Claudia-Gabriela Potcovaru

ORCID: 0009-0003-5801-5416
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  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2021-2025

Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación
2022

Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest
2022

(1) Background: The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) is a tool designed to measure disability in accordance with the International Classification of Functioning, and Health. Measuring becoming increasingly important due its high prevalence, which continues rise. Rehabilitation interventions can reduce enhance functioning. (2) Objective: present study aims assess impact rehabilitation on reducing disability, as measured by WHODAS questionnaire. It also...

10.3390/jcm13051252 article EN Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024-02-22

Background: Individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are more prone to experiencing severe cardiovascular (CV) events, often occurring at a younger age, due complex interplay of risk factors. T2DM diagnosis inherently classifies patients as belonging higher CV group. In light the increased susceptibility outcomes, our study aims assess distribution categories and attainment therapeutic targets among Romanian T2DM. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed, including...

10.3390/jcm13082196 article EN Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024-04-10

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) share a bidirectional link, the innovative antidiabetic molecules GLP-1 Ras SGLT-2is have proven cardiac renal benefits, respectively. This study aimed to evaluate CV risk categories, along with lipid-lowering treatments, in patients T2DM from real-life setting Romania.

10.3390/ph17091249 article EN cc-by Pharmaceuticals 2024-09-23

Achilles mid-portion tendinopathy is defined as a painful thickening of the tendon, identified also on different imagistic examinations, occurring in sport people well inactively middle-aged individuals. The chronic and/or relapsing evolution interfere with daily living and alter quality life. Eccentric physical exercise cornerstone her management several injectable agents are used clinical settings to reduce pain improve function. According presumed pathogenic mechanisms, many classes use:...

10.20944/preprints202502.1301.v1 preprint EN 2025-02-18

Introduction. The rehabilitation medical team is responsible for the therapeutic management of post-stroke patients and, therefore, complex approach spasticity. Considering generous arsenal at our disposal in terms both pharmacological treatment, through possibility administering botulinum toxin to combat spasticity, and accurate assessment developed functional scales such as GAS (Goal Attainment Scale), one purposes monitor parameters that influence achievement goals set by together with...

10.3390/toxins16040172 article EN cc-by Toxins 2024-03-31

Background: Chronic lateral epicondylitis challenges the therapeutical approach; underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood; neuropathic pain and central peripheral sensitization may explain fact that botulinum toxin was found to play a role in function management. Methods: We searched literature for MeSH terms: or synonyms toxin. Results: 14 papers containing trials on injection into tendon extensor muscles (particularly carpi radialis brevis communis digitorum). followed...

10.20944/preprints202403.1403.v1 preprint EN 2024-03-25

Background: Chronic lateral epicondylitis challenges the therapeutical approach; underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood; neuropathic pain and central peripheral sensitization may explain fact that botulinum toxin has been found to play a role in function management. Methods: We searched literature for MeSH terms: or synonyms toxin. Results: 14 papers containing trials on injection into tendon extensor muscles (specifically, carpi radialis brevis communis digitorum). followed...

10.3390/life14040528 article EN cc-by Life 2024-04-20

Knee osteoarthritis (KO) is an important health condition, affecting one third of the people aged 65 years or more. Pain main cause disability. management in KO includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological modalities. Patient education, lifestyle changes, physical exercise agents are prescribed as a first approach for pain control. Laser therapy part many therapeutical protocols, with two forms, low-level laser (LLLT) high-intensity (HILT). The paper aimed at stressing advantages HILT,...

10.20944/preprints202407.0815.v1 preprint EN 2024-07-10

Background: The long-term effect of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not fully known. Severe cases COVID-19 have resulted in disability that can be assessed a biopsychosocial manner with International Classification Functioning, Disability and Health World Organization Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) questionnaire. This study aimed to evaluate effects on three years after post-acute rehabilitation using WHODAS 2.0. Methods: single-center cohort included patients severe who...

