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Neuromuscular Taping and Multiple Sclerosis
No full textNeuromuscular taping (NT) is a relatively new device that induces stimulation of skin receptors by micro-movements. NT is also known by other commercial names and applies in many ways. This type of taping differs from traditional tape because it is elastic and can be stretched to 140% of its original length before being applied to the skin. It is used for treatment of various orthopedic and neurological disorders. This chapter explores the role of NT in the improvement of quality of life, motor performance, and muscle strength in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients reviewing recent literature. Only few studies have suggested the effectiveness of NT on musculoskeletal disorders, muscle strength, and motor performance in neurological disease. In particular, in MS, poor information exists on the effectiveness of NT in conjunction with other therapeutic activities to improve functional performance and muscle strength
Neuromuscular taping in multiple sclerosis. A pilot study
No full textBackground and aim of the work: Neuromuscular Taping (NT) is a relatively new device that induces micro-movements by stimulating receptors in the skin. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of the application of Neuromuscular Taping (NT) on motor performance and quality of life in a cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods: Twenty MS patients with Expanded Disability Status Scale ≤ 4 (EDSS); clinically stable disease; absence of relapses during the last 3 months; absence of rehabilitation treatment or symptomatic drugs acting on muscular tone or fatigue for at least 2 months; a stable disease modifying treatment for at least 3 months; were treated with the application of NT. It was applied four times at 4-day intervals on the weakest side of the hamstrings muscles. The treatment efficacy on motor performance was evaluated by the six minute walking test (6MWT), measured at the beginning of treatment (T0), at the end of NT application (T1), and three weeks after the last treatment application (T2). Moreover, Short Form 36 health survey (SF-36) was administered to evaluate the quality of life. Results: The mean distance covered during the 6MWT improved significantly between T0 and the successive T1 and T2 measurements, passing from 342.6±148.9 mt at T0 to 395.8±146.0 mt at T2 (p=0.03). The SF-36 showed a statistically significant improvement in most items. Conclusions: The application of NT was able to improve significantly the motor performance and the quality of life in our small case series of MS patients. © Mattioli 1885
Neuromuscular taping improves leg muscles strenght in multiple sclerosis patients: a pilot study
No full textVariations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
I flussi migratori interni all’Italia: caratteristiche e tendenze.
No full textNegli ultimi dieci anni il numero di trasferimenti di residenza in Italia, seppur con qualche oscillazione, si è mantenuto pressoché stabile e costantemente al di sopra del milione e 300 mila unità. Ai cambiamenti dovuti all’aumento della presenza straniera e al conseguente incremento della mobilità territoriale, si è contrapposta la recente crisi economica che ha ridotto il livello di mobilità e, in particolare, quello degli spostamenti di lungo raggio.
Le aree che maggiormente hanno risentito del calo della mobilità interna iniziato nel 2009 sono quelle del Nord-Est, ovvero le regioni che dalla seconda metà degli anni Novanta avevano fatto registrare il maggior incremento dei flussi migratori interni. Gli scenari pessimistici delineati dalla recessione hanno da un lato inibito la ricerca di occupazione nelle aree economicamente più sviluppate del Paese e, dall’altro, la chiusura di aziende e fabbriche ha ridotto notevolmente l’offerta di lavoro. Se gli italiani che si spostano dalle regioni del Mezzogiorno verso quelle del Centro-Nord sono in calo, al contrario aumentano i giovani (sia italiani sia stranieri) che decidono di emigrare verso altri paesi dell’Unione Europea.
Gli spostamenti sono più frequenti in età giovanile presumibilmente per motivi di studio o di lavoro e nelle età più anziane per ricongiungimenti familiari di varia natura (ritorno ai luoghi di origine, o avvicinamento ai figli migrati). Si registra nel complesso un sostanziale equilibrio di genere, leggermente a favore degli uomini nelle classi di età centrali e, viceversa, una maggiore presenza delle donne solo per i titoli di studio elevati.
Inoltre, aumenta la quota di laureati che si spostano dal Mezzogiorno verso il Centro-Nord e si riduce quella degli emigrati con titoli di studio medio-bassi
Larry O. Spencer, Conference Author Presentation
No full textGen. Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.), author of Dark Horse: A Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentago
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