Introdução: A cinesioterapia constitui método importante do tratamento da doença de Legg-Calvé-Perthes. Objetivo: Desenvolver um protocolo fisioterapêutico de orientação domiciliar. Métodos: O protocolo é baseado em um manual de exercícios para ganho de ADM e para alongamento e fortalecimento muscular. A avaliação inclui goniometria, teste de força muscular e testes especiais (Thomas, Ely-Duncan, Ducroquet /I e II e Trendelenburg). Participaram onze meninos, entre 4 e 12 anos de idade, com DLCP tratados com osteotomia de Salter + tenotomia de adutores – acometimento unilateral. Resultados: Observou-se melhora clínica em todas as variáveis analisadas. Inicialmente, oito voluntários apresentaram grau grave; um paciente foi classificado com moderado; e dois foram considerados com leve. Na avaliação final, dez evoluíram para leve, e um dos dois com grau leve, no início, evolui para normal. Conclusão: A aplicação do protocolo domiciliar mostrou benefícios para a força muscular e a amplitude de movimento.

Objective: To verify at preseason the isokinetic analysis in professional field soccer athletes. Methods:We prospective evaluated isokinetic analysis tests in 30 professional athletes aged between 18 and 35 years in the Portuguese Association of Sports in the preseason for evaluation of knee flexors and extensors at speeds of 60 degrees per second and 300 degrees per second. Descriptive Statistics were used to describe the sample data and t-Test for comparisons of test results with BioEstat 5.3 software. Results:The peak torque adjusted for body mass at speeds of 60º/sec and 300º/sec was higher in the knee flexors on the dominant side of the athletes. Conclusion:The knee flexors on the dominant side were stronger in relation to the non-dominant side in the two velocities studied.

The study aimed to investigate the correlation between baropodometric parameters and the functional score in the evaluation of the results of surgery in patients with clubfoot. Fifty-one patients (77 feet) underwent surgical treatment, with a mean follow-up of 9.58 years (5–15 years), and a mean age of 10.2 years (7–16 years). A total of 39 males and 12 females were included, with 25 unilateral cases and 26 bilateral cases. The patients underwent a functional evaluation and an assessment of plantar pressure distribution using computerized baropodometry. The functional evaluation results were statistically analyzed to investigate any correlations. Unilateral and bilateral cases were studied in two different groups. The Mann–Whitney and Spearman correlation tests were used for these analyses. The static contact area, weight bearing time, gait speed, and plantar pressure peak were not correlated with the functional evaluation in the unilateral and bilateral cases. There was a statistically significant correlation (P < 0.05) among the integral plantar force, distribution of force, total plantar pressure, distance between the center of foot pressure and center of body mass, and dynamic contact area only in the bilateral cases. Baropodometry was correlated with the functional evaluation of several parameters in patients with bilateral involvement.