15 research outputs found
Sports, morality and body. The voices of sportswomen under Franco's dictatorship
The aim of this research is to study sportswomen's perceptions and experiences of women's sport in Francoist Spain (1939-1975). The main objective is to analyse the social, moral and aesthetic elements that are present in the experience of these athletes. This study was carried out with an intentional sample of 24 women from Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Catalonia and Valencia. They were interviewed by a network of researchers from six universities. Outstanding results show the existence of social limitations to start sports practice (particularly in the post-war period); the importance of sport as a character-building aspect; sport's remarkable influence on their body self-concept; and the incidence on sports of the mainstream moral discourse, which created a female model that even affected sports clothing. The main conclusion is that sportswomen in that period were pioneers and had to fight against most of society in order to develop their facet as athletes, as they would not follow the established model
Integral strategy to supportive care in breast cancer survivors through occupational therapy and a m-health system: design of a randomized clinical trial
Background: Technological support using e-health mobile applications (m-health) is a promising strategy to improve
the adherence to healthy lifestyles in breast cancer survivors (excess in energy intake or low physical activity are
determinants of the risk of recurrence, second cancers and cancer mortality). Moreover, cancer rehabilitation
programs supervised by health professionals are needed due to the inherent characteristics of these breast cancer
patients. Our main objective is to compare the clinical efficacy of a m-health lifestyle intervention system alone versus
an integral strategy to improve Quality of Life in breast cancer survivors.
Methods: This therapeutic superiority study will use a two-arm, assessor blinded parallel RCT design. Women will be
eligible if: they are diagnosed of stage I, II or III-A breast cancer; are between 25 and 75 years old; have a Body Mass
Index > 25 kg/m2; they have basic ability to use mobile apps; they had completed adjuvant therapy except for
hormone therapy; and they have some functional shoulder limitations. Participants will be randomized to one of
the following groups: integral group will use a mobile application (BENECA APP) and will receive a face-to-face
rehabilitation (8-weeks); m-health group will use the BENECA app for 2-months and will received usual care
information. Study endpoints will be assessed after 8 weeks and 6 months. The primary outcome will be Quality
of Life measured by The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core
and breast module. The secondary outcomes: body composition; upper-body functionality (handgrip, Disability of the
Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire, goniometry); cognitive function (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Trail Making
Test); anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale); physical fitness (Short version of the Minnesota
Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire, Self-Efficacy Scale for Physical Activity); accelerometry and lymphedema.
Discussion: This study has been designed to seek to address the new needs for support and treatment of breast cancer
survivors, reflecting the emerging need to merge new low cost treatment options with much-needed involvement of
health professionals in this type of patients.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02817724 (date of registration: 22/06/2016).The study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
(Plan Estatal de I + D + I 2013-2016), Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria del Instituto
de Salud Carlos III (PI14/01627), Fondos Estructurales de la Unión Europea (FEDER)
and by the Spanish Ministry of Education (FPU14/01069). This is part of a Ph.D.
Thesis conducted in the Clinical Medicine and Public Health Doctoral Studies of
the University of Granada, Spain