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Severe Injuries of Former Portuguese Football Players: a Post-Career Burden?
Teixeira, Eduardo; Silva, Carlos; Romero, Félix; Miguel, Mauro; Vicente, António; Teixeira, Eduardo Filipe; de Lima e Cunha Hopffer Romero, Félix Luís: Background/Objectives: Football players have a high injury risk due to the physical demands of their profession, which can negatively affect their quality of life (QoL) in the long term. The aim of this study is to characterize the severe injuries that former Portuguese football players suffered throughout their professional careers and investigate the resulting impacts on the physical domain of QoL after ret...
The Quality of Life of Former Portuguese Football Players
Teixeira, Eduardo; Silva, Carlos; Romero, Félix; Costa, João Paulo; Vicente, António; Silva, Carlos; de Lima e Cunha Hopffer Romero, Félix LuísBackground: The demands of playing professional football can have an impact on an individual’s quality of life (QoL), which may remain into retirement. Given limited evidence exists regarding the QoL in former football players, this study aimed to assess QoL among Portuguese former players according to career duration, career end period, competitive level, tactical-positional status, international status, acade...
Variations in individual player area in youth football matches: the effects of ...
Coito, Nuno; Folgado, Hugo; Romero, Félix; Loureiro, Nuno; Travassos, BrunoThe aim of the study was to quantify the individual player area (IPA)that emerges during football matches at youth levels, consideringdifferent numerical relations and pitch zones. Two hundred andtwenty-eight players, divided by U15, U17 and U19, participated inthe study. Jonckheete-Terpstra and Kruskal Wallis nonparametrictests were used to compare the IPA according to variations inplayers’ age, numerical rela...
Variations in individual player area in youth football matches: the effects of ...
Coito, Nuno; Folgado, Hugo; Romero, Félix; Loureiro, Nuno; Travassos, BrunoThe aim of the study was to quantify the individual player area (IPA) that emerges during football matches at youth levels, considering different numerical relations and pitch zones. Two hundred and twenty-eight players, divided by U15, U17 and U19, participated in the study. Jonckheete-Terpstra and Kruskal Wallis nonparametric tests were used to compare the IPA according to variations in players’ age, numerica...
Polytechnic Institutes in Portugal: research on the impact of twelve institutes...
Oliveira, Pedro; Alves, João; Bailôa, Sandra; Basto, Mário; Cadima, Rita Alexandra Cainço Dias; Correia, Florbela; Costa, Vânia; Cunha, JorgePolytechnic Institutes in Portugal: research on the impact of twelve institutes on the local economy Higher Education Institutions are recognized as important actors in regional development. The Portuguese higher education system comprises both Universities and Polytechnic Institutes, which face an increasing pressure to demonstrate that their presence has an impact on the surrounding communities contributing t...
Aerobic performance in young girls during a maximal laboratory treadmill test: ...
Rodrigues-Ferreira, Mário André; VencesBrito, António Manuel; Fernandes, Renato; Mendes, João; Romero, Félix; Fernando, CatarinaRESUMO O objetivo do estudo foi analisar as diferenças no Pico VO2 entre nadadoras jovens em comparação com raparigas sem prática desportiva. O grupo de nadadoras foi composto por 6 raparigas pré-púberes (9,8 anos) e 10 púberes (11,3 anos), e o grupo de controlo por 6 raparigas pré-púberes (9,8 anos) e 10 púberes (11,2 anos) não-atletas. O Pico VO2 foi mensurado com análise direta de gases, respiração-por-respi...
Portuguese adults' physical activity during different periods of the year
Bento, Teresa Cunha; Romero, Félix; Leitão, José; Mota, Maria Paula