Translational Medicine @ UniSa. Volume 10 (sept.-dec. 2014)
INDEX
Recent Submissions
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Osteitis pubis: can early return to elite competition be contemplated?
(2014)Background and purpose In elite athletes, osteitis pubis is a common painful degenerative process of the pubic symphysis and surrounding soft tissues and tendons. We report the diagnostic pathway and the rehabilitation ... -
Assessment of the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for soft tissue injuries (assert): an online database protocol
(2014)Background Soft tissue injuries and tendinopathies account for large numbers of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is popular, and effective in the management of chronic tendon ... -
Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community
(2014)PURPOSE: The present study verified, using a validated questionnaire, the presence of unhealthy aspects of lifestyle and chronic degenerative conditions in a working community. METHODS: A cohort from a working community ... -
Resveratrol exerts no effect on inflammatory response and delayed onset muscle soreness after a marathon in male athletes. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot feasibility study
(2014)Objective: We investigated whether the inflammatory response and delayed onset of muscle soreness after a marathon are altered by resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic flavonoid antioxidant. Design: Double blind placebo-controlled ... -
Trafficking GRK2: Cellular and Metabolic consequences of GRK2 subcellular localization
(2014)G protein coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) has a key role in cellular function by regulating different intracellular mechanisms in a kinase dependent or independent manner. In this review we have dealt with the recently ... -
Reasoning has become a luxury
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Molecular biology of gliomas: present and future challenges
(2014)Malignant brain tumours are one of the most relevant causes of morbidity and mortality across a wide range of individuals. Malignant glioma is the most common intra axial tumor in the adult. Many researches on this theme ... -
An evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis using coronary CT in subjects with asymptomatic carotid lesions
(2014)The evaluation of coronary lesions in patients with asymptomatic carotid plaque represents a very promising line of research to assess cardiovascular risk and the possible implementation of a more aggressive prevention therapy. -
Designing in-vitro systems to simulate the in-vivo permeability of drugs
(2014)In this work an engineering approach, consisting in an experimental procedure and a model to derive the data, was presented and applied to improve the testing methods of pharmaceuticals. The permeability of several ...