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PHYSICAL THERAPY IN THE OBSTETRIC CARE. CHAPTER 4. MATERNAL FSISIOLOGÍ: Changes players, renal, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, breast, weight, metabolic, respiratory, endocrine, dermatological, multiple pregnancies. Exercise: maternal responses to exercise. Fetal response to maternal exercise. Placental responses to maternal exercise. Effect of exercise on pregnancy outcome. The practitioner and instructor. Classes for early pregnancy. Relaxation training: Why is it important. Training: body changes, changes in fetal and maternal nutrition, pelvic floor toning, body mechanics and center of gravity, the role of companion on exercises. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 5. BREAST DISORDERS AND DISEASES: Death and death rates. Disease and heart disease. Pregnancy-induced hypertension. Vascular disease. Endocrine disease. Renal disease. Respiratory disorders. Infectious diseases and disorders, gastrointestinal and dermatological. Reproductive system. Diseases and neurological disorders. Musculoskeletal disorders. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 6. PHYSIOTHERAPY CARE IN THE HIGH RISK PREGNANCY: General considerations for high-risk pregnancies. The role of physiotherapy in high-risk pregnancies. Adolescent pregnancy. Pregnant women with disabilities or chronic illness. A pregnant woman with heart disease. Pregnancy-induced hypertension. The woman pregnant with …: respiratory disease, arthritis, after a transplant, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 7. EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS MATERNAL: Contraindications. Avoid. Musculoskeletal assessment. Position. Muscle testing. Positions suitable for muscle testing. Treatment of specific musculoskeletal diseases: cervical and upper thoracic sprain. Temporomandibular joint. Thoracic outlet. Carpal tunnel syndrome. De Quervain’s disease. Diastasis of rectus abdominis. Rib pain. Auticulación sacroiliac pain. Posterior iliac syndrome. Anterior iliac syndrome. Symphysis pubis. Back pain. Piriformis. Coccyx. Dysfunction of the knee and patella. Nerve palsy. Muscle and tendon injuries. Case Study: Pregnant patients with low back pain related to postural changes. Pregnant patients with disc herniation. The pregnant patient with lumbar sprain. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 8. CARE OF THE FETUS: THE BIRTH PRECONCEPTION: Questions prior to conception and genetic counseling. Teratogenic and environmental risks. Conception. Fetal growth. Fetal physiology. Fetal and neonatal assessment. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 9. PHYSIOTHERAPY CARE DURING CHILDBIRTH (PERIOD OF EXPANSION): Final stages of pregnancy, childbirth prodomo. Normal delivery. Complicated delivery. Location and status of the mother. Mechanisms of pain and its relief. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 10. PHYSIOTHERAPY CARE DURING CHILDBIRTH (second stage): Second stage of labor. Third stage of labor. Alternative Birth. Control of pain during labor. Birthing positions. Complicated deliveries, forceps, cesarean section, vaginal birth after cesarean section, multiple birth. Perineal repair. Lesions involving the uterine support. Retrodesplazamiento uterus. Pelvic joint injuries. Genital fistulas. Childbirth preparation classes. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CHAPTER 11. PHYSICAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE: anatomical and physiological Cambois Postpartum uterus, perineum, urinary, digestive, circulation, musculoskeletal system, rectus abdominis diastasis, emotional adjustment, breastfeeding. Exercise. Birth after cesarean section. The first six weeks at home. Home. Sexuality. Postpartum controls. Review. Instruction in postpartum classes. Postnatal exercise program. Exercise program after cesarean section. Self-Assessment Review. Bibliography. CONCLUSION. APPENDIX A: Recommended reading by topic. APPENDIX B: Product information and resources. APPENDIX C: Suggestions for using the Guidelines for physiotherapy practice. GLOSSARY.

A study reveals that oral supplements of folic acid may be cheap and safe ways to improve vascular function in young women suffer who practice athletics and amenorrhea (no period). The work appears in the May issue of Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

Although the benefits of exercise are known, there are risks to health. The young athletes who do not have a diet sufficiently to offset the energy they expend can stop having periods or irregular periods. This results in profiles of estrogen similar to those of a postmenopausal woman, which poses a greater risk of developing heart disease early. The prevalence of amenorrhea is 44 percent among the 23 million young people in school who are at least six times a week in the U.S.

Anne Hoch, the University of Wisconsin (USA) analyzed the effect of folic acid supplements in the dilation of the brachial artery, the alteration is one of the signs that allows the early diagnosis of heart disease.

Hoch analyzed 20 athletes aged between 18 and 35 who did not take the pill and had run at least 20 miles per week (32.2 km) in the previous 12 months. At baseline, girls who had amenorrhea group had a reduced arterial dilation, similar to that of a postmenopausal woman. Read the rest of this entry »

A study of 6,000 British civil servants found a 60% increase in the probability of coronary heart disease

Working 10 or more hours a day is bad for the heart, according to results of a study in the UK. People who usually work three or four hours over the seven rules are 60% more likely to suffer serious heart problems, including heart attacks than those who serve their time, researchers have said, based on a study conducted over 6,000 British civil servants over 11 years. Work an hour or two has not, however, adverse effects.

The relationship between work hours and heart disease is demonstrated in the study, but not the cause, which may be the stress of overwork. In general, people tend to take hours with a pattern A (these tend to be aggressive, competitive, tense, aware of the passage of time and usually hostile), or suffer psychological disorders manifested by depression and anxiety and may not get enough sleep or do not have time to relax before sleep, researchers say. Read the rest of this entry »

Actuary on cardiovascular disease by decreasing homocysteine levels, possibly causing damage to the lining of the arteries and the precursor of thrombus formation

The consumption of greater amounts of foods containing folate and vitamin B-6 reduces the risk of mortality from stroke and heart disease in women and may reduce the risk of heart failure in men, according to a study by the University of Osaka in Japan magazine is published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Explains Hiroyasu Iso, director of the study, the Japanese need a higher dietary intake of folate and vitamin B-6, which could lead to the prevention of heart disease, since dietary intake of vitamin B-6 tends to be generally lower in Japan than in the United States.

The findings on the value of vitamin B are consistent with studies in Europe and North America

The researchers analyzed data from 23 119 35 611 men and women between 40 and 79 who completed food frequency questionnaires as part of a large Japanese study. During an average follow-up 14 years 986 people died of stroke, heart disease and 424 of 2087 because of diseases related to cardiovascular system. Read the rest of this entry »