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Wearable devices for physical activity and healthcare monitoring in elderly people
Teixeira, Eduardo; Fonseca, Hélder; Diniz-Sousa, Florêncio; Veras, Lucas; Boppre, Giorjines; Oliveira, José; Pinto, Diogo; Alves, Alberto JorgeThe availability of wearable devices (WDs) to collect biometric information and their use during activities of daily living is significantly increasing in the general population. These small electronic devices, which record fitness and health-related outcomes, have been broadly utilized in industries such as medicine, healthcare, and fitness. Since they are simple to use and progressively cheaper, they have als...
The effect of an exercise intervention program on bone health after bariatric s...
Diniz-Sousa, Florêncio; Veras, Lucas; Boppre, Giorjines; Sá-Couto, Pedro; Devezas, Vítor; Santos-Sousa, Hugo; Preto, John; Vilas-Boas, João PauloExercise has been suggested as a therapeutic approach to attenuate bone loss induced by bariatric surgery (BS), but its effectiveness remains unclear. Our aim was to determine if an exercise-training program could induce benefits on bone mass after BS. Eighty-four patients, submitted to gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, were randomized to either exercise (EG) or control group (CG). One month post-BS, EG und...