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Objetivos El objetivo principal de este estudio piloto es comparar los cambios en el error de posicionamiento articular cervical (EPAC) entre tres grupos de intervención. El objetivo secundario es analizar las diferencias de las intervenciones sobre el EPAC en presencia o ausencia de dolor cervical crónico. Material y métodos Se incluyó en el estudio una muestra de 15 participantes sin dolor cervical y una muestra de 15 personas con dolor cervical crónico. Cada una de las muestras fue asignada de manera aleatoria a uno de los tres grupos de intervención: un grupo experimental (aplicación de vendaje neuromuscular con tensión del 25%), un grupo placebo (aplicación de vendaje neuromuscular sin tensión) y un grupo control (sin aplicación de vendaje neuromuscular). Se realizó un análisis estadístico para examinar las diferencias dentro de los grupos, entre los grupos y entre muestras. Resultados No se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p > 0,05) tras las intervenciones dentro de ningún grupo en ninguna de las dos muestras. No se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre grupos dentro de la misma muestra (p > 0,05) ni entre muestras (p > 0,05). Conclusiones Los resultados del presente estudio piloto sugieren que la aplicación de vendaje neuromuscular con o sin tensión no inducen cambios diferentes a la ausencia de su aplicación en sujetos sanos ni en aquellos con dolor cervical. Futuros estudios son necesarios para objetivar la ausencia de cambios clínicos, utilizando una mayor muestra y mayor número de intervenciones y mediciones en el tiempo (AU)

Objectives The main aim of this pilot study is to compare changes in Joint Position Sense Error (JPSE) between three intervention groups. The secondary aim is to analyse the differences of the interventions on JPSE in the presence and absence of pain. Material and methods A sample with fifteen healthy subjects and another sample with fifteen patients with chronic neck pain were included in this study. Each sample was randomly assigned to one of the intervention groups: an experimental group (25% neuromuscular taping with tension), a placebo group (neuromuscular taping with no tension), and a control group (with no neuromuscular taping). Statistical analyses were performed to assess the effects within groups, between groups and between samples. Result No statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) were found after interventions in either group, neither the healthy sample nor the patient sample. No statistically significant differences were found between groups within the same sample (p > 0.05), or between samples (p > 0.05). Conclusions The results from the present pilot study suggest that the application of neuromuscular taping with or without tension does not induce JPSE changes compared to not applying it in healthy patients or those with neck pain. Further research is needed to determine the absence of clinical effect, with a larger sample, a greater number of interventions and measurements over time (AU)

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Redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff, is an exotic wood-borer that vectors the fungal agent (Raffaelea lauricola) responsible for laurel wilt. Laurel wilt has had severe impact on forest ecosystems in the southeastern United States, killing a large proportion of native Persea trees, particularly redbay (P. borbonia) and swampbay (P. palustris), and currently poses an economic threat to avocado (P. americana) in Florida. To control the spread of this lethal disease, effective attractants are needed for early detection of the vector. Two 12-wk field tests were conducted in Florida to evaluate efficacy and longevity of manuka and phoebe oil lures, and to relate captures of X. glabratus to release rates of putative sesquiterpene attractants. Two trap types were also evaluated, Lindgren funnel traps and sticky panel traps. To document lure emissions over time, a separate set of lures was aged outdoors for 12 wk and sampled periodically to quantify volatile sesquiterpenes using super-Q adsorbant and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy analysis. Phoebe lures captured significantly more X. glabratus than manuka lures, and sticky traps captured more beetles than funnel traps. Phoebe lures captured X. glabratus for 10-12 wk, but field life of manuka lures was 2-3 wk. Emissions of alpha-copaene, alpha-humulene, and cadinene were consistently higher from phoebe lures, particularly during the 2-3 wk window when manuka lures lost efficacy, suggesting that these sesquiterpenes are primary kairomones used by host-seeking females. Results indicate that the current monitoring system is suboptimal for early detection of X. glabratus because of rapid depletion of sesquiterpenes from manuka lures.

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