Background—Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) aVects respiratory muscles, which in addition to progressive scoliosis leads to respiratory impairment. Children with developing scoliosis are usually treated with spinal bracing to delay the progress. Aims—To assess the impact of body position and application of spinal bracing on lung function during tidal breathing in children with SMA. Methods—Lung fu...

Title: Acceleration sensors in abdominal wall position as a non-invasive approach to detect early breathing alterations induced by intolerance of increased airway resistance Authors: Thomas Breuer ([email protected]) Christian Bruells ([email protected]) Rolf Rossaint ([email protected]) Henning Steffen ([email protected]) Catherine Disselhorst-Klug ([email protected]...

The natural course of progressive neuromuscular diseases can be complicated by respiratory muscle involvement. In muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy, respiratory muscle involvement is common. In others such as Becker, limb-girdle, and facioscapulo-humeral dystrophies, respiratory muscle involvement is infrequent and generally occurs in the more sever...

Introduction. Respiratory cancer and its treatment are known to contribute to muscle weakness and functional impairment. Aim. To assess the effects of rehabilitation in patients with respiratory cancer. Methods. Radically treated respiratory cancer patients were included in a 12-week multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. Results. 16 patients (age: 61 ± 7 years; FEV(1): 57 ± 16% pred.) showe...

BACKGROUND Estimates of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work/school absences for influenza are typically based on medically attended cases or those meeting influenza-like-illness (ILI) case definitions and thus biased towards severe disease. Although community influenza cases are more common, estimates of their effects on HRQoL and absences are limited. OBJECTIVES To measure qualit...

Background COVID-19 neurological manifestations were demonstrated during the pandemic, including cognitive impairment. Objectives: To determine prevalence of and behavioral complaints (such as dementia, MCI or SCD) in a outpatient sample with recent SARS-COV2 infection. Specific: Evaluate association impairment presence polymorphism found APOE gene respiratory disease Method Observational, long...

[b]Introduction.[/b] Parents as day-to-day caregivers looking after their children's health and upbringing are crucial in the process of hearing loss prevention among the young. The aim of the study was to assess the parents' knowledge and awareness of hazards bringing about hearing loss, possibilities to prevent this, as well as their reaction in the case of problems of their children with hea...

Use of tobacco and health problems due to its smoking is a major topic concern in todays world. Tobacco use causes serious cardio-respiratory diseases which result low life expectancy. It found that increased mortality lung cancer associated with cigarette every country. Smoking leads cancers, pulmonary diseases, cardiac stroke. psychological dependence the nicotine present tobacco. This addict...

295 Rev Bras Reumatol 2011;51(4):295-8 Impairment of the respiratory system in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality.1 The manifestations can vary and include interstitial pulmonary infi ltrates, pleural impairment, single or multiple pulmonary nodules, disorders of the central and peripheral airways, vascular bed diseases, drug-induced pulmonary toxicity, a...

background: despite wide application of chromium in electroplating industry, the pulmonary effects of chronic exposure to this chemical have not been extensively studied and are subject of debate and controversy. this study was, therefore, undertaken to further address this issue.   methods: the study population consisted of a group of 15 workers with a history of past and present occupational ...