13 articles in this issue
Roberta Pires Vasconcellos,Gustavo Ricardo Schütz,Saray Giovana dos Santos
Whole-body vibration training on vibrating platforms is widely used for physical exercise, health promotion and physical rehabilitation. The position on the platform is one of the factors responsible for the transmission of vibrations to the body segments... see more
Glauber Rocha Monteiro,Roberto Jeronimo dos Santos Silva
The aim of this study was to estimate the length of stay of participants in a Community Physical Activity Program (CPAP). This is a retrospective cohort study that estimated the length of stay of 727 participants (55.16 +12.78 years) stratified into three... see more
Euler Alves Cardoso,Martim Bottaro,Pâmella Rodrigues,Clarice Bacelar Rezende,Thuany Fischer,Jessica Mota,Adailson Fernandes,Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro
Studies have suggested that benefits from resistance exercise (RE) using antagonist muscle pre-activation could be transferred to functional activities. However, chronic studies using pre-activation through reciprocal actions in neuromuscular performance ... see more
Marcelo Gava Pompermayer,Rodrigo Rodrigues,Bruno Manfredini Baroni,Raquel de Oliveira Lupion,Flávia Meyer,Marco Aurélio Vaz
Exercise in the heat leads to physiological alterations that reflect mainly on the cardiovascular system. The physiological strain index (PSI) uses heart rate (HR) and rectal temperature (Tre) to evaluate the cardiovascular strain and lately it has been b... see more
Francine Caetano de Andrade Nogueira,Ruan Alves Nogueira,Danilo Reis Coimbra,Bernardo Miloski,Victor Hugo de Freitas,Maurício Bara Filho
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correspondence between perceived internal load of volleyball players of different positions with perceived internal load planned by the coach, as well as to compare the perceptions of internal training load betwee... see more
Kelma Regina Galeno Pinheiro,Thaís Cristina da Costa Rocha,Noélia Machado Silva Brito,Maiara Luciano de Gois da Silva,Maria Ester Ibiapina Mendes de Carvalho,Laiana Sepúlveda de Andrade Mesquita,Fabiana Teixeira de Carvalho
The practice of regular physical activity is recognized as a strong ally of active aging, healthy, or successful, whose hallmark is the independent and effective performance of activities of daily living. The Pilates Method (MP) has emerged as a good alte... see more
Rodrigo Ghedini Gheller,Juliano Dal Pupo,Luis Antonio Pereira de Lima,Bruno Monteiro de Moura,Saray Giovana dos Santos
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of different squat depths in the performance and biomechanical parameters at counter movement jump (CMJ). Twenty-two male volleyball or basketball players volunteered to participate in this study and all wer... see more
António Trindade Vaz,Antonino Pereira,José Vilaça-Alves,Francisco Saavedra,Victor Machado Reis,Helder Miguel Fernandes
The purposes of this study were to characterize the achievement goals and sportsmanlike attitudes in young soccer players and their association with perceived pressure from different significant social agents (parents/family, coaches, teammates and friend... see more
Windsor Ramos da Silva Júnior,Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of pain and its association with the transportation of school supplies among university students. It was a cross-sectional study with 373 university students between February and September 2012 in whic... see more
Camila Choqueta Biazotto,Paula Maria Ferreira Camarini,Helga Tatiana Tucci,Kevin James McQuade,Anamaria Siriani de Oliveira
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Alexandre Igor Araripe Medeiros,José Manuel Palao,Rui Marcelino,Isabel Mesquita
The present article aimed to perform a systematic review of the available literature in relation to the analysis of sports performance in beach volleyball from match analysis. Web of Science, SportDiscus®, PubMed, Scopus and Academic Search Complete datab... see more
Giovani dos Santos Cunha,Gabriela Tomedi Leites,Brian Weldon Timmons
Traditional methods to normalize aerobic fitness (VO2max) have been considered inadequate for not properly adjusting the effects of body size in children, adolescents and adults. Allometric scaling (Y=aXb) has emerged as an efficient method to compare ind... see more
Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto,Ciro Jose Brito,Juan Ramon Heredia
The prescription of neuromuscular conditioning programs aimed at the development and maintenance of activities of daily living (ADLs) has been based on functionality. The functional training proposal needs further academic discussion. The present study pr... see more