Evidence-based health: mathematical strategies for translating scientific findings into routine clinical care

A Pontes-Silva - Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Currently, in the health area, several experimental studies (investigating an intervention
versus placebo/control) attempt to demonstrate the relevance of outcomes through …

Effects of progressive intensity resistance training on the impact of fibromyalgia: protocol for a blinded randomized controlled trial

A Pontes-Silva, AV Dibai-Filho, TS de Melo… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2023 - Springer
Background Fibromyalgia guidelines indicate that exercise is critical in the management of
fibromyalgia, and there is evidence that patients with fibromyalgia can perform resistance …

Do the instruments used to assess fibromyalgia symptoms according to American College of Rheumatology criteria generate similar scores in other chronic …

A Pontes-Silva, AP de Sousa, AV Dibai-Filho… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2023 - Springer
Background As with fibromyalgia, several musculoskeletal disorders are characterized by
chronic pain, raising a clinical question–do the instruments used to assess fibromyalgia …

Women with fibromyalgia (ACR criteria) compared with women diagnosed by doctors and women with osteoarthritis: Cross‐sectional study using functional and …

DO da Silva Almeida, A Pontes‐Silva… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare functional and clinical variables of women with fibromyalgia (American
College of Rheumatology [ACR] criteria) vs women diagnosed by doctors and women with …

Is strength training more effective than aerobic exercise for improving glycaemic control and body composition in people with normal-weight type 2 diabetes?

A Pontes-Silva, AD Santos-de-Araújo, BC Teixeira… - Diabetologia, 2024 - Springer
To the Editor: We read with interest the study by Kobayashi et al [1] describing the optimal
exercise regimen for individuals with type 2 diabetes and a BMI< 25 kg/m2 (STRONG-D trial; …

Comments on “Demonstration of kinesio taping effect by ultrasonography in neck pain”

A Pontes-Silva - Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Dear Editor, Ceylan et al. 1 showed that the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability
Index (NDI) scores in the kinesio taping group were statistically significantly improved when …

Comments on “Comparison of the outcomes of flexible ureteroscopy and mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the treatment of kidney stones: a matched-pair …

A Pontes-Silva - Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Dear Editor, In the article entitled “Comparison of the outcomes of flexible ureteroscopy and
mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the treatment of kidney stones: a matched-pair …

Comments on “Relationship between body composition and PBRM1 mutations in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis”

A Pontes-Silva, O Kovaleva… - Revista da Associação …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Kidney cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide and mainly
comprises renal cell carcinoma, with an estimated 0.4 million new cases worldwide in …

Comments on “Assessment of pain and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a cohort study”

A Pontes-Silva, AL Lopes, ES Maciel… - Revista da Associação …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
First, Viana et al. 1 evaluated postoperative pain and quality of life in patients undergoing
median sternotomy (via comparisons in a cohort study). However, while comparing …

Recommendations for Randomised Controlled Trials on Bariatric Surgery

A Pontes-Silva - Obesity Surgery, 2022 - Springer
I read with great admiration the study conducted by Sakran et al.[1]. The authors aimed to
evaluate the incidence, cause, treatment, and outcome of ChP and ChT after bariatric …