The permanent disability benefit in the new Social Security

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Social Security reform is perhaps one of the most debated institutional agendas this year. Already approved by the House of Representatives last semester, changes to the new constitutional amendment generate doubt for citizens who will need the benefit in the future. With changes in social security rules, changes that affect the share of people with brachial plexus injury who receive or want ...

About the importance of editing the Wikipedia articles on brachial plexus injury

Last month, we published a report on the two brachial plexus entries that were published by the Center for Research, Innovation, and Diffusion in Neuromathematics (CEPID NeuroMat) in Wikipedia. As posted in our penultimate publication, the two edited entries had added, so far, 296,390 views. However, with the visibility of the June 13 post on ABRAÇO's social networks, 4,427 new views were recorded, according to Wikipedia.

The visualizations show the importance ...

ABRAÇO’s web portal: a reference site for brachial plexus injury

"The Arms of Nildo and Rony:" a NeuroMat story

A professional motorcyclist and a surgeon meet up at the waiting room of a physiotherapy clinic. They share a common story: rehabilitation after a traumatic brachial plexus injury. Their fate is somehow similar to the one of a famous soccer player who, after a serious lesion, must attend therapy sections to learn again how to play, after a period of recovery. These stories are the guiding narratives of a newly released educational material ...

Brazilian Society of Hand Surgery campaigns for the prevention of brachial plexus injuries

On April 4, the Brazilian Society of Hand Surgery (SBCM) launched an awareness and prevention campaign on brachial plexus injury. The campaign included the distribution of HQ The Arms of Nildo and Rony, made by the team of the ABRAÇO platform, which integrates CEPID NeuroMat, and the creation of contents for the dissemination of the lesion in social networks.

According to Dr. Marcelo Rosa Rezende, president of the Brazilian Society of Hand Surgery, the reason ...