4 results on '"MOLLICA, MARIA PINA"'
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2. Autoalgometry: An Important Tool for Pressure Pain Threshold Evaluation.
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Lorusso, Letizia, Salerno, Monica, Sessa, Francesco, Nicolosi, Daniela, Longhitano, Lucia, Loreto, Carla, Carotenuto, Marco, Messina, Antonietta, Monda, Vincenzo, Villano, Ines, Cibelli, Giuseppe, Valenzano, Anna, Monda, Marcellino, Murabito, Paolo, Mollica, Maria Pina, Messina, Giovanni, and Viggiano, Andrea
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STIMULUS & response (Psychology) ,ALGOMETRY ,PAIN measurement ,THRESHOLD (Perception) ,STATISTICAL correlation - Abstract
The term “pain threshold” refers to the measurement of the intensity of a physical stimulus that evokes pain. To estimate the pain threshold, a mechanical or electrical stimulus with increasing intensity is usually applied until the subject under evaluation refers to a pain sensation. This study aims to evaluate the autoalgometric pain threshold as a perfect technique to determine the effects of stimulation rate in relation to both gender and the site of stimulation. In this experimental model, pressure algometry was applied: the subject under evaluation pushed a finger against a small round metal tip, producing and at the same time controlling the intensity of the noxious stimulus. Through autoalgometry, the stimulus intensity was recorded over time, measuring the force change rate applied and studying the subject’s behavior on approaching pain. This test was performed with 50 healthy volunteers on two days, applying a fast or slow rate of stimulation. The results described demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between the pressure increase rate and the pressure threshold evaluation. In light of these findings, autoalgometry can be proposed as an objective measure of pressure pain threshold for clinical and research use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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3. Randomised Clinical Trial: Calorie Restriction Regimen with Tomato Juice Supplementation Ameliorates Oxidative Stress and Preserves a Proper Immune Surveillance Modulating Mitochondrial Bioenergetics of T-Lymphocytes in Obese Children Affected by Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
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Fortunata Carbone, Rossella Negri, Luigi Greco, Luca Tarotto, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo, Giuseppe Matarese, Giuseppina Mattace Raso, Giovanna Stanzione, Giovanna Trinchese, Gaetano Corso, Raffaele Iorio, Francesco Perna, Maria Grazia Caprio, Maria Pina Mollica, Carmen Di Scala, Monica Gelzo, Gina Cavaliere, Teresa Micillo, Negri, Rossella, Trinchese, Giovanna, Carbone, Fortunata, Caprio, Maria Grazia, Stanzione, Giovanna, di Scala, Carmen, Micillo, Teresa, Perna, Francesco, Tarotto, Luca, Gelzo, Monica, Cavaliere, Gina, Spagnuolo, Maria Immacolata, Corso, Gaetano, Mattace Raso, Giuseppina, Matarese, Giuseppe, Mollica, Maria Pina, Greco, Luigi, and Iorio, Raffaele
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Immunology ,Calorie restriction ,lcsh:Medicine ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,medicine.disease_cause ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,NAFLD ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Nutrition ,030304 developmental biology ,Inflammation ,2. Zero hunger ,0303 health sciences ,Adiponectin ,business.industry ,Cholesterol ,Leptin ,lcsh:R ,Fatty liver ,food and beverages ,Lipid metabolism ,Pediatric hepatology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Immunology, Inflammation, NAFLD, Nutrition, Pediatric hepatology ,Steatosis ,business ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
Fatty liver disease is a serious complication of childhood obesity. Calorie-restricted regimen (RCR) is one of the effective therapy for this condition. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of lycopene-rich tomato sauce with oregano and basil extracts in obese children with fatty liver on RCR. 61 obese children with fatty liver were enrolled, 52 completed the study. A randomized cross over clinical trial was performed. Participants were assigned to RCR alone or with a supplement of lycopene-rich tomato juice for 60 days, subsequently, the groups were switched to the alternative regimen for the next 60 days. Reduction in BMI, HOMA-IR, cholesterol, triglycerides, liver size, and steatosis was more profound in tomato-supplemented group. Leptin decreased in both groups whereas adiponectin raised only after tomato supplementation. RCR is associated with the impaired engagement of T-cells glycolysis and proliferation, tomato-supplementation resulted in glycolytic metabolic activation of T-cells. Tomato juice ameliorates glucose and lipid metabolism in obese children, improve oxidative and inflammatory state and modulates the mitochondrial metabolism of T-cells contributing to a maintenance of a proper immune surveillance in children, impaired by RCR. The addition of tomato to RCR could be considered a protective and preventive support to obese child.
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- 2020
4. Autoalgometry: An Important Tool for Pressure Pain Threshold Evaluation
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Ines Villano, Marcellino Monda, Lucia Longhitano, Paolo Murabito, Andrea Viggiano, Carla Loreto, Letizia Lorusso, Daniela Nicolosi, Giuseppe Cibelli, Anna Valenzano, Monica Salerno, Antonietta Messina, Francesco Sessa, Maria Pina Mollica, Giovanni Messina, Marco Carotenuto, Vincenzo Monda, Lorusso, Letizia, Salerno, Monica, Sessa, Francesco, Nicolosi, Daniela, Longhitano, Lucia, Loreto, Carla, Carotenuto, Marco, Messina, Antonietta, Monda, Vincenzo, Villano, Ine, Cibelli, Giuseppe, Valenzano, Anna, Monda, Marcellino, Murabito, Paolo, Mollica, Maria Pina, Messina, Giovanni, Viggiano, Andrea, Lorusso, L, Salerno, M, Sessa, F, Nicolosi, D, Longhitano, L, Loreto, C, Carotenuto, M, Messina, A, Monda, V, Villano, I, Cibelli, G, Valenzano, A, Monda, M, Murabito, P, Mollica, Mp, Messina, G, and Viggiano, A.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Research use ,Pressure pain ,lcsh:Medicine ,Stimulation ,Audiology ,Stimulus (physiology) ,Positive correlation ,Article ,autoalgometry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Threshold of pain ,medicine ,Noxious stimulus ,gender ,pain threshold ,Autoalgometry ,Gender ,Pain threshold ,Test speed ,test speed ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,Pressure increase ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The term &ldquo, pain threshold&rdquo, refers to the measurement of the intensity of a physical stimulus that evokes pain. To estimate the pain threshold, a mechanical or electrical stimulus with increasing intensity is usually applied until the subject under evaluation refers to a pain sensation. This study aims to evaluate the autoalgometric pain threshold as a perfect technique to determine the effects of stimulation rate in relation to both gender and the site of stimulation. In this experimental model, pressure algometry was applied: the subject under evaluation pushed a finger against a small round metal tip, producing and at the same time controlling the intensity of the noxious stimulus. Through autoalgometry, the stimulus intensity was recorded over time, measuring the force change rate applied and studying the subject&rsquo, s behavior on approaching pain. This test was performed with 50 healthy volunteers on two days, applying a fast or slow rate of stimulation. The results described demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between the pressure increase rate and the pressure threshold evaluation. In light of these findings, autoalgometry can be proposed as an objective measure of pressure pain threshold for clinical and research use.
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- 2018
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