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- The influence of a specific exercise program on ventilatory muscle strength in individuals with Ankylosing SpondylitisPublication . Lopes, Sofia; Santos, Paula Clara; Costa, F.; Mesquita, CristinaAnkylosing Spondylitis is a systemic chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease that progressively leads to structural changes that condition the functionality and quality of life of the individuals with the disease. These structural changes can also lead to changes in the respiratory system namely the decrease in ventilatory muscle strength.
- Trace element imbalances in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis therapy - Report of an observational study in a cohort of Portuguese patientsPublication . Almeida, A.; Gajewska, K.; Duro, M.; Costa, F.; Pinto, EdgarPatients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis therapy are at risk of developing deficiencies of essential trace elements and/or overload of toxic trace elements, both of which may significantly affect their clinical status of. Those imbalances may result from the disease itself but also from the quality of the therapeutic process, namely the hemodialysis process, which has greatly evolved in the last decades. Thus, old observations that have been assumed as very well-proven have been recently questioned. In this case-control study we evaluate the current trace elements status in a group of Portuguese patients under hemodialysis therapy.