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BACKGROUND: Different physical activities are widely recommended as non-pharmacological therapies to reduce blood pressure. However, the effectiveness of exercise programs is associated with its continuity and regularity, and the long-term adherence to traditional exercise interventions is often low. Recreational sports emerge as an alternative, being more captivating and able to retain individuals for longer periods. Besides, sport interventions have demonstrated improvements in physical fitness components that are associated with a lower incidence of hypertension. However, no studies have investigated the effects of recreational sports on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of beach tennis training on ambulatory blood pressure and physical fitness in individuals with hypertension. METHODS: This study will be a randomized, single-blinded, two-arm, parallel, and superiority trial. Forty-two participants aged 35-65 years with previous diagnosis of hypertension will be randomized to 12 weeks of beach tennis training group (two sessions per week lasting 45-60 min) or a non-exercising control group. Ambulatory (primary outcome) and office blood pressures, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength/power and quality of life will be assessed at baseline and after the intervention period. DISCUSSION: Our conceptual hypothesis is that beach tennis training will reduce ambulatory blood pressure and improve fitness parameters in middle-aged individuals with hypertension. The results of this trial are expected to provide evidences of efficacy of recreational beach tennis practice on blood pressure management and to support sport recommendations for clinical scenario in higher risk populations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03909321 . Registered on April 10, 2019.
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Hypertension , Tennis , Adult , Aged , Blood Pressure , Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory , Humans , Hypertension/therapy , Middle Aged , Physical Fitness , Quality of Life , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
O objetivo deste artigo é a compreensão da Síndrome do Esgotamento Profissional em professores de Educação Física da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre (RMEPOA). A revisão bibliográfica possibilitou unificar a expressão do fenômeno como .Síndrome do Esgotamento Profissional. (SEP). O problema central da investigação traduz-se na seguinte questão: De que modo os professores de Educação Física da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre (RMEPOA) .abandonam. o trabalho docente, e que elementos são mais significativos nesse processo? Trata-se de uma pesquisa de caráter qualitativo e envolve 15 professores de Educação Física da Rede Municipal de Porto Alegre (RMEPOA) os quais, entre janeiro de 2000 a julho de 2002, entraram emlicença médica por motivos de estresse, ansiedade e depressão. Realizaram-se entrevistas semi-estruturadas, registros em um diário de campo e análise de documentos. O trabalho docente revelou-se para esses professores como uma prática profissional marcada por sentimentos negativos que comprometem a qualidade do trabalho, acumulando, com o passar do tempo, reações físicas e emocionais. Para a maioria dos professores colaboradores, essas vivências subjetivas de desgaste físico e emocional acumuladas no trabalho traduziram-se em sentimentos depressivos e em fadiga crônica, compondo um estado anímico denominado Síndrome do Esgotamento Profissional
Professional burnout syndrome in physical education teachers: a study in Porto Alegre.s municipal school system The purpose of this manuscript is to comprehend the process of .abandonment. of the teaching career by physical education teachers of Porto Alegre.s Municipal School System (PAMSS). The bibliographic review allowed that the expression of that phenomenon was unified as .Professional Burnout Syndrome. (PBS). The central research problem is translated into the following question: How do physical education teachers of Porto Alegre.s Municipal School System (PAMSS) .abandon. their teaching job, and which are the most significant elements in this process? The present research has a qualitative nature and comprehends 15 physical education teachers of PAMSS who, between January 2000 and July 2002, took a medical leave due to stress, anxiety, and depression. We conducted semistructured interviews,kept records on a field diary, and analyzed some documents. The teaching job has showed to these teachers as a professional practice marked by negative feelings that compromise the quality of their job, thus accumulating, as time goes by, physical and emotional reactions. For most collaborate teachers, these accumulated subjective experiences of physical and emotional burnout in their job were translated into feelings of depression and of chronic fatigue, composing an animic state denominated Professional Burnout Syndrome
