Almost one in five physiotherapy trials excluded people due to lack of language proficiency: A meta-epidemiological study.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to examine the characteristics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating physiotherapy interventions for low back pain (LBP) that specified a language-grounded eligibility criterion and the proportion of people being excluded consequently. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: This is a meta-epidemiological study of RCTs evaluating at least one type of physiotherapy intervention for treatment or prevention of LBP. Records were retrieved from Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), LILACS, and SciELO from inception to May 2021. We retrieved metadata of each record from PEDro and extracted from included studies: country of recruitment, language-grounded eligibility criterion, and the number of consequent exclusions (if specified). RESULTS: This study included 2,555 trials. A language-grounded eligibility criterion was specified in 463 trials (18.1%); the proportion was higher in trials conducted in North America and Europe, published after 2000, investigating cognitive and behavioral interventions, and including large sample size. Of these 463 trials, 75 trials (16.2%) reported a total number of 2,152 people being excluded due to lack of language proficiency, equivalent to 12.5% of randomized participants. CONCLUSION: Nearly one in five physiotherapy clinical trials on LBP excludes people based on language proficiency, compromising the evidence to manage LBP in minority populations.

Síndromes de Bartter y Gitelman: revisión de los aspectos genéticos, fisiopatológicos y clínicos / Bartter and Gitelman syndromes: a review of genetic, physiopathological and clinical aspects

Los síndromes de Bartter y Gitelman son trastornos hereditarios caracterizados por una reducción marcada del transporte de sales por el asa ascendente gruesa de Henle. Los pacientes con el síndrome de Bartter presentan grandes pérdidas renales de agua, hipotensión arterial, alcalosis metabólica, hipokalemia e hipercalciuria y tienen un riesgo alto de sufrir nefrolitiasis. Estudios recientes han permitido subdividir el síndrome de Bartter en cinco tipos de acuerdo con el defecto genético y el fenotipo. El tipo 1 es causado por una mutación en el gen que codifica para el cotransportador cloro-sodio-potasio; el tipo 2 se debe a una mutación en el gen que codifica para el canal de potasio ROMK. Estas dos variantes genéticas se denominan conjuntamente síndrome de Bartter neonatal por el comienzo temprano de los síntomas, con polihidramnios materno, prematuridad, poliuria grave y nivel elevado de prostaglandina E2. El tipo 3, conocido como síndrome de Bartter clásico, es causado por mutaciones en el gen que codifica para el canal de cloro CLC-Kb; se detecta desde la niñez con retardo del crecimiento, poliuria, polidipsia y anorexia. El tipo 4 se asocia a sordera neurosensorial y se caracteriza por una mutación en el gen que codifica para la proteína Barttin la cual hace parte de los canales de cloro CLC-Kb y CLC-Ka; el tipo 5 se debe a una mutación en el gen que codifica para un receptor de calcio ubicado en la membrana basolateral del asa ascendente de Henle; estos pacientes, además de los síntomas comunes a los de otros tipos, presentan déficit de paratohormona. El síndrome de Gitelman tiene un fenotipo más leve y una presentación más tardía que el de Bartter; se diferencia de este porque los pacientes tienen hipomagnesemia e hipocalciuria; pueden ser asintomáticos o presentar debilidad muscular transitoria, parestesias, parálisis e incluso alteraciones del ritmo cardíaco. Los avances en genética molecular han permitido la clasificación adecuada de estos síndromes y han abierto puertas para diferentes opciones terapéuticas. Esta revisión incluye aspectos genéticos, fisiopatológicos y clínicos de estos síndromes.

Bartter and Gitelman syndromes are hereditary disorders characterized by a remarkable reduction of salt transportation by the thick ascending limb of the Henle‘s loop. Consequently, patients suffering from Bartter syndrome present with renal salt wasting, low blood pressure, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hypercalciuria, and are at risk of developing renal stones. Based on recent studies, the Bartter syndrome has been subdivided into five types according to the genetic defect involved and the phenotype: type 1 is caused by a mutation in the gene coding for the chloride, sodium, and potassium co-transporter; type 2 is due to a mutation in the gene coding for the ROMK potassium channel. These two genetic variations are jointly denominated neonatal Bartter syndrome, because of their early clinical presentation, with maternal polyhydramnios, prematurity, severe polyuria and high levels of E2 prostaglandine. Type 3, also known as classic Bartter syndrome, is produced by mutations in the gen that codes for the chloride CLC-Kb channel; this type is detected since childhood with growth delay, polyuria, polydipsia and anorexia. Type 4, which is associated with neurosensorial deafness, is characterized by a mutation in the gen that codes for the Barttin protein which is a part of the CLC-Kb and CLC-Ka chloride channels. Type 5 appears because of a mutation in the gene that codes for a calcium receptor located at the basolateral membrane of the ascending limb of Henle‘s loop; patients with this type develop parathormone deficit, as well as the symptoms that are common to all types of the syndrome. The phenotype of Gitelman syndrome is less severe and its clinical presentation is delayed; it differs from the Bartter syndrome in that patients have hypomagnesemia and hipocalciuria. They may be asymptomatic or show transitory muscular weakness, paresthesias, paralysis and even cardiac rhythm alterations. Recent advances in molecular genetics have made it possible to distinguish between the different clinical types and are the basis for several therapeutic options. This review includes genetic, physiopathological and clinical aspects of the Bartter and Gitelman syndromes.