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Submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Department of Chiropractic, Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2015. / Low back stability and low back strengthening exercises have emerged as popular techniques related to optimal athletic/occupational performance and the rehabilitation of painful backs (McGill 2001). The core provides local strength and balance as well as reduces the risk of low back injury (Kibler, Press and Sciascia 2006). Core strength is important in providing a solid base for the body to exert or resist forces. According to Anderson and Behm (2005), however, it is still uncertain as to which type of training is most effective in providing trunk and joint stability in its role in injury prevention and its contribution to balance. Aim: To determine if exercises performed on an unstable surface would result in greater balance improvements in healthy female participants when compared with exercises performed on a stable surface. Methods Forty asymptomatic females between the ages of 18 and 30 were recruited via self-selection. The study was a randomised clinical trial where all participants underwent a case history, a physical examination and a lumbar spine regional examination. Thereafter, participants were asked to stand on the Biosway Portable Balance System where baseline readings of the Clinical Test of Sensory Integration and Balance (CTSIB) and the Postural Stability Test were taken. The CTSIB has four test conditions – Condition 1: eyes open firm surface, Condition 2: eyes closed firm surface, Condition 3: eyes open foam surface, and Condition 4: eyes closed foam surface. The Postural Stability Test was presented in terms of overall postural stability, anterior/posterior stability and medial/lateral stability. Participants were then taught how to activate their core muscles by means of the prone coactivation exercise. A Pressure Biofeedback Unit was used to provide an objective measurement of the successful execution of the exercise. Participants were then allocated to either Group A or B and were taught how to perform the various core strength exercises. Participants in Group A performed the side bridge and single leg extension hold on a stable surface; participants in Group B performed the prone bridge and the quadruped reach on a Swiss ball. Participants were instructed to perform their respective exercises daily at home and they were also told the required number of sets repetitions they were to do. During the first week the participants were to perform three sets of 30 second holds daily, for the bridge exercises and three sets of 60 seconds for the extensor exercises. During the second week the participants were to perform four sets of 30 and 60 second holds, respectively. In the third and fourth weeks the participants were expected to perform five sets of 30 and 60 second holds respectively. The study participants reported to the Chiropractic Day Clinic once a week for four weeks and performed their exercises in the presence of the researcher. In the fourth week, however, the participants were asked to stand on the Biosway Portable Balance System and final readings of their CTSIB and Postural Stability Test were taken. All data was collected by the researcher. SPSS version 21 was used to analyse the data. A p value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Intra-group analysis was done on each treatment group individually to assess the effect of the treatment over time using repeated measures ANOVA for each outcome separately. Inter-group analysis was achieved using repeated measures ANOVA with a between group effect of the intervention. A significant time x group intervention effect would signify a treatment effect. Inter-group correlations between changes in outcomes over time were achieved using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The mean (± SD) age of the participants was 22.1 years. In terms of the CTSIB test under condition 1 there was no statistically significant effect of the intervention (p=0.431), group B showed a decrease in their sway index after the intervention. Under condition 2 group A participants showed a decline in their sway index, however results were statistically insignificant (p=0.129). Both groups showed a decrease in sway index overtime under conditions 3 and 4 with group B showing a faster decline in sway index overtime under condition 3. Results remained statistically insignificant for both conditions (p=0.171) and (p=0.766) respectively. In terms of the Postural Stability Test the intervention was found to have no effect on the balance of study participants (p=0.548). Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated a statistically insignificant improvement in the core strength and balance of the participants in both study groups. Taking into account the nature of the study population there is a possibility of a clinically significant effect were this study to be conducted on older individuals instead of younger individuals. For some of the outcomes measured there was a non-statistically significant trend towards an effect of the intervention, however for others both groups displayed the same trend over time. The power of the study to show a significant effect where one might have existed was low and thus the study should be repeated with a larger sample size using the outcomes which showed differential results between the treatment groups.

