About the Authors

Fábio Coelho Guarany

fguarany@hotmail.com

Affiliations Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Paulo Dornelles Picon

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Nicole Ruas Guarany

Affiliations Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, School of Occupational Therapy, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Antonio Cardoso dos Santos

Affiliation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bianca Paula Mentz Chiella

Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carolina Rocha Barone

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Lúcia Costa Cabral Fendt

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pedro Schestatsky

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Neurology Service, EMG Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCG PDP ACS. Performed the experiments: FCG NRG BPMC CRB LCCF. Analyzed the data: FCG PDP NRG PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCG NRG BPMC CRB LCCF. Wrote the paper: FCG PDP NRG ACS PS.