9 articles in this issue
Nuno Domingos Garrido
As 2017 is ending evolution does not stop, and publishing systems are getting along with this evolvement, since the “publish or perish” dictum is nowadays a way of living among the academy. In this way, in this competitive context, one must keep the publi... see more
Bruna Nichele da Rosa, Tássia Silveira Furlanetto, Matias Noll, Juliana Adami Sedrez, Emanuelle Francine Detogni Schmit, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti
The aim of this study was to evaluate the behaviour of postural variables and the associated factors, like back pain and life habits, in schoolchildren during a period of four years. Forty-two school children underwent a postural assessment using Digital ... see more
Hítalo Andrade Silva, Muana Pereira Passos, Valéria Alves Oliveira, Yslainy Araújo Silva, Ana Carolina Rodarti Pitangui, Rodrigo Cappato Araújo
Psychological distress is among the main causes of the onset or worsening of pain symptoms in young sports people. The increasing participation of adolescents in various sports increases the need to verify the prevalence and association of these affective... see more
Jorge Both, Adriano Ferreti Borgatto, Carlos Augusto Fogliarini Lemos, Vitor Ciampolini, Juarez Vieira do Nascimento
The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation between gender and physical education teachers’ wellbeing in southern Brazil, considering the socio-environmental (job satisfaction) and individual (lifestyle) parameters. A total of 1653 teachers (... see more
André Luiz F Medeiros, Manoela Vieira Sousa, Morgana Lunardi, Silas Nery Oliveira, Cintia de la Rocha Freitas
The purpose of this study was to analyse the effect of a concurrent training session (CT) with different intensities in post-exercise blood pressure responses in normotensive adults. Ten normotensive adult males (30.7 ± 4.1 years) participated in this stu... see more
Nuno Almeida, Joana Reis, João Beckert, Miguel Moreira, Francisco Alves
The purpose of this study was to verify if competitive performance status was associated to different levels of specific aerobic fitness in Portuguese surfboard riders. Six recreational surfers (age: 32.3±3.1 years; body mass: 73.2±7.8kg; height: 1.75±0.0... see more
André Amorim, Bruno Travassos, Pedro Mendes
The aim of this study was to analyse and compare movement visualization ability in federate and non-federate Boccia athletes, and among federate Boccia medical sport groups. Forty-two Boccia athletes (Federate N = 24; Non-federate N = 18) at an average ag... see more
Tainá Ribas Mélo, Bruna Yamaguchi, Claudiana Renata Chiarello, Ana Cláudia Szczypior Costin, Vanessa Erthal, Vera Lúcia Israel, Eduardo Borba Neves
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common disability in children caused by central nervous system lesion. The aim of the present study was to verify the intensive neuromotor therapy effects in children with CP, in a reference Brazilian centre. In this study,... see more
Arthur Antoniolli Arthur, Liliane Martini Araújo Ducati Liliane, Emanuelle Francine Detogni Schmit Emanuelle, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti Cláudia
Photogrammetry is a relatively simple and objective instrument of evaluation that provides accurate and reproducible quantitative results, if applied rigorously, existing nowadays several protocols. The main purpose was to systematically review the utiliz... see more