FATIMA APARECIDA CAROMANO
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Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/34 - Laboratório de Ciências da Reabilitação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/34 - Laboratório de Ciências da Reabilitação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Description of muscle strength in a Brazilian sample of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2A (calpainopathy)(2015) VOOS, M.; MARIM, J.; ANEQUINI, I.; FAVERO, E.; CARMO, A.; OLIVEIRA, A.; CAROMANO, F.
- Cognitive performance of children with 5q-spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review(2018) POLIDO, G.; MIRANDA, M.; CARVAS JUNIOR, N.; CAROMANO, F.; REED, U.; ZANOTELI, E.; VOOS, M.
- Visual, cognitive and motor skills in children with type I spinal muscle atrophy(2015) VOOS, M.; POLIDO, G.; BARBOSA, A.; FAVERO, F.; CAROMANO, F.
- Progression of timed performance and compensatory movements on locomotion tasks (10-m walking and climbing up and down steps) in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy(2015) VOOS, M.; MARTINI, J.; CAROMANO, F.
- Improvements in motor tasks through the use of smartphone technology for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy(2017) CAPELINI, Amila Miliani; SILVA, Talita Dias da; TONKS, James; WATSON, Suzanna; ALVAREZ, Mayra Priscila Boscolo; MENEZES, Lilian Del Ciello de; FAVERO, Francis Meire; CAROMANO, Fatima Aparecida; MASSETTI, Thais; MONTEIRO, Carlos Bandeira de MelloBackground: In individuals severely affected with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), virtual reality has recently been used as a tool to enhance community interaction. Smartphones offer the exciting potential to improve communication, access, and participation, and present the unique opportunity to directly deliver functionality to people with disabilities. Objective: To verify whether individuals with DMD improve their motor performance when undertaking a visual motor task using a smartphone game. Patients and methods: Fifty individuals with DMD and 50 healthy, typically developing (TD) controls, aged 10-34 years participated in the study. The functional characterization of the sample was determined through Vignos, Egen Klassifikation, and the Motor Function Measure scales. To complete the task, individuals moved a virtual ball around a virtual maze and the time in seconds was measured after every attempt in order to analyze improvement of performance after the practice trials. Motor performance (time to finish each maze) was measured in phases of acquisition, short-term retention, and transfer. Results: Use of the smartphone maze game promoted improvement in performance during acquisition in both groups, which remained in the retention phase. At the transfer phases, with alternative maze tasks, the performance in DMD group was similar to the performance of TD group, with the exception of the transfer to the contralateral hand (nondominant). However, the group with DMD demonstrated longer movement time at all stages of learning, compared with the TD group. Conclusion: The practice of a visual motor task delivered via smartphone game promoted an improvement in performance with similar patterns of learning in both groups. Performance can be influenced by task difficulty, and for people with DMD, motor deficits are responsible for the lower speed of execution. This study indicates that individuals with DMD showed improved performance in a short-term motor learning protocol using a smartphone. We advocate that this technology could be used to promote function in this population.
- Bringing the spoon to the mouth or the mouth to the spoon? The analysis of compensatory movements of simulated feeding in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a case-control study(2018) ARTILHEIRO, M.; OLIVEIRA, E.; CARVAS JUNIOR, N.; FAVERO, F.; CAROMANO, F.; SA, C.; VOOS, M.
- Responsiveness of the Functional Evaluation Scale for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy - domain 2: Gait(2015) CARVALHO, E. de; HUKUDA, M.; VOOS, M.; CAROMANO, F.
- Matching pairs difficulty in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I(2017) POLIDO, Graziela Jorge; BARBOSA, Alessandra Ferreira; MORIMOTO, Carlos Hitoshi; CAROMANO, Fatima Aparecida; FAVERO, Francis Meire; ZANOTELI, Edmar; REED, Umbertina Conti; VOOS, Mariana CallilThis study aimed to investigate the performance on pair-matching tasks in children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I (SMA-I) and the relationship between this performance and motor function, functional independence and quality of life. SMA-I (n = 12; 6.0 +/- 2.3 yrs; 9 boys, 3 girls) and control sex-, age-matched children (n = 12; 6.2 +/- 2.6 yrs) performed four pair-matching figure, number and letter tasks. The eye tracker detected eye movements. SMA-I children were assessed with CHOP INTEND, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Analysis of variance showed that SMA-I children had a lower percentage of correct answers and longer timed performance compared to controls (p < 0.05). Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory score (social function domain) was correlated to the percentage of correct answers on the pair-matching tasks on task 1 (r = 0.81; p = 0.001) and task 2 (r = 0.66; p = 0.020). Pair-matching performance of SMA-I children was poorer than the performance of control children. There was a relationship between pair-matching performance and social function. The restricted interaction with the environment, due to severe paralysis and poor verbal communication, is associated with cognitive difficulties in SMA-I children. The eye tracker was helpful in cognitive assessment of SMA-I children, who responded to the cognitive tests with eye movements.
- Dissociation between motor and cognitive skills in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy(2015) VOOS, M.; FAVERO, E.; DIAS, K.; ARTIHEIRO, M.; OLIVEIRA, A.; CAROMANO, F.
- Cognitive performance of children with spinal muscular atrophy: A systematic review(2019) POLIDO, Graziela Jorge; MIRANDA, Mariana Mangini Vaz de; CARVAS JUNIOR, Nelson; MENDONÇA, Rodrigo de Holanda; CAROMANO, Fátima Aparecida; REED, Umbertina Conti; ZANOTELI, Edmar; VOOS, Mariana CallilABSTRACT Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is genetic and progressive, caused by large bi-allelic deletions in the SMN1 gene, or the association of a large deletion and a null variant. Objective: To evaluate the evidence about cognitive outcomes in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods: Searches on the PUBMED/Medline, Web of Knowledge and Scielo databases retrieved 26 studies (1989 to 2019, descriptors “spinal muscular atrophy” and “cognition”). Nine studies were selected according to the eligibility criteria: (1) cognition tested in individuals with SMA; (2) written in English or Spanish. The Risk of Bias in Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions was used to describe design, bias, participants, evaluation protocol and main findings. This study was registered on the International prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO). Results: Three studies described normal cognition. In another three studies, cognitive outcomes were above average. Cognitive impairment was found in three studies. Poor cognitive performance was more frequently reported in studies that were recent, included children with SMA type I and that employed visual/auditory attention and executive function tests. Protocols and cognitive domains varied, precluding metanalysis. Conclusion: The severity of motor impairment may be related to cognitive outcomes: studies that included a higher number/percentage of children with SMA type I found cognitive impairment. The establishment of gold-standard protocols is necessary. Further studies should compare the cognitive outcomes of subjects with SMA types I to IV.