GUILHERME CARLOS BRECH
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LIM/41 - Laboratório de Investigação Médica do Sistema Músculoesquelético, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- RELATIONSHIP OF FORCE PLATFORM WITH THE CLINICAL BALANCE EVALUATION SYSTEMS TEST IN OLDER ADULTS(2020) ERNANDES, Rita De Cassia; BRECH, Guilherme Carlos; LUNA, Natalia Mariana Silva; NUNES, Michele Figueira; GREVE, Julia Maria D'Andrea; LEME, Luiz Eugenio Garcez; ALONSO, Angelica CastilhoThe aging process can alter the organization of postural control causing instability; literature shows several equipment and clinical tests whose purpose is to measure postural balance, involving different protocols and methodologies. Objective: To evaluate postural balance during the task to walk over the force platform (turn and return) and its relationship with clinic balance test (BESTest) in older adults. Methods: 60 older people of both sexes, aged 60 to 79 years, were tested in the force platform (NeuroCom Balance) and BESTest to evaluate postural balance. Results: negative correlations were found when comparing domains of the clinical test with stabilometric parameters in time and velocity variables of the tests Step/Quick turn. The highest correlations were in the total score (time spent to perform the task - 0.41, and in the velocity left side - 0.33/right side - 0.43), as well as in the stability limit (time spent to perform the task left side - 0.34/right side - 0.37, and the equilibrium velocity left side - 0.37/right side - 0.43). Conclusion: There are slim correlations between the clinical test and force platform variables, showing that each test measures different parameters.
- DYNAMIC POSTURAL BALANCE IS MEDIATED BY ANTHROPOMETRY AND BODY COMPOSITION IN OLDER WOMEN(2021) BRECH, Guilherme Carlos; FREITAS, Jessica Sillas de; GOUVEA, Marcia; MACHADO-LIMA, Adriana; BASTOS, Marta Ferreira; TAKAYAMA, Liliam; PEREIRA, Rosa Maria Rodrigues; GREVE, Julia Maria D'Andrea; ALONSO, Angelica CastilhoObjective: To investigate the relationship between anthropometry and body composition with dynamic postural balance in elderly women with low bone mineral density (BMD). Methods: 45 older women (>= 60 years), low BMD and nutritional diagnosis of low weight to overweight. For the assessment of body composition, Dual energy X-ray emission densitometry and anthropometric examination were used to measure: body mass (kg), height (cm) and BMI (k/m(2)). The assessment of dynamic postural balance was performed by the mini Balance Master Evaluation System clinical test and the computerized Balance Master (R) System test by the Sit to Stand and Step Up/Over tests. Results: There was a negative correlation between miniBESTest (r = - 0.566; p = 0.001) and time to ascend and descend step (r = - 0.393; p = 0.007) with fat mass, and positive correlation with miniBESTest (r = 0.526; p =0.001) and time to go up and down a step with muscle mass (r = 0.297; p = 0.04). As for anthropometric variables, only height showed a positive correlation (r = 0.296; p = 0.04) with the speed in the sit and stand test. Conclusion: Lean mass reduces postural oscillations; in contrast, fat mass negatively interfered with dynamic postural balance in women with low BMD. Height was related to dynamic postural balance, the taller the elderly, the worse their balance.
- IMPACT OF DIABETIC NEUROPATHY ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND POSTURAL BALANCE IN BRAZILIAN OLDER ADULTS(2020) ERNANDES, Rita de Cassia; BRECH, Guilherme Carlos; LUNA, Natalia Mariana Silva; BEGA, Armando; GUIMARAES, Danielle Serra; BOCALINI, Danilo Sales; SCHERRER JUNIOR, Gerson; GREVE, Julia Maria D'andrea; LEME, Luiz Eugenio Garcez; ALONSO, Angelica CastilhoObjective: To analyze the impact of the Peripheral Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) on the postural and functional balance and quality of life of Brazilian older adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study. Sixty older men and women (60-79 years) were divided into three groups: control, DM without and with PDN. The following parameters were evaluated: anthropometry; quality of life; postural balance (BESTest); functional balance in force plate (NeuroCom Balance). Results: PDN group presented significant differences compared with the other groups, with the worst performance in quality of life than DM2 without PDN in: sensory functioning (p = 0.030); past and future (p = 0.036); death and dying (p = 0.035). Postural balance deficit in the total score (p = 0.025) and biomedical constraints section (p = 0.043) of the BESTest, comparedwith DM2 without PDN (p = 0.007). In the functional balance (Neurocom), PDN group presented a worse performance in the time spent on the left side (p = 0.030) than the control group. During step up over test, the control group performed the task faster than the group with PDN (p = 0.004). Conclusion: This study showed that neuropaths presented worse physical performance and postural balance deficits, sensorial limitations, affecting the daily tasks and, as a consequence, decreasing the quality of life in Brazilian older adults.