Amélia Pasqual Marques

• Abstract

  Fibromyalgia is a condition of high prevalence, which causes physical discomfort, mental distress and impairment of social relations. With the rise in popularity of Mobile Health, the use of mobile applications should be considered as a resource of support in the treatment of individuals with fibromyalgia. Positive results in clinical trials demonstrate the potential of these applications…

  Development of mobile application to promote self-care in fibromyalgia patients, AP.R

• Abstract

  Non-specific chronic low back pain is a major health problem and socio-economic order responsible for a high of absenteeism from work and reduced functional performance. The practice of supervised exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the few treatments recommended, since they have positive results in the recovery of this symptom. However, there is little evidence of the eff…

  Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy and exercises versus monitored exercises in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial, AP.R

• Abstract

  Postural assessment is regarded as the initial physical examination basic procedure to be conducted on patients. However, most existing systems for postural assessment analyze the posture only in two dimensions, not allowing the quantification of spins on the Y axis. These systems do not use the methodology of real-time scanning of anatomical markers, which could increase the error during…

  Development, accuracy and reliability of a three dimension postural analysis system, AP.R

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Abstract

  Low back pain (LBP) is the first cause of disability over the years, being more prevalente in adults and the elderly. Due to multifactorial causes, studies of LBP in twins are applied because they are able to isolate the genetic cause from the environmental one and allow accurate risk estimates. In addition, recent studies show that chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with decrease…

  Static and dynamic balance in twins with chronic nonspecific low back pain: an analysis from NeuroCom Balance Manager®, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Nonspecific low back pain (DL) is a symptom present in people of all ages, and is currently the leading cause of global disability. Recent studies show the existence of a genetic domain in the appearance of low back pain. When chronic, DL starts to affect patients in different ways, bringing not only physical complications that are directly related to the development of a functional disab…

  Pain, procrastination, functional disability and kinesiophobia in twins with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a cross-sectional study, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Fibromyalgia is a rheumatologic chronic syndrome that interferes with the individual's functional capacity. Self-care may interfere with fibromyalgia-since it is related to the act of having dominion over its own life, investing itself in power and consequently the way in which this individual conducts its body and its mind in space, to interfere in the quality of life. The aim of the stu…

  Self-care agency association with symptoms and quality of life in fibromyalgia patients: cross-sectional study, BP.IC

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)