Phase Angle and Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis (BIVA) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients

Autor: Thais Alves Cunha, Márcia Marília Gomes Dantas Lopes, Acsa Nara de Araújo Brito, Karina Marques Vermeulen-Serpa, Sancha Helena de Lima Vale, José Brandão-Neto, Lucia Leite-Lais

Publikováno v: Applied Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 4, p 1545 (2024)

Phase angle (PhA) and bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) have emerged as valuable tools for assessing nutritional status and prognosis in various patient populations, but there is a lack of studies in rare neurodegenerative diseases. The

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A portrait of the bone mineral density of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Autor: Sancha Helena de Lima Vale, Ana Carolina de Melo Mizumoto, Luana da Costa Lima, Thais Alves Cunha, Bárbara Gurgel Magalhães de Araújo, Evellyn Câmara Grilo, José Brandão-Neto

Introduction Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients are at risk of developing conditions that can compromise their bone health, such as fractures and walking impairment. We aimed to assess bone mineral density as a function of the age of DMD pati

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-972105/v3

When age matters: boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have growth delay and a fat mass accumulation, as they get older

Autor: Ádila Danielly de Souza Costa, Thais Alves Cunha, Mario Emílio Teixeira Dourado-Júnior, Lucia Leite-Lais, José Brandão-Neto, Evellyn Câmara Grilo, Sancha Helena de Lima Vale, Karina Marques Vermeulen-Serpa

Publikováno v: Research, Society and Development; Vol. 10 No. 6; e44010615922
Research, Society and Development; Vol. 10 Núm. 6; e44010615922
Research, Society and Development; v. 10 n. 6; e44010615922
Research, Society and Development
Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
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Anthropometry and body composition evaluation in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are challenging, but crucial methods to evaluate the nutritional status, and better anthropometric reference values and body composition predictive equations

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https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/15922

Validity of bioelectrical impedance to estimate fat-free mass in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Autor: Márcia Marília Gomes Dantas Lopes, Sancha Helena de Lima Vale, Karina Marques Vermeulen-Serpa, Bárbara Gurgel Magalhães de Araújo, Lucia Leite-Lais, José Brandão-Neto, Evellyn Câmara Grilo, Ádila Danielly de Souza Costa, Thais Alves Cunha, Bruna Leal Lima Maciel, Mario Emílio Teixeira Dourado-Júnior, Camila Xavier Alves

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0241722 (2020)
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The evaluation of fat-free mass (FFM) in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is useful to investigate disease progression and therapeutic efficacy. This study aimed to validate the Bioelectrical impedance (BIA) method compared with the du

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241722