OBJECTIVE:To gather current information about the effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus on children's cardiac autonomic behavior.DATA SOURCES: The search of articles was conducted on PubMed, Ibecs, Medline, Cochrane, Lilacs, SciELO and PEDro databases using the MeSH terms: "autonomic nervous system", "diabetes mellitus", "child", "type 1 diabetes mellitus", "sympathetic nervous system" and "parasympathetic nervous system", and their respective versions in Portuguese (DeCS). Articles published from January 2003 to February 2013 that enrolled children with 9-12 years old with type 1 diabetes mellitus were included in the review. DATA SYNTHESIS: The electronic search resulted in four articles that approached the heart rate variability in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, showing that, in general, these children present decreased global heart rate variability and vagal activity. The practice of physical activity promoted benefits for these individuals. CONCLUSIONS: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus present changes on autonomic modulation, indicating the need for early attention to avoid future complications in this group.

BAT was found to be an effective, easy to apply and inexpensive therapeutic technique, able to change ANS in order to improve HR which may suggest better health conditions for participating individuals.

| Background: Occupational health is increasing in visibility within the scientific community and has become a field of international research and discussions in which occupational stress is described as a possible stressor. Objective: To analyze the relationship between anxiety and depression symptoms and socioeconomic level among technical-administrative employees of a public university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: The sample comprised 89 participants. Data were obtained through Lipp’s Inventory of Stress Symptoms for adults to identify levels of stress and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. An additional questionnaire was administered to gather information on educational and socioeconomic levels. Results: About 45% of the participants exhibited symptoms of anxiety and 39% of depression, however, without direct relationship with their socioeconomic level. Among the participants with depression 50% were professors, and among those with depression 38.4% were administrative employees. Stress was more frequent among the participants who had attended higher education (29.6%) and graduate studies (33.3%). Conclusion: The study results indicate a high prevalence of anxiety and depression regardless of the socioeconomic level of the participants. Stress was more frequent among the participants with higher educational level.

BackgroundThe physical exercise consists of trainable physical abilities such as strength and endurance. It can be inferred that the individual cardiac patient is dependent on it as an associated therapy to the drug treatment for a rapid and lasting improvement of their overall clinical statusCase presentationThe patient – with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Postpartum period – was subjected to 21 sessions of cardiac rehabilitation. A physical evaluation was performed, before and after the treatment period, for data collection: anthropometric values, flexibility, aerobic capacity and strength of grip.ConclusionThe patient had a positive response in aerobic capacity, flexibility and grip strength and the anthropometric values were kept in short term rehabilitation.

Introdução: Hemiparéticos passam pouco tempo em atividades físicas funcionais em sessões de fisioterapia convencionais. Há evidências que a Fisioterapia de Grupo em Circuito de Treinamento (FGCT) é capaz de melhorar a capacidade funcional e aumentar a quantidade de tempo gasto durante a terapia. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o tempo gasto com exercícios ativos realizados por hemiparéticos crônicos submetidos a FGCT e correlacionar o tempo ativo com testes funcionais. Métodologia: Para verificar a normalidade dos dados, utilizou-se o teste Shapiro-Wilk; o teste t-student foi usado para amostras pareadas, para comparar o tempo ativo e inativo, considerando significante o valor de p < 0,05. O teste de Pearson foi para avaliar as correlações do Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG) e Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg (EEB) com o tempo ativo. Resultados: O valor médio obtido no TUG foi 19,43 ± 8,65 segundos e na EEB foi 43,83 ± 11,07 pontos. O Teste de Pearson mostrou correlação entre o EEB com as Atividades de Prática Ativas (APA) (r = 0,631, p ≤ 0,01) e entre TUG e APA (r = -0,495, p ≤ 0,01). Conclusão: Os resultados demonstraram que o tempo gasto com exercícios ativos durante uma sessão de FGCT foi maior que o tempo inativo, e houve correlação moderada entre os valores de APA com os testes EEB e TUG.Palavras-chave: acidente vascular cerebral, paresia, terapia por exercício, fisioterapia, exercícios em circuitos.