2pc) and to prevent cross talk between response selection and attention direction (N2cc), and that they are slower and need higher cortical activation when preparing and executing correctly selected responses (MP).Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; PSI2010-21427Xunta de Galicia; 10PXIB211220P

Quality of life, functional impairment and social factors as determinants of nutritional status in older adults: the VERISAÚDE study

[Abstract] Background & aims. Malnutrition is an important and growing health problem in elderly people. The main aim of this research was to examine the relationship between socio-demographic factors, social resources, functional status and quality of life and malnutrition or risk of malnutrition in elders. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a representative sample of 749 community-dwelling elders aged 65 years and over. A comprehensive assessment was carried out, including the collection of socio-demographic factors, social resources by the Older Americans Resources and Services Scale, nutritional status by the Mini-Nutritional Assessment-Short Form, functional status by the Lawton's instrumental activities of daily living scale and quality of life by the World Health Organizations's Quality of Life measure-brief version (WHOQOL-BREF). Results. Being female, the presence of totally impaired social resources and low scores in the physical health domain of the WHOQOL-BREF were the strongest determinants of malnutrition/risk of malnutrition. This model predicted 85.7% of the cases correctly. In men, the best determinants were being unmarried and having poor satisfaction with their health, with a percentage of 89.8% of cases of poor nutritional status correctly predicted. The best determinant for women was also the physical health domain of the WHOQOL-BREF, reaching a correct prediction of 83.0% of malnutrition/risk of it. Conclusions. Nutritional status assessment and potential determinant factors should be incorporated as part of comprehensive assessments for early identification of malnutrition and to determine appropriate intervention strategies to address this public health problem in older adults.Xunta de Galicia; EM 2012/10

Predictores de mala salud autopercibida en una población de personas mayores

[Resumen] nIntroducción: La salud autopercibida forma parte del concepto global de «calidad de vida», además deser una medida válida para conocer el estado de salud. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es evaluarel efecto predictor de ciertas variables sobre la mala salud autopercibida en una población de personasmayores.Material y métodos: Se lleva a cabo un estudio transversal con una muestra de 140 personas mayores.Mediciones: edad, género, estudios, hábitat, estado cognitivo, discapacidad física, enfermedades, per-cepción de la salud y apoyo social. Para analizar el efecto de las diferentes variables sobre la mala saludautopercibida se aplicó un modelo de regresión logística y una curva ROC para establecer los valoresde corte de dichas variables, con la mejor sensibilidad y especificidad para la predicción de mala saludautopercibida.Resultados: Se observa una asociación significativa entre una mala salud autopercibida con la edad, lacomorbilidad, y con la percepción de apoyo social funcional débil, mientras que no existía asociación conel género, el hábitat o el nivel educativo.Conclusiones: La edad elevada, el número de enfermedades diagnosticadas, y el apoyo social funcionalson los factores de riesgo de la salud autopercibida, mientras que las características y repercusiones delas enfermedades no deben ser consideradas.[Abstract] Introduction: Self-Rated Health is part of the comprehensive concept of Quality of Life and is a validmeasurement of health status. The main objective of this study was to test the predictive value of somedifferent variables on the poor Self-Rated Health among elders.Material and methods: We performed a cross-sectional study on a sample consisting of 140 participants.Measurements: age, gender, level of education, environment, cognitive status, physical impairment,diseases, health perception and social support. The influence of the studied variables on the poor Self-Rated Health was performed with a logistic regression analysis and a ROC curve to establish the cut-offvalues for these variables with the best sensitivity and specificity to predict the poor Self-Rated Health.Results: A poor Self-Rated Health was significantly associated with age, comorbidity, and the percep-tion of poor functional social support, whereas no association was found with gender, environment andeducational level.Conclusions: Old age, the number of diagnosed diseases, and functional social support are Self-RatedHealth risk factors, while the characteristics and repercussions of the diseases should not be considered

Efficacy of a computerized cognitive training application for older adults with and without memory impairments

[Abstract] Background/aims It has been shown that cognitive training might help to protect against age-related cognitive decline. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of a computerized cognitive training application and its near transfer effects on the cognitive status of older adults. Methods Performance on the 7-Minute Screen at baseline and at the end of the program was analyzed by using a prepost design. Adults aged 55 and older (n = 101; mean age ± standard deviation: 68.97 ± 5.81 years) with and without memory impairments were trained. Results Significant improvements after the training program were found in memory, visuo-spatial and verbal fluency abilities, regardless of age, gender or education. Moreover, participants without significant memory impairments and those with Age-Associated Memory Impairment gained from the program more than subjects with mild cognitive impairment. Conclusion Computerized cognitive training programs, such as Telecognitio , may be used as a practical and valuable tool in clinic to improve cognitive status

Determinants of Quality of Life in Pre-Frail Older Adults According to Phenotypic Criteria: the VERISAUDE Study

[Abstract] Frailty is a dynamic clinical syndrome considered as part of an age-associated continuum of severity, including pre-frailty as an intermediate frailty status with potential reversibility to robustness. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between the different domains of quality of life, functional dependence and depressive symptomatology in older adults diagnosed as pre-frail, before progression to frailty occurs. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine whether sex, age, level of education and scores in the Geriatric Depression Scale 15-item Short Form (GDS-SF) and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Lawton scale determine the worst score in the WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life) in older adults meeting one or two frailty phenotypic criteria. Depressive symptomatology (GDS-SF score) was the main determinant of poor quality of life in both groups, and in all areas of WHOQOL-BREF. Age was only associated with poor satisfaction with own health. Female sex and low educational level were linked to low physical QOL and poor self-rated health, respectively, but only in older adults meeting one frailty criterion. Association between functional status and WHOQOL-BREF scores was only found in the univariate analysis. These results underline the importance of identifying multiple aspects, but mainly the presence of depressive symptomatology, as risk factors for all dimensions of quality of life in the pre-frailty process, where interventions might be targeted to reduce the progression of pre-frailty and frailty in older adults.Galicia. Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria; EM 2012/100Xunta de Galicia; IN607C, 2016/0

Aplicabilidad de paradigmas duales cognitivo-motrices a una muestra de personas mayores institucionalizadas

ResumenXunta de Galicia; ED431C-2017/27Xunta de Galicia; ED431C 2017/49Instituto de Salud Carlos III; IN607C 2016/0

Response processing during visual search in normal aging: the need for more time to prevent cross talk between spatial attention and manual response selection

It is still not well known whether the age-related behavioural slowing observed during visual search is due to changes in the allocation of attention, in response activation patterns, or to a combination of both. To help in clarifying it, attention-related (N2 posterior contralateral; N2pc, and N2 central contralateral; N2cc) and response-related (Motor Potential; MP, and Reafferent Potential; RAP) event-related potentials (ERPs) were obtained in healthy young and older participants executing a visual search task. Age was associated with N2pc and N2cc longer latencies, earlier MP onsets and longer MP rise times. Lower N2pc, higher MP and lower RAP amplitudes were also observed. Results suggest that older participants need more time to allocate spatial attention onto the target (N2pc) and to prevent cross talk between response selection and attention direction (N2cc), and that they are slower and need higher cortical activation when preparing and executing correctly selected responses (MP).This study was supported by grants from the Spanish MICINN (PSI2010-21427) and Xunta de Galicia (10PXIB211220PR)S