Luciana Da Silva Lirani

• Federal University of Paraná

Self-efficacy determines the regulation of athletes' thinking patterns and how they will behave to achieve their goals in the face of adversity. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between volleyball self-efficacy and the performance efficacy of athletes from high-performance teams at distinct moments of the season. This descripti...

The positions athletes play on the court have different requirements for the optimal performance of the players. However, no studies have yet examined volleyball to determine whether there are differences in athletes’ self-efficacy depending on the position they play. Therefore, the study aimed to analyze the differences in self-efficacy according...

In this study, we aimed to develop and psychometrically examine a self-efficacy scale for high-performance volleyball athletes. A literature review and interviews with 16 experts led to construction of item content. A preliminary version of the scale was then administered to 24 high-performing adult athletes, followed by administration of the scale...

This study aimed to psychometrically test the Self-Efficacy in Volleyball Scale with Brazilian athletes from youth categories. The study was conducted in four stages, with four different sample groups. For content-based evidence analysis, 20 athletes participated, with a mean age of 14.30 ± 1.17 years and practice time of 4.60 ± 2.10 years. For sem...

Luciana da Silva Lirani é professora adjunta na Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP). Atua no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência do Movimento Humano da UENP e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde e Biológica da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF). Possui pós-doutorado em Ciências da Saúde pela UNIVASF;...

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between age and practice time with the self-efficacy in volleyball athletes according to sex and the relationship between age and practice time with general self-efficacy, as well as to verify how these aspects impact the beliefs of volleyball players' efficacy. High-performance volley...

A Educação Física atual aborda importantes papéis na formação social e pratica de atividade física regular, mostrando que através do professor os alunos aprender a convier em grupo, respeitar as indiferenças e um aspecto muito importante não deixar de praticar atividades físicas regulares não somente no âmbito escolar. O presente trabalho tem como...

The purpose of this study was to validate the construct and reliability of an instrument to assess the work environment as a single tool based on quality of life (QL), quality of work life (QWL), and organizational climate (OC). The methodology tested the construct validity through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and reliability through Cronbach’...

Vol. 12| Nº. 2| Ano 2020 RESUMO O coronavírus responsável pela COVID-19 que surgiu na China em setembro de 2019 e nos dois primeiros meses de 2020 se espalhou velozmente pelo mundo, foi declarada uma pandemia pela Organização Mundial da Saúde no dia 11 de março do mesmo ano, ou seja, mais de cinco meses após os primeiros casos na China. Tal cenário...

Justificativa e objetivos: Avaliar a efetividade uso do instrumento Fast-Check List desenvolvido por uma equipe interdisciplinar como estratégia de redução de tempo de ventilação mecânica(VM) e Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica (PAV) em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva – Adulto. Métodos: Estudo quantitativo, longitudinal, observacional, rea...

A obesidade é considerada uma epidemia pela OMS e a sua incidência na população infantil é cada vez maior. Buscar soluções para mitigar o sedentarismo, uma das causas da obesidade infantil, tem sido o desafio de vários pesquisadores. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos de jogos de raciocínio lógico sobre o sedentarismo em crianças...

Resumo O presente estudo refere-se ao impacto do uso de agrotóxicos sobre a saúde humana no Submédio do Vale do São Francisco. Por meio de entrevistas objetivou-se analisar a influência dos condicionantes sociais, culturais e econômicos no processo saúde-doença dos trabalhadores expostos a agrotóxicos. Para a coleta de dados foram entrevistados 339...

The purpose this study was compare the reaction time (RT) in swimmers competitors on World Aquatic Championships in different events and qualifying, introducing than a new perspective about the RT behaviour in high performance swimmers athletes. The study included 103 athletes of different nationalities from the XVII World Swimming Championships in...

It is believed that resistance training and moderate intake of red wine are associated with improvement of health. The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of resistance training and red wine intake on the lipid and glycemic profile in rats divided into the control group (CG, n = 20), wine group (WG, n = 20), exercise group (EG, n = 20),...

In order to examine whether environmental settings influence psychological and physiological responses of women with obesity during self-paced walking, 38 women performed two exercise sessions (treadmill and outdoors) for 30-minutes, where oxygen uptake, heart rate, rating of perceived exertion (RPE), affect, attentional focus, enjoyment, and futur...

Background: The prevalence of low back pain in adolescents is close to that found in the adult population. In view of the relationship between low back pain and the resistance of the spine stabilizing muscles, studies have sought to identify the ability of specific motor tests to predict this condition. Objectives: Our objective was to verify the p...

Background: Postmenopausal women typically present loss of bone mineral density (BMD), muscular strength, and postural balance. However, there is no consensus in the literature on the correlation between these variables. Objectives: Our objective was to verify the correlation between BMD, isokinetic peak torque of knee extensors and flexors, and st...

