Patients in maintenance hemodialisys (HD) present sleep disorders, increased inflammation, unbalanced redox profiles, and elevated biomarkers representing endothelial dysfunction. Resistance training (RT) has shown to mitigate the loss of muscle mass, strength, improve inflammatory profiles, and endothelial function while decreasing oxidative stress for those in HD. However, the relation between those factors and sleep quality are inadequately described. The aim of this study was to verify the effects of 3 months of RT on sleep quality, redox balance, nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, inflammation profile, and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in patients undergoing HD. Our primary goal was to describe the role of RT on sleep quality. Our secondary goal was to evaluate the effect of RT on NO, metabolism markers, and inflammatory and redox profiles as potential mechanisms to explain RT—induced sleep quality changes. Fifty-five men undergoing maintenance hemodialysis were randomized into either a control (CTL, n = 25) and RT group (RTG; n = 30). Participants in the RT group demonstrated an improvement in sleep pattern, redox, inflammatory profiles, and biomarkers of endothelial function (NO 2 − and ADMA). This group also increased muscle strength (total workload in RT exercises of upper and lower limbs). These findings support that RT may improve the clinical status of HD patients by improving their sleep quality, oxidative and inflammatory parameters.

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Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) is a condition that results from the noninterposition of capillaries between arteries and veins during the embryogenesis period, being characterized as a failure in circulatory system caused by a tangled network of malformed arteries, veins and vessels. This condition is commonly found in central nervous system causing brain dysfunction after vascular microlesions. The objective of this paper is to report the case and physiotherapeutic conduct for AVM sequelae, in order to highlight therapeutic evolution of patient involved. The articles based on the research were published from the year 2012, hAVC experimental nature or case report; and are available on Virtual Health Library (VHL) platforms; Scielo; Lilacs and Google Scholar. In the end, it can be identified that for mild cases of AVM stroke sequelae, kinesiotherapy and mechanotherapy may be sufficient to maintain functionality and gain muscle strength. In addition, it is necessary to identify risks for the patient with AVM during rehabilitation based on techniques that may alter blood flow and systemic blood pressure.

Electronic cigarettes emerged as an alternative to replace conventional cigarettes, however, their consumption has grown among youth and non-smoking adults, and little is known about their real harms to the body as a whole, but especially to the respiratory system. The objective of this research was to highlight the contributions of respiratory physiotherapy in the treatment of Lung Injury Associated with Electronic Cigarette Use (EVALI). This study is characterized as an integrative review of literature of a basic nature of the descriptive and qualitative type. Thus, it aimed to show how the physiotherapist can intervene in EVALI. In this context, it is understood that their interventions are related to the clinical manifestations present in individuals, because their recurrent consumption causes damage to the lung, allowing the generation of pathophysiological processes caused by inflammation and aggression of the epithelium.

We sought to investigate the effects of resistance training (RT) combined with erythropoietin (EPO) and iron sulfate on the hemoglobin, hepcidin, ferritin, iron status, and inflammatory profile in older individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ESRD patients (n: 157; age: 66.8 ± 3.6; body mass: 73 ± 15; body mass index: 27 ± 3), were assigned to control (CTL; n: 76) and exercise groups (RT; n: 81). The CTL group was divided according to the iron treatment received: without iron treatment (CTL—none; n = 19), treated only with iron sulfate or EPO (CTL—EPO or IRON; n = 19), and treated with both iron sulfate and EPO (CTL—EPO + IRON; n = 76). The RT group followed the same pattern: (RT—none; n = 20), (RT—EPO or IRON; n = 18), and (RT—EPO + IRON; n = 86). RT consisted of 24 weeks/3 days per week at moderate intensity of full-body resistance exercises prior to the hemodialysis section. The RT group, regardless of the iron treatment, improved iron metabolism in older individuals with ESRD. These results provide some clues on the effects of RT and its combination with EPO and iron sulfate in this population, highlighting RT as an important coadjutant in ESRD-iron deficiency.

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