Publications by authors named "Joana Barreto"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) leads to long-lasting inflammation in the nasal area and often requires endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) when treatments fail, with recurrence rates between 5% and 60%.
- A study examined 130 patients who had ESS, finding a 5-year recurrence rate of 35.4% and 17.7% needing revision surgery, while identifying several factors linked to poor outcomes.
- Key predictors for recurrence included having asthma, frontal sinus involvement, high Lund-Mackay and Endoscopic Nasal Polyps Scores, and elevated eosinophilia in blood tests, indicating more complicated cases of CRSwNP.
Background: Visual perception has been defined as the first step to a football player's decision-making process and it plays an important role in performance in sport. The skill of focussing to prioritize relevant cues has been also considered crucial in sport. This pilot study aims to explore the visual behaviour and attentional effort of three football players (mean age 19 ± 0 years old) in specific-role positions; Right-winger (RW), Centre-Midfielder (CM) and Left-Back (LB), in the five seconds before receiving the ball from their teammate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA successful high-level gymnastics performance is the result of the coordination and inter-relation of body segments to produce movement prototypes. In this context, the exploration of different movement prototypes, as well as their relations with judges' scores, can aid coaches to design better learning and practice methodologies. Therefore, we investigate if there are different movement prototypes of the technique of the handspring tucked somersault with a half twist (HTB) on a mini trampoline with a vaulting table and its relations with judges' scores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow Task Constraints Influence the Gaze and Motor Behaviours of Elite-Level Gymnasts.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
June 2021
Perception-action coupling is fundamental to effective motor behaviour in complex sports such as gymnastics. We examined the gaze and motor behaviours of 10 international level gymnasts when performing two skills on the mini-trampoline that matched the performance demands of elite competition. The presence and absence of a vaulting table in each skill served as a task-constraint factor, while we compared super-elite and elite groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To present a case of bilateral gynecomastia in a prepubertal boy with autism spectrum disorder, diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Case Description: A 12-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder presented at a follow-up visit with bilateral breast growth. There was a family history of gynecomastia, cataracts at a young age, puberty delay, and myotonic dystrophy type 1.