Tiago Atalaia

Escola Superior de Saùde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa | ESSCVP · Physiotherapy

Our earlier reports suggest no dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) inter-limb differences related to footedness. A different approach to our data was used in this study: first define ankle DJS, then look for inter-limb differences and finally correlate them with the subject’s perceived footedness. Methods: 31 subjects (20 females, 11males) were assessed...

The normal aspect of rooms dedicated to Design education tend to use exhibitions of actual and past student's work as a strategy to inspire creativity in their students. By other hand, the maintenance of the same objects in that room can lead to some boringness as students or worker look to the same things for a period. This leads us to the problem...

Injuries to the locomotor system are a common problem in athletic horses. Veterinarians address these injuries using appropriate medical, surgical, and pharmacological treatments. During or after recovery from the initial injury, horses may be treated for functional locomotor deficits using specific rehabilitation techniques aimed at restoring full...

Knowledge of ergonomics/human factors plays an important role in the creation and design of safety shoes and insoles, contributing to worker protection, comfort, and stability. The purpose of this study is to compare previous insole designs and analyze the plantar pressure and gait pattern kinematics using the Oxford foot model protocol. The tests...

From an early age, people are exposed to risk factors that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders like low back pain, neck pain and scoliosis. Medical screenings at an early age might minimize their incidence. The study intends to improve a software that processes images of patients, using specific anatomical sites to obtain risk indicators for poss...

Introduction and Objective There is limited research on the changes that can occur in the gait biomechanical parameters of older adults over long-distance walking. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the gait characteristics of older women of a specific Portuguese community over the six-minute walk test (6MWT) along with gait spatial and temporal pa...

According to the World Health Organization, one-third of elderly people aged 65 or over fall annually, and this number increases after 70. Several gait biomechanical parameters were associated with a history of falls. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review to identify and describe the gait biomechanical parameters related to falls in the e...

Citation: Monteiro, A.J.; Constantino, B.; Carvalho, M.; Silva, H.; Pedro, R.; Martins, R.; Atalaia, T.; Silva, J.; Aleixo, P.; Alves, S. Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of the Fall Risk Questionnaire-Portuguese Version. Abstract: Falls are a major problem among older adults worldwide. Early detection of risk factors is important to decrease the...

Physiological perfusion asymmetries in the lower limb are known, although poorly understood, as are asymmetries reported in plantar pressure and stance. This preliminary study aims to explore potential relationships between perfusion and pressure variables in humans. A convenience sample of eight healthy individuals (25.25 ± 5.37 years old) of both...

Physiological effects of unilateral and bilateral exercise on lower limb microcirculation and plantar pressure.

This study aimed to assess the effects of a proprioceptive exercises programme on disease activity and on ankle kinematic and kinetic parameters of post-menopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis. Twenty-seven post-menopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis were allocated to exercise group (n = 15) or control group (n = 12). Exercise group interven...

Background and purpose. Aquatic exercise is normally well accepted for individuals presenting low back pain(LBP). Those exercises are considered safe, comfortable, and with low risk of trigger or worsening the existing condition,becoming a valid option for LBP control. This study aims to examine the prevalence of LBP in individuals involved in aqu...

Movement stability during gait can be studied at two levels: global or local. Global stability indicates the ability to maintain adequate sustainability of the body along the movement, while postural stability is the response to applied or volitional disturbances. Local stability, or joint stability, refers to the ability to maintain body segments...

Vertical impulse tests usually designated “jump tests”, are regularly carried out in the assessment of physical performance in athletic performers. The present review aims to explore if such tests can be part of the performance evaluation processes in non-athlete performers. To achieve this, a systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA sta...

Sit-to-stand (STS) ability is essential for daily life. The reliability of ground reaction forces parameters during STS was studied and STS stabilization could differentiate elderly who had past fall events. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients presented an increased fall risk. The lower muscle strength and the increased disability yielded by these p...

Uma revisão compreensiva sobre o estudo da dominância do membro inferior, as suas terminologias e teorias relacionadas, a sua utilidade no meio científico, numa cronologia até aos nossos dias. Não se fornece uma análise crítica de cada estudo seleccionado mas sim, um resumo de cada um, onde o investigador desta área pode recolher informação importa...

The use of psychoactive drugs to treat or control psychological disturbances can decrease patient's social participation. Exercise can help minimize this collateral aspect. To investigate the benefits of patients' participation in an exercise program regarding patient's quality of life, self-esteem, anxiety and depression. Methods: A single subject...

In Portugal, the percentage of people with disabilities has risen. These people, resulting from their disability, tend to present a decrease in their quality of life (QL). The adapted sports (AS) has been referred as one of the strategies that aim to improve these people QL. Investigate if, in Portugal, the practice of AS can contribute to elevate...

Introdução: A dominância de pé é compreendida como a utilização preferencial de um membro inferior em relação ao seu contra lateral. Deste modo, parece lógico que a dominância influencie a estabilidade articular, com implicações tanto a nível do desempenho de atividade física bem como em questões relacionadas com a área da saúde. A estabilidade art...