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El presente trabajo tiene como finalidad mostrar la anestesia raquídea con bupivacaína pesada como una excelente alternativa en cirugías de abdomen bajo, sobretodo en cirugías de miembro inferior. Este estudio está basado en pacientes que fueron sometidos a esta técnica durante los meses de Junio a Agosto de 1996, año en que ingresó al país la bupivacaína pesada. Se realizó en la Sala de operaciones del tercer piso del Hospital Arzobispo Loayza. Se seleccionó 60 pacientes de ambos sexos con edades de 18 a 85 años y con una clasificación de ASA I, II y III, cuyos datos fueron vaciados a una ficha de recolección de datos. Los pacientes fueron premedicados con Midazolam intramuscular de acuerdo a edad y peso, y algunos fueron premedicados con fentanyl porque requerían analgesia, como lo es en los casos de fracturas. Se realizó una hidratación previa a todos los pacientes, con 500 a 700 cc. de solución salina. Luego se procedió a realizar la técnica con el paciente en decúbito lateral derecho o izquierdo, según comodidad del paciente. La punción se realizó con aguja espinal N° 26 con bisel de Quincke, con las medidas de asepsia, se administró 15mg. ó 20 mg de bupivacaína pesada; siendo el nivel de L3 - L4 en todos los casos. El resultado obtenido fue de una anestesia con un rápido bloqueo sensitivo (alrededor de los 40 segundos a un minuto), y un bloqueo motor completo que por historia va de 5 a 7 minutos. El nivel de analgesia alcanzado fue alrededor del dermatoma T10 y en algunos casos hasta T7; y su duración en el 65% de los casos fue entre dos a tres horas. La incidencia de las complicaciones fueron mínimas.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1986 R63 / Master of Science / Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

Aortic infections are rare, life-threatening and constitute a major challenge in surgical management. This thesis aims to evaluate short – and long-term outcome of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) for mycotic aortic aneurysms (MAA) and the subsequent risk of recurrent infections, changes in surgical practice over time for abdominal MAAs in Sweden and outcome for different treatment modalities, as well as the risk of secondary vascular infection after treatment with Open abdomen after aortic surgery. Paper I, a retrospective single centre study of patients with MAA treated with EVAR, demonstrated a good short-term outcome, 91% survival at 30-days, and acceptable mid-term survival, 73% at 1-year. Paper II, a retrospective international multicentre study of patients treated with EVAR for MAA, confirmed the results in paper I, and showed that EVAR is feasible and for most MAA patients a durable treatment option, 5-year survival was 55% and 10-year 41%. A total of 19% died from an infection-related complication, mostly during the first postoperative year. Non-Salmonella-positive culture was a predictor for late infection–related death. Paper III, a population-based cohort study on all abdominal MAAs operated on between 1994-2014 in Sweden. Overall survival was 86% at 3-months, 79% at 1-year and 59% at 5-years. The survival was significantly better after endovascular compared to open repair up to 1-year without increasing recurrence of infection or reoperation, thereafter there was no difference. After 2001 EVAR constituted 60 % of all repairs, thus indicating a paradigm shift in treatment for abdominal MAAs in Sweden. Paper IV, a prospective multicentre study of patients treated with open abdomen after aortic surgery. Infectious complications, such as graft infections, occurred after intestinal ischaemia and prolonged OA-treatment, and were often fatal.

