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CBmeter presented at Expo Dubai

28 December 2021

The CBMETER project was presented on December 14th at Expo Dubai, by Maria Guarino, researcher and coordinator of ciTechCare. This presentation was held at the Seminar “Studying and Researching in Portugal”, which took place in the Portuguese Pavilion at Expo Dubai, promoted by CRUP — Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities and CCISP — Coordinating Council of Polytechnic Institutes.Cristina Perdigão, director of the Erasmus National Agency, provided positive feedback of the event: “We wanted to be sure that we were able to have the Pavilion [of Portugal] available to present what is best done in Portugal in teaching and research,

Exercise, (In)satisfation with body image and anxiety during lockdown

27 December 2021

Roberta Fontini, researcher at ciTechCare, collaborated on 2 papers presented at the 9th Congress of the Scientific Society of Sport Pedagogy. The first, an oral communication entitled “Exercise dependence, (dis)satisfaction with body image and anxiety in crosstrainers during COVID19 lockdown” and the second, a poster entitled “(Dis)satisfaction with body image and anxiety in gym users during COVID19 lockdown”. The results reinforced the importance of researchers and fitness coaches being aware of signs of exercise addiction as well as the levels of anxiety of crosstrainers. Furthermore, they helped to characterize crosstrainers and gym users in terms of (dis)satisfaction with body image

Polytechnic of Leiria (PL) and Leiria Hospital Center (CHL) regularized a protocol for the use of the cardiopulmonary exercise test

23 December 2021

December 21, was the chosen day to formalize a collaboration protocol for investigation and development, using together the stress test equipment (CPET), between both PL and CHL. This equipment of the Polytechnic of Leiria is located at the Pneumology Healthcare Service at the Leiria Hospital Center (CHL). The cardiopulmonary stress test will be used both by Polytechnic of Leiria and CHL, under the coordination of each supervisor, assuring the operational protocol control. Both entities will share knowledge, scientific and technical faculties in CPET among their professionals on the research projects development, graduated and post graduated training of students and professionals

CBmeter in the podcast

22 December 2021

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

9 December 2021

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

New Laboratory was born at the Hub of Health Inovation – aTOPlab – Technology and ocupational performance laboratory

6 December 2021

To study, assess and advise some specific products that contribute to a better ocupational performance in people with some type of funcional restriction is the biggest aim of aTOPlab – Assistive Technology and Ocupacional Performance Laboratory, located at the hub of Health Inovation, at campus 5 of the Polytechnic of Leiria, gathering investigation, training and activities, integrating the community, in Technology and Support Products field. The aTOPlab was opened on 3rd december, exactly the same day that the School of Health Science (ESSLei) celebrated its 48º birthday. The aTOPlab goal is to be a prescriptor center of support products, in