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Validation of the Subjective Vitality Scale and study of the vitality of elderly people according to their physical activity

Abstract The main aim of the study was to validate the Portuguese version of the Subjective Vitality Scale - SVS for the Portuguese elderly population through of confirmatory factorial analysis. The existence of differences in the perception of subjective vitality among sufficiently active and insufficie...

Physical activity level and performance in the six-minute walk test of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia

ABSTRACT Background: To establish determinants of maximum walking distance in the 6-minute walk test of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia, and to compare the performance in this test with physical activity level between patients and healthy controls. Methods: A cross-sectional study was ...

Mudanças no deslocamento para o trabalho e na atividade física da população de três municípios da região de São Paulo nos anos de 2000 e 2010

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 20 (2), 2017
RESUMO: Objetivo: Verificar as mudanças no deslocamento para o trabalho e na atividade física (AF) na população de três municípios da região de São Paulo nos anos 2000 e 2010. Métodos: Estudo de coorte transversal com amostra representativa de 602 adultos (62,3% homens), realizado nos munic...

Associação entre condições demográficas e socioeconômicas com a prática de exercícios e aptidão física em participantes de projetos comunitários com idade acima de 50 anos em Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 20 (2), 2017
RESUMO: Objetivo: Verificar a associação entre condições demográficas e socioeconômicas com a aptidão física e a prática regular de exercícios físicos supervisionados em participantes de projetos comunitários, possibilitando investigar se a adoção de um estilo de vida ativo depende apenas...

Association between physical activity and vitamin D: A narrative literature review

Summary This narrative review of the medical literature assessed whether outdoor and indoor physical activity would increase the plasma levels of vitamin D. Synthesis of this liposoluble vitamin is mainly mediated by sunlight on the skin, where it is activated to perform its main action, which is to cont...

Efecto del ejercicio aeróbico en la rigidez vascular en una población sana

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 24 (3), 2017
Resumen Introducción: Un estilo de vida saludable es determinante para la salud cardiovascular. Existe controversia en los efectos vasculares benéficos del ejercicio físico. Objetivo: Evaluar el comportamiento de los parámetros de rigidez vascular en una población sana que practica ejercicio aer...

Healthy School, Happy School: Design and Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial Designed to Prevent Weight Gain in Children

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (6), 2017
Abstract Background: Schools have become a key figure for the promotion of health and obesity interventions, bringing the development of critical awareness to the construction and promotion of a healthy diet, physical activity, and the monitoring of the nutritional status in childhood and adolescence. ...

Internal consistency and content validity of a questionnaire aimed to assess the stages of behavioral lifestyle changes in Colombian schoolchildren: The Fuprecol study

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 30 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To assess internal consistency and content validity of a questionnaire aimed to assess the stages of Behavioural Lifestyle Changes in a sample of school-aged children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 years-old. Methods This validation study involved 675 schoolchildren from three official...

Promoción de la adherencia terapéutica de mujeres con obesidad mediante psicoeducación

Psychol. av. discip; 11 (1), 2017
Resumen El sobrepeso y la obesidad de la población mexicana constituyen un serio problema de salud. Para su control, se requiere del paciente una adherencia terapéutica muy alta, que implica el seguimiento de las instrucciones médicas, cambios en estilos de alimentación y ejercicio, además de cambio...

Efecto de un entrenamiento deportivo en el compartimiento angular de la extremidad inferior en niños futbolistas de entre 11 y 12 años

Acta ortop. mex; 31 (3), 2017
Resumen: La lesión del ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA) constituye una causa importante de reposo en deportistas. En su mayoría, las lesiones del LCA no requieren contacto externo y se asocian con factores de riesgo biomecánicos que aumentan la tensión en el LCA: el aumento del ángulo de valgo de ro...