Uso da termografia como método de avaliação na medicina física e de reabilitação: revisão de literatura

Por indicar a temperatura corporal, a avaliação termográfica pode servir como indicativo de alteração fisiológica em algumas condições clínicas nas quais a reabilitação se faz necessária. Objetivo: Conhecer a quantidade de publicações sobre o uso da termografia como instrumento de avaliação de desfecho de pesquisa clínica em estudos de reabilitação. Método: Foi feita uma busca na base de dados PubMed. Como descritor foi utilizado somente o MeSH term Thermography e escolhidos os artigos que reportavam pesquisa clínica. Resultados: De 6957 artigos encontrados, 316 eram Clinical trials, destes, 304 foram excluídos por não atenderem os critérios de inclusão, permanecendo assim 12 estudos. Estes foram classificados segundo a escala de JADAD. Apenas três estudos foram considerados com boa qualidade metodológica. Nos estudos incluídos, as condições clínicas avaliadas foram: dor muscular tardia, lombalgia, artrite reumatoide, síndrome da dor complexa regional, dor miofascial, osteoartrite, Fenômeno de Raynaud's, e tendinites. Diversos recursos terapêuticos foram utilizados, sendo o laser usado em 5 estudos. Apenas um estudo não conseguiu identificar mudanças após os procedimentos de reabilitação quando usada a termografia como avaliação. Conclusão: Essa revisão mostrou que poucos estudos e com baixa qualidade metodológica usaram a termografia como método de avaliação em programas de reabilitação.The infrared thermographic evaluation, given its capacity of detecting body temperature, may reveal physiological changes in clinical conditions that require physical rehabilitation. Objective: Was to identify publications that reported the use of thermography as a tool for evaluating clinical research outcomes in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Method: The MeSH term Thermography was the only descriptor in the search in PubMed database. Results: Out of 6957 articles, 316 were clinical trials, from which 304 were excluded for not fulfilling the eligibility criteria, and only 12 studies were included in the review. The articles were then classified according to the JADAD scale. Only three studies were rated as having good methodological quality. In the studies included, the clinical conditions were delayed onset muscle soreness, low back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, complex regional pain syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, osteoarthritis, Raynaud's disease, and tendonitis. Several therapeutic interventions were used and laser therapy was reported in 5 different studies. Only one study did not manage to identify body temperature changes after the rehabilitation intervention, as measured by the thermography. Conclusion: This review has shown that a few studies, with low methodological quality, applied the thermography as a tool for evaluating physical medicine rehabilitation programs

Neotropical freshwater fisheries : A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics

The Neotropical region hosts 4225 freshwater fish species, ranking first among the world's most diverse regions for freshwater fishes. Our NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set is the first to produce a large-scale Neotropical freshwater fish inventory, covering the entire Neotropical region from Mexico and the Caribbean in the north to the southern limits in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. We compiled 185,787 distribution records, with unique georeferenced coordinates, for the 4225 species, represented by occurrence and abundance data. The number of species for the most numerous orders are as follows: Characiformes (1289), Siluriformes (1384), Cichliformes (354), Cyprinodontiformes (245), and Gymnotiformes (135). The most recorded species was the characid Astyanax fasciatus (4696 records). We registered 116,802 distribution records for native species, compared to 1802 distribution records for nonnative species. The main aim of the NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set was to make these occurrence and abundance data accessible for international researchers to develop ecological and macroecological studies, from local to regional scales, with focal fish species, families, or orders. We anticipate that the NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES data set will be valuable for studies on a wide range of ecological processes, such as trophic cascades, fishery pressure, the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, and the impacts of species invasion and climate change. There are no copyright restrictions on the data, and please cite this data paper when using the data in publications

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data