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Teixeira MB, Soares AO, Borges PAV, Calvet MT, Peñalver Á, Monteiro HR, Frias J, Simoes N. Monitoring Arthropods in maize and pasture fields in São Miguel and São Jorge Islands: IPM-Popillia Project. Biodivers Data J 2023; 11:e109431. [PMID: 37840602 PMCID: PMC10570818 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e109431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Background The dataset presented here is an achievement of the H2020 European project "Integrated Pest Management of the Invasive Japanese Beetle, Popilliajaponica (IPM-Popillia)". This project addresses the challenge of a new risk to plant health in Europe, the invasion of the Japanese beetle, Popilliajaponica (Newman, 1838) (Coleoptera, Rutelidae) and provides an environmentally friendly IPM Toolbox to control the expanding pest populations across Europe. This study aims to present the records of terrestrial arthropod diversity with a special focus on four groups belonging to Carabids and Staphylinid beetles (Coleoptera), Opiliones and Anisolabididae (Dermaptera), collected with the potential to be used as biocontrol agents against P.japonica in future Integrated Pest Management programmes. A thorough sampling programme was conducted in maize and pasture fields in two Islands of the Azores (São Miguel and São Jorge) in the summer of 2022. New information We provided an inventory of the arthropods recorded in two Azorean agroecosystems (maize and pasture fields) from São Miguel and São Jorge Islands. A total of ten maize and ten pasture fields were sampled and a total of 360 pitfall traps were installed, 216 in São Miguel and 144 in São Jorge, for seven consecutive days in August and September of 2022.We collected 18559 specimens belonging to the phylum Arthropoda, four classes, twelve orders, twenty-six families and forty morphospecies (two identified at the family level as carabid and Staphylinid larvae and 38 identified at the species level). We identified 38 taxa at the species level (n = 18281). Of the 38 identified taxa, 18 species were predators, 15 were plant feeders and five were omnivores. The 18 predators belong to the following families: 10 species were Carabidae, two Staphylinidae, one Anisolabididae, one Chrysopidae, one Leiobunidae, one Nabidae, one Phalangiidae and one Scathophagidae. Concerning the origin of the predators, we recorded five native species: two Carabidae, one Leiobunidae, one Scathophagidae and one Nabidae. The other 13 predator species were introduced or indeterminate.
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- Mário Brum Teixeira
- Biotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalBiotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the AzoresPonta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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- cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, PT-9500-321, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalcE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, PT-9500-321Ponta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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- IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, PortugalIUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist GroupAngra do Heroísmo, AzoresPortugal
- cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, PortugalcE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042Angra do Heroísmo, AzoresPortugal
- IUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, PortugalIUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist GroupAngra do Heroísmo, AzoresPortugal
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- University of Girona, Faculty of Sciences, Girona, SpainUniversity of Girona, Faculty of SciencesGironaSpain
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- Biotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalBiotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the AzoresPonta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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- Biotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalBiotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the AzoresPonta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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- Biotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalBiotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the AzoresPonta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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- Biotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, PortugalBiotechnology Centre of Azores (CBA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the AzoresPonta Delgada, AzoresPortugal
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Soto EH, Botero CM, Milanés CB, Rodríguez-Santiago A, Palacios-Moreno M, Díaz-Ferguson E, Velázquez YR, Abbehusen A, Guerra-Castro E, Simoes N, Muciño-Reyes M, Filho JRS. How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown? Biol Conserv 2021; 255:108972. [PMID: 36533087 PMCID: PMC9746931 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.108972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Urban tourist beach ecosystems provide the essential service of recreation. These ecosystems also support critical ecological functions where biodiversity conservation is not usually a priority. The sudden lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic created a unique opportunity to evaluate the effects of human absence in these urban-coastal ecosystems. This study examined bioindicators from 29 urban tourist beaches in seven Latin-American countries and assesses their response to lockdown about some relevant anthropogenic stressors such as pollution, noise, human activities, and user density. The presence of animals and plants, as well as the intensity of stressors, were assessed through a standardized protocol during lockdown conditions. Additionally, the environmental conditions of the beaches before and during lockdown were qualitatively compared using multivariate non-parametric statistics. We found notable positive changes in biological components and a clear decrease in human stressors on almost all the beaches. Dune vegetation increased on most sites. Similarly, high burrow densities of ghost crabs were observed on beaches, except those where cleaning activity persisted. Because of the lockdown, there was an exceptionally low frequency of beach users, which in turn reduced litter, noise and unnatural odors. The observed patterns suggest that tourist beaches can be restored to natural settings relatively quickly. We propose several indicators to measure changes in beaches once lockdown is relaxed. Adequate conservation strategies will render the recreational service of tourist beaches more environmental-friendly.
