Universidade São Judas Tadeu

About: Universidade São Judas Tadeu is a education organization based out in São Paulo, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerobic exercise & Baroreflex. The organization has 736 authors who have published 852 publications receiving 4782 citations.

Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação: uma Revisão de Literatura

Abstract: Movement is directly related to learning and social relationships. Children who have movement difficulties may have developmental coordination disorder (DCD). This article presents a literature review on the subject and aimed to discuss what has been published about DCD between the years 2002 and 2012, with an overview of the history, prevalence, influences in daily life, academic and social relations and possibilities for intervention. The term DCD is used to refer to difficulties in motor skills that are not the result of intellectual, neurological or primary sensory disabilities. This problem affects the lives of children in their daily life, leisure activities, school and social life. At school, this disorder leads to low academic performance, difficulties in writing and understanding of mathematical concepts. In social life, the isolation and the difficulty of belonging to a group may occur. Both parents and teachers can assist in global and social development of children through different strategies. Currently, there is a need for developing proposals designed to develop and enhance the skills of students with motor difficulties.

La Critique de la raison pure face aux scepticismes cartésien, baylien et humien

Abstract: In his critical period, Kant thought that scepticism was a threat to the metaphysical enterprise of Enlightenment. He consequently tried to tackle three of its species: Baylean scepticism, which doubts that reason could establish any truth concerning its ideas; Humean scepticism, which must be distinguished from Hume's formulation of the problem if we want to show that synthetic a priori judgements are possible; and Cartesian scepticism, which puts in doubt the reference of empirical concepts to things in the external world. Kant's treatment reveals the fundamental role played by scepticism in his critical enterprise not only as a triple challenge to the critical project, but also as an ally against idealist dogmatism.

Powerlifting sessions promote significant post-exercise hypotension

Abstract: Introduction: Powerlifting (PWL) is a worldwide method, frequently used in resistance training programs. However, the relationship between cardiovascular responses and PWL is still unclear in the literature. Objective: To evaluate acute cardiovascular overload and post-exercise hypotension (PEH) after acute powerlifting exercise session in subjects with experience in the modality. Methods: Nine powerlifting athletes (34 ± 5 years) participated voluntarily in this study. The following exercises were used in the session: squat, bench press and deadlift (95% of 1 RM, 2 to 5 repetitions). The anthropometric parameters and blood pressure (systolic, diastolic and mean) were evaluated immediately, 5’, 10’, 30’, 60’ and 24 hours after the exercise session with a non-invasive automatic pres-sure monitor. Results: Significant differences (p<0.05) were found between rest and immediately after exercise on systolic (135 ± 6 vs. 153 ± 10 mmHg) and mean (102 ± 3 vs. 108 ± 3 mmHg) blood pressures, but no difference was found at diastolic (85 ± 3 vs. 85 ± 4 mmHg) blood pressure. Additionally, the increase in systolic pressure did not reach values considered as a risk of cardiovascular overload. Significant PEH was found after 60 minutes (systolic: -12 ± 12%, diastolic: -5 ± 6% and mean: -7 ± 5%) and 24 hours after PWL session (systolic: -5 ± 4%, diastolic: -8 ± 4% and mean: -7 ± 3%). Conclusion: Our data demonstrated that a PWL session does not increase systolic blood pressure up to the risk range and promotes PEH after 60 minutes of exercise and that this cardiovascular response persisted after 24 hours post-exertion in powerlifting athletes.Keywords: hypotension; resistance training; exercise.

Dietary patterns and associated factors among the elderly

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to identify dietary patterns among the elderly, and associate the same with sociodemographic characteristics, health and lifestyle. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a non-probabilistic sample of 295 elderly residents of both genders of the city of Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo, Brazil, who were users of public health units. Dietary patterns were identified considering 44 food items identified through 24-hour dietary recall. Factor analysis by the principal components method was used, adopting loads greater than 0.25 as the cut-off point, followed by Varimax orthogonal rotation. The associations were analyzed by the linear regression method, with variables with p<0.20 in univariate regression selected, and those with p<0.05 maintained in the multivariate model. There was a greater percentage of elderly females (85.1%) and those aged 60-69 years (46.4%). Three dietary patterns were identified: the "traditional" pattern was associated with the male gender (β=0.59, p<0.001) and physically active individuals (β=0.39, p=0.020); the "Pastas, pork and sweets" pattern was associated with the male gender (β=0.38, p=0.025) and retired individuals (β=0.55, p=0.017); and the "Coffee with milk and bread and butter" pattern was associated with an age of 80 years or older (β=0.55, p=0.004) and elderly persons who had difficulty chewing (β=0.38, p=0.013). The dietary patterns identified show that the elderly tend to maintain similar eating habits to the Brazilian population in general, and that diet changes to a similar degree as health and life style conditions.

Validação de construto do instrumento perfil do estilo de vida individual

Abstract: Esta pesquisa buscou verificar as caracteristicas psicometricas do instrumento Perfil do Estilo de Vida Individual (PEVI) de Nahas, Barros e Francalacci (2000) derivado do modelo do Pentaculo do Bem-Estar. Foram examinadas 168 pessoas do sexo feminino e masculino. A idade dos participantes variou entre 30 e 68 anos. Os sujeitos responderam ao questionario que possui 15 itens subdivididos, igualmente, em cinco fatores (Nutricao, Atividade Fisica, Comportamento Preventivo, Relacionamentos e Controle do Stress). Para responder, as pessoas usaram uma escala tipo Likert de quatro pontos. Os dados foram coletados em locais publicos, como associacoes e pracas de um bairro classe media da cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. As respostas foram analisadas pelo SPSS 11.5 atraves das tecnicas Analise Fatorial para componentes principais com rotacao Varimax e Coeficiente Alpha de Cronbach. Os resultados revelaram varios itens saturando em fatores nao prescritos pelos autores, comprometendo a validade de construto da medida. Alem disso, a fidedignidade do instrumento ficou aquem do desejavel.