Article
Physiology
Tristan W. Dorey, Matthias Walter, Andrei V. Krassioukov
Summary: The study examined the effects of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections on heart rate and heart rate variability in individuals with spinal cord injury during urodynamic studies. It was found that the injections led to improvements in autonomic nervous system function, resulting in reduced abnormalities in heart rate responses.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Luiz Henrique Rufino Batista, Wagner Jorge Ribeiro Domingues, Anselmo de Athayde Costa E Silva, Kathya Augusta Thome Lopes, Minerva Leopoldina de Castro Amorim, Mateus Rossato
Summary: The study suggests that the photoplethysmography technique (PPG) may overestimate heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Although there is a correlation between PPG and Polar H7, caution is advised when using PPG for HRV analysis as it could lead to data overestimation.
BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Denise Cardoso Ribeiro Papa, Lilian Del Ciello de Menezes, Ibis Ariana Pena, Ana Clara Silveira, Natalia Padula, Suellen de Oliveira Veronez Silva, Roberta Caveiro Gaspar, Eduardo Dati Dias, Celso Ferreira, Luciano Vieira de Araujo, Todd A. Astorino, Helen Dawes, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Talita Dias da Silva
Summary: The purpose of this study was to analyze cardiac autonomic modulation in individuals with SCI during postural transition from sitting to orthostatism position using a cognitive VR task. The results showed that there was better sympathovagal balance between sitting and 90 degrees positions in the SCI group who performed the VR task.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Samineh Mesbah, Tyler Ball, Claudia Angeli, Enrico Rejc, Nicholas Dietz, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Susan Harkema, Maxwell Boakye
Summary: The study found that in individuals with clinically motor complete spinal cord injury, the extent of recovery of lower limb voluntary movements with scES is significantly influenced by the percentage of lumbosacral enlargement coverage by the electrode array and the position of the electrode relative to the lumbosacral enlargement and conus tip.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Samineh Mesbah, Tyler Ball, Claudia Angeli, Enrico Rejc, Nicholas Dietz, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Susan Harkema, Maxwell Boakye
Summary: The study showed that in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury, there was a significant correlation between the coverage rate of lumbosacral enlargement by the electrode array and the position of the electrode, and the number of joints moved during voluntary lower limb movements. However, there was no significant correlation between the cross-section area of the spinal cord at C3 or the length of severe myelomalacia and the ability to move the lower limbs voluntarily.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Soshi Samejima, Claire Shackleton, Raza N. Malik, Kawami Cao, Anibal Bohorquez, Tom E. Nightingale, Rahul Sachdeva, Andrei V. Krassioukov
Summary: Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to severe cardiovascular dysfunction, and autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is one of the causes of high blood pressure in SCI patients. Recently, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been considered as a potential intervention to alleviate unstable blood pressure after SCI. This case series demonstrates the real-time effect of epidural SCS (eSCS) at the lumbosacral spinal cord in mitigating AD in individuals with SCI.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anthony F. DiMarco, Robert T. Geertman, Kutaiba Tabbaa, Gregory A. Nemunaitis, Krzysztof E. Kowalski
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to improve bowel management in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Results showed that SCS significantly reduced time required for bowel management, increased airway pressure generation, and improved overall quality of life. Importantly, the improvement in bowel management was associated with restoration of intra-abdominal pressure development.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ryan Solinsky, Isabelle Vivodtzev, J. W. Hamner, J. Andrew Taylor
Summary: Individuals with SCI exhibit significantly lower LF and HF HRV and LF BPV compared to uninjured controls, though HF BPV is similar. The relationship between heart rate and blood pressure variabilities differs in SCI individuals, with a predominance of blood pressure feedback mechanism in the high-frequency range. Whole-body exercise does not significantly alter HRV, BPV, or their cross-spectral relationships after SCI.
