G. Cugliari

Università degli Studi di Torino, Medical Sciences, Graduate Student

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Tactical, swimming activity, and heart rate aspects of youth water polo game

The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, Jan 25, 2015

Although physical demands could differently occur during particular phases of the youth water pol... more Although physical demands could differently occur during particular phases of the youth water polo game, at present, literature lacks of time-motion and heart rate data referred to specific tactical situation. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyse a youth water polo game, specifying heart rate, and swimming activity aspects in relation to game situations.Twenty-six youth male players (15.6±0.5 years old) voluntary played a friendly game, which was tactically analyzed (offensive and defensive Even and Counterattack situation, and Power-play, Inferiority and Game Breaks) using notational analysis procedures. Successively, the heart rate (aerobic, anaerobic) and time motion (horizontal, vertical, and duel swimming patterns, with and without ball possession, backstroke) analyses were applied only to six (3 for team) players because they performed at list half of the total game duration.The tactical scenarios were mainly characterized by offensive (33%) and defensive (33%) Even p...

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Agreement between clinical and portable EMG/ECG diagnosis of sleep bruxism

by A. Deregibus, D. Manfredini, and G. Cugliari

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2015

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare clinical sleep bruxism (SB) diagnosis with an instr... more ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare clinical sleep bruxism (SB) diagnosis with an instrumental diagnosis obtained with a device providing electromyography/electrocardiography (EMG/ECG) recordings. Forty-five (N = 45) subjects (19 males and 26 females, mean age 28 ± 11 years) were selected among patients referring to the Gnathology Unit of the Dental School of the University of Torino. An expert clinician assessed the presence of SB based on the presence of one or more signs/symptoms (i.e. transient jaw muscle pain in the morning, muscle fatigue at awakening, presence of tooth wear, masseter hypertrophy). Furthermore, all participants underwent an instrumental recording at home with a portable device (Bruxoff(®) ; OT Bioelettronica, Torino, Italy) allowing a simultaneous recording of EMG signals from both the masseter muscles as well as heart frequency. Statistical procedures were performed with the software Statistical Package for the Social Science v. 20.0 (SPSS 20.0(®) ; IBM, Milan, Italy). Based on the EMG/ECG analysis, 26 subjects (11 males, 15 females, mean age 28 ± 10 years) were diagnosed as sleep bruxers, whilst 19 subjects (7 males, 12 females, mean age 30 ± 10 years) were diagnosed as non-bruxers. The correlation between the clinical and EMG/ECG SB diagnoses was low (ϕ value = 0·250), with a 62·2% agreement (28/45 subjects) between the two approaches (kappa = 0·248). Assuming instrumental EMG/ECG diagnosis as the standard of reference for definite SB diagnosis in this investigation, the false-positive and false-negative rates were unacceptable for all clinical signs/symptoms. In conclusion, findings from clinical assessment are not related with SB diagnosis performed with a portable EMG/ECG recorder. © 2015 John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd.