A persistência na construção do puzzle didático

The professional internship is a very important stage in the student's life to acquire all the necessary knowledge to pursue one's future career. This is when the student can practice all its knowledge gained during one's initial training. This document refers the student's path, experiences, struggles and overcoming strategies of an intern student (myself) during her internship in Physical Education. This took place at Escola Secundária das Laranjeiras teaching an eighth grader class. Teachi...

Physical activity, metabolic syndrome indicators and body composition interactions in Portuguese nuclear families

Respiratory Muscle Strength in Patients Submitted to Lung Resection: Implications in Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Functional Recovery and Quality of Life

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer. Pulmonary resection is the treatment of choice for the early stages of lung cancer, however this surgery carries risks mostly dependent on patients' lung and heart function. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate the patient's ability to withstand the loss of lung tissue in order to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC). However, the risk assessment model does not contemplate the evaluation of respiratory muscle function. In addi...

The effect of a workplace physical activity intervention program on musculoskeletal pain and related symptoms in different body regions in Portuguese workers