Highlights ■ Pre-sarcopenic women showed increased cortical excitation during motor tasks. ■ Sarcopenia was associated with slower motor reaction time. ■ EEG revealed central nervous system changes across sarcopenia stages. ■ Pre-sarcopenia may represent a window for early  neuromotor intervention. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to analyze cortical activity during simple motor reaction time tasks in older women with different degrees of sarcopenia. Methods: This cross-sectional, observational, analytical study included 59 women classified into control, pre-sarcopenia, and sarcopenia groups according […]

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the laparoscopic skills of medical students and identify personal characteristics in terms of greater easiness in performing laparoscopic surgical procedures. Methods This study included medical students in the 6th semester of a Medical School in Brazil who answered 10 questions concerning their habits and characteristics. A laparoscopic platform and an abdominal synthetic model were used to assess surgical skills comprising the three following surgical steps: to pass the needle through the trocar and to place it […]

ABSTRACT Objective To assess the static and dynamic balance performance of students with normal hearing and with sensorineural hearing loss. Methods A cross-sectional study assessing 96 students, 48 with normal hearing and 48 with sensorineural hearing loss of both sexes, aged 7 and 18 years. To evaluate static balance, Romberg, Romberg-Barré and Fournier tests were used; and for the dynamic balance, we applied the Unterberger test. Results Hearing loss students showed more changes in static and dynamic balance as compared […]