Medio ambiente, sociedad, ética, auditoría y educación. La Investigación Contable en UNIMINUTO Virtual y a Distancia: Contexto y Oportunidades.

En los últimos años la educación a distancia ha mostrado ser capaz de reducir la brecha de inequidad social, de capacitar personas en lugares remotos, de brindar la posibilidad a la comunidad discapacitada y de permitirle a quienes no cuentan con suficientes recursos económicos acceder a la educación superior, la presente investigación da cuenta de los aspectos clave asociados a la decisión de matricularse en el programa de Contaduría Pública en la modalidad distancia tradicional. Se realizó un análisis de las narrativas basado en los resultados de un instrumento aplicado a 150 estudiantes. Para el análisis de datos se empleó la herramienta SenseMaker®. Los resultados evidencian aspectos personales, sociales y culturales que posicionan la oferta de educación en la modalidad a distancia como la institución que permite resignificar la vida de las persona

Medio ambiente, sociedad, ética, auditoría y educación. La Investigación Contable en UNIMINUTO Virtual y a Distancia: Contexto y Oportunidades.

En los últimos años la educación a distancia ha mostrado ser capaz de reducir la brecha de inequidad social, de capacitar personas en lugares remotos, de brindar la posibilidad a la comunidad discapacitada y de permitirle a quienes no cuentan con suficientes recursos económicos acceder a la educación superior, la presente investigación da cuenta de los aspectos clave asociados a la decisión de matricularse en el programa de Contaduría Pública en la modalidad distancia tradicional. Se realizó un análisis de las narrativas basado en los resultados de un instrumento aplicado a 150 estudiantes. Para el análisis de datos se empleó la herramienta SenseMaker®. Los resultados evidencian aspectos personales, sociales y culturales que posicionan la oferta de educación en la modalidad a distancia como la institución que permite resignificar la vida de las persona

Pasantía en investigación dentro del grupo “Fisiología Adaptativa: Ejercicio e Hipoxia” de la Universidad de Barcelona

El presente trabajo expone el proceso de pasantía en investigación que realizó la estudiante en el grupo Fisiología Adaptativa: Ejercicio e Hipoxia de la Universidad de Barcelona como opción de grado, en él se encuentra una revisión de la trayectoria que ha tenido el grupo sobre el tema ejercicio e hipoxia intermitente en búsqueda de innovar dentro del mundo biomédico. Por otro lado se encuentra la metodología utilizada en cada una de las unidades académicas pertenecientes al grupo y la manera como la estudiante se integró a cada una de las actividades que se realizaron en ellas. En los resultados se expone cada una de las técnicas, tecnologías y procedimientos que aprendió y las habilidades en investigación que la estudiante fue adquiriendo a través de su pasantía. En las conclusiones se aprecia la relación entre las actividades en investigación y lo que esto aportó en la construcción integral de su perfil fisioterapéutico así como los alcances que puede tener específicamente en el tema en el que se desenvolvió (ejercicio e hipoxia hipobárica). Finalmente el último apartado son recomendaciones desde su experiencia sobre la importancia de este tipo de relaciones interdisciplinares y la investigación en la formación de fisioterapia.Abstract. In this final degree job you will find the process of an internship in investigation that the student made in the research group called “FISIOLOGÍA ADAPTATIVA: EJERCICIO E HIPOXIA” from the Barcelona University as an option to get the degree as a Physiotherapy. In it you find a review of the experience of the group in the topic: Exercise and intermittent hypoxia looking for innovate in the biomedical field. On the other hand you will find the methodology that the research group use in its different academic teams and the way how the student got involved in it. In the results it is exposed each technique, technologies and procedures that she learned and all the research skills that she aimed through her internship. As conclusions will be the relation between the activities in research and why those helped in the construction in her physiotherapy profile; as well the scopes that she could get as physiotherapist in the topic that she got involved (exercise and hypoxic hypobaric). Finally in the last chapter there are recommendations from her experience about the importance of this kind of interdisciplinary relationship and the investigation in the vocational training in physiotherapy.Pregrad

Effects of a Swing Time based Vibro Tactile Biofeedback Protocol on Gait with Focus on Gait Variability among Healthy Older Adults

Older adults walk with shorter stride length; this change has been linked with reductions in gait performance. Wearable systems that provide customized biofeedback has been found to have effectively increased the stride length and the range of motion. Previous studies have suggested that changes in gait patterns usually require a motor learning process, which can be reflected in the increase in variability in some gait parameters. This study paid attention to the changes in variability in gait upon using a swing time based vibrotactile biofeedback system. Four healthy older adults participated in this study, in which a biofeedback system was used to give them vibrating signals and encourage them to increase their swing time. The results of this study show that participants that showed gait improvements (e.g., increasing the stride length) presented lower gait variability than those who did not adapt. A greater variability was observed in temporal than spatial gait parameters. Following motor learning theories, the automaticity of the movement reduces while modifying the gait pattern. It may be possible that participants underwent increments of gait variability as an adaptive process to achieve the required task

Effects of Wearable Devices with Biofeedback on Biomechanical Performance of Running—A Systematic Review

This present review includes a systematic search for peer-reviewed articles published between March 2009 and March 2020 that evaluated the effects of wearable devices with biofeedback on the biomechanics of running. The included articles did not focus on physiological and metabolic metrics. Articles with patients, animals, orthoses, exoskeletons and virtual reality were not included. Following the PRISMA guidelines, 417 articles were first identified, and nineteen were selected following the removal of duplicates and articles which did not meet the inclusion criteria. Most reviewed articles reported a significant reduction in positive peak acceleration, which was found to be related to tibial stress fractures in running. Some previous studies provided biofeedback aiming to increase stride frequencies. They produced some positive effects on running, as they reduced vertical load in knee and ankle joints and vertical displacement of the body and increased knee flexion. Some other parameters, including contact ground time and speed, were fed back by wearable devices for running. Such devices reduced running time and increased swing phase time. This article reviews challenges in this area and suggests future studies can evaluate the long-term effects in running biomechanics produced by wearable devices with biofeedback

A wearable biofeedback device to increase gait swing time could have positive effects on gait among older adults

Older adults walk with a shorter stride length, reduced hip range of motion (ROM) and higher cadence. These are signs of reductions in walking ability. This study investigated whether using a wireless smart insole system that monitored and provided biofeedback to encourage an extension of swing time could increase stride length and hip flexion, while reducing the cadence. Seven older adults were tested in this study, with and without the biofeedback device, in an outdoor environment. Gait analysis was performed by using GaitRite system and Xsens MVN. Repeated measures analysis demonstrated that with biofeedback, the swing time increased by 6.45%, stride length by 4.52% and hip flexion by 14.73%, with statistical significance. It also decreased the cadence significantly by 5.5%. This study has demonstrated that this smart insole system modified positively the studied gait parameters in older adults and has the potential to improve their walking ability