A investigação teve como objetivo identificar o perfil e estilo de tomada de decisão do treinador de desporto adaptado e recém-licenciado da área, no IPCB. A amostra foi constituída por 16 recém-licenciados do IPCB e 31 treinadores do Special Olympics Portugal. Para se alcançarem os objetivos propostos utilizaram-se como instrumentos para recolha de dados, o Coach Profile Questionnaire e o Sport Coach Decision ...
Background: It is essential to explore alternative methods to motivate stroke survivors throughout their lengthy rehabilitation journey. Exergames have emerged as promising tools for rehabilitating this demographic. Objective: We aimed to synthesize the combined evidence from meta-analyses that assessed the effects of exergames in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors. Methods: The umbrella review was conducte...
Purpose Exergames, which combine digital games and physical exercise, have become increasingly popular for rehabilitation in the health domain. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of exergame rehabilitation on the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Methods This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of exergame rehabilitation on the quality of life of canc...
Introduction: Identifying the perception or experiences associated with the use of mobile applications (mHealth) during chemotherapy treatment is essential to ensure patient involvement. This indentification is also fundamental in the development process of this type of solutions. Therefor the present study intended to synthesize the knowledge produced about the perceptions or experiences of people with o...
A 44 year-old male with asthma and allergic to grass pollen came to our Emergency Department with dyspnea, productive cough, paresthesia, dysaesthesia and dysphonia. He was admitted with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. An acute axonal polyneuropathy has developed preventing the patient from walking becoming totally dependent on others. In spite of exhaustive investigation the aetiology was not asce...
Malnutrition is a common phenomenon in people with cancer. It can occur at all stages of the disease trajectory and its occurrence can have a significant negative impact on cancer treatment outcomes. With this project: “Via Verde dos Cuidados Nutricionais” (Green Line for Nutritional Care) we intend to assess the nutritional risk of all patients who were admitted to a surgical oncology inpatient service by appl...
In Human action recognition, the identification of actions is a system that can detect human activities. The types of human activity are classified into four different categories, depending on the complexity of the steps and the number of body parts involved in the action, namely gestures, actions, interactions, and activities [1]. It is challenging for video Human action recognition to capture useful and discr...
An in-depth study of knowledge and technologies was made related to the various scientific, technical, and industrial domains necessary for the acquisition of skills and capabilities for the design and development of a multisensory fusion system for vehicle cockpits. After an extensive literature review, it was possible to determine the baselines of the solution to be developed and obtain a pipeline prototype.;...
The industrial sector is an important energy consumer, which accounted for 29% of the world’s final energy consumption in 2015 [1]. In the European Union this share is slightly lower, 25% in 2016, and in Portugal 27% [2]. Moreover, its energy consumption is still dominated by fossil fuels and industry is therefore an important contributor to the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. Looking at the penetration of...