Leonessa Boing

Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina | UDESC · Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Esporte

The protective effect of physical activity on breast cancer incidence may partially be mediated by inflammation. Systematic searches of Medline, EMBASE, and SPORTDiscus were performed to identify intervention studies, Mendelian randomization studies and prospective cohort studies that examined the effects of physical activity on circulating inflamm...

Introduction: Oxygen consumption (VO2) is indicative of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and lower levels are related to a higher risk of total mortality among individuals with cancer whose therapy can have adverse consequences on the cardiovascular system. Objective: To examine the associations of patient-reported sociodemographic, clinical, anthro...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a 16-week exercise intervention (mat Pilates or belly dance) on body image, self-esteem and sexual function in breast cancer survivors receiving hormone therapy. Seventy-four breast cancer survivors were randomly allocated into mat Pilates, belly dance, or control group. The physical activity g...

Introduction: Body practices can bring physical, psychological benefits and social rehabilitation and may be an alternative treatment for breast cancer. Objective: To analyze the evidence of the results of body practices over the psychological aspects of survivors women undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Method: Systematic blind and independen...

Background Breast cancer treatment leads to several side effects. Exercise can help to reduce these side effects. However, it is unknown whether a mat Pilates or a belly dance intervention can improve the patient-reported outcomes of these women. Objective Examine the effects of a 16-week exercise intervention (mat Pilates or belly dance) on patie...

Aim: People with Parkinson's disease constantly demonstrate low levels of physical activity, which is why dance has become increasingly important for the treatment of the disease. This study aimed to analyze the influence of binary and quaternary rhythm on fatigue, sleep, and daytime sleepiness in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Methods: 31 i...

Introduction: Breast cancer is a public health problem because of its high incidence. Its often-mutilating treatment can cause serious problems with regard to body image and sexual function in these women. Belly dancing is a possible option to improve the femininity of these women. Objective: The aim of this two-arm randomized study was to determin...

Resumo Introdução: O câncer de mama é um problema para a saúde pública devido ao alto número de incidência. Seu tratamento muitas vezes mutilador pode trazer sérios problemas na imagem corporal e na função sexual dessas mulheres. A dança do ventre vem como uma opção passível para melhorar a feminilidade dessas mulheres. Objetivo: Analisar o efeito...

Background: Evidence-based practices involving dance modalities found in binary (two-beat rhythm) or quaternary (four-beat rhythm) show that dance positively influences the motor aspects of disease. Aim: This randomized clinical trial aimed to analyze the effect of two dance rhythm (binary and quaternary) on the balance, gait, and mobility in in...

We undertook a systematic review and appraised the evidence for an effect of circulating sex steroid hormones and sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) on breast cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women. Systematic searches identified prospective studies relevant to this review. Meta-analyses estimated breast cancer risk for women with the highes...

The effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk may be partly mediated by sex steroid hormones. This review synthesized and appraised the evidence for an effect of physical activity on sex steroid hormones. Systematic searches were performed using MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), and SPORTDiscus to identify experimental studies and prospective...

Objetivo: Este estudo objetivou verificar a viabilidade de dois protocolos de dança - ritmo binário e ritmo quaternário nas variáveis UPDRS, equilíbrio, congelamento da marcha e qualidade de vida em indivíduos com doença de Parkinson. Metodologia: Realizou-se um ensaio clínico randomizado, comparando a viabilidade de dois protocolos de dança. Vinte...

Objetivos: Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar e caracterizar os protocolos de estudos de atividade física e / ou intervenção com exercícios físicos para o tratamento do câncer de mama. São destacados os tipos, freqüência, duração, intensidade e momento da intervenção terapêutica com atividade física, além de mostrar os resultados encontrado...

Objective This study aims to analyse the effect of an intervention with belly dance or mat Pilates on range of motion, self-esteem and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer receiving hormone therapy. Method A randomized clinical trial of 52 participants, diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing adjuvant hormone therapy that were rando...

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to analyze the effects of 16 weeks of mat Pilates method intervention in self-esteem and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer undergoing hormone therapy. Thirty-four women were randomized in Pilates group (PG) (n=18) and control group (CG) (n=16). The intervention occurs for 16 weeks, thr...

