Browsing Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l'Educació i de l'Esport Blanquerna by Subject "Activitat física"
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A co-created intervention with care home residents and university students following a service-learning methodology to reduce sedentary behaviour: The GET READY project protocol
(Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, 3(3), 132–137, 2018-09)Background There is a growing demand for long-term care settings. Care-home residents are a vulnerable group with high levels of physical dependency and cognitive impairment. Long-term care facilities ... -
A Novel Approach to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Care Home Residents: The GET READY Study Utilising Service-Learning and Co-Creation
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(3), 418, 2019-02-01)The GET READY study aimed to integrate service-learning methodology into University degrees by offering students individual service opportunities with residential care homes, to co-create the best suited ... -
A Structural Equation Model of the relationship between physical activity and quality of life
(International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (2016) 16, 147---156, 2015-12)Background/Objective: Literature shows that practicing physical activity improves the general health and quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. However, there is little empirical ... -
Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary and Physical Activity Time and Their Correlates in European Older Adults: The SITLESS Study
(Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 14 gener 2020, 2020)Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) are important determinants of health in older adults. This study aimed to describe the composition of accelerometer-measured SB and PA in ... -
Activitat física, exercici físic o esport: què estem fent?
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Adherence to eHealth-Delivered Exercise in Adults with no Specific Health Conditions: A Scoping Review on a Conceptual Challenge
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19, 10214, 2022)Adherence has emerged as a focal point and critical determinant of success for physical activity interventions. The term is used for both traditional and digital interventions, and for prescribed and ... -
Analysis of training behavior in users of a fitness app: Cross-sectional study
(JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth, 2026, 14: e72201, 2026-01)Background: Mobile health (mHealth) apps are increasingly being used to promote physical activity (PA) and can support exercise uptake and maintenance. Despite their potential, these tools face high ... -
Association between changes in physical performance and changes in biomarkers during a physical activity intervention in older adults: an exploratory study
(Experimental gerontology, 2025, 212: 112959, 2025-11)Physical activity (PA) and lower amount of sedentary behaviour (SB) have both been associated with decreased risk of major non-communicable diseases and premature all-cause mortality in older adults. ... -
Àmbits de l’educació física i rols de l’especialista sensibles a les demandes socials contemporànies
(Apunts Educación Física y Deportes, 157, 1-8, 2024-07)La transformació social contemporània exigeix una escola innovadora per afrontar les noves demandes formatives. L’objectiu principal de la recerca fou recollir l’opinió dels especialistes en educació ... -
Cardiac Autonomic Modulation Response Before, During, and After Submaximal Exercise in Older Adults With Intellectual Disability
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, Vol. 12, article 702418, 2021)The analysis of the heart rate variability (HRV) consists of changes in the time intervals between consecutive R waves. It provides information on the autonomic nervous system regulation and it is a ... -
Changes in Catalan Adolescents’ Agility over Two Decades: A Temporal Trend Study
(Applied Sciences. 2024; 14(18):8290, 2024-09)Physical fitness is considered an important indicator of health in adolescents. Despite the recognized benefits of regular physical activity, recent studies indicate a decline in physical fitness among ... -
Co-designing the Join4Joy approach to boost enjoyment and social inclusion for the increase of physical activity among older people in nursing homes and community settings: a qualitative study in Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy and France
(Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 141, February 2026, 106076, 2025-11)The global ageing population faces significant health challenges linked to insufficient physical activity (PA). Although PA offers emotional, cognitive, and physical benefits, long-term participation ... -
Combined effects of diet and exercise or diet alone to improve physical function in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review of the literature
(Current nutrition reports, 2015, 4: 164-175, 2015-04)This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the effectiveness of combined diet (not limited to caloric restriction) and exercise interventions, and diet interventions alone to improve physical ... -
Comparative Cognitive Effects of Choreographed Exercise and Multimodal Physical Therapy in Older Adults with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Clinical Trial
(Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2019;73(2):769-783, 2019)Background: Recent research on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has primarily focused on searching for measures to prevent or delay the progression of MCI to dementia. Physical exercise has shown to be ... -
Competencias parentales, nivel de práctica deportiva y sentido de la vida en deportistas jóvenes
(Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte, vol. 25, 1,46-65, 2025-01)El objetivo fue comparar el sentido de la vida en adolescentes, como factor motivacional, según su nivel de práctica deportiva, y en relación a su percepción de conductas de sus progenitores. ... -
Developing International Consensus on Key Indicators for a 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Report Card in Early Childhood: A Twin-Panel Delphi Study
(Sports Medicine Open 11, 92 (2025), 2025-08)Background The World Health Organization has established recommendations for 24-h movement behaviours in children under 5 years. Building on the successful knowledge translation model of Active Healthy ... -
Efectos sobre la prosociabilidad y los aprendizajes de universitarios del aprendizaje-servicio en contexto penitenciario
(Retos, 71, 491-501, 2025-09)Introducción: la metodología Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) es un enlace entre el ámbito acadé-mico y el social con un doble objetivo, aprender contenidos al mismo tiempo que se presta un servicio ... -
Envejecimiento, actividad física y desarrollo emocional
(2021-05)El aumento de la esperanza de vida es tanto un éxito social y sanitario como un desafío para nuestra sociedad. Nunca hubo tantas personas en la franja de 75 a 90 años. La necesidad derivada de este ... -
Exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity among community-dwelling older adults from four European countries: protocol for the process evaluation of the SITLESS randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Open, 2019; 9:e027073, 2019-06)Introduction SITLESS is a randomised controlled trial determining whether exercise referral schemes can be enhanced by self-management strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical ... -
Exercise-Boosted Mitochondrial Remodeling in Parkinson’s Disease
(Biomedicines 2022, 10, 3228, 2022-12-12)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a movement disorder characterized by the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons resulting in dopamine deficiency in the striatum. Given the estimated escalation ...