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- E H Soto
- Centro de Observación Marino para Estudios de Riesgos del Ambiente Costero (COSTAR), Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Chile
- Proplayas Network
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- Escuela de Derecho, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Santa Marta, Colombia
- Proplayas Network
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- Universidad de La Costa, Departamento Civil y Ambiental, Barranquilla, Colombia
- Proplayas Network
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- Estación Científica Coiba (Coiba AIP), Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Panamá
- Proplayas Network
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- Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios de Zonas Costeras (CEMZOC), Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Proplayas Network
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- Universidade Católica do Salvador, Centro de Ecologia e Conservação animal, ECOA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Proplayas Network
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- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Mérida, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mérida, Yucatán, México
- Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales, CONACYT, Mexico
- Proplayas Network
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales, CONACYT, Mexico
- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación Sisal (UMDI-SISAL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Yucatán, México
- Proplayas Network
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales, CONACYT, Mexico
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
- Proplayas Network
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano - IFBAIANO, Bahia, Brazil
- Proplayas Network
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Pal A, Stapleton S, Lai-Kwon J, Simoes N, Minchom A, Banerji U, de Bono J, Karikios D, Boyle F, Lopez J. 1886P Quantifying quality of informed consent (IC) in patients enrolled in phase I (ph I) oncology clinical trials with a validated instrument (QuIC Parts A, B) in a large United Kingdom phase I trials unit. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hao YJ, Montiel R, Lucena MA, Costa M, Simoes N. Genetic diversity and comparative analysis of gene expression between Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Az29 and Az36 isolates: Uncovering candidate genes involved in insect pathogenicity. Exp Parasitol 2012; 130:116-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2011] [Revised: 11/26/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hao YJ, Montiel R, Nascimento G, Toubarro D, Simoes N. Identification and expression analysis of the Steinernema carpocapsae elastase-like serine protease gene during the parasitic stage. Exp Parasitol 2009; 122:51-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Santos C, Martinez M, Lima M, Hao YJ, Simoes N, Montiel R, Martinez M, Lima M. Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Cancer: A Review. Curr Top Med Chem 2008; 8:1351-66. [DOI: 10.2174/156802608786141151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hao YJ, Montiel R, Nascimento G, Toubarro D, Simoes N. Identification, characterization of functional candidate genes for host-parasite interactions in entomopathogenetic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae by suppressive subtractive hybridization. Parasitol Res 2008; 103:671-83. [PMID: 18543000 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1030-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Identifying parasitism genes encoding proteins secreted from nematodes is the key to understanding the molecular basis of nematode parasitism to insects. In this paper, a cDNA with two introns and three exons encoding a cysteine protease inhibitor was identified by screening a cDNA subtractive library constructed from the nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae, induced by Galleria mellonella hemolymph. The full-length cDNA contains an open reading frame encoding a 139-amino acid protein, designated Sc-cys, with a 19-residue signal peptide. The mature protein was predicted to have a molecular weight of 12,531.59 Da, a pI of 9.44, one disulfide bond, and three conserved domains believed to be important for the inhibition of cysteine proteases. In Basic Local Alignment and Search Tool analyses, the putative protein precursor displayed 26-42% identities to a multitude of cystatins or cystatin-like proteins. Phylogenetic analysis suggested the novel cystatin is likely a new member of the family 2 cystatins. Reverse northern blot, semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and real-time RT-PCR analyses showed that the expression level of Sc-cys was upregulated substantially after induction by insect hemolymph. The specific analysis of genes encoding secretory proteins is providing a profile of putative parasitism genes expressed in S. carpocapsae throughout the parasitic cycle.
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- You-Jin Hao
- CIRN, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Acores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.
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Glaser P, Frangeul L, Buchrieser C, Rusniok C, Amend A, Baquero F, Berche P, Bloecker H, Brandt P, Chakraborty T, Charbit A, Chetouani F, Couvé E, de Daruvar A, Dehoux P, Domann E, Domínguez-Bernal G, Duchaud E, Durant L, Dussurget O, Entian KD, Fsihi H, García-del Portillo F, Garrido P, Gautier L, Goebel W, Gómez-López N, Hain T, Hauf J, Jackson D, Jones LM, Kaerst U, Kreft J, Kuhn M, Kunst F, Kurapkat G, Madueno E, Maitournam A, Vicente JM, Ng E, Nedjari H, Nordsiek G, Novella S, de Pablos B, Pérez-Diaz JC, Purcell R, Remmel B, Rose M, Schlueter T, Simoes N, Tierrez A, Vázquez-Boland JA, Voss H, Wehland J, Cossart P. Comparative genomics of Listeria species. Science 2001; 294:849-52. [PMID: 11679669 DOI: 10.1126/science.1063447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 918] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen with a high mortality rate that has also emerged as a paradigm for intracellular parasitism. We present and compare the genome sequences of L. monocytogenes (2,944,528 base pairs) and a nonpathogenic species, L. innocua (3,011,209 base pairs). We found a large number of predicted genes encoding surface and secreted proteins, transporters, and transcriptional regulators, consistent with the ability of both species to adapt to diverse environments. The presence of 270 L. monocytogenes and 149 L. innocua strain-specific genes (clustered in 100 and 63 islets, respectively) suggests that virulence in Listeria results from multiple gene acquisition and deletion events.
