Resumo Este estudo buscou avaliar os fatores associados ao bem-estar espiritual e religiosidade em pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com abordagem quantitativa, realizado em Serviços de Assistência Especializada de referência no tratamento de HIV/Aids, no período de junho a novembro de 2016. Os dados foram coletados utilizando-se um questionário sociodemográfico e clínico e as esca...
Abstract Aim: This study aims to characterize the stress, recovery, mood, and motivation together with the training load of athletes with cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) during a period of resumption of wheelchair rugby (WCR) training. Additionally, it aims to compare the psychological and load training aspects during a competitive preseason and determine the correlations between training load, mood, stress,...
Abstract Aim: This study aims to compare the sleep parameters in Paralympic powerlifting athletes during days with and without training, and to analyze the relationship between the training load and sleep on the same day and the relationship between the previous night's sleep and the training load of the following day. Methods: Actigraphy was used to analyze the sleep parameters of 11 Paralympic powerlifting at...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Muscle injuries are the most frequent cause of physical disability in sports, representing a large percentage of all sports injuries. In high-performance sports in particular, there is great interest in optimizing the process of diagnosis and rehabilitation of muscle injuries in order to reduce the amount of time taken off by athletes due to their injuries. Infrared thermography, or cutan...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Circadian rhythms can impact athletes' sports performance, where the plateau occurs between 15 and 21 hours. Swimming is a peculiar case, as athletes perform training and final sessions in competitions at different times, as in the Rio2016 Olympic Games for example, where the semifinal and final competitions took place from ten o'clock at night. Objectives: (1) to present the protocol of ...
ABSTRACT In December 2019, Wuhan, in China, attracted international attention due to a pneumonia outbreak caused by the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Infection by 2019-nCoV is more likely in elderly people with comorbidities or with associated chronic diseases. Due to the high transmission rate among humans, this disease is rapidly disseminated, which led to several events being canceled, including the Tokyo 202...
Abstract Aims: a) to measure individual variations in body mass (BM), sum of skinfolds (SSF) and energy intake of Paralympic track and field athletes b) to evaluate whether individual consumption of macronutrients meets recommended levels in three distinct periods of training. Methods: Ten Paralympic track and field athletes were evaluated during three periods: 1) end of season, 2) after vacation, and 3) prepar...
ABSTRACT Objective The evaluation of selective activation of C-fibers to record evoked potentials using the association of low-power diode laser (810 nm), tiny-area stimulation and skin-blackening. Method Laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) were obtained from 20 healthy young subjects. An aluminum plate with one thin hole was attached to the laser probe to provide tiny-area stimulation of the hand dorsum and the sti...
Cada vez mais, atletas paralímpicos têm obtido resultados expressivos em importantes competições, bem como o aparecimento de lesões musculoesqueléticas tem aumentando nesses atletas e, com isso, a ação da fisioterapia passa a ser importante e vem ganhando espaço nessa área. O objetivo do presente estudo é demonstrar as principais lesões musculoesqueléticas e a atuação do fisioterapeuta no esporte paralímpico. O...
Resumo Objetivo: conhecer as ações de Saúde do Trabalhador desenvolvidas nos centros de saúde da Atenção Primária do município de Chapecó (SC) e verificar se elas estão incorporadas às rotinas dos serviços de saúde da Atenção Primária. Métodos: estudo descritivo com enfoque qualitativo, com utilização de entrevista semiestruturada e técnica de análise de conteúdo. Foram entrevistados dez sujeitos, com funções d...