Evaluation of chronic orofacial pain and its relationship to the microvascular facial response in women with fibromyalgia.

Background: Recent investigations suggest that central nervous system dysfunction and changes in peripheral blood microcirculation may explain the symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Objectives: To analyze the presence of chronic orofacial pain (COP) and assess facial skin microcirculation through surface temperature in women with FMS and healthy controls and to examine the relationship between peripheral facial skin temperature and oral symptomatology in FMS.

Design And Methods: An observational case-control study was conducted with 46 women with FMS and 44 healthy women.

EFINUTRILES Study: Integrative Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Multimodal Lifestyle Interventions for Cardiovascular Health and SLE Management.

Objectives: To analyze the effects of the combination of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) supplementation and a health-related lifestyle intervention on disease activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

Methods: A total of 38 women with SLE were randomly assigned to EVOO (n = 9) and EVOO combined with multicomponent health promotion and physical exercise program (EVOO + HRLI) (n = 15) or control (CG) (n = 14) groups for 24 weeks. Baseline and post-intervention assessments were performed, collecting data on disease activity, accrual damage, blood biochemical parameters, arterial stiffness parameters, Framingham risk score, anthropometric and body composition measurements, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Skin temperature and nitric oxide in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate skin temperature, indicative of peripheral vascular blood flow, core body temperature and nitric oxide (NO) levels in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia (FM) and controls.

Method: A case-control study was carried out in 32 healthy premenopausal and 52 healthy postmenopausal women and in 17 premenopausal and 53 postmenopausal women with FM. Hand skin temperature was measured using infrared thermography, tympanic and axillary temperature with an infrared thermometer, and serum NO levels using an ozone chemiluminescence-based method.

Different Correlation Patterns Between Circulating Amino Acids and Body Temperature in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between circulating amino acids and central and peripheral body temperature in subjects with and without fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). A total of 47 patients with FMS and 59 healthy subjects were included in the study. The concentration of amino acids was determined in serum samples using a fluorimeter coupled with a high-performance liquid chromatography system.

Effect of menopause on circulating amino acid concentrations in women with fibromyalgia and healthy women.

Objectives: Fibromyalgia is a complex syndrome that appears more frequently during menopause. No previous studies have investigated the effect of menopause on amino acids in women with fibromyalgia. Therefore, we have examined serum amino acid concentrations in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia and healthy women.

No sex differences in systemic metabolic responses to acute sprint interval training performed after an oral 75-g glucose load in adults with excess adiposity.

Background & Aims: Research exploring sex-based variations in responses to acute sprint interval training (SIT) remains limited. This study aimed to examine the impact of biological sex on the systemic metabolic response to SIT. We hypothesized that acute metabolic responses to SIT would differ between males and females.

Using different anthropometric indices of obesity as predictors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults.

Background And Aims: There is some evidence that anthropometric measurements can be associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Nevertheless, there is no comprehensive consensus on which anthropometric index is the best for evaluating the risk and predicting T2DM, especially in older adults. For this reason, we compared the performance of six indices for detecting T2DM in a population of Colombian older adults.

Reference values and associated factors of controlled attenuation parameter and liver stiffness in adults: A cross-sectional study.

Background & Aims: The utilization of non-invasive techniques for liver fibrosis and steatosis assessment has gained acceptance as a viable substitute for liver biopsy in clinical practice. This study aimed to establish normative data for the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by age and gender, as well as to explore the relationship between anthropometric measures, clinical status, and biochemical profile according to the 90th percentile cut-off values for CAP/LSM in a U.S.

Impact of SARS-COV-2 Infection on Maternal, Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes in a Cohort of Vaccinated Women: A Pilot Study.

We aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 infection on maternal characteristics and obstetric and neonatal outcomes in a cohort of women in labor previously vaccinated who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared to aged-matched healthy controls. A retrospective case-control study was conducted among 66 women in labor. Clinical data were obtained from medical records.

Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake, Quality of Life, and Dysphagia in Women With Fibromyalgia.

Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is an idiopathic chronic disease characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia that has been recently associated with risk of dysphagia.

Objective: We aimed to analyze the association between nutritional status, micro- and macronutrient intake, and quality of life (QoL) in a cohort of women with FMS and risk of dysphagia compared to women with FMS without risk of dysphagia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 46 women with FMS.

Effectiveness of video-assisted debriefing versus oral debriefing in simulation-based interdisciplinary health professions education: A randomized trial.

Aim: We aimed to compare the debriefing experience, simulation assessment, reflection, anxiety and simulation satisfaction of using oral debriefing versus video-assisted debriefing after a simulated clinical session in an interdisciplinary cohort of health sciences students.

Background: Debriefing is a reflective process that takes place after a clinical simulation and that can be performed either in a traditional way (oral) or using video-assisted debriefing.

Design: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 143 health sciences students (35.

Vasodilatory Peripheral Response and Pain Levels following Radiofrequency Stressor Application in Women with Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome of unknown pathogenesis that presents, among other symptoms, chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain. This study aims to analyze the effects of radiofrequency on core body temperature and the peripheral temperature of the dorsal surfaces and palms of the hands and its association with pain levels in patients with FM. A case-control observational study was conducted with a total of twenty-nine women diagnosed with FM and seventeen healthy women.

Implementation of a coaching training for enhancing empathy and emotional intelligence skills in health science students: a prospective study.

Background: Empathy and emotional intelligence are core competencies in the educational curriculum of health science students, both play a significant role in teamwork relationships and in attention patient's cares; so innovative strategies to enhance these emotional skills are required. We prospectively tested an academic coaching program for improving empathy and emotional intelligence in students of health sciences degrees.

Methods: A prospectively single arm intervention study was performed in undergraduate students of nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy of the Faculty of Health Sciences from the University of Granada (Spain).

Orofacial Pain and Risk of Dysphagia in Women With Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Objective: This study aims to analyze the frequency of dysphagia risk and swallowing-associated quality of life (QoL) in a sample of women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and examine the potential relationship between risk of dysphagia and chronic orofacial pain (COP) in a sample of women with FMS.

Method: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in 46 women with FMS. COP was assessed by mouth opening, the orofacial visual analog scale (VAS), and the craniofacial pain and disability inventory (CF-PDI).

Maximal oxidative capacity during exercise is associated with muscle power output in patients with long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome. A moderation analysis.

Background & Aims: Long COVID syndrome (LCS) involves persistent symptoms experienced by many patients after recovering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to assess skeletal muscle energy metabolism, which is closely related to substrate oxidation rates during exercise, in patients with LCS compared with healthy controls. We also examined whether muscle power output mediates the relationship between COVID-19 and skeletal muscle energy metabolism.