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Introducción: El síndrome del túnel carpiano es la neuropatía por atrapamiento más común que genera compresión del nervio mediano. La cirugía de liberación abierta del nervio mediano tiene un papel importante, especialmente, en pacientes que no responden al manejo conservador o con diagnóstico de síndrome del túnel carpiano con criterios de gravedad. El propósito de este estudio fue describir los resultados funcionales, la satisfacción y la fuerza objetiva a mediano (6-24 meses) y largo plazo (>24 meses) con la técnica abierta convencional en la población local. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo con datos retrospectivos de resultados clínicos funcionales a mediano y largo plazo en pacientes sometidos a cirugía de liberación abierta del nervio mediano como tratamiento del síndrome del túnel carpiano. Se determinaron el nivel funcional según el BCTQ y la FSS, la fuerza de agarre con un dinamómetro electrónico y la satisfacción. Resultados: Se realizaron 100 procedimientos entre mayo de 2012 y septiembre de 2018, con un seguimiento posoperatorio >6 meses. La mayoría eran mujeres (83%) con una mediana de la edad de 59 años. El 97% obtuvo resultados buenos y excelentes a mediano plazo y el 90%, a largo plazo, con una mediana de fuerza de 17 kg (RIC 7,4) y una satisfacción de 90 (RIC 20) a mediano y largo plazo. Conclusiones: La cirugía abierta de liberación del nervio mediano en pacientes con síndrome del túnel carpiano logra resultados buenos y excelentes a mediano y largo plazo en cuanto a funcionalidad, fuerza y satisfacción.

Antecedentes: la relación entre el estado nutricional y la condición física en los preescolares colombianos no está bien documentada. Objetivo: identificar las diferencias en la condición física de preescolares colombianos de 5 años de edad según su estado nutricional. Materiales y métodos: estudio descriptivo en 43 niños y 34 niñas de 5 años de Cúcuta, Colombia. El estado nutricional fue valorado con el Índice de Masa Corporal para la edad, y para evaluar la condición física se aplicó la batería PreFit. Resultados: la proporción de delgadez fue del 27,9 % en los niños y del 20,6 % en las niñas; no se encontró obesidad en el grupo total. Con excepción del VO2máx, calificado como bueno, las demás pruebas se clasificaron como malas o muy malas en los dos sexos y en los grupos con bajo peso y sin bajo peso. No se encontraron diferencias significativas en la condición física según el estado nutricional de los niños, y entre las niñas, con bajo peso y sin bajo peso, solo se obtuvo diferencia significativa (p=0,036) en la fuerza prensil de la mano derecha. Conclusión: en los preescolares estudiados, la proporción de delgadez está muy por encima de la prevalencia nacional y no hay diferencias en la condición física según el estado nutricional.

Introduction: Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are characterized by a poor physical condition and a substantial sedentary profile. The implementation of physical exercise programs in the hemodialysis units is usually limited by the inherent safeness and the lack of appropriate resources. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the impact and safety outcomes of the implementation of an intradialytic physical exercise program (IPE) by a multidisciplinary team (physiotherapist and nursing assistant) in the physical condition of the patients. Material and methods: This six months single-centre and experimental pre-post prospective study was carried out in 34 patients. A two day-week combined IPE intervention was implemented. The cardiopulmonary capacity (6MWT), muscular strength (HG, leg dynamometry and 10STS), body composition (bioimpedance) and coordination capacity (Timed Up and Go test) was assessed at the beginning and at the end of the study. Safety was evaluated by means of the number of issues regarding the vascular access, the hemodynamic stability as well as the vascular refilling profile (RBV) in each session. The adhesion to the program was also registered. Additionally, analytical parameters were recorded. Results: The adhesion to an IPE program was high (70.8%). A significant improvement of the cardiopulmonary capacity (6MWT average increase 47 m; p