Understanding the relationship between pre-competitive state anxiety and sports performance are an important means to help sportsmen to diagnose and manage emotions. The present study aimed to: a) compare the level of pre-competitive anxiety among athletes men and women, the finalist teams of Paraná Cup Volleyball 2011; b) to compare the levels of...

Adiponectin is an adipokine inversely correlated with obesity, which has beneficial effect on insulin resistance and lipid metabolism. Considering its potential as a therapeutic target in the metabolic disorder contexts, and in order to add knowledge in the area, our study evaluated the ADIPOQ 276G > T polymorphism effect on adiponectin levels, and...

Quando feito uma boa hidratação durante uma atividade física, de caráter recreativo ou competitivo pode se garantir que a performance do atleta desejada possa ser atingida, e que problemas de saúde possam ser evitados. O objetivo da pesquisa foi verificar qual o nível de perda hídrica e a porcentagem da taxa de sudorese em atletas nadadores adolesc...

Objective: To present a differentiated proposal of correlation analysis between the Quality of Life (QL) and the Quality of Work Life (QWL) through the use of the multivaried statistic. Development: The study was executed in a federal organization, located in the south of Brazil, responsible for the control of the tax collection and control of the...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the Quality of Work Life of employees of a Refrigerator in the Campos Gerais region. The methodology adopted in this study will be characterized as an applied nature, this paper is a case study approach to the problem as it is a qualitative and quantitative research, the research will rank up with exploratory a...

In this study, we investigated the influence of two SNPs (rs846910 and rs12086634) of the HSD11B1 gene that encodes 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1(11β-HSD1), the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of cortisol to cortisone, on variables associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome in 215 individuals of both sexes from southern Brazil. T...

Objective: This study was aimed at verifying smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep time associated with sociodemographic factors in physically active industrial workers in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Methods: Nine hundred and seven subjects volunteered (71% men and 29% women) to answer a questionnaire aimed at assessing their quality of life...

Objective This study was aimed at verifying smoking, alcohol consumption and sleep time associated with sociodemographic factors in physically active industrial workers in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Methods Nine hundred and seven subjects volunteered (71% men and 29% women) to answer a questionnaire aimed at assessing their quality of life and...

The objective of this study is to perform a comparative indicators / factors between models of organizational climate survey. Thus, the study includes a comparison of five models that have been addressed by Litwin and Stringer (1968), Kolb et al (1986), Coda (1997), Sbragia (1983) and Light (1995). This study was a literature search method, with ba...

Introdução: Considerada um problema de saúde pública, a obesidade tem sido referida como fator de risco para o desenvolvimento da asma. Assim, o excesso de peso apresenta influencia sobre a função da musculatura lisa e induz a inflamação sistêmica das vias aéreas por intermédio das adipocitocinas. Embora a adiponectina seja considerada uma citocina...

The ventilatory threshold (VT), or respiratory compensation point, is an important respiratory-metabolic marker of aerobic fitness. Exercise at VT intensity provides an optimal stimulus for body mass loss and improvement in aerobic fitness. The use of ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) to self-regulate exercise intensity is more feasible than pres...

Background: Considered a public health problem, obesity has been cited as a risk factor for the development of asthma. Thus, the overweight has influence on the smooth muscle function and induce systemic inflammation of the airways through the adipocytokines. Although adiponectin is considered an antiinflammatory cytokine, since their concentration...

Polymorphisms of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) have been reported to be associated to weight, BMI variance and hypertriglyceridemia in adults and adolescents. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of -116A (SNP: G/A; rs1126680) and 1914G (SNP: A/G; rs3495) variants of BCHE gene with anthropometric and biochemical variables...

Osiecki ACV, Osiecki R, Timossi LS, Rossetin LL, Machado TA, Góes SM, Leite N. Effects of Workplace Based Exercises on the Lipid Profile, Systemic Blood Pressure, and Body Fat of Female Workers. JEPonline 2013;16(3):69-75. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 12-wk workplace based exercise program on total cholesterol (TC), high...

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The aim of this paper is to identify the relationship between the quality of life and quality of work life of employees of the dairy industry through logistic regression. The research is characterized as descriptive and qualitative-quantitative. Utilizing research conducted with industry dairy employees, which were investigated by applying the WHOQ...

This study determined the relation and concordance of two methods for the evaluation of airway hyperresponsiveness in 15 obese adolescents (9 females and 6 males). Forced expiratory volume (FEV1) was evaluated at baseline and at 3, 5, 10, 15, and 30 min after a physical exercise test. Inhalation of 4.5% hypertonic saline was performed using a large...

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 12-wk workplace based exercise program on total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), triglycerides (TG), anthropometric profile (weight, waist circumference, fat percentage, BMI, and skin-fold thickness), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic...

