Sebastião David Santos-Filho, Milena Oliveira Bravo Monteiro, Dulciane Nunes Paiva, Adriano Arnóbio, Severo de Paoli, Danúbia da Cunha Sá-Caputo, Eliane de Oliveira Guedes-Aguiar, Giuseppe Antonio Presta, Pedro J. Marin & Mario Bernardo-Filho·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: A stroke is a neurological disorder and muscle weakness is the most prominent impairment. Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a possible modality of exercise that is useful for improving physical capacity, bone mass, balance, proprioception and the quality of life in healthy subj...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5562
Aims: To determine the prevalence and severity of cardiac arrhythmias in a rural Australian population using ECG assessment. Study Design: This is a University-based research project. Comparative design with random samples used. Place and Duration of Study: School of Community He...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4047
Purpose: Starting the Conversation was a pilot project to test an intervention for childhood obesity, a major public health epidemic, using a free smartphone application (app). The primary aim was to assess students’ knowledge of nutritional indicators, physical exercise and use...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5512
Aims: The objective of this review is to explore the methods of eye protection from corneal abrasions during general anesthesia as they relate to procedures utilizing visual evoked potentials (VEP) monitoring. Because these protective measures may lower the accuracy of the VEP eq...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6925
Aims: Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are rare anomalies. Aneurysmal dilatation of the sinuses of Valsalva in Marfan syndrome has been extensively studied. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical manifestation, diagnosis, histopathological findings and management of sinus o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7057
Aim: Although guidelines and pharmacological interventions exist to manage pain, poor assessment and under-medication are prevalent. It was reported that inadequacy of pain management can be due to nurses’ lack of knowledge and training regarding pain management. Therefore, this...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5241
Aims: One of the ways to treat HIV/AIDS is Antiretroviral therapy (ART), which consists different schemes and includes numbers of drugs. However, in view of the HLA polymorphism it is necessary to determine the best association of ART with the HLA class II haplotypes. The purpose...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5664
Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness QuikClot Combat Gauze (QCG) to a control group on hemorrhage control and investigate the effects of intravenous volume resuscitation on rebleeding and movement on hemostasis in a porcine model of hypothermia. Design...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7262
Introduction: Patients with hypertension have an increased prevalence of type II diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. Prevalence of prediabetes is increasing worldwide and experts have projected that more than 470 million people will have pre-diabetes by 2030. A prop...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6977
Aim: Relationship between virus titers of live Infectious Bursal disease (IBD) vaccines and their serum-conversion abilities was studied. Study design and Methodology: Five batches of each, of five IBD vaccine brands used in Nigeria, were tested for virus titers. Each of the vacc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6205