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, die Auswirkungen von drei unter-schiedlichen Jodkonzentrationen eines Kontrastmittels sowohl bei gleicher In-jektionsgeschwindigkeit als auch bei gleicher Jodmenge/Zeiteinheit auf den Dichteanstieg in Leber, Pankreas, Milz und Aorta bei der Mehrzeilendetektor-Spiral-CT zu untersuchen. In die prospektive Studie wurden 120 Patienten im Alter von 70&#61617;6 Jahren mit einer bekannten oder vermuteten Leberraumforderung aufgenommen, die sich einer triphasischen Mehrzeilendetektor-Spiral-CT-Untersuchung des Abdomens unterzogen. Als Kontrastmittel wurde das nicht-ionische Iopromid verwendet. Die Patienten wurden in sechs gleich große Gruppen eingeteilt. Die Gruppen waren wie folgt charakterisiert: Gruppe I: 150 ml (KM-Volumen), 240 mg/ml (Jodkonzentration) bei 4 ml/s (Injektionsgeschwindigkeit); Gruppe II: 120 ml, 300 mg/ml bei 4 ml/s; Gruppe III: 100 ml, 370 mg/ml bei 4 ml/s; Gruppe IV: 150 ml, 240 mg/ml bei 5 ml/s; Gruppe V: 120 ml, 300 mg/ml, 60 ml bei 6 ml/s, 60 ml bei 3 ml/s; Gruppe VI: 100 ml, 370 mg/ml bei 3,3 ml/s. Die Gesamtjodmenge war stets konstant und betrug 36 g. Der Dichteanstieg wurde in der Leber (kra-nial, Mitte, kaudal, linker Leberlappen), im Pankreas, in der Milz und in der Aorta (kranial und kaudal) in der nativen, arteriellen, portal-venösen und Paren-chymphase mit Hilfe einer ROI gemessen. Für den statistischen Vergleich der Gruppen wurden der Kruskal-Wallis-Test (Vergleich von mehr als zwei Grup-pen) und der Mann-Whitney-Test (Vergleich von zwei Gruppen) verwendet. Beim Vergleich der Gruppen, die das Kontrastmittel mit gleicher Injektionsge-schwindigkeit erhielten (Gruppe I-III), zeigte sich ein signifikant höheres En-hancement (p=0,02) des Pankreas in der arteriellen Phase bei Gabe des Kon-trastmittels mit einer Konzentration von 370 mg/ml (74&#61617;20 HE) im Vergleich zur Gabe von Kontrastmitteln mit Konzentrationen von 240 mg/ml (58&#61617;15 HE) und 300 mg/ml (62&#61617;12 HE). Sowohl beim Vergleich der Gruppen, die das Kon-trastmittel mit gleicher Jodmenge/Zeiteinheit erhielten (Gruppe II, IV und VI) als auch beim Vergleich aller Gruppen zeigten sich keine signifikanten Grup-penunterschiede hinsichtlich des Dichteanstiegs in den untersuchten Organen. Mit Hilfe der vorliegenden Arbeit konnte auf der einen Seite gezeigt werden, dass bei konstanter Jodgesamtmenge und konstanter Injektionsgeschwindig-keit das Kontrastmittel mit der höheren Jodkonzentration das Enhancement des Pankreas in der arteriellen Phase signifikant verbessert. Auf der anderen Seite konnte gezeigt werden, dass bei konstanter Jodgesamtmenge und konstanter Jodmenge/Zeiteinheit keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen den Jodkon-zentrationen hinsichtlich des Enhancements von Oberbauchorganen bestehen. / The effect of different iodine concentrations at either constant injection or iodine administration rates but constant total iodine load on contrast enhancement of liver, pancreas and spleen by multidetector row CT was investigated. 120 consecutive patients (70±6 years) underwent triphasic liver CT at a 4-channel multidetector row CT using the non-ionic contrast medium iopromide. Patients were divided into six equal groups: I:150ml, 240mg/ml@4ml/s; II:120ml, 300mg/ml@4ml/s; III:97.3ml, 370mg/ml@4ml/s; IV:150ml, 240mg/ml@5ml/s; V:120ml, 300mg/ml, 60ml@6ml/s, 60ml@3ml/s; VI:97.3ml, 370mg/ml@3.3ml/s. ROIs were measured in the liver, the pancreas, and the spleen in unenhanced, arterial, portal venous, and equilibrium phase. At a constant injection rate of 4ml/s, pancreatic enhancement over baseline only in the arterial phase was significantly higher at 370mg/ml (58±15HU vs. 59±18HU vs. 74±20HU for group I-III, respectively (p<0.02)). Comparison of different iodine concentrations at constant iodine administration rate (group II, IV, VI) and of all six protocols revealed no significant differences at either phase. At a constant iodine load and constant injection rates, the high-iodinated contrast agent iopromide at 370 mg/ml improves pancreatic enhancement in the arterial phase. At constant iodine load and constant iodine administration rates, there is no significant effect of different iodine concentrations.

