Objetivos: O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a perviedade da artéria torácica interna direita (ATID) pediculada, anteroaórtica em anastomose para a região anterior do coração na cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio (RM), em relação à artéria torácica interna esquerda (ATIE). Métodos: No período de dezembro de 2008 a dezembro de 2011, 100 pacientes foram selecionados para serem submetidos a cirurgia de RM sem circulação extracorpórea (CEC), de forma prospectiva. Eles foram agrupados em Grupo 1 (G-1) e Grupo 2 (G-2), cada um com 50 pacientes, com randomização por computador e conhecimento da técnica no início da cirurgia. No G-1, os pacientes receberam ATIE para a região anterior do coração e complementação da RM com a ATID livre para ramos da circunflexa (CX) e outros enxertos arteriais ou venosos para a coronária direita (CD) e/ou ramos. Os pacientes do G-2 receberam ATID pediculada para a região anterior do coração e complementação da RM com ATIE, pediculada, para ramos da CX e outros enxertos arteriais ou venosos para a CD e/ou ramos. A perviedade das artérias torácicas internas direita e esquerda foi avaliada através de angiotomografia coronária multislice, 64 canais, no 6º mês de pós-operatório. Resultados: Os dois grupos eram semelhantes quanto aos dados clínicos de pré-operatório, como exemplo: diabetes mellitus, hipertensão arterial sistêmica, obesidade. Os dois grupos apresentaram predominância do sexo masculino com 75,6% e 88% nos grupos 1 e 2, respectivamente. Cinco pacientes migraram do G-1 para o G-2 em virtude de doença ateromatosa na aorta ascendente e um deles foi excluído por ter que utilizar enxerto composto. A média de anastomoses distais no G-1 foi de 3,48 (DP=0,72), e no G-2 foi de 3,20 (DP=0,76). Não ocorreu mediastinite em nenhum paciente. Uma paciente do G-1 apresentou osteomielite, e necessitou de intervenção cirúrgica. Dois pacientes do G-1 foram submetidos a reoperação por sangramento. Os resultados das angiotomografias coronarianas com 96 pacientes re-estudados mostram que todas as ATIs, fosse a direita ou a esquerda, utilizadas pediculadas para a região anterior do coração encontravam-se sem oclusões ou estenoses, configurando 100% de perviedade. No G-1, um enxerto livre da ATID para ramos da CX apresentava oclusão total, em dois pacientes havia estenose leve, em um deles havia estenose moderada na anastomose proximal na aorta ascendente e outro apresentava diminuição de calibre na sua porção distal. Em três pacientes o enxerto de segmento de veia safena para ramos da CD se encontravam ocluídos. No G-2, dois pacientes apresentavam oclusão total na ATIE pediculada para ramos da CX, e outro apresentava estenose moderada na porção distal da ATIE utilizada sequencial para dois ramos marginais. Em dois pacientes o enxerto de segmento de veia safena para ramos da CD se encontravam ocluídos. Não houve óbitos em nenhum dos grupos. Conclusão: A cirurgia de RM com utilização da ATID pediculada, anterógrada para o RIA, apresenta resultado semelhante ao da ATIE utilizada para essa mesma coronária. / Objective: To analyze the patency of the pedicled, anteroaortic, right internal mammary artery (RIMA) anastomosed to the left anterior descending (LAD) and branches in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), in comparison with the left internal mammary artery (LIMA). Methods: From December 2008 to December 2011, 100 patients were selected to undergo a prospective off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery and were randomly divided by computer into Group 1 (G-1) and Group 2 (G-2), so that the technique was known at the beginning of the surgery. In each group, with 50 patients, the patency of both right and left internal mammary arteries, which were used pedicled to the LAD, was comparatively studied through coronary computed tomography angiography. G-1 had 50 patients who received the LIMA to the LAD or LAD/diagonal (sequential) and had the CABG complemented with the free RIMA to circumflex branches and other arterial or venous grafts to the right coronary artery (RCA) and/or branches. G-2 had 50 patients who received the pedicled RIMA to the LAD or LAD/diagonal (sequential) and had the CABG complemented with the pedicled LIMA to circumflex branches and other arterial or venous grafts to the RCA and/or branches. Results: Both groups were similar in pre-operative clinical data, such as: diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, obesity. Also, there was predominance of males in both groups, with 75,6% and 88% in Groups 1 and 2 respectively. Five patients were switched from G-1 to G-2 owing to atheromatous disease in the ascending aorta, and one of them was dropped for having to use composite graft. The average of distal anastomosis in G-1 was 3,48 (standard deviation (SD=0,72) and in G-2 was 3,20 (SD=0,76). Mediastinitis didn\'t occur in any patient. A patient from G-1 had osteomyelitis that required surgical intervention. Two patients from G-1 underwent reoperation because of bleeding. The 64-slice coronary computed tomography angiography was performed in the 6th postoperative month; 96 patients have been re-studied so far and all pedicled IMAs to the LAD were patent. In G-1 a free RIMA graft to the circumflex branches presented total occlusion, another two had a discreet stenosis and in one moderate at the proximal anastomosis and one more had a string signal at the distal portion. In G-2 two patients had total occlusion of the pedicled LIMA to circumflex artery branches, and another one presented moderate stenosis at its distal portion. In two patients the saphenous vein graft to the RCA branches were occluded. There were no deaths in any of the groups. Conclusion: The CABG surgery using the pedicled, anteroaortic RIMA to the LAD has a similar outcome to that of the LIMA used for this same coronary.

