ECLAC Notes Nº 10

Equity, development and citizenship Equity is the main challenge. Opinion: Regional development at dawn of the 21st century Investment in education should rise between 1% and 2% Annual Growth Goal:6% Employment: Aquilles' heel of reforms. Universal access,solidarity and efficiency must inspire economic and social policies More citizenship, more social cohesion. How to reduce the regulatory deficit Statistical appendix Recent titles Calendar

Resistência de genótipos de soja Glycine max (L.) a Nezara viridula (L. ,1758) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

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Impact of muscle fatigue on mechanics and motor control of walking

Pós-graduação em Ciências da Motricidade - IBRC

Análise cinematográfica tridimensional da articulação metacarpofalangiana de equinos submetidos à elevação da pinça ou talões

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Efeito do tipo de ferradura e angulação do casco sobre o movimento do membro torácico em equinos ao trote

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Verificação da associação da variabilidade genética da Alfa-1-antitripsina e do fator de necrose tumoral com a asma brônquica

A asma brônquica é uma desordem inflamatória crônica, complexa, na qual estão envolvidos fatores genéticos e ambientais. A inflamação das vias aéreas na asma é regulada, predominantemente, por células do sistema imunológico e por uma vasta rede de citocinas que interagem mutuamente e com as vias aéreas. O exato desempenho funcional de cada citocina na fisiopatologia da asma ainda necessita ser completamente estabelecido. A presente investigação teve como objetivo comparar a distribuição dos alelos S e Z do gene da A1AT e do polimorfismo do gene do TNF-α (-308 G/A) em uma população de 110 asmáticos, divididos em dois níveis de severidade da asma (com 54 pacientes no nível da doença moderada persistente e 56 pacientes no nível da doença severa persistente). Os genótipos da A1AT e do TNF-α (-308 G/A) foram determinados pela técnica de digestão enzimática (polimorfismo no comprimento dos fragmentos de restrição). O polimorfismo no promotor do gene do fator de necrose tumoral TNF-α (-308G/A), citocina pro-inflamatória que participa da reação inflamatória em pacientes com asma, contribuindo para a hiperreatividade brônquica, não foi na presente investigação, associado com a doença ou com o aumento da hiperreatividade brônquica, nos níveis de severidade sintomática mais graves da doença.

Análise das variáveis eletromiográficas e da pressão plantar na marcha em aclive, declive e plano

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Análise de equilíbrio corporal submetido á esforços de aceleração e desaceleração na direção antero-posterior: estudo transversal

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Interactions of age and leg muscle fatigue on unobstructed walking and obstacle crossing

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Effect of triceps surae and quadriceps muscle fatigue on the mechanics of landing in stepping down in ongoing gait

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Classificação do grau de comprometimento motor e do índice de massa corpórea em crianças com paralisia cerebral

Children with cerebral palsy due to movement and posture disorders might have an injured nutritional state. This study's objective was to classify the body mass index of children with cerebral palsy and verify its relation with the injury level of gross motor function. Twenty children, male and female sex, with cerebral palsy with ages between 2 and 14 years participated in the study. They were chosen from a rehabilitation center with physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy accompaniment. Children were classified according to the gross motor function classification scale. The anthropometric measures of each child weight, heel-knee length, estimated stature and body mass index were gauged. The body mass index was classified according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's body mass index percentile calculator for children and teenagers. The obtained data didn't show any relation between the gross motor function and body mass index. The reduced number of participants and the fact of all children be accompanied in dysphagia clinics and, when necessary, nutrition clinics, might have influenced these results.

Análise da distribuição de força plantar e postura em diferentes alturas de salto alto por meio de uma plataforma de força simuladora de salto alto

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Achados radiográficos e ultrassonográficos em equinos com doença do navicular

The distal sesamoid bone, also known as navicular bone, is located inside the hoof, palmar (thoracic limbs) or plantar (pelvic limbs) to distal interphalangeal joint. Its extremities are fixed by collateral medial and lateral sesamoidean ligament and distal impar sesamoidean ligament. Navicular disease diagnostic is made through a thorough clinical exam, nerve blocks and imaging exams. Even though imaging exams are not conclusive, they are essential to evaluate the extension of soft tissue lesions. Radiographic projections used to evaluate navicular bone are lateromedial (LM); dorsoproximal-palmaro/plantarodistal oblíqua (D30Pr-PaDiO); dorsoproximal-palmaro/plantarodistal oblíqua (D60Pr-PaDiO) e a palmaro/plantaroproximal-palmaro/plantarodistal oblíqua (PaPr-PaDiO). This exam allows to identify number and shape alterations of synovial invaginations on the distal (foramem nutricio) in the distal margin of distal sesamoid, osteophytes, enthesophytes and periarticular lesions. There are four ultrasonographic accesses described in literature to evaluate podotroclear apparatus, they are: palmar or plantar distal do the pastern, through the heel bulbs, through coronary band and transcuneal. These images allow a beeter the evaluation of soft tissue next to the distal sesamoid, because it is more sensitive than radiographic exam to evaluate acute lesions in soft tissues and perioesteum

Contribuição da amplitude de movimento articular do joelho na marcha de crianças com paralisia cerebral espástica

Individuals with spastic cerebral palsy show muscle weakness, difficulties in the control of agonist and antagonist muscles, decreased range of motion and tonus and sensibility alterations, especially in knee joint. These problems can interfere on the performance of functional activities such gait. The aim of this study was to analyze the contribution of knee range of motion on gait of hemiplegic and diplegic children considering their asymmetries. Twelve children, 6 hemiplegics e 6 diplegics from 7 to 12 years of age (age average= 9,5 ± 1,93) took part. Spasticity was assessed by the Ashworth’s Modified Scale and the passive knee range of motion by an eletrogoniometer. The task was to walk on a walkway of 8m long, in their preferred speed, in 6 attempts, been 3 on right and 3 on left sagital planes. Eigth passive markers were bilaterally fixed for the kinematic record. Orthogonally to the walkway, two digital camcorders were assembled on the sagital plane. The fotogrametric procedures were performed by the Dvideow 6.3 software. The Matlab 7.0.1 software was used to filter and to calculate the dependent variables. The U test of Mann- Whitney found differences to the cerebral palsy type for knee extension/hiperextension (U = - 2.943; p= 0.003), knee relative angle at heel contact (U = - 5.992; p= 0.001) and knee range during stride (U = - 4.099; p= 0.001). The Wilcoxon’s test revealed differences according to the asymmetries for the hemiplegics only for the knee relative angle at heel contact (T= - 2.635; p<0.008). The contributions of passive knee range of motion, revealed by the Spearman correlations, for the more afected limb of the diplegics, showed that the knee extension/hiperextension interfere on the cadence, stride duration and step width; the knee relative angle at heel contact change the stride length and duration and cadence; and the...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Reação postural de pacientes com doença de Parkinson e idosos sadios no teste de retropulsão instrumentado

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