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Variation of knee joint-position sense of soccer players during one season: An ...

Introduction: The distribution of injuries during a competitive season in soccer is not consensual. It is suggested that muscle fatigue may be an underlying factor of increased risk of injury when load is high during the season since an impairment in the muscle mechanoreceptors’ function has been reported, affecting the necessary proprioceptive acuity to maintain the joint stability. Objective: To assess the va...

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Coping strategies adopted by chronic pain patients at the ESS-FP Physiotherapy ...

Introduction: Chronic pain, defined as pain that persists for at least three months, is a public health problem that affects 37% of the adult Portuguese population. Coping strategies refer to the adaptive mechanisms and behaviours that individuals use to deal with stressful situations, such as chronic pain, which can be adaptive or maladaptive. Knowing the strategies adopted by people with chronic pain allows f...

Prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence on the quality of life of female ...

Introduction: Activities classified as high impact, like basketball exert an impact force directly on the pelvic floor muscles and increase intra-abdominal pressure. Evidence on the prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence on the quality of life, in basketball athletes is limited. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence on the quality of life in fe...

Prevalence of injuries and associated factors among portuguese teenage soccer p...

Introduction: There is scarce literature on the prevalence of injuries among teenage soccer players and their associated factors. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of injuries in Portuguese male and female teenage soccer players and their associations with sociodemographic, anthropometric, and training factors. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 162 teenage players ...

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Editorial

It is with great pleasure that we introduce the first edition of the Athena Health & Research Journal, which seeks to share scientific knowledge in the field of Health Sciences. Our goal is to advance sci- entific progress through meticulous and pertinent publications. Athena Health & Research Journal maintains the belief that scientific knowledge production should not be driven by commercial interests,...

Acute effects of muscle fatigue on the knee joint-position sense of trained and...

Background: The acute effects of muscle fatigue on the knee joint-position sense (KJPS) are not consensual. Although it is known that peripheral fatigue affects the muscle spindle function by increasing its discharge threshold, reports of positive and negative impacts of muscle fatigue on the KJPS of both trained and non-trained individuals can be found in the literature. Aim: To assess the acute effects of mus...

Acute effects of static-stretching on the shoulder joint-position sense: A rand...

Introduction: The influence of static-stretching on variables like shoulder muscle strength has been addressed in different sports. However, its effect on the joint-position sense is poorly investigated. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the acute effects of static-stretching on the shoulder-joint position sense of overhead athletes. Methodology: A three-period block-randomized controlled crossover tr...

Livro de Resumos da Conferência Longevidade Saudável 2023

A Conferência sobre Longevidade Saudável decorreu no dia 25 de novembro de 2023, em formato presencial, organizada no âmbito do programa de atividades da SpinOff do Politécnico de Leiria, AGILidades. Este encontro procurou ser um espaço de partilha, discussão e reflexão em torno de trabalhos de investigação, experiências profissionais e comunitárias, em que o tema da longevidade, o trabalho com diferentes geraç...