Five hundred forty-one patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of the upper extremity were prospectively studied. One hundred fifteen patients complained of pain and/or limited range of motion in the shoulder. Shoulder complaints more often occurred in women (p = .01); age and etiology were not different from patients with RSD without shoulder complaints. Physical examination showed a ...

B. Gutiérrez Iglesiasa,∗, C. Jacas Escarcellerb, I. Bardés Roblesc, R. Cambrodi Masipd, O. Romero Santo-Tomásd, F. Pujadas Navinésa and M. Boada Roviraa Unidad de Demencias, Servicio de Neurologı́a, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Neuropsicologı́a, Servicio de Psiquiatrı́a, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Unidad de Geriatrı́a, Servicio de Medicina Inter...

Affiliations: Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences – University of Sassari – Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy. University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. German Central Committee against Tuberculosis (DZK), Berlin, Germany. Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK...

  Background: Ergonomic training had been implemented for prevention or reduction of neck and shoulder complaints among workers. The purpose of the present study was to assess the role of ergonomic training intervention on decreasing the prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints among workers of an automobile factory.   Methods : Within the present randomized clinical trial, the role of three ...

OBJECTIVE Shoulder complaints are frequently encountered in general practice, but precise diagnosing is challenging. This study investigated agreement of shoulder complaints diagnoses between clinicians in a primary health care setting. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Four primary health care clinicians used patients' history and functional examination of the shoulder by selective tis...

1 Department of General Surgery, Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit and General and Digestive Surgery Research Group, Institut de Reserca Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2 Servei de Cirurgia General, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelon...

1Oncoloǵıa y Patoloǵıa Grupo, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, 08035 Barcelona, Spain 2Unitat de Recerca Biomédica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain 3Genomic Stability Laboratory, Leibniz Institute for Age Research, 07745 Jena, Germany 4Genome High-Throughput Sequencing Laboratory, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv Uni...

Author details Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain. Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spai...

Little is known about the impact of globalization on the health and well-being of rural youth residing in low-income countries. The current study reports results from a youth-focused needs assessment conducted in seven rural villages in the Honduran department of Intibuc a. Honduras, among the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, is a largely rural country where young people comprise ab...

a Sección de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain b Consulta Immunologia i Al·lèrgia Pediàtrica, Hospital General de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain c Unitat de Patologia Infecciosa i Immunodeficiències de Pediatria, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain d Grup d’Immunodefici...