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- P Glaser
- Génomique des Microorganismes Pathogènes, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Service d'Informatique Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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Poquet I, Saint V, Seznec E, Simoes N, Bolotin A, Gruss A. HtrA is the unique surface housekeeping protease in Lactococcus lactis and is required for natural protein processing. Mol Microbiol 2000; 35:1042-51. [PMID: 10712686 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01757.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We identified an exported protease in Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain IL1403 belonging to the HtrA/DegP family. Inactivation of the chromosomal gene (htrALl) encoding this protease (HtrALl) results in growth thermo-sensitivity at very high temperatures (above 37 degrees C for L. lactis). The role of htrALl in extracellular proteolysis under normal growth conditions was examined by testing the stability of different exported proteins (i.e. fusions, a heterologous pre-pro-protein or a native protein containing repeats), having different locations. In the wild-type (wt) strain, degradation products, including the C-terminal protein ends, were present in the medium, indicating that proteolysis occurs during or after export to the cell surface; in one case, degradation was nearly total. In contrast, proteolysis was totally abolished in the htrA strain for all five proteins tested, and the yield of full-length products was significantly increased. These results suggest that HtrALl is the sole extracellular protease that degrades abnormal exported proteins. In addition, our results reveal that HtrALl is needed for the pro-peptide processing of a natural pro-protein and for maturation of a native protein. We propose that in lactococci, and possibly in other Gram-positive organisms with small sized-genomes, a single surface protease, HtrA, is totally responsible for the housekeeping of exported proteins.
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- I Poquet
- Génétique Appliquée - URLGA, Bât 222 and Génétique Microbienne, INRA, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France.
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Ribeiro C, Duvic B, Oliveira P, Givaudan A, Palha F, Simoes N, Brehélin M. Insect immunity-effects of factors produced by a nematobacterial complex on immunocompetent cells(1). J Insect Physiol 1999; 45:677-685. [PMID: 12770353 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(99)00043-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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During in vitro incubations, the nematobacterial complex Steinernema carpocapsae-Xenorhabdus nematophilus produces different factors having toxic activities in vitro towards haemocytes, the insect cells responsible for cellular immune defense reactions. Among others, two effects were evident on haemocyte monolayers; one of them was a cytotoxic activity while the other was an unsticking effect. The factors responsible for cytotoxic activity and unsticking effect, were separated from each other by a single chromatography on anion exchange column. These two effects on haemocytes were lost after heat treatment at 57 degrees C for 1 h and 45 degrees C for 30 min, respectively. Both factors were recovered after dialysis in a 10(4) Da cut off membrane. The cytotoxic activity was susceptible to proteases. Cytotoxic and unsticking factors did not show any lipase or lecithinase activity but the unsticking factor had protease activity. Lipopolysaccharides, purified from the bacteria harvested after incubation of the complex, did not have cytotoxic or unsticking effect on the insect cells in vitro.
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- C Ribeiro
- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9502, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Reswick JB, Nickel VL, Simoes N. Rancho flotation bed. Prosthet Orthot Int 1977; 1:47-51. [PMID: 615987 DOI: 10.3109/03093647709164606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The Rancho Flotation Bed provides hydrostatic support with maximum pressures over bony prominences of 15 to 25 mm Hg (measured with a pneumatic pressure transducer). This is generally below the levels normally quoted as conducive to the development of ischaemia. Clinical experience has shown the bed to be a successful aid to nursing by eliminating the need to turn the patients for pressure reasons, allowing patients with pressure sores to remain in a position which is more comfortable and more suitable for other nursing care. It also makes it easier for nurses to handle patients in order to care for the pressure sores.
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Reswick JB, Simoes N. Application of engineering principles in management of spinal cord injured patients. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1975:124-9. [PMID: 1059507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Engineering services currently being used for spine stabilization, respiratory assist, and pressure sore prevention are discussed as well as devices under development for bowel and bladder control, reduction of contractural deformities and spasticity, and electrical stimulation of paralyzed muscles. Concepts and devices for improved function are divided into categories of: orthotic devices; environmental control systems; mobility systems; page-turning devices. A wide range of engineering devices are available but strict attention must be given to medical rationale for their use.
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