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Exploring how exercise frequency impacts muscle strength and balance in institu...
Rodrigues, Filipe; Pereira, Bernardo; Silva, Elisabete; Monteiro, Diogo; Antunes, RaulThis protocol for a randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the impact of exercise frequency on muscle strength, balance, and fall risk among institutionalized older adults. Recognizing the unique physical and functional limitations of this population, the study will test whether two or three weekly sessions of multicomponent exercise yield differential outcomes. Sixty participants residing in nursing home...
Analysis of Frailty Indices Based on Sociodemographic and Clinical Determinants...
Rodrigues, Filipe; Monteiro, Diogo; Susano Jacinto, Miguel Ângelo; Matos, Rui; Amaro, Nuno; Pocinho, Ricardo Filipe da Silva; Gordo, SaraBackground: The aim of this study was to analyze levels of frailty, across physical, psychological, social, and overall dimensions, according to marital status, age, number of diagnosed illnesses, and number of medications taken in community-dwelling older women. Methods: The study included a total of 94 older women, aged between 60 and 89 years. All participants completed a sociodemographic and clinical questi...
Exploring the Relationship Between Wall Drop Punt Kick and Catch (Tripela Sport...
Matos, Rui; Amaro, Nuno; Lopes, Nataniel; Costa, Pedro; Jacinto, Miguel; Rodrigues, Filipe; Antunes, Raul; Coelho, Luís; Ibáñez, Sergio J.Our aim in this study was to analyze associations between the two manipulative tests of the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) battery and the Wall Drop Punt Kick & Catch (WDPK&C) motor task. One hundred and twelve early adolescents (60 boys; 52 girls; M age = 12.67, SD = 1.78 years) participated. Overall, strong correlations were found between the WDPK&C and the MCA manipulative tests, either separately (r = .8...
Direção Técnica em Ginásios e Health Clubs: Um Estudo Exploratório Sobre a Perc...
Teixeira, Diogo; Sousa, Ana; Chaves, César; Ruivo, Rodrigo; Dias, Amândio; Asseiceira, Pedro; Rodrigues, Filipe; Monteiro, Diogo; Cid, LuisA figura do diretor técnico foi introduzida na lei em 2012, mas pouca investigação foi produzida para compreender como tem desenvolvido a sua ação. Este estudo pretendeu analisar as perceções dos técnicos de exercício físico (TEF) sobre i) a importância das funções dos diretores técnicos (tal como definidas na lei), e ii) a forma como os diretores técnicos cumprem e desenvolvem as suas funções, contrastando os ...
Examining the pivotal motivational elements that influence an individual's comm...
Monteiro, Diogo; Jacinto, Miguel; Cid, Luís; Teixeira, Diogo S.; Matos, Rui; Amaro, Nuno; Antunes, Raul; Rodrigues, FilipeThis research aims to explore the interplay between supportive and hindering behaviours, the fulfilment of basic psychological needs, motivation, and intentions to sustain sports participation among athletes. A longitudinal approach was employed to investigate the evolving relationships between these variables over time. A total of 538 athletes (219 male and 319 female), aged between 15 and 32 years (mean age =...
Reproducibility of Wall Drop Punt Kick and Catch Test over a period of two weeks
Matos, Rui; Amaro, Nuno; Lopes, Nataniel; Costa, Pedro; Jacinto, Miguel; Rodrigues, Filipe; Antunes, Raúl; Coelho, Luís; Ibáñez, Sérgio J.This study sought to assess the reliability of a manipulative eye–segmental (hand and foot) coordination task, known as the Wall Drop Punt Kick and Catch test (WDPK&C), over a period of two weeks. A total of forty-one children and adolescents, comprising 18 boys and 23 girls, with an average age of 10.2 years (SD = 1.62), were recruited for the assessment. Participants were given 30 seconds to execute as many b...
Sport for All at ESECS - a pilot project with people with Intellectual and Deve...
Antunes, Raul; Curado, Alexandra; Monteiro, Diogo; Amaro, Nuno; Matos, Rui; Rodrigues, Filipe; Jacinto, MiguelThe relationship between the levels of autonomy and independence in people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and their levels of functional physical fitness is not clear in the literature. Thus, this study aimed to compare the levels of autonomy and functionality in daily living activities of people with IDD with their functional physical fitness levels and to analyse the effect of a 9-week...
A Comparison of Multicomponent and Concurrent Exercise Protocols on Muscle Stre...
Rodrigues, Filipe; Matos, Rui; Jacinto, Miguel; Antunes, Raul; Monteiro, Diogo; Monteiro, Diogo; Amaro, NunoThe objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the impact of a multicomponent exercise program and a concurrent exercise program on muscle strength among elderly individuals living in the community. Analysis using repeated measures ANOVA demonstrated significant main effects for the group factor (F(1,15) = 66.59, p < 0.001, η2 = .81) and the group*time factor (F(1,15) = 16.95, p < 0.001, η2 = .53) in r...
O Papel dos Afetos em Modelos de Processamento Duplo e sua Importância Para a A...
Bastos, Vasco; Rodrigues, Filipe; Teixeira, DiogoO crescimento de teorias comportamentais assentes em mecanismos de processamento duplo reflete uma mudança do paradigma cognitivista-social predominante, procurando um maior reconhecimento dos fatores automáticos/implícitos no estudo do comportamento. A presente revisão narrativa visa providenciar uma maior clareza quanto à definição de afeto, emoção e humor, apresentando de seguida modelos teóricos de processa...
Physical activity, exercise and fitness in Portugal: past, present and future
Rodrigues, Filipe; Monteiro, Diogo; Chaves, César; Bastos, Vasco; Pereira, Hugo; Teixeira, DiogoThis article sought, analytically and narratively, to analyze the trends in physical activity and exercise practice in Portugal over the past two decades. Additionally, the context of fitness in the national territory was examined, based on records released over the past years. Specifically, physical exercise was analyzed based on the fitness context, where interest was focused on the economic response to attri...