O presente estudo destinou-se a avaliar se os resultados clínicos iniciais da viscossuplementação poderiam ser melhorados com a adição de corticosteróide. As injeções intra-articulares são usadas há muitos anos no tratamento da osteoartrite dos joelhos, principalmente com suspensões cristalinas de corticosteróides. A viscossuplementação é uma intervenção relativamente nova, atualmente recomendada no tratamento da osteoartrite. Trata-se da injeção de ácido hialurônico exógeno em articulações diartrodiais, visando, além de restaurar as propriedades reológicas do líquido sinovial, efeitos modificadores da doença osteoartrite. Revisões sistemáticas mostram que a melhora clínica ocorre em duas a cinco semanas após a viscossuplementação. Comparando-se a viscossuplementação com a injeção intraarticular com corticosteróides, dados recentes sugerem maior eficiência no alívio da dor nas quatro primeiras semanas após a infiltração com corticosteróides, similaridade dos procedimentos ao redor da quarta semana e melhores resultados com a viscossuplementação após a oitava semana. Este inicio de ação mais tardio, associado a relatos de sinovite reacional após a viscossuplementação podem desencorajar médicos e pacientes ao uso desta modalidade de tratamento. No presente estudo foram avaliados 104 pacientes em tratamento para osteoartrite do joelho no grupo de doenças osteometabólicas do Instituto de Ortopedia do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP. Os pacientes foram randomizados em dois grupos. Um dos grupos foi denominado VS e recebeu uma única injeção intra-articular de 6ml de Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc One®-Genzyme) no joelho estudado. O segundo grupo foi denominado VS+T e recebeu uma injeção intra-articular de 6ml de Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc One®-Genzyme) mais 1ml (20mg) de Hexacetonido de Triancinolona (Triancil®-Apsen). Foram aplicados a escala visual analógica de dor (EVA) e os questionários de WOMAC e Lequesne uma semana antes da injeção e após uma, quatro, 12 e 24 semanas. Os dois grupos com 52 pacientes cada eram homogêneos. Na primeira semana, o WOMAC e a EVA apresentaram melhores resultados no Grupo VS+T (p < 0,01) em relação ao Grupo VS. Na quarta semana não houve diferença entre os grupos. Ambos apresentaram resultados similares nas semanas 12 e 24. Concluiu-se que a adição de hexacetonido de triancinolona melhorou os resultados clínicos da viscossuplementação no curto prazo, sem interferir nos resultados a longo prazo ou na incidência de efeitos adversos / The present study aims to assess if the initial results of viscosupplementation can be improved by the addition of corticosteroid. Intraarticular injections have been used for many years to treat arthritis and other painful articular disorders, mainly using long-lasting crystalline corticosteroid suspensions. Viscosupplementation is a relatively new intervention that is now widely used and recommended for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. It is comprised of the injection of exogenous hyaluronic acid in diarthrodial joints, in order to restore the rheological properties of synovial fluid and also to promote osteoarthritis disease-modifying effects. Several placebo-controlled studies reported that clinical improvement began only within two to five weeks after viscosupplementation. When comparing viscosupplementation versus intraarticular injection of corticosteroid, recent data suggest that from baseline to week four, intraarticular steroid were more effective for pain relief. By the fourth week, however, both provided similar relief, but beyond the eighth week, hyaluronic acid provided greater pain reduction. The mechanism of action of hyaluronic acid, with delayed onset of pain/functional improvement, combined with reports of reactional sinovitis may discourage physicians and patients regarding this treatment modality. The present study evaluated 104 patients receiving usual care for knee osteoarthritis at the University of São Paulo Medical Center. Patients were randomized to receive either a single intra-articular injection of 6ml of Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc One®-Genzyme) (Group VS) or a single intra-articular injection of 6ml of Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc One®-Genzyme) plus 1ml (20mg) of Triamcinolone Hexacetonide (Triancil®-Apsen) (Group VS+T). VAS, WOMAC and Lequesne questionnaires were applied one week prior the injection, and after one, four, 12 and 24 weeks. The two groups with 52 patients each were homogeneous. At week one, WOMAC and VAS showed better results for Group VS+T compared to Group VS (p < 0,05). At week four the scores did not show statistically significant differences. The groups showed similar results at weeks 12 and 24. In conclusion, the addition of triamcinolone improved first-week symptom and functional scores of viscosupplementation, but not beyond. It did not seem to alter the likelihood of adverse effects

As complicações biliares mais comuns pós-transplante hepático são as estenoses da anastomose, as estenoses não-anastomóticas e as fístulas biliares e podem ocorrer de diferentes modos, de forma isolada ou associada. A origem do enxerto (doador cadáver ou doador vivo) tem influência na incidência de estenose biliar, bem como na resposta ao tratamento endoscópico. A terapêutica endoscópica utilizando-se esfincterotomia, dilatação balonada da estenose e inserção de próteses biliares através da CPRE é utilizada como método inicial de tratamento dessas complicações. Objetivos: Comparar as diferentes técnicas de tratamento endoscópico das estenoses biliares pós-transplante hepático. Método: Foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura e metanálise sendo a busca conduzida nas bases MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scielo - LILACS e Biblioteca Cochrane até junho de 2015. A metanálise foi executada utilizando-se os softwares Review Manager, 2012 (RevMan) versão 5.2 e OpenMetaAnalyst e os cálculos dos desfechos