De acordo com o conceito de cadeia cinética, o controle da posição distal depende da estabilização dos segmentos proximais. Deste modo, a estabilização necessária para o controle e movimento dos membros superiores é proporcionada pelo tronco e pela pelve que servem como meio de transmissão de força e energia. O controle da postura e do movimento é realizado por mecanismos de feedback e feedforward definidos pela teoria do controle motor. O feedforward é descrito pelas atividades antecipatórias corporais a fim de neutralizar os efeitos perturbadores de determinada condição específica. O feedback é representado pelo uso do biofeedback (estímulo verbal, visual, auditivo ou cinestésico) com o objetivo de restaurar a coordenação e o controle muscular, e potencializar os mecanismos de feedforward muscular. Há poucas investigações de tais mecanismos de controle no complexo articular do ombro e estudos prévios demostram a influência de comandos verbais para a orientação escapular sobre os padrões de ativação muscular seletiva do ombro. Objetivo: verificar o efeito da instrução verbal para ativação consciente da musculatura abdominal, sobre a atividade dos músculos periescapulares em pacientes com sintomas da síndrome do impacto no ombro durante exercícios de força. Materiais e Métodos: 30 voluntários com condição dolorosa há pelo menos 4 semanas no ombro, de ambos os sexos ( 11 homens e 19 mulheres) com idade de 35 a 75 anos realizaram exercícios para o complexo sendo que o grupo controle apenas repetiu os exercícios já o outro grupo recebeu treinamento para adicionar a contração abdominal consciente referente a estímulo verbal e tátil durante os mesmos exercícios previamente realizados, assim o sinal eletromiográfico foi captado através do aparelho TrignoTM Wireless System (Delsys Inc. Boston, MA). Resultados: Durante os exercícios a comparação entre grupos com e sem instrução para contração abdominal no momento pré e pós apresentou diferença no modelo linear de efeitos mistos apenas para os músculos Trapézio Transverso durante o Full can (FC) para o lado sintomático (TE:0,92); Trapézio ascendente para o lado 10 sintomático durante (FC) (TE:-0,96) e para o lado assintomático durante External Rotation Kneeling (ERK) (TE:-0,81); já o Serrátil anterior quando exigido no exercício Knee Push (KP) o lado assintomático apresentou diferença entre os grupos (TE:-1,24) assim como no (ERK) com (TE: -2,09) para lado assintomático e no Wall Slide with Towel (WST) com (TE:1,03) também para o lado assintomático; Conclusão / According to the kinetic chain concept, the control of the distal position depends on the stabilization of the proximal segments. Thus, the stabilization necessary for the control and movement of the upper limbs is provided by the trunk and pelvis which serve as a means of transmitting force and energy. The control of posture and movement is performed by feedback and feedforward mechanisms defined by motor control theory. Feedforward is described by anticipatory body activities in order to counteract the disruptive effects of a particular condition. The feedback is represented by the use of biofeedback (verbal, visual, auditory or kinesthetic stimulus) with the objective of restoring coordination and muscular control, and potentiate the mechanisms of muscle feedforward. There are few investigations of such control mechanisms in the shoulder joint complex and previous studies demonstrate the influence of verbal commands on the scapular orientation on selective muscular activation patterns of the shoulder. Objective: To verify the effect of verbal instruction for conscious activation of the abdominal musculature on the activity of the periescapular muscles in patients with symptoms of shoulder impact syndrome during strength exercises. Materials and Methods: 30 volunteers with painful condition for at least 4 weeks on the shoulder, of both sexes (11 men and 19 women) aged 35 to 75 years performed exercises for the complex and the control group only repeated the