La sarcopenia se define como una combinación de baja fuerza y masa muscular con alteración funcional del músculo, que afecta a poblaciones de diferentes edades por diversos motivos. La prevalencia global en adultos mayores se ha estimado en 10% (IC 95%: 8-12%) en hombres y 10% (IC 95%: 8-13%) en mujeres. Recientemente ha cobrado importancia su detección en enfermedades reumáticas, particularmente las inflamatorias. En esta revisión narrativa hemos considerado: a) recomendaciones para el diagnóstico de la sarcopenia; b) herramientas útiles para la práctica clínica y la investigación; c) su relación con las enfermedades reumáticas. Según el último Consenso Europeo de Sarcopenia la búsqueda debe comenzar cuando el paciente reporta síntomas y/o signos (debilidad, lentitud al caminar, desgaste muscular, pérdida de masa muscular, etc.). Para los adultos mayores se recomienda el cuestionario SARC-F como herramienta de tamizaje. Varias pruebas establecen los puntos de corte que deben utilizarse para diagnosticar la baja fuerza muscular, la disminución en la masa muscular y la alteración en el rendimiento físico. La relevancia de diagnosticar precozmente la sarcopenia se basa en el impacto clínico, económico y social que tiene, incluyendo la funcionalidad y calidad de vida de las personas, muy importante en aquellas con enfermedades reumatológicas.

Objetivo: investigar la asociación entre la fuerza de prensión manual y la capacidad funcional en personas con diabetes. Método: estudio observacional transversal con 168 participantes atendidos en una clínica ambulatoria en Curitiba, Brasil, en 2019. Se recogieron datos clínicos, sociodemográficos y socioeconómicos, y se aplicaron los siguientes protocolos: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule; Timed Up and Go y dinamometría. Para el análisis, se ajustaron modelos de regresión lineal múltiple para las variables dependientes relacionadas con la capacidad funcional. Resultados: se observó una discapacidad leve, una movilidad funcional limítrofe y una mayor correlación entre la escala de movilidad funcional y la fuerza de prensión manual (r=-0,384; p < 0,01). La fuerza de prensión manual con otras covariables explicó menos del 30% de la variabilidad funcional. Conclusión: estos resultados contribuyen a la resolución de la práctica clínica, ya que muestran que la fuerza muscular y la capacidad funcional deben considerarse en la evaluación del paciente de forma combinada, haciéndola más clara y completa

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of mortality. Nowadays, exercise is shown as an effective treatment to decrease the effects of heart failure. Objective: To determine the changes in dyspnea and fatigue associated with heart failure after an upper or lower limbs strength training program. Method: Three-years randomized clinical trial (Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03913780), with a sample of 920 patients with heart failure distributed in three groups (aerobic exercise alone [control group], aerobic exercise plus strength for upper limbs [experimental group 1], aerobic exercise plus strength for lower limbs [experimental group 2]). Exercise stress and 6-minute walk tests were performed and the following variables were assessed: anthropometry, depression, anxiety and hemodynamic parameters. Assessments were performed at the beginning of the study and after 24 training sessions of 60-minutes, three times a week. Results: When comparing the results among groups, a significant superiority was found in the experimental group 2 (p<0.05%). It is highlighted that, both in the control (CG) and the experimental groups (EG), fatigue levels decreased (CG: 8.0±1.7 vs. 4.0± 2.3; EG1: 8.0±1.7 vs. 5.0± 2.3 and EG2: 9.0±1.1 vs. 3.0±2.6) and of dyspnea (CG: 9.0±2.4 vs. 7± 1.0; EG1: 9.0±2.4 vs. 7.0± 1.6: EG2: 8.0±3.8 vs. 4.3±2.3) after the training program. Conclusions: Strength training proved inescapably that it is an effective and safe treatment to reduce the levels of dyspnea and fatigue associated with heart failure. In addition, it significantly improved ejection fraction, anthropometric variables, depression, anxiety, oxygen consumption, heart rate and several cardiovascular risk factors compared to the control group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Creatinine monohydrate has been extensively studied in sports performance. Other molecules that promise superior results have recently been explored, such as creatine hydrochloride, which promises to have better solubility and similar benefits in sports performance and body composition. Objective: To present the differences between creatinine monohydrate and creatine hydrochloride in terms of solubility, sports performance, and body composition. Materials and Methods: Review of scientific articles on humans and animals, published between 2009 and 2020. Results: In relation to solubility and chemical properties, creatine hydrochloride has higher molecular weight, solubility, absorption, and bioavailability; and lower pH, adverse effects, and dose to achieve ergogenic effects than creatine monohydrate. Regarding sports performance and body composition, both molecules presented improvements in performance and maximum strength. Not all studies showed a decrease in fat mass for creatine hydrochloride, which presented less intramuscular water retention. Conclusion: There is a trend in favor of creatine hydrochloride regarding solubility and body composition. Sufficient evidence was not found to conclude that its effects on sports performance, specifically in terms of strength, are superior to those of creatinine monohydrate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: Investigaciones han determinado que la implementación de programas de actividad física mejora la salud mental. Sin embargo, aún existen dudas sobre la relación entre fuerza muscular y la presencia de trastornos psicosociales como ansiedad y estrés en la población universitaria. Objetivo: Relacionar la condición física, específicamente la fuerza prensil, con la presencia de Ansiedad-Rasgo en estudiantes mujeres. Materiales y métodos: Investigación empírica con estrategia asociativa predictiva, con un diseño predictivo transversal. La muestra fue de 30 estudiantes mujeres de pregrado. Las variables físicas predictoras evaluadas fueron antropometría, fuerza prensil y consumo máximo de oxígeno, mientras que la Ansiedad-Rasgo se midió por medio del Cuestionario de Ansiedad Estado Rasgo (STAI). Se realizó análisis estadístico con una regresión logística ordinal entre las variables físicas predictoras y nivel de Ansiedad-Rasgo. Resultados: Se evidenció que sólo la fuerza prensil fue estadísticamente significativa (p=0,033). Este análisis expresado en Odds Ratio, asume un 74,36% de probabilidad que a un menor nivel de fuerza prensil, mayor presencia de Ansiedad-Rasgo. Conclusiones: La fuerza prensil, además de ser un parámetro físico que permite detectar riesgo cardiovascular y patologías asociadas, también debería ser considerada en la determinación de alteraciones en salud mental.

