Publications by authors named "J G Afonso"
The effects of specific training protocols to improve repeated sprint ability are well known; however, the utility of non-specific training for this purpose is doubtful. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of a specific (sport-related) vs. non-specific (general physical development) eight-week training protocol on developing or maintaining repeated sprint ability in soccer players.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerum Neutrophil Biomarkers to Predict Crohn's Disease Progression and Infliximab Treatment Outcomes.
United European Gastroenterol J
December 2024
Background And Aims: Predicting the treatment outcomes of biological therapies is an unmet need in Crohn's Disease. In this study, we explored the potential of serum neutrophil-related biomarkers to predict infliximab therapeutic results and disease progression in Crohn's Disease patients, over a 2-year period, in a real-world setting.
Methods: The study included 100 asymptomatic Crohn's Disease patients in the IFX maintenance phase from the prospective, observational, multicenter DIRECT study.
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- Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a minimally invasive procedure used to examine the gastrointestinal tract, but it can be time-consuming and has limited diagnostic effectiveness in the upper GI tract.
- Researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model using convolutional neural networks (CNN) to automatically detect various types of pleomorphic lesions from a large dataset of CE images, evaluating its performance against expert classifications.
- The AI model demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy across different areas of the GI tract, with the best results being 96.6% accuracy for gastric lesions and 97.6% for small bowel lesions, suggesting that AI tools could significantly enhance the effectiveness of capsule panendoscopy.
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- The study aimed to compare the immediate effects of a potentiation warm-up protocol against a usual warm-up on female football players' performance.
- Seventeen female athletes were divided into a control group (usual warm-up) and an experimental group (potentiation warm-up involving jumps and sprints).
- No significant differences were found in sprint times or change of direction performance between the two groups, suggesting that the potentiation method did not enhance performance.
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8-week resistance training with different training volumes on body composition, maximum strength, peak power, and muscle thickness in non-training women.
Methods: This was a 3-arm, prospectively designed, randomized controlled trial. A total of 45 adult women aged 20.