Federal University of São Carlos

About: Federal University of São Carlos is a education organization based out in São Carlos, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Microstructure. The organization has 16471 authors who have published 34057 publications receiving 456654 citations. The organization is also known as: UFSCar & Federal University of São Carlos.

Terapia ocupacional social

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss the unfolding of a new research area - seen both as a field for theoretical reflection and as a praxis of intervention: the so called 'social occupational therapy', which has been defined to be the body of knowledge related to processes of caring and dealing with people lacking an adequate social support net. To that purpose, we address ourselves to the following tasks: the first is to understand which occupational therapy has emerged outside the main organizing framework 'health-disease'; the second one is to disclose the intertwining relations between occupational therapy and the society and culture within which it has been effectively developed. We consider that it is important to outline methodological principles that allow us to think out our practices, beyond the empirical moment; but we also believe that this has to be done without narrowing our reflections to the limits of reducing theories or pre-established models, a restriction that would make it impossible to fully understand the movements of the real world, life and history within their own context. In order to do so, we review the recent history of occupational therapy and investigate: the emergence of the 'social question', concerning reflection and practices in occupational therapy in Sao Paulo; the 'social' as a context of intervention of the occupational therapist; the processes of desinstitutionalisation; the importance of territorial actions in occupational therapy and, finally, the concepts that allow us to define the attention to social groups submitted to situations of rupture of their supporting social nets as a practice of occupational therapy.

Exercise-Associated Thermographic Changes in Young and Elderly Subjects

Abstract: This study aimed at evaluating the thermographic changes associated with localized exercise in young and elderly subjects. An exercise protocol using 1 kg load was applied during 3 min to the knee flexors of 14 elderly (67 ± 5 years) and 15 young (23 ± 2 years) healthy subjects. The posterior thigh’s skin temperature of the exercised limb and contralateral limb were measured by infrared thermography on pre-exercise, immediately post-exercise, and during the 10-min period post-exercise. Difference (p < 0.01) between elderly and young subjects was observed on pre-exercise temperature. Although differences were not observed between pre-exercise and immediately post-exercise temperature in the exercised limb, thermographic profile displayed heat concentration in exercised areas for both groups. Temperature reduction was only observed for the young group on the 10-min post-exercise (p < 0.05) in the exercised limb (30.7 ± 1.7 to 30.3 ± 1.5 °C). In contrast, there was a temperature reduction post-exercise (p < 0.01) in the contralateral limb for both groups. These results present new evidences that elderly and young subjects display similar capacity of heat production; however, the elderly subjects presented a lower resting temperature and slower heat dissipation. This work contributes to improve the understanding about temperature changes in elderly subjects and may present implications to the sports and rehabilitation programs.