foram feitos comparando-se os resultados dos estudos incluídos utilizando-se a diferença de risco absoluto e adotando-se um intervalo de confiança (IC) de 95%. Os estudos foram agrupados comparando-se transplantes hepáticos com doador cadáver versus doador vivo; dilatação biliar endoscópica com balão exclusiva versus dilatação biliar endoscópica com balão associada à inserção de próteses plásticas e próteses biliares plásticas comparadas à prótese biliar metálica por endoscopia. Os desfechos clínicos analisados foram incidência da estenose biliar, falha do tratamento endoscópico, resolução da estenose, recorrência da estenose e complicações. Resultados: Foram recuperados 1.110 artigos, sendo motivo de análise dez ensaios clínicos, com apenas um Ensaio Clínico Randomizado e nove Ensaios Clínicos não randomizados, dos quais sete foram incluídos na metanálise. Comparando-se doador cadáver e doador vivo observou-se redução da incidência de estenose biliar (p=0,0001), bem como da falha técnica do tratamento endoscópico (p=0,0009) e da recorrência da estenose biliar (p=0,03) nos transplantes realizados com enxertos provenientes de doador cadáver. Dois estudos compararam o tratamento da estenose da anastomose biliar pós-transplante hepático utilizando dilatação com balão exclusiva versus dilatação com balão associada à inserção próteses plásticas e não foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significantes em relação aos desfechos falha de tratamento, recorrência da estenose ou complicações. Somente o desfecho clínico complicações teve resultado estatisticamente significante na comparação entre prótese metálica autoexpansível versus prótese plástica no tratamento da estenose da anastomose biliar pós-transplante hepático (p= 0.03). Conclusões: O tratamento da estenose biliar anastomótica pós-transplante hepático com prótese metálica foi igualmente efetivo quando comparado ao uso de prótese plástica, mas associou-se a um menor risco de complicações. A comparação entre dilatação com balão exclusiva e dilatação com balão associada à prótese plástica apresentou resultados semelhantes em relação à falha do tratamento endoscópico, complicações e recorrência da estenose. A utilização de enxerto proveniente de doador cadáver reduziu o risco de estenose biliar pós-transplante hepático e o tratamento endoscópico nesse grupo de pacientes, foi mais efetivo quando comparado com as estenoses biliares após transplante com doador vivo / The most common biliary complications after liver transplantation are anastomotic strictures, non-anastomotic strictures and biliary fistulas and they can occur in different fashions, isolated or in combination. Graft source (cadaveric liver donor or living liver donor) has an influence on the incidence of biliary strictures as well as on the response to endoscopic treatment. The endoscopic treatment using sphincterotomy, balloon dilation and insertion of biliary stents by ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) is used as an initial endoscopic approach to treat these complications. Objectives: To compare different endoscopic techniques to treat post-liver transplantation biliary strictures. Method: It was performed a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis and the search was carried out on MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scielo-LILACS and Cochrane Library databases until June, 2015. The meta-analysis was made using Review Manager, 2012 (RevMan) version 5.2 and OpenMetaAnalyst software and the calculations of the outcomes were made comparing the results from the included papers by using the difference in absolute risks, adopting a confidence interval of 95%. The studies were grouped comparing cadaveric liver donor versus living liver donor grafts; exclusive balloon dilation versus balloon dilation associated with plastic stents insertion; and plastic stents versus totally covered selfexpandable metal stents. The clinical outcomes were biliary stricture incidence, endoscopic treatment failure, stricture resolution, stricture recurrence and complications. Results: There were retrieved 1,100 articles. Ten clinical trials were analyzed, with just one Randomized Clinical Trial and nine Non-Randomized Clinical Trials, out of which seven were included in the meta-analysis. When comparing cadaveric liver donor transplantation to living liver donor transplantation, it was observed a decrease in the incidence of biliary strictures (p=0.0001), as well as in the technical failure rate of the endoscopic treatment (p=0.0009) and in the biliary stricture recurrence (p=0.03) in the cadaveric liver donor graft group. Two studies have compared the treatment of anastomotic biliary strictures after liver transplantation using balloon dilation exclusive to balloon dilation associated with the insertion of plastic stents, and no statistically significant differences in relation to endoscopic treatment failure, stricture recurrence or complications rates were observed. Only the clinical outcome complications had statistically significant result in a comparison between self-expandable metal stents versus plastic stents in the treatment of post-liver transplantation anastomotic biliary strictures (p=0.03). Conclusions: The treatment of post-liver transplantation anastomotic biliary strictures was equally effective when compared the use of self-expandable metal stents to plastic stents, but the use metallic stents was associated with a lower complication risk. The comparison between exclusive balloon dilation to balloon dilation associated with plastic stents presented similar results in relation to endoscopic treatment failure, complications and stenosis recurrence. The use of graft from cadaveric donor reduced the risk of biliary stenosis after liver transplantation and endoscopic treatment of biliary strictures in these patients were more effective when compared to biliary strictures after living liver donor transplantation