The purpose of the study is to analyze the effects of a mat Pilates intervention on the postural alignment and balance of breast cancer women receiving hormone therapy. A two-arm randomized clinical trial included 34 breast cancer survivors divided randomly between a mat Pilates group (n = 18), that performed 16 weeks of mat Pilates exercises, and...

Introdução: O tratamento cirúrgico do câncer de mama pode levar a consequências físicas no membro superior de sobreviventes. Objetivo: Analisar a funcionalidade do membro superior após cirurgia de câncer de mama em sobreviventes do Sul do Brasil. Método: Foram avaliadas 82 sobreviventes de câncer de mama (55±10 anos) em tratamento com hormonioterap...

Introdução: Há uma crescente profusão de estudos que buscam relacionar ganhos trazidos pela atividade física ao tratamento adjuvante do câncer de mama. Objetivo: Investigar as percepções de otimismo e autoestima de mulheres em tratamento adjuvante de hormonioterapia do câncer de mama após intervenções de dança do ventre. Método: Ensaio clínico rand...

This study aimed to compare the effect of a binary and quaternary rhythm protocol on cognition, mental activity, daily life, and quality of life among individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. A two-arm randomized clinical trial with 31 individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, who were allocated to the binary group or quaternary group. Both grou...

This study aims to analyze the effects of a concurrent training (CT) associated with Eurycoma longifolia (EL) supplementation on the muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and symptomatology score of men with the androgen deficiency of aging male (ADAM). Forty-five subjects (47.6±5.2 years) were included in the study. The randomized, double-bl...

Background Analyze the effects of a 12-week dance intervention on the sleep quality and the level of pain among women with breast cancer. Methods Non-randomized clinical trial including 21 breast cancer survivors allocated in intervention group (n = 11) or control group (n = 10). Intervention group received a 12-week mix dance intervention and the...

Background: Motor and non-motor symptoms affect the life of those living with Parkinson's disease, and it is clear that exercise offers benefits in these aspects. However, the effects of adapted functional training interventions and the Mat Pilates as a form of rehabilitation for the disease in question have not yet been established. Thus, this stu...

Background Side-effects of hormone therapy can impair the physical health of breast cancer survivors. Exercise has been clearly shown to improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. Less is known about the effects of exercise on physical outcomes for breast cancer survivors receiving hormone therapy. Objective To investigate the effects...

Breast cancer is the most frequent in women, resulting in fatigue and depressive symptoms as consequence of treatment, but physical activity can help in this process. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between fatigue, depressive symptoms and practice of physical activity of women with breast cancer during treatment or after...

Introduction: People with Parkinson's disease constantly have low levels of physical activity. Dancing has become increasingly important for treating the disease and can help improve non-motor symptoms. Objective: To analyze the influence of Brazilian samba on the non-motor symptoms of PD according to TD and PGID subtypes. Methods: A 12-week, non...

Background: Breast cancer is a global public health issue. The side effects of the clinical treatment can decrease the quality of life of these women. Therefore, a healthy lifestyle is essential to minimize the physical and psychological side effects of treatment. Physical activity has several benefits for women with breast cancer, and Pilates sol...

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of a Brazilian samba protocol in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Methods: Twenty participants, mean age of 66.4±10.7 years, diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson 's disease, divided into: experimental group that received the intervention of Brazilian samba dance classes (10 individuals); and control gr...

Objetivo: O estudo de delineamento transversal objetivou investigar a flexibilidade de adolescentes praticantes de jiu-jitsu e judô participantes de projetos sociais. Metodologia: Participaram 74 adolescentes de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 10 e 17 anos, que responderam um questionário em forma de entrevista: a) informações gerais e b) flexibili...

Introduction Breast cancer has innumerable consequences in women’s lives and physical activity can be beneficial during this period. Objectives To analyze the influence of belly dancing on the body image and self-esteem of women during and after breast cancer treatment. Methods Nineteen women diagnosed with breast cancer, divided into a control g...

Background: Breast cancer is a global public health issue and the side effects of the clinical treatment can decline the quality of life of these women. Therefore, a healthy lifestyle is essential to minimize the physical and psychological side effects of treatment. Physical activity has several benefits for breast cancer women and Pilates solo and...

