Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether parents’ current and previous physical activity practice is associated with adolescents’ physical activity. Methods The sample was composed of 1231 adolescents ...

Background Physical activity levels seem to play a role in patellofemoral pain (PFP); however, few studies have been conducted to confirm this hypothesis. Objectives To determine the reported pain levels of women with and ...

Epidemiological studies have shown high rates of occurrence of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults, and early preventive actions are extremely relevant for public policy strategies. The purpose ...

The present study has as objective to analyze the relationship between the Body Image and the to the amputees’ motivation for doing physical activities. The sample was constituted by four lower limb amputees from traumatic ...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the clustering of physical inactivity with abdominal obesity and public health care expenditure in Brazilian adults. The sample was composed of 963 patients ...

Epidemiological studies have shown high rates of occurrence of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults, and early preventive actions are extremely relevant for public policy strategies. The purpose ...

Purpose There are no data for factors that could trigger myocardial infarction (MI) in the context of lifestyles in developing countries. Methods Using a case–crossover design, we assessed the effect of heavy physical ...

This systematic review update aimed to search for new evidences about parent-child physical activity among Brazilian studies. A new literature search for Brazilian studies published until 31 December 2019 was performed in ...