Objective: Dog owners have been shown to walk more per week compared to non-dog owners; however, 60% of dog owners are still not walking their dogs at intensities sufficient to reap optimal health benefits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a 9-week feasibility randomized controlled trial involving a program of six weekly scheduled instructor-led group dog walks supplemented with theory-based strategies to encourage increased dog walking among dog owners in Greater Victoria, BC. Methods: This study was based on the multi-process action control (M-PAC) framework and utilized an open parallel randomized controlled trial design involving experimental and waitlist-control group participants. Quantitative data was collected using pedometers and self-report measures. A program evaluation survey was administered upon the completion of the study. Primary outcomes examined the feasibility and acceptability of the program; secondary outcomes analyzed pedometry and self-report moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) data; and tertiary outcomes observed changes in participants’ perceptions of M-PAC constructs. Percentage calculations were used to obtain primary outcomes, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA; controlling for baseline) was performed to examine secondary and tertiary outcomes to explore the direction of effects and obtain a first estimate of expected effect sizes. Eligibility: Male and female adults aged 18+ living in Greater Victoria, BC, who owned at least one healthy and friendly dog aged six months and above, who were not meeting recommended guidelines of 150 minutes of MVPA per week, and who were medically cleared to participate. Results: Feasibility outcomes included 74 interested responses, 23% recruitment rate (n = 17), 94% retention rate (n = 16), and 94% adherence rate (n = 15). Program participants were overall (very) satisfied with the program – worksheets (62.5%), program instructor (100%), various program/group dog walks logistics (75% to 100%). Total weekly step counts and average daily step counts, MVPA dog walking, and MVPA with dog increased at the end of the program and at follow-up, resulting in large effect sizes when compared to the waitlist-control group. MVPA dog walking and total MVPA (with and without dog) exceeded recommended guidelines at follow-up. Positive changes across time were observed for dog responsibility and M-PAC constructs of affective judgments, opportunity, planning, identity, and habit, resulting in medium and large effect sizes when compared to the waitlist-control group. Conclusions: This six-week group dog walking program is overall feasible, acceptable, and efficacious in encouraging increased dog walking and MVPA among dog owners. Attendance at weekly scheduled instructor-led group dog walks and exposure to the M-PAC construct worksheets resulted in program participants’ adoption and maintenance of positive behavioral changes at the end of the program and at follow- up. Program participants reported enjoying the program and being (very) satisfied with it. It is recommended for future studies to refine/modify initial recruitment strategies and eligibility criteria, reimburse medical/veterinarian clearance costs to reduce cost-related barriers to participation, offer a variety of options for program delivery (e.g., different locations/schedules/seasons, online programs, multi-site study) to accommodate more participants, and apply the M-PAC framework to a larger sample. / Graduate

L’anémie est fréquente chez les patients pédiatriques en postopératoire de chirurgie cardiaque. Malgré le nombre important de patients transfusés, le taux d’hémoglobine (Hb) pour lequel les bénéfices surpassent les risques est inconnu chez ces patients. Récemment, Lacroix et al. ont démontré qu’une stratégie transfusionnelle restrictive n’était pas inférieure à une stratégie libérale en ce qui concerne le développement ou la progression du syndrome de défaillance multiviscérale (SDMV) et la mortalité chez les patients de soins intensifs pédiatriques (SIP).Devant le manque d’évidence, une analyse de sous-groupes des patients en postopératoire de chirurgie cardiaque de l’étude Transfusion Requirements in Pediatric Intensive Care (TRIPICU) a été réalisée. L’objectif de cette étude était de déterminer l’impact d’une stratégie transfusionnelle restrictive comparée à une stratégie libérale sur l’acquisition ou l’aggravation du syndrome de défaillance multiviscérale (SDMV) chez les enfants en postopératoire de chirurgie cardiaque. Cette étude n’a pas démontré de différences statistiquement, ni cliniquement significatives du nombre de patients ayant acquis ou aggravés un SDMV, ni des issues secondaires entre les stratégies transfusionnelles restrictive et libérale. L’analyse de sous-groupes permet de générer une hypothèse de recherche et les résultats devraient être confirmés par un essai randomisé contrôlé. / Anemia is frequent in pediatric patients following cardiac surgery. Despite frequent transfusions, the optimal hemoglobin threshold where benefits surpass risks is still unknown for these patients. Recently, Lacroix et al. showed that a restrictive transfusion strategy was not inferior to a liberal strategy concerning the development or progression of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and mortality in pediatric intensive care patients. In the absence of evidence, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of a restrictive versus a liberal transfusion strategy on new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in children following cardiac surgery. We conducted a subgroup analysis of the postoperative cardiac surgery patients of the Transfusion Requirements in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (TRIPICU) study. Our study showed no statistically and clinically significant differences in the number of patients who acquired or worsened MODS, nor secondary outcomes between a restrictive and a liberal transfusion strategy. This subgroup analysis generates a research hypothesis that should be confirmed by a randomized controlled trial.

Este estudo mostra como o rolamento do pé de pacientes com polineuropatia diabética pode ser melhorado com exercícios para pés e tornozelos, visando a recuperação muscular e articular comprometidos pela doença. Um ensaio clínico randomizado, paralelo, com um braço de crossover, e avaliador cego, foi conduzido. Cinquenta e cinco pacientes com polineuropatia diabética foram randomizados e alocados para o grupo controle (n=29) e grupo intervenção (n=26). A intervenção foi aplicada por 12 semanas, 2 vezes por semana, por 40 a 60 minutos cada sessão. As variáveis primárias foram definidas como as que descrevem o rolamento do pé: pressão plantar em seis regiões plantares de interesse. As variáveis secundárias foram a cinética e cinemática de tornozelo no plano sagital, e as medidas clínicas da função de pés e tornozelo (teste de função muscular manual, testes funcionais), de sinais e sintomas da polineuropatia diabética, exame físico dos pés e teste de confiança e equilíbrio em atividades da marcha. Os efeitos de tempo (baseline e 12 semanas), de grupo (controle e intervenção) e de interação foram calculados por meio de ANOVAs casewise 2 fatores, e para as comparações intragrupo do grupo intervenção (baseline, 12 semanas e 24 semanas) foram usadas ANOVAs para medidas repetidas. As variáveis não paramétricas foram comparadas entre grupos por meio de testes de Mann-Whitney e entre os tempos de intervenção por meio do teste de Wilcoxon. Adotou-se um ? de 5% para diferenças estatísticas e o coeficiente d de Cohen para descrição do tamanho do efeito da intervenção. Após 12 semanas de exercícios, observou-se mudanças positivas no rolamento do pé. Houve uma suavização do contato do calcanhar no apoio inicial, refletido pelo aumento do tempo do pico de pressão e da integral do pico de pressão. O médio-pé aumentou sua participação no rolamento observado pela diminuição da velocidade média do deslocamento do centro de pressão e aumento da integral do pico de pressão. O antepé lateral passou a realizar o apoio no solo antecipadamente em relação ao antepé medial, que previamente à intervenção aconteciam concomitantemente, e esse resultado foi evidenciado pela antecipação do tempo do pico de pressão em antepé lateral após a intervenção. A ação de hálux e dedos também aumentou (aumento de integral do pico de pressão e picos de pressão), em uma patologia marcada pela diminuição do contato do hálux e desenvolvimento de dedos em garra, que diminui o contato dos dedos com o solo. O grupo controle apresentou algumas pioras com relação à função muscular e parâmetros cinéticos e cinemáticos de tornozelo, enquanto que o grupo intervenção mostrou melhora na função de muitos grupos musculares, em testes funcionais e no pico de momento extensor na fase de aplainamento do pé. Apesar do protocolo de intervenção ter sido construído de modo a permitir que o paciente incorpore os exercícios na sua rotina diária, a aderência a este tipo de intervenção deve ser estudada, já que grande parte das variáveis retornaram ao baseline após o período de follow up. Ações preventivas são fundamentais para diminuir as complicações devastadoras da neuropatia diabética / This study shows how the foot rollover process during gait of patients with diabetic polyneuropathy can be improved with exercises for foot and ankle, aiming at the recovery of the muscles and joints affected by the disease. A clinical trial randomized, parallel, one arm of crossover, with blind assessment was conducted. Fifty-five patients with diabetic polineuropathy were randomly allocated to the control group (n = 29) and intervention group (n = 26). The intervention was applied for 12 weeks, twice a week, for 40 to 60 minutes per session. The primary variables were defined as those that describe the foot rollover: plantar pressure in 6 plantar areas of interest. The secondary variables were kinetic and kinematics of the ankle in the sagittal plane were calculated, and the clinical measures of foot and ankle function (manual muscle function testing, functional testing), signs and symptoms of diabetic polyneuropathy, physical examination of the feet and balance and confidence test in gait activities. The time effects (baseline and 12 weeks), group effects (control and intervention groups) and interaction effects were calculated using casewise two factos ANOVAs, and for intragroup comparisons of intervention group (baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks) it was used ANOVAs for repeated measures. The nonparametric variables were compared between groups using Mann-Whitney tests and between periods of assessment using Wilcoxon test. We adopted an ? of 5% for statistical differences and the Cohen\'s d coefficient for description of the effect size. After 12 weeks ofexercises, there were positive changes in the foot rollover process. There was a softening of heel contact in initial contact, reflected by the increase in time to peak pressure and the pressure time integral. The midfoot increased its participation observed by the decrease in speed of displacement of the center of pressure and increased pressure time integral. The lateral forefoot contact was earlier relative to the medial forefoot, that occurred at the same time before intervention, observed by the early time to peak pressure of lateral forefoot after the intervention. The participation of the hallux and toes also increased (increase of pressure time integral and peak pressure), in a pathology that is marked by decreased contact of the hallux and development of claw toes, which reduces contact of the toes with the ground. CG showed some worsening in relation to muscle function and kinematic and kinetic parameters of the ankle, while the IG showed improvement in the function of many muscles groups, functional tests and peak extensor moment during the forefoot contact. The intervention protocol was constructed to allow the patient to incorporate exercise into their daily routine, but adherence to treatment should be studied and motivational strategies need to be applied, since most of the variables returned to baseline after the follow up period (12 weeks after the intervention). Preventive actions are critical to reducing the devastating complications of diabetic neuropathy

This thesis explores the entire cycle of education, from initial access to schooling, over degree completion, to returns to education. Despite recent gains in increasing access, an tens of millions of children worldwide are still out of school. Abolishing school fees has increased enrollment rates in several countries where enrollments were low and fees were high. However, such policies may be less effective, or even have negative consequences, when supply-side responses are weak. The first part of the thesis evaluates the impacts of a tuition waiver program in Haiti, which provided public financing to nonpublic schools conditional on not charging tuition. The chapter concludes that school's participation in the program results in more students enrolled, more staff, and slightly higher student-teacher ratios. The program also reduces grade repetition and the share of overage students. While the increase in students does not directly equate to a reduction in the number of children out of school, it does demonstrate strong demand from families for the program and a correspondingly strong supply response from the nonpublic sector.Pertaining degree completion, it is well established that natural disasters can have a negative effect on human capital accumulation. However, a comparison of the differential impacts of distinct disaster classes is missing. Using census data and information from DesInventar and EMDAT, two large disaster databases, the second part of the thesis assesses how geological disasters and climatic shocks affect the upper secondary degree attainment of adolescents. The chapter focuses on Mexico, given its diverse disaster landscape and lack of obligatory upper secondary education over the observed time period. While all disaster types are found to impede attainment, climatic disasters that are not infrastructure-destructive (e.g. droughts) have the strongest negative effect, decreasing educational expansion by over 40%. The effects seem largely driven by demand-side changes such as increases in school dropouts and fertility, especially for young women. The results may also be influenced by deteriorated parental labor market outcomes. Supply-side effects appear to be solely driven by infrastructure-destructive climatic shocks (e.g. floods). These findings thus call for differential public measures according to specific disaster types and an enhanced attention to climatic events given their potentially stronger impact on younger generations.It is also widely appreciated that natural disasters can have negative impacts on local labor market outcomes. However, the study of differential types of negative capital shocks, the underlying labor market mechanisms, and the context of the poorest countries have been neglected. Following testable predictions of economic theory, the third part of the thesis exploits the exogenous variation of destruction of human and physical capital caused by the 2010 Haiti earthquake to disentangle the differential impact on local individual monetary returns to education. Employing individual-level survey data from before and after the earthquake the chapter finds that the returns decreased on average by 37%, especially in equipment-capital intensive industry. Higher educated individuals adjust into low-paying self-employment or agriculture. The returns are particularly shock-sensitive for urban residents, migrants, males, and people over age 25. / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Au Canada, près du tiers des étudiants de niveau postsecondaire souffrent de détresse psychologique (Mackean, 2011), ce qui représente la proportion la plus élevée de tous les groupes d’âge (Baraldi et al., 2015). Bien que des efforts aient été déployés pour aider les étudiants, les établissements d’enseignement supérieur assistent à une augmentation notable de la demande de services psychosociaux et peinent à y répondre. Face à cette situation alarmante, les ateliers KORSA, une intervention de groupe basée sur la thérapie d’acceptation et d’engagement (ACT), ont été implantés dans plusieurs universités et cégeps du Québec afin de promouvoir la santé mentale des étudiants. Les résultats des études réalisées pour évaluer l’efficacité de cette intervention sont prometteurs (Grégoire et al., 2016; Grégoire et al., 2018) et vont dans le même sens que d’autres essais contrôlés randomisés ayant montré que des programmes d’intervention basés sur l’ACT permettent de réduire les symptômes de stress, d’anxiété et de dépression des étudiants (Levin et al., 2017; Muto et al., 2011; Räsänen et al., 2016). Cependant, la plupart de ces études se sont concentrées sur des indicateurs négatifs de santé mentale et n’ont pas exploré les médiateurs de changement qui pourraient expliquer l’efficacité de ce type d’intervention. Afin de pallier ces limites, l’objectif de cette thèse visait à évaluer l’impact des ateliers KORSA sur le bien-être psychologique des étudiants, de même que sur certains de ses déterminants (c.-à-.d. l’auto-compassion, les valeurs intrinsèques et les valeurs extrinsèques) qui n’avaient pas été testés à ce jour. La thèse visait aussi à déterminer si l’auto-compassion et ces valeurs pouvaient agir en tant que médiateurs de changement dans l’efficacité de cette intervention sur le bien-être bien-psychologique. À ces fins, 137 étudiants universitaires ont été recrutés pour participer à un essai contrôlé randomisé de type liste d’attente. Les données ont été recueillies à l’aide de questionnaires auto-rapportés avant et après l’intervention. Dans le premier article de la thèse, l’effet des ateliers KORSA sur l’auto-compassion et le bien-être psychologique (mesuré par la satisfaction de vie et par la présence de sens dans la vie) a été évalué. L’étude visait également à déterminer si l’auto-compassion représentait un médiateur de changement de l’intervention sur ces indicateurs de bien-être. En comparaison avec le groupe contrôle, les résultats ont révélé que l’intervention a permis d’accroître significativement le niveau de satisfaction de vie, de présence de sens dans la vie et d’auto-compassion des participants. Les analyses de médiation ont montré que l’auto-compassion médiait partiellement les effets de l’intervention sur la satisfaction de vie et la présence de sens. Dans le deuxième article de la thèse, l’effet des ateliers KORSA sur l’importance accordée aux valeurs intrinsèques et extrinsèques a été évalué, de même que l’impact de l’intervention sur le niveau de bien-être psychologique des étudiants, mesuré cette fois-ci par l’épanouissement personnel. Le rôle des valeurs comme médiateurs de l’effet des ateliers KORSA sur l’épanouissement personnel a également été examiné. Les résultats ont révélé que les étudiants qui ont participé aux ateliers KORSA ont accordé moins d’importance aux valeurs extrinsèques au terme de l’intervention et ont rapporté un niveau d’épanouissement personnel plus grand, en comparaison aux participants du groupe contrôle. Aucune différence statistiquement significative n’a été observée entre les deux groupes pour les valeurs intrinsèques, possiblement en raison d’un effet plafond. Les analyses de médiation ont montré que l’intervention augmentait significativement l’épanouissement personnel des étudiants via la diminution de l’importance accordée aux valeurs extrinsèques. Les deux études soulignent la pertinence de continuer à offrir les ateliers KORSA en milieu universitaire afin de favoriser le bien-être psychologique des étudiants. Elles mettent également en lumière que le niveau d’auto-compassion des étudiants ainsi que l’importance qu’ils accordent à certaines valeurs représentent des leviers intéressants pour favoriser leur bien-être. / In Canada, nearly one third of postsecondary students experience psychological distress (MacKean, 2011), which represents the highest proportion among all age groups (Baraldi et al., 2015). Although efforts have been made to support students, requests for psychological help have significantly increased over the years, and counselling centers have struggled to respond. To address this alarming situation, the KORSA workshop, a group intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), has been implemented in various postsecondary institutions in Quebec to help promote students’ mental health. Results of studies conducted to evaluate KORSA’s efficacy are promising (Grégoire et al., 2016; Grégoire et al., 2018) and consistent with other randomized controlled trials that have shown that ACT-based interventions help reduce students’ stress, anxiety and depression (Levin et al., 2017; Muto et al., 2011; Räsänen et al., 2016). However, most of these studies have focused on negative indicators of mental health and have rarely explored potential mediators of change that could explain why this type of intervention leads to mental health benefits. To address these limitations, the objective of this thesis was to assess the impact of the KORSA workshop on students’ well-being, as well as on some of its determinants that had not been explored thus far (i.e., self-compassion, intrinsic values and extrinsic values). This thesis also aimed to determine whether self-compassion and values could mediate the benefits of this intervention. To these ends, 137 university students were recruited to participate in a waitlist randomized controlled trial. Data were collected with self-report questionnaires both before and after the intervention. In the first article, we evaluated the effect of the KORSA workshop on self-compassion and psychological well-being (measured by life satisfaction and meaning in life). We also explored whether self-compassion could mediate KORSA’s well-being benefits. Results showed that compared to students on the waitlist, participants in the intervention group reported higher life satisfaction, meaning in life, and self-compassion at post-intervention. Mediation analyses suggested that the intervention indirectly influenced life satisfaction and meaning in life, partly through its positive effect on self-compassion. In the second article, we assessed KORSA’s impact on students’ intrinsic and extrinsic values and on psychological well-being (measured this time by life fulfillment). We also examined whether the importance ascribed to intrinsic and extrinsic values could mediate KORSA’s impact on life fulfillment. Results revealed that KORSA led to a decrease in the importance placed on extrinsic values as well as an increase in life fulfillment, compared to the control group. There was no significant between-condition difference in the importance of IV, possibly due to a ceiling effect. Path analyses revealed that the intervention indirectly influenced life fulfillment through a lower importance placed on extrinsic values. Together, these studies suggest that continuing to offer the KORSA workshop in universities is a worthy avenue to promote students’ psychological well-being. They also highlight that students’ self-compassion and the importance they ascribe to some values represent interesting mechanisms involved in the promotion of well-being.

Objetivo: A taxa de falha terapêutica para dor crônica em ombros de hemiplégicos (DOH) pós acidente vascular encefálico (AVE) é significante. Diversas abordagens terapêuticas têm sido propostas, porém os resultados dos estudos que as têm investigado demostram resultados controversos. Objetivo: Elaborar um protocolo para avaliar a eficácia da injeção de dexametasona via transforaminal (TF) na DOH. Métodos: Ensaio clínico randomizado, controlado por placebo, com cegamento de pacientes e avaliadores de desfecho. Ambiente clínico: Departamento de Ortopedia e Neurocirurgia de um hospital terciário. Participantes: Pacientes (N = 38) com DOH refratária ao tratamento conservador e escore de dor em repouso superior a quatro centímetros na escala visual analógica de dor (EVA) de 0 a 10 centímetros. Intervenção: TF no nível C5-C6. Comparador: Intervenção sham. Medida de desfecho principal: Variação na EVA três meses após a intervenção. Seguimento: As avaliações foram realizadas imediatamente antes, uma semana após e três meses depois das intervenções. Resultados: TF com dexametasona reduziu significantemente a intensidade da dor quando comparado com o grupo sham (p < 0,001). Adicionalmente, a Medida de Independência Funcional, a algometria do músculo trapézio, a algometria dos dermátomos de C4 e C5 e a algometria dos ligamentos interespinhosos de C6-7 e C7-T1 melhoraram ao término do tratamento no grupo TF (p < 0,05). Não foram relatados efeitos colaterais significantes. Conclusões: TF com dexametasona demonstrou ser eficaz no alívio da dor no ombro em pacientes pós-AVE quando comparado com placebo. Ensaios clínicos maiores são necessários para confirmar esses achados / Objective: Because of the lack of effective treatment today for hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) we designed a protocol to evaluate the efficacy of transforaminal epidural dexamethasone injection (TFESI) in relieving it. Design: A randomized, blind, sham-controlled trial with assessments before and after TFESI. Setting: Orthopedics and Neurosurgery department of a tertiary hospital. Participants: Patients (N=38) with HSP refractory to standard treatments and pain score at rest greater than 4cm on a pain visual analog scale (VAS) of 0 to 10cm. Intervention: TFESI at the C5-6 level. Main Outcome Measure: Variation in VAS score 3 months after interventions. Methods: We performed a randomized, sham-controlled, double blind clinical trial in which 38 patients were randomized to receive TFESI (\"TFESI\" group) or sham (\"sham\" group). Assessments were performed immediately before, 1 week after and 3 months after by a blinded rater. Results: At baseline, groups did not differ regarding any of the outcome variables. After 3 months pain intensity was significantly better in the TFESI group as compared to Sham (p < 0.05). For the secondary outcome measures, the functional independency, the algometry of the trapezius muscle and at the C4 and at the C5 levels and the algometry of the ligment at the C6-7 and at the C7-T1 levels also improved after the TFESI treatment (p < 0.05). No side effects were found. Conclusions: TFESI is effective for pain relief and functional independency in patients with HSP. The results of this study suggest that TF has a superior effect compared with Sham intervention. Larger randomized controlled trials should be made to confirm efficacy of TFESI in patients with refractory HSP

Objetivo: A taxa de falha terapêutica para dor crônica em ombros de hemiplégicos (DOH) pós acidente vascular encefálico (AVE) é significante. Diversas abordagens terapêuticas têm sido propostas, porém os resultados dos estudos que as têm investigado demostram resultados controversos. Objetivo: Elaborar um protocolo para avaliar a eficácia da injeção de dexametasona via transforaminal (TF) na DOH. Métodos: Ensaio clínico randomizado, controlado por placebo, com cegamento de pacientes e avaliadores de desfecho. Ambiente clínico: Departamento de Ortopedia e Neurocirurgia de um hospital terciário. Participantes: Pacientes (N = 38) com DOH refratária ao tratamento conservador e escore de dor em repouso superior a quatro centímetros na escala visual analógica de dor (EVA) de 0 a 10 centímetros. Intervenção: TF no nível C5-C6. Comparador: Intervenção sham. Medida de desfecho principal: Variação na EVA três meses após a intervenção. Seguimento: As avaliações foram realizadas imediatamente antes, uma semana após e três meses depois das intervenções. Resultados: TF com dexametasona reduziu significantemente a intensidade da dor quando comparado com o grupo sham (p < 0,001). Adicionalmente, a Medida de Independência Funcional, a algometria do músculo trapézio, a algometria dos dermátomos de C4 e C5 e a algometria dos ligamentos interespinhosos de C6-7 e C7-T1 melhoraram ao término do tratamento no grupo TF (p < 0,05). Não foram relatados efeitos colaterais significantes. Conclusões: TF com dexametasona demonstrou ser eficaz no alívio da dor no ombro em pacientes pós-AVE quando comparado com placebo. Ensaios clínicos maiores são necessários para confirmar esses achados / Objective: Because of the lack of effective treatment today for hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) we designed a protocol to evaluate the efficacy of transforaminal epidural dexamethasone injection (TFESI) in relieving it. Design: A randomized, blind, sham-controlled trial with assessments before and after TFESI. Setting: Orthopedics and Neurosurgery department of a tertiary hospital. Participants: Patients (N=38) with HSP refractory to standard treatments and pain score at rest greater than 4cm on a pain visual analog scale (VAS) of 0 to 10cm. Intervention: TFESI at the C5-6 level. Main Outcome Measure: Variation in VAS score 3 months after interventions. Methods: We performed a randomized, sham-controlled, double blind clinical trial in which 38 patients were randomized to receive TFESI (\"TFESI\" group) or sham (\"sham\" group). Assessments were performed immediately before, 1 week after and 3 months after by a blinded rater. Results: At baseline, groups did not differ regarding any of the outcome variables. After 3 months pain intensity was significantly better in the TFESI group as compared to Sham (p < 0.05). For the secondary outcome measures, the functional independency, the algometry of the trapezius muscle and at the C4 and at the C5 levels and the algometry of the ligment at the C6-7 and at the C7-T1 levels also improved after the TFESI treatment (p < 0.05). No side effects were found. Conclusions: TFESI is effective for pain relief and functional independency in patients with HSP. The results of this study suggest that TF has a superior effect compared with Sham intervention. Larger randomized controlled trials should be made to confirm efficacy of TFESI in patients with refractory HSP