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Deslocamento ativo de adolescentes para a escola: barreiras de acordo com o sex...
Sousa, Francisco Cristiano da Silva; Góis, Francisca Maria Damasceno; Oliveira, Antonio Ricardo Catunda de; Pontes Júnior, José Airton de FreitasEste estudo analisou as barreiras ao deslocamento ativo de adolescentes para a escola, de acordo com o sexo, zona de moradia e estatuto socioeconômico. As variáveis foram coletadas através de questionários (Neighborhood Impact on Kids e Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa). Participaram 1.431 estudantes, com idade entre 12 e 17 anos. As variáveis categóricas dicotomizadas foram analisadas por meio do ...
Sex-related differences in the associations between wishing to die, grip streng...
de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo; Ihle, Andreas; Ferrari, Gerson; Gouveia, Elvio; Marques, AdilsonBackground: The desire to die among older adults has been reported in several European countries. This study aimed to investigate the associations between grip strength (GS) and the frequency of weekly moderate physical activity (MPA) with wish to die (WTD) in European middle-aged and older adults. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted with 39,377 participants (22,313 women) from 27 European countri...
Lower body strength and body composition in female football
França, Cíntia; Saldanha, Carolina; Martins, Francisco; de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo; Marques, Adilson; Ihle, Andreas; Sarmento, Hugo; Campos, PedroLower-body strength plays a crucial role in football performance and injury prevention, and thus, monitoring of strength variables has become crucial in the training process. This study aims to (1) assess knee muscle strength performance through intra- and inter-limb asymmetries and (2) examine the relationships between knee muscle strength, body composition, and vertical jump performance (squat jump and counte...
Cognition mediates the association between meaning in life and depression: sex-...
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio; Marques, Adilson; Gouveia, Elvio; Ferrari, Gerson; Ihle, AndreasThis study aimed to explore whether immediate recall, delayed recall, and verbal fluency mediated the relationship between meaning in life and depression in a large sample of older adults from 17 European countries. The study also sought to investigate potential differences in mediation trajectories by sex. The data used were from the eighth wave of the SHARE project (year 2019), involving 24,277 individuals (1...
The effect of frailty on the relationship between cognition and depression symp...
de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo; Ihle, Andreas; Gouveia, Elvio; Gonzalez, Ricardo Hugo; Marques, AdilsonThis study aimed to investigate the moderating effect of frailty on the relationship between cognition and symptoms of depression in individuals aged ≥65 and to explore differences between four European regions (West, North, South, and East). A cross-sectional analysis was conducted with 29,094 participants (16,365 women) from 27 countries, aged ≥65 years, who responded to wave 8 of the SHARE project. The varia...
Four-year associations of wish-to-die trajectories with changes in the frailty ...
de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo; Marques, Adilson; Ferrari, Gerson; Martins, Francisco; França, Cíntia; Gouveia, Elvio; Ihle, AndreasBackground: A death wish is a passive ideation about thoughts that suggest dying is better than continuing to live. We investigated the associations of different wish-to-die (WTD) trajectories with changes in frailty over a four-year period in European citizens aged 50 and over. Methods: A longitudinal analysis was conducted with 27,350 participants (13,921 women) from 17 European countries, all aged ≥50 years,...
Depression, reduced physical activity and the risk of heart disease: a prospect...
Peralta, Miguel; Nascimento, Marcelo; Ferrari, Gerson; Gouveia, Elvio; Marques, AdilsonObjective: To assess the impact of depression and physical activity (PA) of different intensities on the incidence of heart disease. Methods: A prospective cohort study with 20 645 European middle-aged and older adults (mean baseline age 63 years; 55.1% women; median follow-up 9.5 years) was conducted using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. The EURO-D 12-item scale assessed depres...
Knee and hip muscle strength of professional football players from different co...
França, Cíntia; Martins, Francisco; Przednowek , Krzysztof; Marques, Adilson; Ihle, Andreas; Sarmento, Hugo; Gouveia, Élvio RúbioIn football, knee and hip muscle strength assessment have been recommended for injury prevention (Mosler et al., 2017; Namazi et al., 2019). Additionally, bilateral strength differences in the knee and hip joints have been related to an increased risk of injury. The aims of this study were threefold: (1) to compare knee and hip muscle strength performance between professional players competing at different leve...
Sports injuries of a Portuguese professional football team: a 3-year longitudin...
Martins, Francisco; França, Cíntia; Sarmento, Hugo; Przednowek, Krzysztof; Marques, Adilson; Ihle, Andreas; Lopes, Helder; Gouveia, ÉlvioFootball is known for its fast-paced and intensive activities from a professional standpoint, exposing professional football players to a high injury risk across their sportive careers. This study aimed to describe and characterise the sportive injuries of a First Portuguese Football League professional football team over three consecutive seasons. Seventy-one male professional football players (age = 25.7 ± 3....
Are the physical activity habits of healthcare professionals associated with th...
Borges, Margarida D.; Ribeiro, Tiago; Peralta, Miguel; Gouveia, Bruna; Marques, AdilsonObjective: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in conducting brief physical activity counselling during consultations, representing one of the population's most cost-effective interventions for its promotion. Despite this, their clinical practice often falls short in addressing physical activity with the necessary depth and frequency. This study aimed to synthesise the literature concerning t...