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Sofia Flora, researcher at ciTechCare and PhD student at the Faculty of Human Motricity, published an article on July 14 in Diário de Leiria on the importance of physical activity in the health and quality of life of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which highlights the work that has been developed at ciTechCare in this area, within the OnTRACK project and her PhD project (both funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028446 and 2020.06954.BD). Sofia emphasizes “Particularly in people with COPD, their health condition, exercise tolerance and the appropriateness of the type of physical activity

Roberta Frontini, researcher at ciTechCare is co-author of an article recently published in the Journal of Sport Pedagogy and Research. This work is part of a series of studies coordinated by Professor António Brandão, from the Superior School of Sport and Leisure – Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (ESDL-IPVC), within a project on Risk and Safety in sports from nature and adventure, where Roberta has collaborated. In this work, the authors tried to understand the motivations for the practice of nature and adventure sports, comparing practitioners and non-practitioners of exercise. The study revealed that the reasons linked to revitalization,

Maria Guarino, Coordinator of ciTechCare and Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, was nominated as the Figure of the Week in the newspaper Região de Leiria, following the attribution of the Alfredo da Silva Research Award, in the category “Technological Innovation, Mobility and Industry ”.The researcher is responsible for the CBmeter project, which aims to develop and test a device for screening and early detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus by monitoring the activity of the carotid bodies. +INFO: https://www.regiaodeleiria.pt/ (edition July 8, 2021)

The project “CBmeter – a new device for the early detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus”, led by researcher Maria Guarino, was distinguished with the Alfredo da Silva Scientific Research Award in the category of Technological Innovation, Mobility and Industry. The research award was funded by the Fundação Amélia de Mello in collaboration with COTEC Portugal and was presented by the President of the Republic, Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at the closing ceremony of the commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the industrialist Alfredo da Silva.This project aims to develop a device that allows the screening

The ciTechCare researchers Marlene Rosa, Roberta Frontini and Raul Antunes have reasons to celebrate! In the III Jornadas de Intervenção Psicossocial na Comunidade – Pensar o Idoso e o Envelhecimento, they received the 1st and 2nd prizes, as well as 2 honorable mentions with the 4 works they presented. Congratulations to all authors: 1st prize – Ruben Coelho, Pedro Marques, Raul Antunes, Roberta Frontini and Marlene Rosa with the work “Determinants and barriers to physical exercise among sedentary elderly people – a qualitative exploratory study” 2nd Prize – Lina Tábuas Pereira, Gabriela Rocha, Henrique Chaves, Sandra Sousa and Roberta Frontini

A group of researchers from ciTechCare recently published an article in Frontiers in Public Health journal about the association of certain behaviours and factors in the level of body satisfaction of a group of teenagers who were part of the TeenPower project.This study revealed the existence of a high percentage of body dissatisfaction among adolescents, and most of them were not satisfied and wanted to lose weight. The authors highlight the importance of understanding how body (dis)satisfaction affects food preferences and physical activity levels so that, in the future, these factors can be integrated into policies and interventions aimed at