Objective: To define the profile of the Brazilian physical therapy researcher in terms of training, productive outcomes, and grants and fellowships awarded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), an agency linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology and dedicated to promoting scientific research and developing human resources for research in Brazil. Methods:We assessed the online curricula vitae of every Ph.D. physical therapy researcher available in the Lattes database (CNPq). This public source of information was chosen because it is where every Brazilian researcher interested in grants and fellowships or involved with graduate education must fill out an electronic curriculum vitae providing detailed career and academic productivity information. To ensure the precision of information provided, a password and a formal statement are required for the researcher to feed the database. General statistics on financial support available in the CNPq homepage were also consulted. A binary regression was run to investigate the influence of career and general productivity aspects on the publication of ISI/JCR indexed papers. Results: In the past ten years, there was an extraordinary increase (900%) in physical therapists with a Ph.D. in traditional and new fields of practice. There was also an increase in publications, dissertations and theses supervised by physical therapists. The variables investigated by the regression analysis explained 49.8% of the occurrence of indexed papers. Statistics on grants and fellowship showed a small investment by CNPq in physical therapy compared to other allied health areas. Conclusions: We expect that the information provided here will help the academic community to gain a perspective on their identity and to define future priorities for the furtherance of knowledge and professional practice.Keywords : Physical therapy; productivity; human resources formation; scientific publication. ResumoObjetivo: Traçar um perfil do pesquisador fisioterapeuta quanto a sua formação, produção científica e fomento e bolsas obtidos pela área do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Métodos: Foram consultados os curricula vitae de cada pesquisador fisioterapeuta com doutorado disponíveis na Plataforma Lattes do CNPq, que é uma agência do MCT dedicada à promoção da pesquisa científica e à formação de recursos humanos para a pesquisa. A escolha dessa fonte pública de informação ocorreu porque cada pesquisador interessado em auxílios de pesquisa ou envolvidos com a pós-graduação deve preencher eletronicamente um curriculum vitae com informações sobre formação e produção científica. O sistema requer uma senha pessoal e uma declaração do pesquisador atestando a veracidade das informações fornecidas, o que assegura precisão no preenchimento.Estatísticas sobre fomento e bolsas disponíveis foram também consultadas. Uma análise de regressão binária foi rodada para explicar a ocorrência de publicações ISI/JCR. Resultados: Houve um crescim...

The aim of the experiment was to determine the impact of axial trunk rotation and arm position on upper extremity adduction force and muscle activity. Ten healthy male subjects performed graded maximum voluntary contractions under isometric conditions in seven upper extremity positions and three trunk postures (neutral and 90 degrees left/right rotated) in a simulated manual materials handling task. A custom built lightweight force-measuring device was held between the palmar surfaces of the hands and subjects compressed the lateral surfaces of the device. Muscle activity was recorded bilaterally over the muscle bellies of the anterior deltoid, the long head of the biceps brachii and over the flexor carpi radialis. The activity of the right pectoralis major was also recorded unilaterally. Descriptive, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and post-hoc Scheffé comparisons were performed on the mean and peak force as well as the EMG [electromyographic] data. Further analysis was performed on the force-EMG relationship at 20% intervals of maximum voluntary contraction (force). Both upper extremity adduction force and EMG were significantly affected by position (p<0.01) but not by trunk rotation. The muscle activity increased and force decreased with flexion of the upper extremity. Pearson correlation coefficients between force and EMG were low. The biceps and flexors were the most active muscles depending upon upper extremity position, and the right pectoralis major muscle activity expressed the highest correlation with force. The present findings confirm earlier hypotheses that upper extremity adduction strength is not significantly affected by trunk rotation.

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