Aim. The aim of this study is to report on the use of cervical stimulation as monotherapy to reduce swelling and normalize the size of limbs in two children with lymphedema of all four extremities. Case Presentation. One child also had hemifacial edema. In both cases, the mothers were trained to perform cervical stimulation under professional supervision. The cases of two girls, one of eight mo...

(1) Gastroenterology Department, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. (2) Department of Pathology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Correspondence to: Roberto de Cleva, Rua Coronel Arthur Godoy 125, Apto 152, Vila Mariana, 04018-050 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Phone: 55.11.3082-8000, Fax: 55.11.3082...

Marcellan, F. and E. Godoy, Orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle: distribution of zeros, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 37 (1991) 195-208. In this paper we summarize some results concerning zeros of orthogonal polynomials with respect to an indefinite inner product. We analyze the inverse problem, i.e., a discrete representation for the functional in terms of the n th ort...

The objective of this study is to describe the evolution of the skin during rehabilitation for elephantiasis using intensive treatment. We report on the case of a 55-year-old patient with a seven-year history of leg edema. The patient reported that it began with repeated outbreaks of erysipelas over several years. One leg evolved with significant edema leading to an inability to ambulate and fo...

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report a novel intensive therapy of gynoid lipodystrophy (cellulite) based on a new hypothesis. Methods. Were evaluated in 10 patients with ages ranging between 25 and 59 years (mean 35.6 years) grade IV cellulite identified by clinical evaluation. Before initiating treatment, perimetry was performed at 5 cm intervals along both thighs, at the gluteal fold, 5, 1...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study is to report on a new form of treatment for cellulite based on a novel physiological hypothesis. METHODS A novel treatment for cellulite was evaluated in 14 patients aged 19-36 (mean 27.5) years. The only inclusion criterion was clinically diagnosed cellulite, and the exclusion criteria were history of edema, obesity, or any other disease diagnosed duri...

* Texto resultante de entrevista concedida a Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa da Fonseca e Emiko Yoshikawa Egry, Professoras Titulares do Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo e consultoras do Sistema de Certificação de Competências do Projeto de Profissionalização dos Trabalhadores da Área de Enfermagem – PROFAE Ministério da Saúde. 1 Enfermeir...

David J. Jörg, ∗ Luis G. Morelli, 3, 4 and Frank Jülicher † Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)–CONICET–Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Polo Cient́ıfico Tecnológico, Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de F́ısica, FCEyN UBA, Ci...