ABSTRACT Introduction: Few studies have analyzed the association between physical activity and hospitalizations or mortality as a result of the new coronavirus, particularly in Brazil. Objective: To analyze the association between physical activity and deaths by Covid-19 in the Brazilian capitals. Method: An observational cross-sectional ecological study, in which data on the prevalence of physical activity dur...
Resumo Os objetivos do estudo foram traduzir para o idioma português, realizar adaptação transcultural e verificar propriedades psicométricas da Adolescent Health Promotion Scale (AHPS) para uso em adolescentes brasileiros. Versão original foi traduzida de acordo com recomendações internacionais. Versão final da escala traduzida foi administrada em uma amostra de 1.949 adolescentes de ambos os sexos com idade e...
RESUMO A identificação da pressão plantar durante a marcha é utilizada por clínicos e investigadores para verificar sobrecarga na estrutura podal. Neste particular, diferentes protocolos têm sido empregados para essa finalidade. O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a reprodutibilidade e a concordância de protocolos abreviados de marcha para identificar a pressão plantar dinâmica em jovens assintomáticos. Quinze v...
ABSTRACT Introduction: The Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ) was originally proposed in English in order to identify sports motivation regulations according to the self-determination theory. Objectives: To translate into Portuguese, to perform cross-cultural adaptation, and to examine the psychometric properties of the BRSQ in a sample of young Brazilian athletes. Methods: The original version...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) has been associated with sedentary behavior, low levels of physical activity and of cardiorespiratory fitness. However, in adolescents the results are conflicting. Objective: To measure the association between sedentary behavior, physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and MetS in a representative sample of adolescents. Methods: The sample consisted of 1,035...
Abstract Objective: To analyze the performance of three different diagnostic criteria of overweight and obesity (WHO, IOTF and Conde and Monteiro) using body mass index (BMI) as predictors of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a representative sample of adolescents. Methods: A sample of 1035 adolescents aged 12–20 years (565 girls and 470 boys) was used in the study. BMI was calculated through the quotient of weight ...
Introdução: O Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) e o Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A) foram originalmente propostos para oferecer medidas autorrelatadas da prática de atividade física de jovens. Objetivos: Traduzir para o idioma português, realizar adaptação transcultural e analisar reprodutibilidade e validade concorrente do PAQ-C e do PAQ-A em amostra de jovens brasile...
O objetivo do estudo foi realizar uma revisão da literatura sobre motivos para prática de esporte em idades jovens. A busca de publicações foi realizada nas bases de dados Embase, Medline, PsycINFO e SPORTDiscus, considerando artigos publicados entre 1980 e 2013 nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol. Na estratégia de busca foram utilizados os descritores motivo, motivação, adesão, esporte e treino...
The objective of this study was to identify the motives for sport participation in a sample of young judo athletes according to sex, age, and training history. A total of 392 subjects aged 12 to 18 years old participated in the study. Portuguese version of the Participation Motivation Questionnaire was used to identify motives for sports participation. Boys reported giving significantly more importance to sport...
The present study aimed to identify the exercise motives according to selected socio-demographic indicators in university students. The sample was comprised of 2,380 individuals (1,213 men and 1,167 women) aged between 18 and 35 years. The exercise motives were identified with the Portuguese-translated version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory (EMI-2). University students gave significantly greater importan...