Marc Anthony vivirá hoy, sin duda, una noche llena de emociones durante la ceremonia de entrega de los Latin Billboards.
El cantante, quien deleitará con una presentación musical, será homenajeado con el Premio Salón de la Fama, que celebra una carrera artística que va más allá de la interpretación musical y toma en cuenta su influencia a nivel global en múltiples campos.
Esta distinción está reservada para los artistas que han logrado reconocimiento mundial por su labor, trascendiendo fronteras de géneros e idiomas. Entre los ganadores anteriores se encuentran Vicente Fernández y Celia Cruz.
Anthony, además de la oportunidad que tendrá para cantar, disfrutará de una presentación musical en su honor que incluye la participación de varios colegas puertorriqueños.
Fuente: People en Espanol
Data on spinal muscular atrophy published by A. Febrer and colleagues.
Biotech Week May 5, 2010 In this recently published article, scientists in Barcelona, Spain conducted a study “To measure muscle strength in patients with spinal muscular atrophy using a handheld dynamometer as an objective tool to evaluate the progression of disease and the outcome of therapeutic trials. Maximum voluntary isometric contraction was measured in a group of 24 patients aged 5-38 years with types II and III spinal muscular atrophy.” “Four muscle groups were examined. Data were grouped according to age and sex. Comparison was made between spinal muscular atrophy types; ambulatory vs non-ambulatory, and survival motor neuron (SMN)2 copies. The results were compared with those of a healthy reference population. Muscle strength was much lower in patients with spinal muscular atrophy than in the healthy population. The walkers group yielded higher values than patients who were non-walkers. Knee extensors were the weakest muscles in both groups, regardless of the ability to walk. The greatest differences were found between ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients. Non-walkers type III patients showed lower values, similar to those for type II patients. with 3 and 4 SMN2 copies showed higher strength with respect to those with 2 SMN2 copies, although not statistically significant. The handheld dynamometer is a valid tool for measuring muscle strength in patients with spinal muscular atrophy,” wrote A. Febrer and colleagues (see also Spinal Muscular Atrophy). spinalmuscularatrophynow.com spinal muscular atrophy spinalmuscularatrophynow.com spinal muscular atrophy
The researchers concluded: “It can be used to measure disease progression and to evaluate changes in therapeutic trials.” Febrer and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (MEASUREMENT OF MUSCLE STRENGTH WITH A HANDHELD DYNAMOMETER IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2010;42(3):228-231).
For additional information, contact A. Febrer, University of Hosp St Joan Deu, Serv Phys Med & Rehabilitation, Passeig St Joan Deu 2, ES-08950 Barcelona, Spain.
The publisher’s contact information for the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine is: Foundation Rehabilitation Information, Tradgardsgatan 14, Uppsala, SE-753 09, Sweden.