HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE AND MOTOR IMAGERY TRAINING PROGRAM: A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH IN NON-SPECIFIC CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN.

The non-specific chronic lower back pain (CLBP) has been for the last few years one of the mankind "scourges", with high prevalence and incidence rates, reflected in high rates of absenteeism, high social costs and overburden of the healthcare systems. This disease is yet to find an effective therapeutic response, either in the pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatments. It is a systemic condition, not just a local one, considering all the multiple dysfunctions it entails. One of these...

O LUGAR DA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NA ESCOLA CULTURAL Carlos Eduardo Rafael de Andrade Ferrari Porto - Portugal 2020 Estudo elaborado a partir da realidade de duas escolas sui generis do Porto e do Rio de Janeiro.

The effects of application of lateral wedge insoles on medial osteoarthritis of the knee.

The lateral wedge insoles seem to improve the external moment of knee adduction in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis. This thesis sought to study the biomechanical changes and the effectiveness of using this type of insoles. Five studies were carried out. Three studies (study II, IV and V), sought to understand the effects of this type of insoles on biomechanics and clinical results. Twenty-three healthy participants (study II) and thirty-eight participants with medial knee osteoart...

The Portuguese Trail Runner. Musculoskeletal Injuries. Morphologic, Physiologic and Neuromuscular Profile.

The objective of the present work was to characterize Portuguese male trail runners in a set of epidemiological, morphological, physiological, and neurofunctional parameters. Two cross-sectional studies were performed, organized in five articles. The first study used a retrospective epidemiological approach (12 months). The sample was composed of 403 trail runners. The results revealed that 72.7% of the athletes had a musculoskeletal injury, and their participative level influenced the severi...