exercises already the other group received training to add conscious abdominal contraction regarding verbal and tactile stimuli during the same exercises previously performed, so the electromyographic signal was captured through the TrignoTM Wireless System (Delsys Inc. Boston, MA). Results: During the exercises, the comparison between groups with and without instruction for abdominal contraction at the pre and post moments presented a difference in the linear mixed effects model only for Middle trapezoid muscles during Full can (FC) for the symptomatic side (TE: 0.92 ); trapeze lower to the symptomatic side during (FC) (TE: -0.96) and to the asymptomatic side during External Rotation Kneeling (TE: -0.81). The anterior serratus when required in the Knee Push exercise (KP), the asymptomatic side presented a difference between the groups (TE: -1.24) as well as in the (ERK) with (TE: -2.09) for asymptomatic side and Wall Slide with Towel (WST) with (TE: 1.03) also for the asymptomatic side; Conclusion:

Os procedimentos de reconstrução de parede abdominal são importantes na rotina cirúrgica de pequenos animais e, apesar da sua baixa casuística, normalmente são realizados por consequência de traumas ou neoplasias. O material ideal a ser utilizado permanece sem unanimidade e sua busca é constante. Diversos materiais de origem sintética e biológica são pesquisados, apresentando prós e contras. Entretanto, a maior utilização aparenta ser a malha de polipropileno. Em contrapartida, a membrana amniótica é estudada atualmente, demostrando melhor aceitação dos pacientes, assim como menor reatividade. Junto às boas informações sobre a membrana amniótica, se tem estudado processos de decelularização de tecidos como técnicas de bioengenharia tecidual, o qual criam-se materiais imunologicamente compatíveis, aumentando sua biocompatibilidade, com melhor resposta cicatricial e menor inflamação do hospedeiro no período pós-operatório. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar macro e microscopicamente a membrana amniótica equina mantida em meio de preservação tradicional (glicerina 98%) e tratada com solução utilizada para decelularização, em baixa concentração (detergente Dodecil Sulfato de Sódio Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate SDS 0,01%), a fim de mensurar possíveis diferenças de resultados apresentados pelos hospedeiros. Foram formados dois grupos (grupo I e grupo II) contendo 15 animais em cada. Os animais do grupo I receberam a membrana amniótica tratada com SDS 0,01%, assim como os animais do grupo II receberam a membrana preservada em glicerina 98%. Cada grupo foi dividido em três subgrupos, contendo cinco animais em cada. O primeiro subgrupo foi avaliado aos sete dias de pós-cirúrgico (M1), o segundo aos 20 dias (M2), e o terceiro aos 40 dias (M3). Após anestesia geral, segmento de aproximadamente 2,0cm x 1,5cm foi retirado da parede abdominal de cada rato, para criação de defeito abdominal, e substituído pelo material a ser avaliado, suturado com fio náilon 5-0 em padrão simples interrompido, seguido de sutura cutânea em U horizontal com fio náilon 4-0. Informações macro e microscópicas foram coletadas e analisadas estatisticamente. As avaliações macroscópicas não apresentaram diferenças estatísticas entre os grupos, mostrando bons resultados quanto a prevenção das aderências viscerais ao implante. A avaliação microscópica mostrou diferença importante de contagem celular no terceiro momento de avaliação (M3) entre os grupos, sendo que o grupo I apresentou menor intensidade de células inflamatórias em comparação ao grupo II (p=0,002973). A eficiência do detergente SDS 0,01% não foi boa, devido manutenção de conteúdo nuclear ao avaliar o material em lâminas histológicas. Pode-se concluir com o presente estudo que, a membrana amniótica equina pode ser utilizada para reconstrução de parede abdominal em ratos Wistar, pois, mostrou bom resultado, não causando aderências viscerais e, consequentemente, sem comprometimento de quaisquer funções. O