Efeito analgésico do laser de baixa intensidade (LILT) na artrite reumatóide aguda / Effect analgesic of low intensity laser (LILT) in rheumatoid arthritis acute

Introdução - Avaliar a efetividade da laserterapia de baixa intensidade (LILT) na promoção da analgesia em portadores de artrite reumatóide. Material e Métodos - Dez sujeitos, portadores de artrite reumatóide (05 pertencentes ao grupo irradiado e 05 pertencentes ao grupo placebo) foram submetidos à 10 sessões de LILT, divididas em 5 semanas (2 sessões/semana). O Questionário de Dor Br-MPQ foi aplicado no início e ao final do protocolo. Resultados - Obteve-se um resultado significativo de menor algia no grupo controle (80%) e um resultado de maior algia no grupo irradiado(40%), o que não se implica em um resultado efetivo ao estudo. Conclusão - A LILT (904 nm) não foi efetiva na analgesia em portadores com artrite reumatóide.

Introduction - Evaluating the effectiveness of low power laser therapy in order to promote analgesic effect in rheumatoid arthritis bearers. Material and Methods - Ten subjects bearer of rheumatoid arthritis (05 belonging to radiated group and 05 belonging to placebo group) were evaluated in ten session of LILT, divided in five weeks (two session/week). The Brazilian version of Dor Br - MPQ questionnaire from McGill Pain Questionnaire was used and applied at the beginning and at the end of the protocol. Results - We got a pretty smaller result from the control group (80%) and a bigger result from the radiated group (40%), what does not mean an effective result to this study. Conclusion - The LILT (904 nm) was not effective in the analgesic effect in rheumatoid arthritis bearers.

Erosive Arthropathy with Osteolysis As a Typical Feature in Polyfibromatosis Syndrome: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Polyfibromatosis syndrome is a rare disease entity that is characterized by various clinical features such as palmar, plantar, and penile fibromatoses, keloid formations of the skin, and erosive arthropathy. Its precise pathophysiology or etiology remains unclear. In addition to distinctive diverse skin manifestations, patients with polyfibromatosis have been previously reported to show erosive arthropathy with significant limitation of movement at affected joints. However, the presence of erosive polyarthropathy in polyfibromatosis has not emphasized in previous cases. Here, we report a case of polyfibromatosis syndrome combined with painless massive structural destruction of hand and foot joints, and review the characteristics of erosive arthropathy in previous cases.

Surgical correction of acquired flexural deformities of the metacarpophalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints in horses

Sixteen horses with acquired flexural deformity of the metacarpophalangeal [MCP] and distal inter-phalangeal [DIP] joints were evaluated and classified according to their severity into mild [N= 7], moderate [N = 4], and severe [N = 5]. Evaluations for the tendon affected and the severity lesions of the deformity were based on clinical and radiographical examinations. Cases with mild deformities were treated with corrective trimming and shoeing. Cases with moderate deformities were treated with surgical transection of the check ligaments of the deep and/or superficial digital flexor tendon and corrective trimming. Tenotomy of the superficial or deep digital flexor tendons was performed in the severely affected cases, followed .by corrective trimming and cast application. In this long term study, all horses with mild, and two horses with moderate lesions regained to normal conformations and proved useful at work. Two eases with severe lesions showed little response whereas the rest of the horses were unable