Footedness is the preferable use of one lower limb in respect to it contralateral one. Hypothetically, stability should demonstrate such differences. Transferring this concept into human motor skills, different adaptations of stiffness measures are applied as an indicator of dynamic joint stiffness, vertical stiffness and leg stiffness. Footedness...

RESUMO Objetivo: A avaliação do perfil de lateralidade, medida composta pela avaliação de quatro índices de dominância que incluem a da mão, do pé, visual e auditiva, é amplamente utilizada em várias áreas do conhecimento. O Lateral Preference Inventory (LPI) é um instrumento simples que permite esta avaliação. O objetivo deste estudo é o de traduz...

Aims: Single-leg triple jump for distance (SLTJD) is a common test used to assess footedness. Inter-limb differences in leg stiffness (KLEG), ankle dynamic joint stiffness (ADJS), and knee dynamic joint stiffness (KDJS) are expected to be present. The objective of the present study is to verify this. 364 (right and left) was assessed. Six SLTJDs (t...

Aims: Unilateral hopping (UH) is one of the common tests for footedness assessment. Inter-limb differences between vertical stiffness (KVERT), ankle dynamic joint stiffness (ADJS) and knee dynamic joint stiffness (KDJS) are expected to exist between the dominant and non-dominant limb. Thus the objective of the present study is to verify those diffe...

Aims: The purpose of this study was to verify the influence of Kinesiotape ® (KT) and exercise on functional ankle instability score measure by the Y-test in female soccer athletes. Study Design: Interrupted time series with treatment removal. Place and Duration of Study: Futebol Clube Benfica. Between January 2014 and March 2014. Methodology: Six...

Aims: Dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) is used as a joint stability indicator. The objective of the present study is to verify the influence of footedness in ankle joint stability during the gait stance phase. Study Design: Comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: MovLab/ CICANT/ Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, between Novem...

Objective: The assessment of foot preference uses both self-report questionnaires and observation of task performance. The objective of the present study is to verify the reliability of an online version of the Lateral Preference Inventory (LPI) and to compare the footedness index of LPI with the consistency of selection of the lower limb for the p...

Introduction – Futsal is a demanding sport, so the application of kinesio tape bands emerges as an intervention hypothesis to take in consideration. Objectives – To analyze kinesio tape effects on the muscular range and activation of the peroneal muscle and tibialis anterior muscle during the execution of a pass. Methodology – For each specifie...

Introduction – Futsal is a demanding sport, so the application of kinesio tape bands emerges as an intervention hypothesis to take in consideration. Objectives – To analyze kinesio tape effects on the muscular range and activation of the peroneal muscle and tibialis anterior muscle during the execution of a pass. Methodology – For each specifie...

Introdução e objetivos – A contração muscular do quadricípete, isquiotibiais e rotadores externos apresenta um papel crucial no controlo da estabilidade articular dinâmica, nomeadamente no valgo de joelho no plano frontal. O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a existência de relação entre a ativação muscular (medida pela recolha eletromiográfica d...

Ballet gestures are highly non-anatomical and physiological, leading to compensatory behaviors. The knee joint is most affected by this behavior, leading to an increase risk of injury. Our purpose is to describe the knee angular displacement in amateur dancers, during a demi-plié exercise, with emphasis on valgus mechanisms frequency. Methods: 192...

Objective: The objective of this study is to find out synchronized Center of Pressure (CoP) and Rearfoot Angle (RA) data specifically related to the subject's gender and their left and right walking stance phase. Subjects: 15 masculine (21,87,SD 2,83 years) and 15 feminine (21,87, SD 3,29 years) with no lower limb injuries or injury past history. M...

Objective: The objective of this study is to find out synchronized Center of Pressure (CoP) and Rearfoot Angle (RA) data specifically related to the subject's gender and their left and right walking stance phase. Subjects:15 masculine (21,87 ± 2,83 years) and 15 feminine (21,87 ± 3,29) with no lower limb injuries or injury past history. Methods: Th...

Introdução: A estabilidade resulta na capacidade de manter uma posição angular adequada dos segmentos no cumprimento de um objectivo motor, na integração dos componentes articulares passivo e activo. O treino proprioceptivo permite o incremento deste processo de integração. Objectivo: Verificar a efectividade de um programa de treino proprioceptivo...

Enquadramento teórico: A adaptação do ser humano aos diferentes tipos de ambiente em que se pode desenvolver uma determinada tarefa motora é fundamental para o desenvolvimento de novas estratégias de percepção e acção. Objectivo: Ponderar sobre a influência do alvo e da motivação verbal nas alterações cinemáticas durante a execução do gyaku tsuki n...

Resumo Introdução: A prática desportiva traz associado o risco de lesão. Para se reduzir esse risco, é necessário recorrer-se a estudos de epidemiologia das lesões para se estabelecerem programas de prevenção eficazes. A existência de diversas definições de lesão desportiva, torna difícil e pode invalidar a comparação entre estudos. Objectivos: Faz...

Introduction: As other sport activities, rugby is a collective sports performed in a typical sport environment were the goal is to achieve winning by the mean of an 80 minute game between two teams. It's an extreme physical intensity sport were the athlete is vulnerable to injury. The higher incidence of injury is associated to tackling, which can...