grupo I mostrou importante queda na contagem celular em comparação ao grupo II, levantando a hipótese de possível efeito do tratamento com SDS 0,01%. Porém, a total eficiência para decelularização avaliada ao final, não foi boa, sugerindo melhores abordagens aos protocolos de decelularização, aumentando a concentração da substância, o tempo de tratamento, assim como a associação com outras técnicas para melhor efetividade na total remoção do conteúdo celular da membrana amniótica equina. / Abdominal wall reconstruction procedures are important in the surgical routine of small animals and, despite their low casuistry, are usually performed as a consequence of traumas or neoplasias. There is no unanimity as to the ideal material to be used in these procedures and, therefore, their demand is constant. Several materials, both of synthetic and biological origin, were and are researched nowadays, presenting advantages and disadvantages in its use. The preference, however, appears to be the polypropylene mesh. On the other hand, the amniotic membrane, currently studied, has demonstrated better patient acceptance as well as lower reactivity. In addition to the good information about the amniotic membrane, tissular decellularization processes have been studied as tissue bioengineering techniques, in which immunologically compatible materials are created, increasing their biocompatibility, with better cicatricial response and less inflammation of the host in the postoperative period. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the equine amniotic membrane maintained in a traditional preservation medium (glycerin 98%) and treated with a low concentration decellularization solution (Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate detergent - SDS 0,01%), in order to measure possible differences of results presented by the hosts. Two groups were formed (group I and group II) containing 15 animals each. The animals in group I received the amniotic membrane treated with SDS 0,01% while the animals in group II received the membrane preserved in glycerin 98%. Each group was divided into three subgroups, each containing five animals. The first subgroup (from each group) was evaluated at seven days postoperative (M1), second at 20 days (M2), and third at 40 days (M3). After a general anesthesia, a segment of approximately 2,0cm x 1,5cm was removed from the abdominal wall of each animal, to create abdominal defect, and replaced by the material to be evaluated, sutured with 5-0 nylon thread in a simple interrupted pattern, followed by horizontal U shaped skin suture with 4-0 nylon thread. Macro and microscopic information were collected and analyzed statistically. The macroscopic evaluations did not present statistical differences between the groups, showing good results regarding the prevention of the visceral adhesions to the implant. Microscopic evaluation showed a significant difference in cell counts in the third evaluation period (M3) between groups, and group I presented lower inflammatory cell intensity compared to group II (p=0,002973). The efficiency of the SDS detergent 0,01% was not good, due to the maintenance of nuclear content, verified when evaluating the material in histological slides. It is concluded with the present study that equine amniotic membrane can be used for abdominal wall reconstruction in Wistar rats, demonstrating good results in not causing visceral adhesions and without compromising any functions. Group I showed an important decrease in the cell count in comparison to group II, raising the hypothesis of possible treatment effect with SDS 0,01%. However, the efficiency for the total decellularization evaluated at the end was not good, suggesting that there are better approaches within the decellularization protocols, such as increasing the concentration of the substance, the time of treatment, and the association with other techniques for better effectiveness in the total removal of the cellular contents of the equine amniotic membrane.