to correlate the quadriceps muscle strength and the manual grip strength with the presence of falls suffered in the last year by institutionalized elderly. Material and method: a cross-sectional study was carried out and 20 institutionalized elderly were included. Sociodemographic data and number of falls during the last year were recorded. Quadriceps muscle strength and hand grip strength were assessed using dynamometry. Study participants were divided into groups of low (quadriceps strength < 10 kg; grip strength < 15 kg), moderate (qua)driceps strength 10-15 kg), or high (quadriceps strength > 15 kg, grip strength > 15 kg) muscle strength. Results: occurrence of falls was greater by an odds ratio (OR) = 4.00 (95 % CI 0.21-75.66) in the participants who presented a quadriceps muscle strength of 10-15 kg, and by an OR = 7.00 (95 % CI 0.57-86.32) in those who presented a force < 10 kg, compared to the group with a quadriceps muscle strength > 15 kg. In the participants who presented a grip strength < 15 kg, occurrence of falls was grater by OR = 5.44 (95 % CI 0.80-36.87). Male gender, higher body mass index, osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency were factors related to more fall events in participants with lower qua)driceps muscle strength. Older age, hypertension and diabetes were factors related to more fall events in participants with lower hand grip strength. Conclusions: a greater presence of falls is observed in institutionalized elderly with low quadriceps muscle strength or low manual grip strength. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evaluation of prehensile manual strength is considered a tool for assessing physical performance and is a predictor of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this research was to establish the relationship between Prehensile Manual Strength (PMF), sociodemographic and anthropometric variables in patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) in a cardiac rehabilitation program in a fourth level clinic in the city of Cali, Colombia. Material and method: descriptive cross-sectional study which included 33 patients with CHF selected at convenience, aged between 40 and 90 years. The assessment of prehensile manual strength was evaluated by dynamometry and its result was correlated with sociodemographic and anthropometric variables and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) levels in all patients. Results: there was a positive correlation between non-dominant hand dynamometry and LVEF (p = 0.015) as well as with weight (p ≤ 0.001), height (p = 0.005) and BMI (p = 0.0were mostly male (72.3 %) with age 64.9 ± 10.5, LVEF 43.2 ± 14.3 and MPF values of 32.4 kg ± 12.5 in the dominant hand and a median of 33.9 kg (RIQ: 25.7-36.1) in the non-dominant hand. Conclusions: the results of this study seem to indicate that there is a correlation between the PMF and the sociodemographic and anthropometric variables in the patients with CHF investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To review the prediction equations for respiratory muscle strength in children and adolescents and identify the independent variables with greater predictive power for respiratory muscle strength. Methods: This is a systematic review that was carried out using the databases: PEDro, MedLine / PubMed, Cochrane Library, LILACS / BVS Library, SciELO and Google Scholar. There were included articles with children and adolescents, published between 2009 and 2019, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, whose assessment method used manovacuometry and predictive equations were proposed. Studies that were not available in full, duplicated or with low methodological quality (PEDro scale <5.0 points) were excluded. Results: Four articles were selected, which addressed the evaluation of the respiratory muscle strength, its comparison between the sexes and the determination of predictive equations. Conclusion: The equations established by Lanza et al. and Verma et al. are possible alternatives for determining respiratory muscle strength in children and adolescents; the variables, age and sex were the ones that best explained the respiratory muscle strength values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To find out the benefits of a multimodal exercise program for muscle function improvement in older adults from the Hospital de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú in 2018. Materials and methods: An interventional, analytical, prospective and longitudinal study. A total of 66 patients were assessed, out of whom only 24 completed the six-month intervention period. Results: The patients' median age was 75 ± 7.01. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), which combines the results of the balance, gait speed and chair stand tests, had a positive impact on the intervention group and showed statistically significant results. No statistical significance was found in grip strength in kilograms or calf circumference measurement. Conclusions: The multimodal exercise program for older adults from the Peruvian Air Force has a positive impact on muscle function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Currently, multiple strategies have been proposed to guarantee better processes of super compensation for sports training, however, there is still no consensus due to the emergence of new knowledge related to interference processes related to concurrent training programs and their impact on the definition of strategies for sports planning. The objective of this work was to evaluate the explosive strength variables and their relationship with aerobic capacity as a tool to define sports planning strategies. A descriptive correlational study was carried out that included the participation of 6 amateur runners, valued in their aerobic capacity and explosive strength through the 2-kilometer running test and the Squat Jump (SJ), Counter Movement Jump (CMJ) and horizontal feet jump together (SH) respectively. The highest correlation found was between aerobic capacity and SJ jump (p

