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Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) and lumbopelvic pain (LPP) are musculoskeletal problems prevalents during pregnancy. These disorders are associated with quality of life disturbance. In Chile, the measures of those pathologies trough the development of pregnancy have not been studied in low ...

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) and lumbopelvic pain (LPP) are prevalent musculoskeletal problems during pregnancy, yet few women consult for treatment. Additionally women report low levels of physical activity (PA) neglecting their musculoskeletal health. In Chile, the vulnerable populatio...

Introduction: Physical Activity (PA) is one of the most important risk factors associated with cronic non-communicable diseases. Therefore, having a valid and reliable instrument to measure PA is crucial for health surveillance systems. However, data from national surveys from middle-income count...

Yellow fever, named as such due to the jaundice it may cause in an infected person, is a tropical, vector-borne disease, endemic in certain areas of Africa and the Americas (WHO 2014). Records suggest that yellow fever in the Americas occurred on the Yucatan peninsula as far back as 1648 (CDC 201...

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) was created for patients who needed noninvasive ventilator support, this procedure decreases the complications associated with the use of endotracheal intubation (ETT). The application of NIMV has acquired major relevance in the last few years in the mana...

Background: To date, there are four systematic reviews suggesting positive effects of rehabilitation and chest physiotherapy during ICU stay. However, in Chile there is no information about the therapeutic strategies used by physiotherapists (PTs) working in this environment. A better understandi...

Background Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are complex vascular lesions. Endovascular treatment results are usually measured by calculating the volume reduction of the lesions. Nevertheless, vascular flow quantification seems a more physiologically accurate way of measuring endovascular ...

BACKGROUND: Surveillance of physical activity (PA) is essential for the development of health promotion initiatives. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of PA and sedentary behaviour with respect to socio-demographic factors in Chile. METHODS: A representative sample of 543...

A study was conducted to assess the validity of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) for measuring sedentary behaviour (SB) in the Chilean adult population. About 217 adults (93/124 male/female, 43.8 ± 15.75 years) who were randomly selected during National Health Survey 2009-2010 co...

Introducción: La inactividad física se ha convertido en una pandemia, tiene asociación con una serie de enfermedades crónicas y se le atribuye un 9% de muertes prematuras en el mundo. La vigilancia epidemiológica de la actividad física es indispensable para la toma de decisiones en políticas de s...