De acordo com o conceito de cadeia cinética, o controle da posição distal depende da estabilização dos segmentos proximais. Deste modo, a estabilização necessária para o controle e movimento dos membros superiores é proporcionada pelo tronco e pela pelve que servem como meio de transmissão de força e energia. O controle da postura e do movimento é realizado por mecanismos de feedback e feedforward definidos pela teoria do controle motor. O feedforward é descrito pelas atividades antecipatórias corporais a fim de neutralizar os efeitos perturbadores de determinada condição específica. O feedback é representado pelo uso do biofeedback (estímulo verbal, visual, auditivo ou cinestésico) com o objetivo de restaurar a coordenação e o controle muscular, e potencializar os mecanismos de feedforward muscular. Há poucas investigações de tais mecanismos de controle no complexo articular do ombro e estudos prévios demostram a influência de comandos verbais para a orientação escapular sobre os padrões de ativação muscular seletiva do ombro. Objetivo: verificar o efeito da instrução verbal para ativação consciente da musculatura abdominal, sobre a atividade dos músculos periescapulares em pacientes com sintomas da síndrome do impacto no ombro durante exercícios de força. Materiais e Métodos: 30 voluntários com condição dolorosa há pelo menos 4 semanas no ombro, de ambos os sexos ( 11 homens e 19 mulheres) com idade de 35 a 75 anos realizaram exercícios para o complexo sendo que o grupo controle apenas repetiu os exercícios já o outro grupo recebeu treinamento para adicionar a contração abdominal consciente referente a estímulo verbal e tátil durante os mesmos exercícios previamente realizados, assim o sinal eletromiográfico foi captado através do aparelho TrignoTM Wireless System (Delsys Inc. Boston, MA). Resultados: Durante os exercícios a comparação entre grupos com e sem instrução para contração abdominal no momento pré e pós apresentou diferença no modelo linear de efeitos mistos apenas para os músculos Trapézio Transverso durante o Full can (FC) para o lado sintomático (TE:0,92); Trapézio ascendente para o lado 10 sintomático durante (FC) (TE:-0,96) e para o lado assintomático durante External Rotation Kneeling (ERK) (TE:-0,81); já o Serrátil anterior quando exigido no exercício Knee Push (KP) o lado assintomático apresentou diferença entre os grupos (TE:-1,24) assim como no (ERK) com (TE: -2,09) para lado assintomático e no Wall Slide with Towel (WST) com (TE:1,03) também para o lado assintomático; Conclusão / According to the kinetic chain concept, the control of the distal position depends on the stabilization of the proximal segments. Thus, the stabilization necessary for the control and movement of the upper limbs is provided by the trunk and pelvis which serve as a means of transmitting force and energy. The control of posture and movement is performed by feedback and feedforward mechanisms defined by motor control theory. Feedforward is described by anticipatory body activities in order to counteract the disruptive effects of a particular condition. The feedback is represented by the use of biofeedback (verbal, visual, auditory or kinesthetic stimulus) with the objective of restoring coordination and muscular control, and potentiate the mechanisms of muscle feedforward. There are few investigations of such control mechanisms in the shoulder joint complex and previous studies demonstrate the influence of verbal commands on the scapular orientation on selective muscular activation patterns of the shoulder. Objective: To verify the effect of verbal instruction for conscious activation of the abdominal musculature on the activity of the periescapular muscles in patients with symptoms of shoulder impact syndrome during strength exercises. Materials and Methods: 30 volunteers with painful condition for at least 4 weeks on the shoulder, of both sexes (11 men and 19 women) aged 35 to 75 years performed exercises for the complex and the control group only repeated the exercises already the other group received training to add conscious abdominal contraction regarding verbal and tactile stimuli during the same exercises previously performed, so the electromyographic signal was captured through the TrignoTM Wireless System (Delsys Inc. Boston, MA). Results: During the exercises, the comparison between groups with and without instruction for abdominal contraction at the pre and post moments presented a difference in the linear mixed effects model only for Middle trapezoid muscles during Full can (FC) for the symptomatic side (TE: 0.92 ); trapeze lower to the symptomatic side during (FC) (TE: -0.96) and to the asymptomatic side during External Rotation Kneeling (TE: -0.81). The anterior serratus when required in the Knee Push exercise (KP), the asymptomatic side presented a difference between the groups (TE: -1.24) as well as in the (ERK) with (TE: -2.09) for asymptomatic side and Wall Slide with Towel (WST) with (TE: 1.03) also for the asymptomatic side; Conclusion: