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Scaturro D, Rizzo S, Sanfilippo V, Giustino V, Messina G, Martines F, Falco V, Cuntrera D, Moretti A, Iolascon G, Letizia Mauro G. Effectiveness of Rehabilitative Intervention on Pain, Postural Balance, and Quality of Life in Women with Multiple Vertebral Fragility Fractures: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 2021; 6:jfmk6010024. [PMID: 33802536 PMCID: PMC7931028 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk6010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Patients with vertebral fragility fractures often experience chronic pain, postural and balance disorders, and poor quality of life (QoL). Although several studies have investigated the role of rehabilitation in severe osteoporosis, the effectiveness of this intervention in patients with multiple vertebral fractures is poorly known. The aim of our longitudinal cohort study is to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation, including postural training, resistance exercises, and visual stabilization exercises, for a 7-week period, on the pain, postural balance, and QoL of subjects with at least two vertebral fragility fractures receiving denosumab and vitamin D. We investigated, before (T0) and after (T1, at 7 weeks) rehabilitation, the following outcome measures on 28 patients: pain (Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)), self-perceived QoL (36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) and Mini-Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (Mini-OQOL)), dizziness (Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI-I)), mobility (Timed-Up and Go (TUG) test), and instrumental posturographic assessment (FreeMed posturography system). At the end of the treatment, improvements of pain and QoL were recorded. Pain relief was highly obtained in patients with more than two vertebral fractures. Moreover, a significant functional improvement (TUG test) was found in those with two vertebral fractures, without any statistically significant change reported for other outcomes. Our findings suggest that combined intervention, including anti-osteoporotic drugs and postural rehabilitation, should be proposed to osteoporotic patients with multiple vertebral fractures.
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- Dalila Scaturro
- Department of Oncology and Stomatological Surgical Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (D.S.); (S.R.); (V.S.); (G.L.M.)
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- Department of Oncology and Stomatological Surgical Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (D.S.); (S.R.); (V.S.); (G.L.M.)
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- Department of Oncology and Stomatological Surgical Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (D.S.); (S.R.); (V.S.); (G.L.M.)
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- Program in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy;
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy;
- PosturaLab Italia Research Institute, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto Euromediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia—IEMEST, 90100 Palermo, Italy;
- Bi.N.D. Department, Audiology Section, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Economics, Statistics University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (V.F.); (D.C.)
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- Department of Economics, Statistics University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (V.F.); (D.C.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-566-5537
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Oncology and Stomatological Surgical Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy; (D.S.); (S.R.); (V.S.); (G.L.M.)
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Serrilli AM, Sanfilippo V, Ballero M, Sanna C, Poli F, Scartezzini P, Serafini M, Bianco A. Polar and antioxidant fraction of Plumbago europaea L., a spontaneous plant of Sardinia. Nat Prod Res 2010; 24:633-9. [PMID: 20401795 DOI: 10.1080/14786410902941329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Secondary metabolite isolation and analysis of Plumbago europaea L. (Plumbaginaceae) is the aim of this work, which is included in a project of our groups on spontaneous and endemic Sardinian species. Plumbago europaea is the only specie of the genera that grows wild in Italy. Metabolites from leaves and roots of this specie were compared. Moreover, at present, literature on the phytochemical characterisation of P. europaea is poor. Plumbagin was isolated in both of the samples analysed, confirming its nature in the Plumbaginaceae family as chemotaxonomic marker of the Plumbaginae tribe. In this work, hydroplumbagin-4-O-glucoside and myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside are isolated for the first time in the genus.
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- A M Serrilli
- Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Studio dei Metaboliti Secondari, 13-09123 Cagliari, Italy.
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Two iron-regulated compounds have been found in acidified ethyl acetate extracts from culture supernatants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas cepacia type-strains. Synthesis of both compounds paralleled iron-deficient growth, and was repressed in the presence of 100 microM-FeCl3. Yields of these substances varied among different strains and attained maximum levels during stationary phase. Thin layer chromatographic analysis in five different solvent systems revealed that the slower-moving compound chromatographed as two distinct bands, and showed RF values and spectral properties similar to pyochelin. The faster-moving compound co-migrated as a single band with a standard of commercial salicylic acid in each of the chromatographic systems tested. Moreover, a molecule with an identical RF was also produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA401, which is known to synthesize salicylic acid as the only siderophore during iron-limited growth. Spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric titrations led to the identification of this iron-regulated compound as salicylic acid, in agreement with the structure deduced from 1H-NMR and mass spectroscopy. The identity of the P. cepacia siderophore azurechelin as salicylic acid was also conclusively demonstrated. Salicylic acid, like pyochelin and pyoverdin, promoted P. aeruginosa growth in an iron-depleted medium. These results are consistent with a putative siderophore activity for salicylic acid, i.e. azurechelin, as has been demonstrated for P. aeruginosa, P. fluorescens and P. cepacia. Thus, salicylic acid is likely to act as a siderophore in more than one species belonging to the genus Pseudomonas.
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- P Visca
- Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
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Maragliano S, Cirrito D, Sanfilippo V, Cammarata M, Iacono C, Candura A. [Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by gallbladder rupture: description of a case and review of the literature]. G Chir 1990; 11:628-30. [PMID: 2091722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Authors report a case of spontaneous haemoperitoneum following the rupture of the gallbladder. After a review of the literature, clinical, pathogenetic, diagnostic and therapeutic problems are discussed. It is stressed that, although this condition is rare, its incidence is increasing due to the widespread use of anticoagulant therapy.
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- S Maragliano
- I Divisione di Chirurgia, U.S.L. n. 16, Caltanissetta
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