Publications by authors named "Eduarda Bitencourt"
Virtual reality (VR) exercise aims to offer positive affective and sensory experiences through an immersive experience rich in audiovisual stimuli. Notwithstanding, there is a paucity of large sample size studies comparing the acute effects of VR exercise compared with a matched exercise performed in a non-VR environment. The study compared the acute effects of a VR exercise session versus a matched non-VR exercise session in effect, pleasure, enjoyment, perceived exertion, and heart rate.
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- - The study examined dropout rates in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) focused on exercise interventions for adults with knee or hip osteoarthritis, finding a dropout rate of 17.5% across 209 trials involving over 13,000 participants.
- - It was discovered that supervised exercise programs led to significantly lower dropout rates (13.2%) compared to unsupervised programs (20.8%), emphasizing the importance of professional guidance.
- - Participants' use of antidepressants was identified as a significant predictor of higher dropout rates, suggesting health professionals should consider this factor when designing exercise interventions.
Introduction: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing haemodialysis (HD) commonly present with a sedentary behaviour and reduced functional capacity, factors that can compromise their prognosis. Intradialytic inspiratory muscle training (IMT) can increase respiratory muscle strength and, consequently, improve functional capacity, besides being easy to apply, cheap and performed in a supervised setting. However, few studies show the effects of this type of training applied at different intensities in this population.
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