BACKGROUND People with Parkinson's disease constantly have low levels of physical activity, so dancing has become increasingly important for the treatment of the disease and can help improve balance, gait, reduce falls, and improve quality of life. However, there has been no research on the effects of binary and quaternary rhythms on the symptoms o...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Breast cancer is a public health problem due to its high rates of incidence and mortality, and the presence of pain in the arm and breast is a very frequent symptom in these women. The objective of this study was to organize scientific evidence on rehabilitation treatments for women after breast cancer surgery. CONTENTS:...

Background: Breast cancer is a global public health issue and the side effects of the clinical treatment can decline the quality of life of these women. Therefore, a healthy lifestyle is essential to minimize the physical and psychological side effects of treatment. Physical activity has several benefits for breast cancer women and Pilates solo and...

Bailarinos sofrem exigências em função de um corpo magro, o que pode gerar ansiedade e deixá-los por vezes mais propensos aos sintomas transtornos alimentares. Sendo assim, esse estudo objetivou analisar a associação da ansiedade traço com sintomas de transtornos alimentares controlados por nível socioeconômico, grau de escolaridade e modalidade em...

Bailarinos sofrem exigências em função de um corpo magro, o que pode gerar ansiedade e deixá-los por vezes mais propensos aos sintomas transtornos alimentares. Sendo assim, esse estudo objetivou analisar a associação da ansiedade traço com sintomas de transtornos alimentares controlados por nível socioeconômico, grau de escolaridade e modalidade em...

Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the presence of depression symptoms in women after breast cancer. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 181 women with breast cancer, aged 57.0 years (SD = 9.5), who were undergoing treatment or after treatment in the Oncology Research Center in Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The q...

This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the relationship between quality of life and levels of fatigue among Brazilian professional dancers. A total of 127 professional classical ballet and contemporary dancers, both male and female, from professional dance companies of the Brazilian South-Southeast region, participated in the study. Data were...

O estudo analisou a prática de atividade física (AF) associada ao ambiente urbano de mulheres de cidades litorâneas de Santa Catarina (SC). Amostra foi composta por 1127 mulheres de Florianópolis, São José e Itajaí (SC). Utilizou-se o IPAQ – versão curta e o Questionário de Ambiente percebido: versão brasileira (NEWS). A coleta de dados ocorreu em...

It was our objective to compare the physical activity, fatigue and quality of life of patients during breast cancer treatment and to investigate the association between these variables. Participated in this study 122 women in clinical treatment at the Cancer Research Center (CEPON) in Florianópolis, SC. We used a questionnaire with general informat...

Analisar a relação entre os domínios da qualidade de vida e os sintomas de transtornos alimentares. Participaram 156 bailarinos do 31º Festival de Dança de Joinville – Santa Catarina, os quais responderam a um questionário autoaplicável contendo as variáveis sociodemográficas, medidas antropométricas, qualidade de vida (WHOQOL-bref.), Teste de Atit...

The objective of this study was to compare the physical activity and quality of life of patients with prostate cancer and breast cancer undergoing clinical treatment and after treatment. A cross-sectional study with 148 patients (44 men and 104 women), median age of 58.77±10.53 years old, was conduced collecting data with a questionnaire containing...

Introduction: Breast cancer treatment can cause different side effects on the quality of life of women. Physical activity, in turn, can reduce these side effects. Objective: To investigate the physical activity and quality of life of women during and after breast cancer treatment. Methods: Sample of 174 women (57.0±9.5 years) during or after clinic...

This systematic review and meta-analysis analyzes the effect of physical exercise on the cardiorespiratory fitness of men according to type, intensity and duration of intervention, using data from randomized clinical trials; it also seeks to verify the dose-response relationship between duration and intensity of exercise and level of fitness. Datab...

A caminhada é um dos tipos de atividade física mais praticada em adultos, e pode trazer benefícios aos seus praticantes. Este estudo transversal objetivou investigar a prevalência da prática da caminhada relacionada com a idade em mulheres do estado de Santa Catarina, em uma amostra de 2716 mulheres (32,97±10,9 anos), de oito cidades do estado de S...

Background: The androgen deficiency in the aging male (ADAM) affects physical, sexual, and psychological aspects with characteristics symptoms of middle-aged men. The practice of regular physical activity and physical exercise can attenuate these symptoms. The aim of this randomized clinical trial is to propose a physical exercise protocol based on...

Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of symptoms of depression among men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their association with quality of life and treatment-related factors. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 85 men with a mean age of 66±8 years who were diagnosed with prostate cancer was performed. The survey was based on a questionnaire wi...

The study examined the relationship between physical activity and quality of life of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer treated at the Oncology Research Center (CEPON). The study involved 85 men with a mean age of 65.9 ± 7.6 years. It made use of a structured questionnaire covering: general information; characteristic of the disease; socioecon...

Objective To analyse the influence of belly dance on the quality of life, fatigue, and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer. Methods Pilot study, with a design of non-randomised clinical trial study, analysing 19 women, with 8 allocated in the experimental group and 11 in the control group. The experimental group underwent 12 weeks of b...

Introdução: A cirurgia é uma das modalidades de tratamento do câncer de mama e pode ser conservadora ou radical. Esse tipo de tratamento pode trazer alterações físicas e psicológicas para a vida das pacientes. Objetivo: Analisar a influência da cirurgia radical e conservadora sobre o tempo sentado, a imagem corporal e a qualidade de vida de mulher...

This systematic review aimed to identify and analyse articles which investigated the influence of dance as adjuvant therapy in breast cancer. The selected databases were PsycInfo, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect and the Virtual Health Library (VHL). The following descriptors were considered for the selection of articles: [dance therapy]...

Context: Professional dancers are considered as much athletes as artists, because, their routine needs either an excellent physical condition and high efficiency. For this, they are subjected to heavy loads of training, regardless their musculoskeletal structures being ready, raising the occurrence of acute injuries and granting the occurrence of c...

Abstract: body image (BMI) is multidimensional, dynamic and fully linked to the body in motion, causing bodily concerns relevant to routine professional dancers (BP), which require a rigid body aesthetics. The objective summarize the scientific production of IC BP and understand how they perceive the same. Review composed of 7 studies investigating...

The objective was to investigate the relation between quality of life and physical activity level in women with breast cancer undergoing treatment at the Oncologic Research Center (CEPON). A total of 158 women (56±9 years) answered a structured questionnaire, at a standardized interview, about sociodemographic and clinical information; economic sit...

O objetivo desta revisão foi identificar artigos originais que relacionam a sintomatologia do envelhecimento masculino com a qualidade de vida e a atividade física. Esta revisão seguiu as recomendações do Preferred reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-análise (PRISMA). Foram selecionados artigos de bases de dados Medline/PubMed, LILACS (...

Esta revisão sistemática objetivou analisar estudos originais que investigaram o nível de prática de atividade física (AF) autorrelatada, bem como os benefícios e os fatores associados em mulheres em tratamento ou pós-tratamento por câncer de mama (CM). A busca foi realizada nas bases de dados eletrônicas PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, OVI...

This is a systematic review whose objective was to analyze original studies investigating the association of physical activity in the health of men diagnosed with prostate cancer. The databases used were PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Virtual Library Scielo, and Virtual Library of Health. The descriptors used in the search were [physical a...

The study aimed to identify urban environmental characteristics, which may be associated with the physical activity (PA) level of women from Brazilian cities of Santa Catarina. The sample was composed of 2047 women aged 20 to 59 from six Santa Catarina cities: Blumenau, Chapecó, Criciúma, Florianópolis, Itajaí, and São José. The PA was evaluated th...

Objectives: We aimed to compare level of strength of upper and lower limbs of elderly practitioners and non-practitioners of functional fitness, Florianopolis, SC. Methodology: A quasi-experimental study with a sample of 101 elderly, 50 participants from 51 functional fitness activities and not participating in any systematic program of physical ac...

Objetivou-se analisar a percepcao de imagem corporal, estado nutricional e sintomas de transtornos alimentares de bailarinos. Por conveniencia, participaram 156 bailarinos do 31o Festival de Danca de Joinville, fazendo-se uso de um questionario autoaplicavel (variaveis sociodemograficas, antropometricas, percepcao da imagem corporal e sintomas de t...

This cross-sectional study analyzed the influence of age on the perception of finitude and quality of life (QOL) of government employees, with a non-probabilistic accessibility sample composed of 471 employees with an average age of 40. A self-administered questionnaire was used for the study. The results show that physical activity of group C had...