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Two ciTechCare researchers recently published the article “Body image and well-being in dance practitioners: An exploratory study” in the Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte journal.The article was part of the final graduation work of the student Beatriz Faria, under the supervision of the researchers Raúl Antunes and Roberta Frontini. The work aimed to analyze the perception of (dis)satisfaction with body image and subjective well-being, comparing adolescents and adults. A sample of 91 dancers was used, divided into two groups (adolescents 11-17 years old; adults 18-34 years old). The data seem to identify indicators to be explored in the future, seeking

Vanessa Domingues, researcher at ciTechCare and PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, published on September 8th an article in the Diário de Leiria on “The Extraordinary Power of the Intestinal Microbiota”, which highlights the role of the intestinal microbiota in health and disease prevention. Vanessa refers that “the intestinal microbiota is almost as specific as a fingerprint” and that, in addition to genetics, “sedentary lifestyle, smoking, stress, type of diet and even the use of antibiotics, cause an imbalance in the intestinal microbiota, called dysbiosis, making us more vulnerable to disease. (…) dysbiosis can

Joana Cruz, lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, and researcher at ciTechCare, was actively involved in the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress (#ERScongress), with the presentation of two e-posters developed under the OnTRACK project (https://citechcare.ipleiria.pt/ontrack/), and the chairing of two symposia, together with two international experts in the respiratory field. This participation is part of her work as representative of the “Early Career Members (under-40) of Assembly 9 – Allied Respiratory Professionals” of the ERS.   Posters: Relationship between fatigue, physical activity and health-related factors in COPD Motivation and physical activity in COPD: an exploratory study

The researcher Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, mother of two celiac girls, is looking for celiac volunteers and their direct family (children and adults) to create a biobank of blood and feces samples for a research project that aims to study the influence of genetics and the microbiome on development of this disease. This study will be carried out in partnership with 2 research centers in Finland and the United States of America and has the support of the Portuguese Celiac Association (Associação Portuguesa de Celíacos (APC). Find more about the project HERE. +INFO: celiact@ipleiria.pt

A group of researchers from ciTechCare recently published the article “CBmeter study: protocol for assessing the predictive value of peripheral chemoreceptor overactivation for metabolic diseases” in the journal BMJ Open.The article describes the clinical protocol currently being used in the CBmeter study. This study aims to contribute to the clarification of the role of carotid bodies in the aetiology of metabolic diseases and guide the development of new therapeutic approaches for early intervention in metabolic diseases.Non-invasive assessment of carotid bodies activity is performed by measuring ventilatory, cardiac and metabolic responses to two challenge tests, which may have a predictive value