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Editorial: eccentric exercise in COPD
ciTechCare has another publication, this time an Editorial with the title “Eccentric Exercise in COPD: Take It or Leave It?” (doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.021), published on Chest, with the authorship of Joana Cruz, lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, and researcher at ciTechCare, and Chris Burtin, lecturer and researcher at REVAL-BIOMED, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences (Faculteit Revalidatiewetenschappen), Universiteit Hasselt (Belgium).This Editorial presents a critical review of the role of eccentric exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), based on a recent article published in the same journal, “Submaximal eccentric cycling in people with COPD: acute whole- body cardiopulmonary
What about tomorrow?
Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, researcher at ciTechCare, published an opinion article on January 14, in Jornal de Leiria, with a topic that is even more distressing today – the pandemic situation in which we all live in, the feeling of insecurity when looking at the present and the future, and the need for adaptation. Sónia emphasizes that «the society is ‘made of change’. (…) Today’s society has already experienced the disturbance. Adaptation is now needed. We need to give it time (and space). Tomorrow.» Read full article HERE.
Carotid body neuromodulation in blood pressure regulation
The researchers Maria Guarino and Rui Fonseca-Pinto are coauthors of the paper “Blood Pressure Regulation by the Carotid Sinus Nerve: Clinical Implications for Carotid Body Neuromodulation”, which results from a collaboration with Silvia Vilares Conde from NOVA Medical School – Faculdade de Ciências Médicas and Mario Romero-Ortega from University of Houston in a project supported by GSK Bioelectronics and Galvani Bioelectronics. This project, led by Silvia Conde looks at the effects of acute high frequency stimulation of the carotid sinus nerve on blood pressure. The results show that functional ablation of the CSN, either surgically or through electrical neuromodulation, does not
Device for hand functionality assessment and training
In partnership with the companies GLN Plast, Exatronic and the Institute of Telecommunications of Aveiro, researchers from ciTechCare integrated in the School of Health Sciences and School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic of Leiria are developing a medical device for the assessment and training of various parameters of hand functionality. This project was recently awarded in the scope of “InovC+: Ecosystem of Intelligent Innovation in the Central Region”, with support from the European Fund for Regional Development. This program aims to reinforce the Innovation Ecosystem in the Center Region of Portugal. +INFO: https://www.ipleiria.pt/in-market-6-de-dezembro/https://noticias.uc.pt/artigos/inov-c-2020-lancado-para-reforcar-o-ecossistema-de-inovacao-da-regiao-centro-de-portugal/
Being an informal caregiver and stay active during the pandemic
Nádia Hipólito, a researcher at ciTechCare and former Physiotherapy student at the School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, published an opinion article in Diário de Leiria yesterday, December 30th, about the importance of “Being an informal caregiver and staying active during the pandemic”. The researcher clarifies: “Informal caregiver is defined as someone who provides unpaid assistance to a family member or close person who, for health reasons, is unable to manage their daily life independently.” Informal caregivers face many challenges, from the physical effort associated with providing care to the difficulty in reconciling personal and professional life, with consequences
Evaluation of the portugueses version of the sensory processing measure for preschool
ciTechCare has another published article this month with the authorship of the researchers Helena Reis, Dulce Gomes and Maria dos Anjos Dixe, also lecturers at ESSLei. The article entitled “A Portuguese Version of the Sensory Processing Measure for Preschool: Analysis of the Internal Consistency and Homogeneity of the Items of School Form” was published in the Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial (doi: 10.1590/1980-54702020v26e0165). This study aimed to examine the internal consistency and items homogeneity of a Portuguese language version of the Sensory Processing Measure-Preschool (SPM-P) in children aged between 2 and 5 years recruited in Nursery Schools. Findings showed that