Introducción: La programación estructurada del entrenamiento físico contribuye a reducir las proba-bilidades de padecer enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles, de igual manera aumenta la calidad de la salud de las personas, especialmente en los sistemas, cardiovascular, respiratoria, neuromuscular y musculo-esquelético. Esto facilita la optimización de la condición física saludable, aspecto que favorece en el individuo el desarrollo de las actividades diarias con máxima funcionalidad, eficiencia y eficacia. Objetivo: Verificar los efectos de un programa estructurado de entrenamiento funcional sobre la resistencia muscular en adultos jóvenes. Materiales y Métodos:Tipo de estudio cuasi experimental, con evaluación pre-intervención y pos-intervención en un grupo experimental. se aplicaron las pruebas en 15 adultos jóvenes que asisten a un gimnasio de la ciudad de Barranquilla: resistencia muscular del tren superior sin límite de tiempo, resistencia muscular del abdomen en 1 min, resistencia muscular de miembros inferiores y flexibilidad; la intervención se realizó con un programa estructurado de entrenamiento funcional comparando pre-test y pos-test. Resultados: Pos-intervención se presentaron cambios significativos comparando los resultados del pretest con los del postest, en resistencia muscular de miembros superiores (media: 33,29 vs 45,57) P: 0,04, flexibilidad (media: 13,57 vs 3,86) P: 0,05. Conclusiones: Se puede constatar que las capacidades de resistencia muscular y flexibilidad se pueden adaptar de manera positiva a través de una intervención con un programa estructurado de entrenamiento funcional, por 8 semanas, con una frecuencia de tres veces por semana por 45 minutos/día

El envejecimiento es un proceso universal, irreversible e individual que provoca cambios morfofisiológicos en los sistemas músculo-esquelético, sistema nervioso central y los sistemas sensoriales (visual, vestibular y propiocepción), ocasionando mayor riesgo de caídas. Las caídas tienen una alta prevalencia y se han transformado en un importante problema de salud pública debido a los altos costos económicos y funcionales que representan en el adulto mayor. Para evitar estos eventos es importante conocer los cambios morfofisiológicos asociados al envejecimiento y planear estrategias de salud en las que se incorpore estimulación ósea, muscular, somatosensorial (propioceptiva) y cognitiva con el propósito de evitar el deterioro funcional y la discapacidad. En base a lo anterior, el objetivo de esta revisión es exponer el conocimiento actual de los cambios morfofisiológicos involucrados en el riesgo de caídas del adulto mayor.

La sarcopenia es una condición que se puede asociar con la edad, caracterizada por la declinación funcional y estructural del músculo esquelético estriado. La suplementación con proteína, en combinación con ejercicio de resistencia, es el tratamiento principal para contrarrestar la sarcopenia o dinapenia en adultos mayores. El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar el efecto de la suplementación con proteína aislada de soya y el ejercicio de resistencia sobre la fuerza muscular y composición corporal en adultos mayores, que viven en una comunidad urbana marginal de Ecuador.

El entrenamiento con restricción al flujo sanguíneo es un método de entrenamiento que implica la aplicación de un dispositivo de envoltura próxima al músculo a entrenar, y realizar repeticiones con cargas inferiores a las recomendadas tradicionalmente para lograr hipertrofia y el aumento de fuerza muscular. Este entrenamiento ha ganado popularidad dentro de la kinesiología gracias a que permite alcanzar dichos objetivos en pacientes donde no es posible realizar cargas mayores debido a su condición clínica. El objetivo de este paso a paso es describir el procedimiento para su aplicación y detallar las contraindicaciones que presenta la técnica.

Objetivo: Conocer los beneficios de un programa de ejercicio multimodal para mejorar la función muscular en adultos mayores del Hospital de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú en el 2018. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de intervención, analítico, prospectivo y longitudinal. Un total de 66 pacientes fueron evaluados, pero solo 24 de ellos cumplieron con el tiempo de intervención de 6 meses. Resultados: La edad promedio fue de 75 ± 7,01 años. La Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), que incluye dentro de sus parámetros tanto balance, velocidad de marcha y la prueba de la silla, tuvo un impacto positivo en el grupo de intervención y mostró resultados estadísticamente significativos. No se encontró significancia estadística en la fuerza de presión en kilogramos ni en la medición del diámetro de la pantorrilla. Conclusiones: El programa de ejercicios multimodal en adultos mayores que pertenecen a la Fuerza Aérea del Perú tiene un impacto positivo en la función muscular.

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Introduction: Background: since the discovery of the vitamin D receptor in muscle cells, relatively few studies conducted in adolescents have reported with conflicting results the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and muscle strength. Methods: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey during the period 2011-2014 was analyzed to examine the association between vitamin D status and the combined maximum grip strength, as a proxy for overall muscle strength in participants aged 10 to 19 years. According to the American Endocrine Society guidelines, subjects with 25(OH)D levels < 20 ng/mL, 20 to 30 ng/mL, and > 30 ng/mL were defined as having deficient, insufficient, and sufficient vitamin D, respectively. General linear models were assembled to examine this association. Results: of 2,528 participants with a mean age of 14.5 years, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and sufficiency was 25.6 % and 25.9 %, respectively. As expected, maximum grip strength increased with age and was stronger in boys than that in girls. Notably, after adjusting for potential confounders, boys and girls with vitamin D sufficiency were on average 2.9 kg and 2.1 kg stronger than their counterparts with vitamin D deficiency, respectively. Moreover, boys defined as having severe vitamin D deficiency (< 12 ng/mL) were 4.1 kg weaker than those who did not. Conclusion: in adolescents, vitamin D sufficiency was significantly associated with stronger combined maximum grip strength. The present findings should be further investigated to determine if maintaining optimal 25(OH)D concentrations might result in greater muscle strength in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patients with pulmonary hypertension present limited tolerance to exercise and aerobic capacity; which is reflected in the reduction in peak oxygen consumption and their functional performance. This intolerance to exercise has traditionally been attributed to cardiac and respiratory dysfunction. However, as it happens in other chronic diseases, lower-limb and respiratory muscle alterations are also involved in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Increasing evidence suggests that physical exercise training is an efficient and safe strategy. The recommendation for light and moderate-intensity exercise is made within the framework of pulmonary rehabilitation, and its benefits have been previously described. In diseases such as COPD, lower-limb muscle function, exercise tolerance and quality of life improve following exercise training. And just as with COPD, it is necessary to promote evidence-based interventions with pulmonary hypertension. This narrative review focuses on the evaluation, safety and efficacy of training the respiratory muscles and the muscles of upper and lower extremities in patients with pulmonary hypertension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La implementación de programas de ejercicio puede mejorar la calidad de vida de pacientes en hemodiálisis (HD). Diversos estudios hablan sobre los beneficios del ejercicio físico en estos pacientes; sin embargo, los efectos sobre marcadores antropométricos, fuerza muscular y presión arterial (PA) según el tipo de ejercicio no han sido completamente evaluados. El objetivo de esta revisión es analizar estudios cuya intervención consistiera en la implementación de programas de ejercicio en pacientes con HD y proporcionar evidencias de sus efectos sobre los marcadores antropométricos, fuerza muscular y PA.