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The article authored by Roberta Frontini and Raul Antunes (researchers at ciTechCare) entitled ‘The Relationship Between Anxiety Levels, Sleep, and Physical Activity During COVID-19 Lockdown: An Exploratory Study’ was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.This work was carried out at the Polytechnic of Leiria and aimed to characterize the levels of state-anxiety and trait-anxiety, examining variations related to gender, sleep and physical activity during the first weeks of confinement; and explore the possible relationship between trait-anxiety and state-anxiety and the possible moderating role of gender. More information HERE.

The article “Speech Therapist Practices and Research Skills in Portugal”, in which the ciTechCare researcher Inês Tello Rodrigues is co-author, won the award for best scientific article of 2020 from the Portuguese Journal of Speech Therapy (Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, RPTF).The official delivery ceremony will take place at the next face-to-face or online event held by the Portuguese Association of Speech Therapists (APTF) and/or the RPTF. More information HERE.

Rui Fonseca Pinto and Rui Passadouro da Fonseca published a new article on the COVID-19 pandemic, this time in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, with the title “Complex network model for COVID-19: Human behavior, pseudo-periodic solutions and multiple epidemic waves”(doi: 10.1016 / j.jmaa.2021.125171).The article allows modeling the human behavior and the impact of public health policies on the dynamics of the curve of active infected individuals during a COVID-19 epidemic outbreak. This work defines an “ideal” circulation topology that allows the number of contagions to be as small as possible. That is, which movements are allowed between regions

ciTechCare became part of the Map of National Technological Infrastructures of the Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI) from 2020. The results of this mapping show that Portugal presents a more diversified and complex set of technological infrastructures, with a broader scope in terms of skills for innovation.The current study also characterizes the reality of technological infrastructures in territorial terms, based on NUTS II, allowing a greater knowledge of the reality of each of the regions in terms of training for R&D and innovation activities.The update of this survey took place within the scope of Order No. 946/2020 of January 23,

Pedro Machado, PhD student and research fellow at ciTechCare, and physiotherapist recently graduated at from the School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, published on March 24 an article in the Diário de Leiria on the importance of physical exercise in cancer, namely in the improvement of frequent and disabling symptoms such as fatigue.Pedro points out that the research he is currently developing at ciTechCare involves planning “pre-surgical rehabilitation programs, based on exercise adjusted to these high-risk patients, and assessing their effectiveness in post-surgical results”, highlighting the importance of exercise and physical activity in several parameters, including psychological health and

ciTechCare collaborates with the Artistic and Musical Society of Pousos (SAMP) in the project “Music Therapy with People with Chronic Pain” which received the Prize BPI Solidariedade “La Caixa” 2019. With the purpose of reflecting on the status of the project and outlining new strategies, SAMP organized a roundtable discussion entitled ‘Tertúlia em Dói Menor | Chronic Pain in times of pandemic’, where Health Professionals, Music Therapists and Beneficiaries will be present. The coordinator of ciTechCare, Maria Guarino, will chair the roundtable. This meeting will take place on March 26 2021 (Friday), at 6:30 pm, and will be broadcasted through: