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NCT ID: NCT01920529 Completed - Asthma Clinical Trials

Aerobic Exercise in Children With Moderate and Severe Asthma

AECA
Start date: August 2011
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Regular aerobic physical activity in short-term moderate asthma and severe: - Reduce the levels of inflammatory mediators - Improves functional capacity - Improves Quality of Life - Improved lung function - Reduces the sensation of dyspnea - Improves symptoms scores and medication use

NCT ID: NCT01920490 Completed - Clinical trials for Major Depressive Disorder

Blame Rebalance fMRI Feedback Proof-of-concept

GUIMRINFB1
Start date: May 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The investigators have shown that decoupling of brain networks when feeling guilty is the first potential functional neuroimaging biomarker of risk of major depression. It remains detectable on remission of symptoms (Green et al., 2012). Decoupling of neural networks was found while people felt guilty during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) relative to feeling indignation. Guilt-selective brain decoupling is therefore an excellent target for interventions to reduce the largely increased risk of recurrent episodes in people who have had one episode but are currently remitted. To our knowledge, however, there is no proof-of-concept study showing that self-blame-selective decoupling on fMRI can be detected and fed back to the participants after a short temporal delay in a real-time fMRI setting and whether coupling can be increased through neurofeedback training. This project aims at developing the first fMRI neurofeedback system to treat self-blame-selective neural decoupling and to test its feasibility in people with major depressive disorder currently remitted from symptoms.

NCT ID: NCT01920360 Completed - KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS Clinical Trials

Evaluation Study of the Effects of Sulphurous Water in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Start date: February 2011
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The objectives are to evaluate the effects of immersion bath with sulphurous water in pain, joint mobility and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Patients will undergo three weekly baths in sulphurous water and not sulphurous, twenty minutes each, for ten weeks. The expected results are: reduction of pain, improved range of motion of the lower limbs with consequent increase in muscle mass improvement in postural balance, which will come due to the reduction of pain and improvement movements of the lower limbs; greater independence in performing the activities of daily living, better quality of life.

NCT ID: NCT01919892 Completed - Bipolar Disorder Clinical Trials

Longitudinal Study on the Neuroprotective and Neurotrophic Effects of Lithium

Start date: September 2010
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

Thirty subjects with a DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth version)diagnosis of BPD during a depressive or hypomanic episode will be divided in two groups according to age and time of illness. All patients will receive lithium (flexible therapeutic dose) for 6 weeks and improvement will be evaluated weekly using depression and mania rating scales; this study also objectives to identify state/trait markers and predictors of response.

NCT ID: NCT01919645 Completed - Clinical trials for Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Effectiveness and Safety of Physical Exercises in the Improvement of the Sleep Quality. Regarding Rheumatoid Arthritis

SRA
Start date: July 2012
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Physical exercise programs are effective and safe for the improvement of the sleep efficiency in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

NCT ID: NCT01919268 Completed - Clinical trials for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Addition of the Interferential Current to the Pilates Method in the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Start date: October 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the addition of the interferential current to Pilates method exercises in the treatment of 148 patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.

NCT ID: NCT01913886 Completed - Clinical trials for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Start date: January 2010
Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of intracoronary injection of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to repair heart function in patients with myocardial ischemia.

NCT ID: NCT01912885 Completed - Clinical trials for Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Comparison of Posterior Tibial Nerve Electrical Stimulation Protocols for Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Start date: October 9, 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

INTRODUCTION: Overactive bladder syndrome is defined by The International Continence Society as urgency, with or without incontinence, usually with increased urinary frequency and nocturia. It is difficult to estimate the prevalence of this syndrome because many patients do not seek medical help, despite considerable negative impact on quality of life. Lower urinary tract dysfunctions can be treated using electrical stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve. This therapy is conservative, effective, inexpensive and promotes high adhesion to treatment. It has good results, decreasing symptoms of urgency, urge-incontinence, urinary frequency and nocturia . Due to lack of consensus on the parameters of this technique, further research is necessary. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of protocols for the electrical stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve for treatment of non-neurogenic overactive bladder. METHODS: The study was a blind randomized clinical trial. The study will accept up to 145 women with overactive bladder diagnosis for at least six months prior to the beginning of the study. The subjects will be divided into five groups: group TENS 0-1 (placebo group), group TENS 1-1 (electrical stimulation of one leg once a week), group TENS 1-2 (electrical stimulation of one leg twice a week), group TENS 2-1 (electrical stimulation of two legs one a week) and group TENS 2-2 (electrical stimulation of two legs twice a week). Physical evaluation will be done at the beginning and at the end of the treatment. Evaluation will be done using the King "s Health Questionnaire, the International Consultation Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form, the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire, a three day urinary diary and a table for follow-up treatment.

NCT ID: NCT01912755 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Anesthetic Efficacy of Articaine and Lidocaine in Lower Molars With Irreversible Pulpits

Start date: February 2010
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness of an anesthetic called articaine for dental treatment, comparing it with an anesthetic commonly used in dental clinic: lidocaine. Two types of local anesthesia (oral injection) in accordance with the solution used were performed. For patients anesthetized with articaine, an injection of anesthesia close to the tooth to be treated was used. For the anesthetic lidocaine an injection on the cheek at the bottom of the mouth was made. Differences between both techniques are mainly regarding the area of numbness. In the injection with articaine only a small part of the lip and the tooth was anesthetized. With lidocaine injection, the lower region of the entire side of the tooth and half of the tongue on the same side was numbed. The treatment was electronic randomized and there was equal chance to one or another treatment. The investigators are studying this new form of anesthesia (near the tooth that was treated) to see if it can numb the tooth to an emergency treatment, if it really decreases the feeling of numbness and discomfort during the service. Patients receiving articaine were submitted to cone beam exam at no cost.

NCT ID: NCT01910337 Completed - Healthy Patients Clinical Trials

Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability in Third Lower Molars Surgeries

Start date: June 2011
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

The purpose of this study is to use heart rate variability as a monitor of cardiovascular safety during third molar surgeries, using the Polar heart rate-meter.