This paper aims to identify the sociodemographic variables that have significant influence on the quality of working life of the employees in the dairy industry. The methodological approach was applied and descriptive. The analysis and interpretation of the datas was used a model adapted from Walton, through a Likert scale to assess the quality of...

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2012v24n39p195 O presente estudo busca identificar a contribuição dos jogos cooperativos na escola como meio socializador entre crianças do ensino fundamental. Para tanto, foi elaborada uma revisão de literatura sobre os elementos teóricos envolvidos. O presente estudo ressalta a importância e necessidade da coo...

We conducted a systematic review of intima-media thickness(IMT) and inflammatory markers, compared IMT and identified by meta-analysis related to EMI and inflammatory variables in obese and non-obese children and adolescents. We searched for articles in databases Pubmed, Bireme and Science Direct, during years 2000 to 2010, with the following key w...

The aim of this study is to compare the number of steps, cadence, speed of walk, distance walked, and heart rate of obese women workers during a 30- min walk in two different conditions. The study investigated 15 obese women (45.06± 8.42 yrs of age and BMI of 34.94 ± 2.99 kġm-2). Each subject had a session of familiarization and two experimental se...

The purpose of this study was to compare the energy cost between genders during treadmill walking at self-selected pace; and to verify if the energy cost achieve the values recommended for weight maintenance or loss proposed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Seventeen men and seventeen women, mean age of 23.32 ± 3.06 years, underta...

O objetivo do presente artigo e analisar a influencia existente entre os criterios da qualidade de vida no trabalho (QVT) com a qualidade de vida (QV) geral, e entre os dominios da QV com a QVT em colaboradores da industria de laticinio. Identificando quais os criterios e os dominios significantes e dependentes. Metodologia: os dados de qualidade d...

O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a PSE no limiar ventilatório (LV) entre os gêneros. Participaram 17 homens (idade 24,05±3,3 anos) e 17 mulheres (idade 22,58±2,67 anos), submetidos a duas sessões experimentais com intervalo mínimo de 48 horas: (I) avaliação antropométrica e instruções referentes aos procedimentos e (II) teste máximo em esteira. Pa...

The purpose of the present study was to compare the rating of perceived exertion (RPE) at ventilatory threshold (VT) during graded treadmill exercise between men and women. Participated 17 men (24.0 ± 3.3 years) and 17 women (22.5 ± 2.6 years) were submitted to two experimental sessions with a minimum interval of 48 hours: (I) anthropometric evalua...

Fibromyalgia can limit activities of daily living (ADLs) performance and has a negative impact on the quality of life of these patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between direct and indirect methods for the assessment of functional capacity and their relationship with some features of fibromyalgia. Thirty-eight wom...

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a qualidade de vida no trabalho (QVT) de colaboradores com diferentes níveis de instrução, utilizando-se de técnicas estatísticas uni e multivariada para a análise dos dados. Foi realizado por meio da aplicação do modelo de QVT proposto por Walton (1973) em 154 indivíduos – 84 homens e 70 mulheres – com...

The objective of this study was to investigate the quality of working life (QWL) in workers with different levels of education, through the use of uni- and multivariate statistical techniques to analyze the data. This study was carried out through the application of a QWL model proposed by Walton (1975) on 154 individuals (84 men and 70 women), wit...

O presente estudo objetivou adaptar o modelo de avaliação da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) proposto por Walton para uma linguagem mais simples e direta. O desenvolvimento do estudo envolveu três etapas: 1) a organização e adaptação das questões, em que os critérios e subcritérios foram transcritos de forma interrogativa e no desenvolvimento d...

O presente estudo objetivou adaptar o modelo de avaliação da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) proposto por Walton para uma linguagem mais simples e direta. O desenvolvimento do estudo envolveu três etapas: 1ª) foi realizada a organização e a adaptação das questões, em que os critérios e sub-critérios foram transcritos de forma interrogativa, e,...

O objetivo deste trabalho foi: diagnosticar o perfil do estilo de vida em alunos dos cursos de Engenharia da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. O instrumento utilizado foi o Perfil do Estilo de Vida (PEVI), sob a forma de questionário virtual, aplicado em 30 acadêmicos. Foram abordados na análise os principais fatores que influenciam na qu...

The concerning regarding the quality of life in the laboral environment raised the development of several models of quality of work life. Among them, one of the most used has been the model proposed by Walton. Although its utilization occurrs in large scale, the Walton’s QWL modelmay not be an appropriate instrument for populations with a low schoo...

The objective of this study was: to carry through a diagnosis of the profile of the style of life and the quality of life of workers in a Brazilian federal organization. The used instrument was the Profile of the Style of Life, under the form of questionnaire, applied to a population of 32 people. The main factors had been boarded in the analysis t...