10.3390/jcm13164694 article EN Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024-08-09

Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. The global incidence stroke has increased in recent years, although low and middle-income countries have been heavily affected. Because complicated diversified physical emotional disruption, survivors are likely to face a variety difficulties daily life activities. wide impact on all body structures functions, there no gold standard instrument evaluate impairment elements recovery after stroke, single scale that can capture effects...

10.37897/rjn.2022.3.2 article EN cc-by Romanian Journal of Neurology 2022-09-30

Background: Stroke is the third leading cause of disability, primarily due to motor, sensory, and cognitive impairments. Virtual reality (VR) has shown promising results in post-stroke rehabilita-tion, particularly for upper limb recovery. The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), aligned with International Classification Functioning, Disa-bility, (ICF) principles, a valid tool measuring disability regardless its cause. This study aimed investigate...

10.20944/preprints202409.2100.v1 preprint EN 2024-09-26

In this paper, we aim to evaluate the efficacy of antidiabetic cardioprotective molecules such as Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) when used with other glucose-lowering drugs, lipid-lowering, blood pressure (BP)-lowering drugs in a real-life setting. A retrospective, observational study on 477 patients admitted consecutively 2019 outpatient clinic tertiary care unit for Diabetes Mellitus was conducted. Body mass...

10.3390/biomedicines11092455 article EN cc-by Biomedicines 2023-09-04

Stroke is the third leading cause of disability. Virtual reality (VR) has shown promising results in post-stroke rehabilitation. The VR TRAVEE system was designed for neuromotor rehabilitation upper limb after a stroke and offers ability to track movements by providing auditory feedback visual augmentation. World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), aligned with International Classification Functioning, Disability, (ICF) principles, valid tool measuring...

10.3390/biomedicines12112450 article EN cc-by Biomedicines 2024-10-25

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopment disorder caused by improper brain development or harm to the developing and underlying cause of most common motor disability in children. The clinical symptoms vary between subjects because etiology complex can affect variety anatomical structures each these lead different symptom. dysfunction often associated with sensory, perceptual, cognitive, communication behaviour impairments as well epilepsy secondary musculoskeletal disorders which have...

10.37897/rjp.2022.s2.4 article EN cc-by Romanian Journal of Pediatrics 2022-11-30

Prematurity affects 1 in 10 births and is associated with different degrees of disability leads to a higher risk neurological impairment cerebral palsy (CP). Because its prevalence increase, but decrease mortality rate, there burden survivors that develop sequelae, problem for the healthcare systems worldwide patient’s social integration. Magnesium sulfate useful tool limit development such complications. The factors preterm brain injury act antenatally, intrapartum postpartum. Even though...

10.37897/rjp.2022.s2.8 article EN cc-by Romanian Journal of Pediatrics 2022-11-30

Introduction. Meningitis is the inflammation of meninges and can be infectious cause, most common being viral, followed by bacterial, but which associates a more severe rapid evolution, even when it treated correctly promptly. In infants children tuberculous meningitis develops frequently as complication progressive primary infection. Case presentation. A 12-year-old female patient presents to emergency room with fronto-parietal headache, vomiting, vertigo lumbar pain, which, despite...

10.37897/rjp.2022.s2.11 article EN cc-by Romanian Journal of Pediatrics 2022-11-30

Meningitis and encephalitis are a group of neuroinfectious diseases that require both correct early diagnosis etiopathogenic treatment, because their potential for severe evolution, is often being associated with sequelae. In addition to the detailed anamnesis clinical examination, it important know specific neurological manifestations at beginning in order decide properly indication perform lumbar puncture identifying an agent administer targeted treatment. We present approach terms case...

10.37897/rjid.2022.2.4 article EN cc-by Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022-06-30

Abstract Complex regional pain syndrome is a clinical characterized by chronic, severe, neuropathic pain, which associated with sensory, trophic, and autonomic disorders decreased range of motion the affected joint. Symptoms begin at variable interval, least 6 weeks after traumatic event or surgery. The evolution symptoms unpredictable, as they can from complete self-limiting resolution to significant chronic decreasing limb function quality life. Depending on absence presence...

10.2478/rojost-2021-0011 article EN Romanian Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology 2021-12-01
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