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.

Cursos de cuidadores de idosos: a clientela, o conteúdo e a qualificação

Abstract: The need for caregivers, both formal and informal, increases as the elderly population enlarges, since the installation of chronic non-transmissible diseases and the loss of functionality increase over the years, compromising the elderly's ability to take care of him/herself. The regulation of the profession and qualification of caregivers are not yet clearly established. The research aimed to raise, through electronic search and direct contacts with the institutions, the courses offered in the state of Sao Paulo, with attention to duration, initial requirements to those who intend to attend them, the explicit program content, teachers involved in the proposal and the inclusion or not of practical training. A total of 39 courses were presented as in functioning. Being 16 years old and being literate were the smallest requirements found, but the criteria were not always clearly established. The number of course hours averaged 64, however ranged from four to 200. The certificate was provided by 71.8%, even if some did not include an internship in their proposal. Almost all the courses counted on a nurse as a teacher, being that several had professionals coming from diverse formations. The programs, when obtained, presented great diversity of contents, not always compatible with the proposed number of hours. In spite of efforts to regulate the profession, it is observed that the qualification courses are still very dissimilar, offering space for many to obtain certificates that do not guarantee any kind of qualification for the care of the elderly population, which requires specific care. It should be emphasized that the conditions of reality deserve to be discussed by those involved in caring for the elderly, both in academic and broader social spaces.

Indícios de mudanças na prática pedagógica dos professores de educação física escolar: análise dos estudos publicados em anais de eventos nacionais

Abstract: O objetivo desse estudo foi compreender os indicios de mudancas nas praticas pedagogicas dos professores de Educacao Fisica, de acordo com as pesquisas e experiencias educativas publicadas nos anais dos principais eventos dessa area, realizados em territorio brasileiro. Foi realizada uma pesquisa documental em 28 edicoes de seis eventos cientificos de Educacao Fisica Escolar, contabilizando um total de 2168 resumos interpretados. Identificamos muitos professores e pesquisadores da area apresentando e publicando experiencias educativas inovadoras realizadas nas aulas, principalmente no que tange a ampliacao das praticas corporais desenvolvidas. Esses projetos educativos aconteceram, em sua maioria, nas escolas publicas, no Ensino Fundamental e foram publicados na ultima decada. Concluimos que uma nova tradicao didatico-pedagogica comeca a surgir nas aulas de Educacao Fisica.

Bioelectrical impedance vectorial analysis and nutritional status of older women according to body mass index

Abstract: licence: Creative Commom Abstract – The objective of the present study was to compare and discuss the nutritional status of older women according to different categories of BMI. Additionally, the study was aimed at introducing the bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) as a tool to assess the nutritional status. Thirty-two women (60 years or older, physically independent, and with moderate level of physical activity) were divided into three groups according to BMI classification: G1 (BMI 28 Kg/ m2). The following variables were analyzed as indicators of nutritional status: body mass and height to calculate BMI, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waisthip ratio (WHR), bioelectrical impedance (BIVA), resting energy expenditure (REE), biochemical markers of nutritional status (glucose, total cholesterol, and fractions, IGF-1, and leptin). The groups were compared using ANOVA and the Hotelling’s T 2 test for vector analysis. The main findings based on vector displacement showed lower reactance and higher resistance in G1. G3 showed the highest values of CC and leptin, and also lower REE. Therefore, higher BMI suggested at the same time higher cell mass and higher risk of developing chronic diseases. In turn, lower BMI values suggested reduced fat-free body mass. These results confirm the search for specific classification of BMI for the elderly and suggest the BIVA as a viable alternative in physical and nutritional assessment.

Influence of the number of sets in cardiovascular and autonomic adjustments to resistance exercise in physically active men

Abstract: OBJETIVO: Avaliar a influencia do numero de series nas alteracoes cardiovasculares e na variabilidade da frequencia cardiaca (VFC) pos exercicio resistido (ER) em homens fisicamente ativos. METODOS: A amostra foi composta por 13 homens (27,38 ± 1,59 anos), normotensos, praticantes de musculacao, submetidos a duas rotinas de musculacao. A rotina 1 (R1) foi composta por duas series de 10RM com intervalo de um minuto entre as series e dois minutos entre os exercicios, e a rotina 2 (R2) foi similar a R1, no entanto, com tres series para cada exercicio. A pressao arterial (PA), o intervalo de pulso (IP) e a VFC foram medidos em repouso e no periodo de recuperacao (60 minutos) do ER. RESULTADOS: O ER induziu reducao da PA sistolica pos-R1 (pre: 119,4 ± 1,70 versus pos: 110,8 ± 1,80 mmHg) e R2 (pre: 121,6 ± 2,20 versus pos: 110,3 ± 1,11 mmHg). Entretanto, a PA diastolica (pre: 71,2 ± 1,80 versus pos: 64,3 ± 2,40 mmHg) e a PA media (pre: 88,0 ± 1,60 versus pos: 80,7 ± 1,60 mmHg) reduziram somente apos a R2, observando-se frequencia cardiaca (FC) aumentada neste momento. A R2 promoveu reducao da variância do IP na recuperacao quando comparada a R1. Somente a R2 induziu aumento da banda de baixa frequencia e reducao da banda de alta frequencia do IP em relacao ao repouso. CONCLUSAO: A reducao da PA foi associada ao maior numero de series, mas nao com reducao da FC e/ou da modulacao simpatica cardiaca em praticantes de musculacao.