Cardiovascular risks are now an epidemiological reality among adults and teenagers. This scenario leads to impairments in quality of life and represents a burden in healthcare and government costs. This study aimed to evaluate the association between risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, quality of life, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and anthropometric parameters on university students in Fortaleza/CE, Brazi...
Introduction: Muscular strength and flexibility are fundamental to an adequate technique in high-performance sports; in addition, the development of these valences tends to decrease injury numbers in soccer athletes. Objective: To assess manual strength, flexibility and dexterity in a game situation in field soccer athletes. Methods: A quantitative and cross-sectional study involving 33 players from the U20 tea...
BACKGROUND: Sleep abnormalities are frequent in patients with endocrine metabolic disorders (EMD) such as arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Adiponectin is a peptide largely secreted by adipocytes and has various properties e.g. anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiatherogenic, pro-angiogenic, vasoprotective and insulin-sensitizing. Adiponectin inversely relates to body weight and when its concentratio...
Sleep is essential for survival and its absence is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and early mortality. Exercise improves memory and mobility in conditions of health and disease. Conversely, sleep deprivation (SD) impairs mood, cognition and functional performance. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of exercise in mice submitted to total SD (6hTSD) and REMSD (72h-REMSD)...
Background: Different formsofconsciousandplannedphysicalexerciseand activity thatindividualsperformimprovenotonlyphysicalbutalsopsychological health, well-being,andbothphysicalandintellectualperformance.Hereweput forward andtestthepredictivevalidityoftheArcher-GarciaRatio,abriefmeasure for exercisefrequencycomputedusingparticipants’ responses totwoquestions. Method: The participants(N = 158)wererecruitedfromatr...
Nowadays, preoccupation with body image has taken on an increasing role, with human behaviour being influenced by the media and by society-imposed “beauty standards”. Not achieving the ideal of beauty can cause body dissatisfaction and may lead to low self-esteem. The aim of this study was to evaluate body perception, dissatisfaction with body image and the influence of the media in adolescents. N=450 adolescen...
Exercise is a promising adjunctive therapy for depressive behavior, sleep/wake abnormalities, cognition and motor dysfunction. Conversely, sleep deprivation impairs mood, cognition and functional performance. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of exercise on anxiety and depressive behavior and striatal levels of norepinephrine (NE), serotonin and its metabolites in mice submitted to 6 h of t...
The association of body mass index with the waist / hip ratio in health compromising of military police in the state of Ceará. Regular physical activity is related to health improvement and also to the prevention of various non-transmisibles diseases. Studies realized with police officers in some Brazilian states have reported the presence of high body weight. This study aimed to understand the morphological pr...
Introduction: Daytime sleepiness is an independent factor for increased health care utilization and all cause mortality. Diabetic patients are more likely to be sleepy during the daytime than non-diabetics. Objectives to examine factors influencing the evolution of daytime sleepiness in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a two-year follow-up study. Methods: Patients (N=145) aged from 40 to 60 (55.0±3.3) of ...
Objetivo: o presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar o perfil de estilo de vida de acadêmicos do curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física em uma Instituição particular de ensino superior. Metodos: foram avaliados 100 acadêmicos de ambos os sexos, através do questionário Pentáculo do Bem-Estar. Resultados e discussão: pôde ser constatada a presença de afirmações que declararam comportamentos com predominância...