THIAGO HENRIQUE DA SILVA
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- Functional performance and muscular strength in symptomatic female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy(2020) SILVA, Thiago Henrique da; ANEQUINI, Isabela Pessa; FAVERO, Francis Meire; VOOS, Mariana Callil; OLIVEIRA, Acary Souza Bulle; TELLES, Juliana Aparecida Rhein; CAROMANO, Fatima AparecidaDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) usually affects men. However, women are also affected in rare instances. Approximately 8% of female DMD carriers have muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy. The early identification of functional and motor impairments can support clinical decision making. Objective: To investigate the motor and functional impairments of 10 female patients with dystrophinopathy diagnosed with clinical, pathological, genetic and immunohistochemical studies. Methods: A descriptive study of a sample of symptomatic female carriers of DMD mutations. The studied variables were muscular strength and functional performance. Results: The prevalence was 10/118 (8.4%) symptomatic female carriers. Deletions were found in seven patients. The age of onset of symptoms in female carriers of DMD was quite variable. Pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles, muscular weakness, compensatory movements and longer timed performance on functional tasks were observed in most of the cases. Differently from males with DMD, seven female patients showed asymmetrical muscular weakness. The asymmetric presentation of muscle weakness was frequent and affected posture and functionality in some cases. The functional performance presents greater number of compensatory movements. Time of execution of activities was not a good biomarker of functionality for this population, because it does not change in the same proportion as the number of movement compensations. Conclusion: Clinical manifestation of asymmetrical muscle weakness and compensatory movements, or both can be found in female carriers of DMD mutations, which can adversely affect posture and functional performance of these patients.
- Mudança na biomecânica da postura sentada afeta a função pulmonar(2019) CONTESINI, Adriana Maria; SILVA, Thiago Henrique da; FAVERO, Francis Meire; BLASCOVI-ASSIS, Silvana Maria; VOOS, Mariana Callil; CAROMANO, Fátima AparecidaABSTRACT The objective of this study was to characterize the postures induced by two different chair-desk systems and analyze their effects on lung function. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study of single subject with intra-series type analysis (A-B, B-A) during consecutive days of data collection. Fifteen volunteers participated using two chair-desk systems: conventional (A) and experimental (B). Postural evaluation was performed in both systems using photogrammetry. These images were analyzed using AutoCAD® 2010, estimating the average position of the joint angles of individuals in each system. These values were analyzed verifying the averages in each posture. Postural and respiratory data were compared by checking whether the different positions adopted by the participants resulted in changes in the spirometry values. Conventional chair-desk system promoted two different postural patterns, considering that one presented joint angles similar to experimental system, with similar spirometry results and the other presented body angles according to the reference of standards and spirometry results significantly lower in FEV1, FEV1/FVC and FEFmax. Experimental system differed from values of literature in standing posture only in FEFmax, suggesting similarity of postural situation. It was concluded that the experimental furniture proved a tool capable of benefiting respiratory function in sitting posture and may be an option to benefit people in special conditions such as pregnant women, obese individuals and people with chronic pulmonary diseases.