CLINICAL AUTONOMIC RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Ana Karina Kirby, Sidharth Pancholi, Zada Anderson, Caroline Chesler, Thomas H. Everett, Bradley S. Duerstock
Summary: Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a condition that affects around 70% of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and can have serious consequences if not detected and managed promptly. Currently, continuous blood pressure monitoring is used as the gold standard for AD detection, but it can be inconvenient. Therefore, a non-invasive detection device would be valuable for rapid and continuous AD detection.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jae Hyeon Park, Hyeon Seong Kim, Seong Ho Jang, Dong Jin Hyun, Sang In Park, JuYoung Yoon, Hyunseop Lim, Mi Jung Kim
Summary: The study investigated the cardiorespiratory responses to 10 weeks of exoskeleton-assisted walking training in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The findings showed that the exercise intensity remained moderate according to METs, while the average %HRR significantly decreased after training. Additionally, walking efficiency progressively improved after the 10-week training period.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Latha Nedumaran, Grace Rebekah, Elizabeth Tharion, George Tharion
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the importance of assessing autonomic pathway integrity in newly injured traumatic cervical spinal cord injury patients for their neurological prognosis. The results showed that interim neurological recovery was not related to short-term heart rate variability indices and sympathetic skin response. About half of the patients with clinically complete injury had evidence of preserved autonomic function.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yoon Jung Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yoon, Yu Jin Kang, Seung-June Oh, Min Hur, Hee-Pyoung Park, Hyung-Chul Lee
Summary: Comparing autonomic responses during bladder hydrodistention in patients with IC/BPS under general and spinal anesthesia, our study found that spinal anesthesia has advantages over general anesthesia in preventing an abrupt increase in systolic blood pressure and postoperative pain in IC/BPS patients. The findings show significantly greater Delta SBP, significantly lower heart rate variability, and significantly higher postoperative pain scores in the general anesthesia group compared to the spinal anesthesia group.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Shuai Ren, Weihua Zhang, HongMiao Liu, Xin Wang, Xiangchen Guan, Mingzhe Zhang, Jian Zhang, Qiong Wu, Yan Xue, Dan Wang, Yong Liu, Jianyu Liu, Xiaoping Ren
Summary: The study focused on investigating the restoration of motor function following spinal cord injury through transplanting a vascularized pedicle of hemisected spinal cord to bridge the transected spinal cord. Results showed that electrical continuity was restored, leading to motor function recovery, supporting the potential effectiveness of similar operative techniques in treating SCI patients previously considered to have irreversible damage or paralysis.
CNS NEUROSCIENCE & THERAPEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Weiwei Wang, Hongyi Cheng, Yike Zhang, Chang Cui, Zhiqiao Lin, Yantao Xing, Xiaoyuan Zhong, Xichen Liang, Quan Cao, Yan Chen, Minglong Chen
Summary: This study investigated the prognostic value of heart rate variability (HRV) and skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The results suggest that reduced HRV and SKNA may be indicators of poor neurological outcomes in ICH patients.
ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Physiology
Aravind Natarajan, Hao-Wei Su, Conor Heneghan
Summary: This study shows that Resting Heart Rate is modified for several weeks following a COVID-19 infection, with three phases of elevation, decrease, and subsequent increase. The extent of these changes varies with disease severity.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Montserrat Rejano-Campo, Laura Lopez-Bueno, Grainne Marie Donnelly, Merce Balasch-Bernat
Summary: This study investigated the influence of adding postural instructions to a 12-week abdominopelvic exercise program on pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function and symptoms in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The results showed that the group with postural instructions had higher EMG activity and strength values compared to the group without postural instructions. At 3-months follow-up, only strength values were significantly higher in the group with postural instructions. No significant differences were found in terms of UI symptoms.
PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Patricia Palau, Eloy Dominguez, Julia Seller, Clara Sastre, Juan Sanchis, Laura Lopez, Vicent Bodi, Pau Llacer, Gema Minana, Rafael de la Espriella, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Julio Nunez
Summary: This study demonstrated a relationship between heart rate response and the risk of worsening heart failure in patients with HFpEF, with differential effects observed in patients with sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation.
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cristina Cabrejas, Monica Solana-Tramunt, Jose Morales, Ainhoa Nieto, Ana Bofill, Eduardo Carballeira, Emanuela Pierantozzi
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an integrated functional training program on young rhythmic gymnasts' explosive strength and jump/leap performance. The results showed that the training program significantly improved explosive strength as well as specific performance in rhythmic gymnastics. Coaches should consider incorporating this program to enhance rhythmic gymnastics performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Javier Gutierrez-Coronado, Laura Lopez-Bueno, Maria de los Angeles Cardero-Duran, Manuel Albornoz-Cabello, Jose Vicente Toledo-Marhuenda, Sergio Hernandez-Sanchez, Lirios Duenas, Elena Marques-Sule, Antoni Morral, Luis Espejo-Antunez
Summary: The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of static and dynamic warm-up programs on recreational sports players with previous hamstring injuries. The results showed that both static and dynamic warm-up improved perceived pain and pressure-pain threshold in the participants. However, dynamic warm-up had a greater beneficial impact on reducing joint repositioning error and had larger effect sizes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Patricia Palau, Jose Mendez, Enrique Santas, Julio Nunez, Laura Lopez, Antonio Briatore, Eloy Dominguez
Summary: This study evaluated the maximal functional capacity in adults with isolated LBBB and compared it to predicted values from a healthy population. The results showed that adults with isolated LBBB had reduced maximal functional capacity despite the absence of cardiac disease and a baseline moderate to highly active lifestyle.
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Pediatrics
Elena Munoz-Gomez, Marta Ingles, Sara Molla-Casanova, Nuria Sempere-Rubio, Pilar Serra-Ano, Marta Aguilar-Rodriguez
Summary: Reviewing the literature, it was found that unimodal sensorimotor stimulation protocols based on manual oral stimulation combined with NNS can effectively reduce transition time, improve feeding efficacy, and shorten hospital stay in very preterm and moderate to late preterm infants (PIs). However, the intervention does not have a significant effect on weight gain.
PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Elena Munoz-Gomez, Ana Maria Alcaraz-Martinez, Sara Molla-Casanova, Nuria Sempere-Rubio, Marta Aguilar-Rodriguez, Pilar Serra-Ano, Marta Ingles
Summary: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a manual therapy protocol for women with endometriosis-related pelvic pain. The results showed that manual therapy significantly improved pain intensity, lumbar mobility, and physical quality of life. Both the manual therapy group and the placebo group also experienced improvements in emotional wellbeing.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Rudi Seifert, Maite Pellicer-Chenoll, Laura Anton-Gonzalez, Miquel Pans, Jose Devis-Devis, Luis-Mill Gonzalez
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on urban mobility, particularly in Valencia, Spain. The behavior patterns of bike-sharing system (BSS) users in Valencia were analyzed before and after the outbreak. The results showed a 40% reduction in BSS movements after the outbreak, with some recovery in the rest of 2020 but still below pre-pandemic levels. 63% of users changed their BSS use patterns, while 37% maintained their patterns. These findings have implications for estimating behavior during emergencies and suggest policy implications.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jose-Francisco Pedrero-Sanchez, Helios De-Rosario-Martinez, Enrique Medina-Ripoll, David Garrido-Jaen, Pilar Serra-Ano, Sara Molla-Casanova, Juan Lopez-Pascual
Summary: Falls in older people are a major health concern. We developed a smartphone-based fall risk assessment that showed reliable and accurate results. The assessment was compared with the traditional Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) and proved to be an easy-to-use screening tool for fall risk classification among older people.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Rafael Lima Kons, Daniele Detanico, Filipe Estacio Costa, Emerson Franchini, Xurxo Dopico-Calvo, Jose Morales Aznar, Irineu Loturco, Anthony Weldon
Summary: This study investigated the practices and perspectives of judo coaches in strength and conditioning (S&C) across different countries. The results showed that all participants considered S&C to be very important in judo. Squats, weightlifting, judo-specific movements, and stretching/mobility exercises were identified as the most important exercises for different aspects of judo. The most frequently mentioned issues and desired improvements in S&C were motivation, increased staffing, expertise, and technology integration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Raquel Escobar-molina, Jose Morales, Emerson Franchini
Summary: This report describes the combat sports-related research presented at the Annual Congress of the ECSS, an important event in the field of Sport Sciences. It highlights the significance of presenting such research to a broader audience for increased awareness and potential impact on funding and positions.
REVISTA DE ARTES MARCIALES ASIATICAS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Isaac Estevan, Xavier Garcia-Masso, Cristina Menescardi, Nuria Ortega-Benavent, Sergio Montalt-Garcia, Jorge Romero-Martinez, Isabel Castillo, Octavio Alvarez, Ana Queralt, Javier Molina-Garcia
Summary: Physical literacy is crucial for children's development and overall health. The ALPHYL study is a classroom-based physical activity program aimed at promoting children's physical literacy, academic achievement, and cognitive function. The study will be conducted in primary schools in Valencia, Spain, and will assess the effectiveness of the intervention through pre-tests, post-tests, and retention evaluations.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Sara Molla-Casanova, Elena Munoz-Gomez, Nuria Sempere-Rubio, Marta Ingles, Marta Aguilar-Rodriguez, Alvaro Page, Juan Lopez-Pascual, Pilar Serra-Ano
Summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a virtual running treatment combined with specific physical gait exercise on functionality, pain, and muscular tone in pre-frail and frail older persons. The experimental group showed improvement in aerobic capacity, functional lower-limb strength, reaction time, and pain, while the control group remained the same. Further analysis is needed to assess the effectiveness of virtual running therapy on gait, stand-up and sit-down performance, and velocity.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Maria Teresa Pellicer-Chenoll, Karolina Taczanowska, Pilar Serra-Ano, Jose Luis Toca-Herrera, Luis-Millan Gonzalez
Summary: Mining data from social media platforms is popular for exploring human behavior, including attitudes towards the natural environment. While most studies focus on English content, it is valuable to research other languages for international studies. This study analyzed Twitter content in German about national parks, with a special focus on tweets related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings suggest the need for improvement in social media communications for users interested in protected areas in mountainous regions.
ECO MONT-JOURNAL ON PROTECTED MOUNTAIN AREAS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Elena Munoz-Gomez, Marta Aguilar-Rodriguez, Marta Ingles, Sara Molla-Casanova, Nuria Sempere-Rubio, Pilar Serra-Ano
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of mirror therapy and therapeutic exercise on pain, sensitivity, and functionality in individuals with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The results showed that both mirror therapy and therapeutic exercise significantly improved pain, but only mirror therapy maintained its effects during the follow-up.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)