Evaluation of the risks associated with the transmission of SARS-Cov-2 during a professional football club's training in Brazil

A COVID-19 é uma doença infecciosa, com transmissão respiratória, ocasionada pelo novo coronavírus. Em virtude da alta transmissibilidade viral, as atividades desportivas foram severamente impactadas em todo o mundo e, no Brasil, o futebol foi paralisado por cerca de quatro meses. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar as atividades com maior risco em um clube de futebol da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, a partir de estudo transversal com ênfase semiquantitativa. Os resultados demonstraram que o treino físico mostrou maior número de toques (105) com grande prevalência de mão na bola (94%). A pesquisa de anticorpos identificou que 24,2% testaram positivo para IgG durante o estudo. Durante a fase de treinamento não foram identificados casos de transmissão do SARS-CoV-2 entre jogadores e staff. Acredita-se que as medidas de biossegurança e o comprometimento individual e coletivo de todos no isolamento social e nas medidas de higiene constituem importante estratégia para a viabilidade das atividades esportivas.COVID-19 is an infectious disease with respiratory transmission caused by the new coronavirus. Due to the high viral transmissibility, sports activities were severely impacted all over the world and in Brazil football was paralyzed for about four months. The objective of this study was to identify the activities with the highest risk of Covid-19 transmission in a professional soccer club in Rio de Janeiro based on a cross-sectional study with a semi-quantitative emphasis. The results showed that physical training showed a greater number of touches (105) with a high prevalence of hand on the ball (94%). The antibody search found that 24,2% tested positive for IgG during the study. During the training phase, no cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between players and staff were identified. It is believed that biosafety measures and the individual and collective commitment of everyone to social isolation and hygiene measures are an important strategy for the viability of sports activities

Impact of 6 months of treatment with intragastric balloon on body fat and quality of life in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome

Abstract Background Obesity is a worldwide public health issue with a negative impact on quality of life. Different weight loss interventions have demonstrated improvements in quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 6 months of treatment with an intragastric balloon (IGB) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its relation to changes in body fat in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome (MS). Methods Fifty obese patients with MS aged 18–50 were selected for treatment with IGB for 6 months. Body fat was assessed with anthropometric measures and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at baseline and after removal of the IGB. HRQOL was evaluated with the short form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) at baseline and soon after removal of the IGB. Results Thirty-nine patients completed the study. After 6 months, there was a significant improvement in quality of life (p = 0.0009) and health (p < 0.0001) perceptions, and in the Physical (p = 0.001), Psychological (p = 0.031), and Environmental domains (p = 0.0071). Anthropometric measures and total fat determined by DXA were directly and significantly related to an improvement in general aspects of quality of life. The decrease in the percentage of total fat was the parameter that better correlated with improvements in quality of life perception after regression (p = 0.032). Conclusions In obese individuals with MS, weight loss parameters were associated with short-term improvements in HRQOL after 6 months of treatment with IGB. However, only total fat was independently related to HRQOL perception. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01598233

Comenta&#769;rios a uma sentenc&#807;a anunciada : o processo Lula

“Comentários a uma sentença: o Caso Lula” é talvez o mais importante documento jurídico publicado no Brasil em décadas. A presente coletânea de artigos nasceu de um movimento espontâneo e bastante significativo de juristas brasileiros e estrangeiros que examinaram cuidadosamente a sentença proferida no âmbito do processo que tramitou na 13ª Vara Federal de Curitiba, no caso que ficou conhecido na mídia como o do “tríplex do Guarujá”. <br>De la presentación de Geraldo Prad