Cooking Workshop – Veggies4myheart project
Saturday, February 26, the Cooking Workshop of the Veggies4MyHeart project took place at the School of Health Sciences (ESSLei) of the Polytechnic of Leiria, with the special participation of Chef and Nutritionist Rui Lopes and the presence of the project team.Veggies4myHeart is a ciTechCare project, led by Cátia Pontes and promoted by Intern Nutritionists Neuza Barros and Patrícia Ferreira. The project aims to promote literacy in food and nutrition as well as to reinforce the consumption of vegetables in preschool age.This year, the project was carried out in partnership with the PIICIE program (Integrated and Innovative Plan to Combat School Withdraw)
CBmeter in the podcast
ciTechCare researcher Maria Guarino talked with António Lopes in the podcast UmsobreZero about CBmeter project CBmeter – ciTechcare (ipleiria.pt). In this podcast, topics of interest to most people were addressed, such as the definition of diabetes and the evolution of the disease throughout history, as well as its consequences. The impact of the CBmeter project in diabetes prevention and how it aims to contribute to early diagnosis of this disease that currently affects about 420 million people worldwide. UmsobreZero is a podcast of conversations about technology that was awarded the prize for best Science and Technology podcast in the Portuguese
SAVETRACK enables to monitor patients at the urgent care
SaveTrack project aims to supervise and to alert health professionals about the essential clinic parameters of patients from the urgent care. “The project goes through the reconstruction and reorganization of the pathway that undergoes at the urgent care”, which motivates the “understanding of who is going to need those sensors and the way the follow-up will be held, trying not to overpressure the healthcare professionals”, says Maria Guarino, coordinator of Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology – ciTechCare and one of the researchers that lead the SAFETRACK study. Leiria Hospital Center invited the polytechnic of Leiria’s researchers to join
Physical activity promotion in COPD
Today is the World COPD Day. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic and progressive respiratory disease manifested by decreased lung function, associated with symptoms such as shortness of breath and reduced exercise tolerance.To mark this date, we share one of the research projects currently taking place at ciTechCare, the OnTRACK project, which aims to promote physical activity for people with COPD through a mobile application where they can have access to personalized goals adjusted to their condition, with the supervision of a health professional. People with COPD who remain physically active have a better quality of life and
Campus 5 O’Clock Talks – Impact assessment
Campus 5 O’Clock Talk sessions are back, almost after 2 years of absence, caused by the pandemic, and the last one was about impact assessment, mainly on social projects, which is not only important, but also a needed reality. Compared to other projects, social programs require special and different assessment models, which does not really mean, less effective. It was a pleasant talk lead by Rui Santos, in a hydrib format, that allowed to share experiences and improve knowledge on this fieldwork.
Poster presentation at Oncofit – From Sports lab to cancer clinic
The second edition of Oncofit – From sports lab to cancer clinic happened last March 18th and 19th, at North Rehabilitation Center. Oncomove and Research and Supportive Care in oncology Association (AICSO) were the organisers of the event whose aim is to promote the discussion about the importance of physical exercise role as a therapeutic approach in oncology. Several articles have been published highlighting the scientific evidence about the benefits of exercise training as supportative intervention in people with this chronic disease. Pedro Machado represented ciTechCare by presenting the poster of the article “Effect of perioperative exercise training on quality
ciTechCare is celebrating 3 years
ciTechCare’s third birthday gathered, last Friday, 13 may, several collaborators to talk about Cardio-respiratory rehabilitation and secondary prevention. This research, development and innovation unit dedicated to the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention, diagnosis and early intervention of the disease have been evolved for the past 3 years towards
RUN-EU Institutional Visit to Polytechnic of Leiria
On May 10, at ciTechCare, more than 40 people had the opportunity to get to know the Biosignals and the Advanced Diagnosis laboratories, the Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance Laboratory (aTOPlab) and the Healthcare Simulation Laboratory, whose main goal is to allow healthcare students to practice before their rotations, with
ciTechCare received Feevale University Committee
According to the established protocol between Politécnico de Leiria and Feevale University, ciTechCare was visited by the committee of this Higher Education Institution from Rio Grande do Sul, last 4th May. Doctor Cleber Prodanov, Feevale University Dean and Doctor Paula Casari Cundaria, Director of International and Institutional Relations, got the chance
Bodyshaming and satisfaction with body image
On September 21, 2021, our researcher Roberta Frontini gave a workshop at Leiria IPL’s School of Education and Social Sciences entitled “Bodyshaming and satisfaction with body image”.This workshop was part of the #BEACTIVE week, a week that intended to celebrate the European week of sport at ESECS. The workshop focused
Comparison between oral glucose tolerance test and mixed meal tolerance test
Maria Guarino and Marlene Lages, researchers at ciTechCare, are co-authors of the article ‘Metabolic Effects of an oral Glucose Tolerance Test Compared to the mixed meal tolerance tests: A narrative review’, published in nutrients MDPI. From the 13 studies, in which were
ciTechCare members attended the X Congreso Hispano Luso de Estudiantes de Enfermería
The CBmeter project was awarded 2nd place in the 16th Edition of Poliempreende
Research of the Polytechnic of Leiria aiming to characterize the Celiac Disease in Portugal was awarded by the Health Marathon
Motor development, socialization and autonomy in 3-4 year old children
Participation in the 29th European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2019
MOVIDA.polis project in the workshop Villages on Move (VoM)
AGILidades Project won an award at the International Congress on Person Centered Healthcare
We will only be able to ‘breathe’ in the summer 2022
ciTechCare Coordinator supports a national campaign against hate speech
ciTechCare received the visit of Professor Chris Burtin
We are in a race against pandemic time
Research project receives a Grant in the 18th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes
The 18th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes was the purpose to gather hundreds of healthcare professionals with the ability to discuss this challenging chronic disease, looking for the continuous development of new therapeutic approaches. After two years of absence, caused by