O objetivo desta pesquisa foi o de identificar e discutir as principais dificuldades do ensino remoto e uso de tecnologias, em face à pandemia da COVID-19, no ensino-aprendizagem do curso superior de Educação Física através de críticas apontadas por graduandos. Nesta pesquisa descritiva quali-quantitativa feita no segundo semestre de 2020, através de um questionário on-line, foram coletadas as percepções de 26 estudantes sobre os principais pontos negativos vivenciados e/ou identificados no primeiro semestre de implementação do ensino remoto. Posteriormente, foi feita uma análise de conteúdo do material. Foi possível concluir que os principais problemas do ensino remoto e uso de tecnologias durante a pandemia da COVID-19 no ensino-aprendizagem de Educação Física são as metodologias de avaliação insatisfatórias, problemas com o acesso à internet e recursos tecnológicos, dificuldades de aprendizagem, prejuízos na qualidade do ensino, e a ausência de aulas práticas e o aumento do comportamento sedentário.

Introdução: O método agonista-antagonista (MAA) consiste na execução de dois exercícios para o mesmo segmento corporal, de forma combinada, sendo o primeiro deles à musculatura antagonista, visando a diminuição da co-contração. Objetivo: O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar por meio de uma revisão narrativa, os efeitos da intensidade aplicada ao exercício antagonista, sobre o desempenho muscular do exercício agonista no MAA. Método: A pesquisa foi conduzida nas bases de dados eletrônicos Google Acadêmico, Lilacs, Scieloe Medline/Pubmed. Resultados e Discussão: Foram achados um total de 15 artigos, onde verificou-se que o método agonista antagonista parece ser eficaz para o aumento do desempenho e ativação muscular, e do volume total de trabalho, independente da intensidade aplicada, sendo essas as principais variáveis estudadas. Conclusão: Não é consensual qual a intensidade mais adequada deve ser aplicada no método, para se obter seus resultados, sendo assim uma lacuna para possíveis estudos futuros.

Objective: We aimed to determine the feasibility and reliability of videoconference assessment of functional and cognitive status among older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Thirty community-dwelling older adults (86.70% women) with a mean age of 69.77 (SD = 6.60) years who were physically independent and had no signs of cognitive impairment were included in the sample. An independent and experienced researcher assessed functional (chair rise test, chair stand test, sitting and rising test) and cognitive (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, parts A and B of the Trail Making Test, the Stroop test, the verbal fluency test) performance in real-time on the Google Meet platform on 2 non-consecutive days. The reliability of the measures was analyzed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), a paired t-test, or Wilcoxon and Bland-Altman analysis. The feasibility of the assessment was investigated using a standardized 14-item questionnaire. Results: All functional performance measures showed excellent intra-rater reliability, with ICCs from 0.90 (95%CI 0.78 – 0.95) for the sitting and rising test to 0.98 (95%CI 0.96 – 0.99) for the chair rise test. Our analysis also showed mixed levels of reliability across measures, including good ICC (ranging from 0.79 – 0.91) for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, part B of the Trail Making Test, and the congruent and neutral trials in the Stroop test, but poor-to-moderate ICC (ranging from 0.42 – 0.58) for the other cognitive assessments. In general, the participants reported good feasibility for the assessment format. Conclusion: In healthy and highly educated older adults, videoconferencing is a feasible method of determining functional and cognitive performance. Functional measures showed excellent reliability indexes, whereas cognitive data should be interpreted carefully, since the reliability varied from poor to moderate.

Introduction: To establish a correlation between concern about falling and a more comprehensive functional parameter, functional muscle fitness, a variable that encompasses functional components such as balance, muscle strength, power, flexibility and motor coordination in an integrated way. Functional muscle fitness is measured using the sitting-rising (from the floor) test (SRT), a simple, safe, fast and ecological test. Objective: The aim of our study was to determine the correlation between concern about falling and functional muscle fitness in the elderly. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted. The sample consisted of 53 elderly people of both sexes (86.8% women; 65.6 ± 4.7 years old; body mass index 28.5 ± 3.8 kg/m2), who were assessed for concern about falling (through Falls Efficacy Scale International, FES-I-Brazil) and functional muscle fitness (through SRT). Correlation analysis was performed using the Spearman test. For all analyses, a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05) was established. Results: Concern about falling showed a negative correlation with functional muscle fitness (rho =-0.229; p = 0.015). Conclusion: Elderly people with lower levels of functional muscle fitness have a higher level of concern about falling.