[pt] O presente trabalho abordará as modificações corporais especificamente no campo psicanalítico. Partirá da premissa de que a questão da noção do corpo na psicanálise é fundamental e delicada, ressaltará a importância da via sensorial para a constituição do psiquismo. A investigação terá como base teórica o conceito freudiano de eu, a proposta de Piera Aulagnier a respeito da constituição do corpo próprio e da origem do psiquismo, as noções de Eu-pele e Eu-pensante de Didier Anzieu, alguns conceitos winnicottianos sobre a importância do vínculo materno na díade mãe-bebê para promoção de saúde mental, bem como algumas noções sobre saúde e criatividade. O trabalho visa refletir sobre as possíveis relações existentes entre as modificações corporais e a constituição da subjetividade. / [en] The present work will address the body modifications specifically in the psychoanalytic field. It assumes the question of the notion of the body in psychoanalysis as a fundamental and delicate one, will underscore the importance of the sensorial pathway for the constitution of the psyche. The investigation will have as its theoretical basis the Freudian concept of ego, Piera Aulagnier s proposal regarding the constitution of one s own body and the psyche s origin, the notions of self-skin and self-thinking of Didier Anzieu, some Winnicottian concepts about the importance of maternal bond in the mother-infant dyad towards the promotion of mental health, as well as some notions of health and creativity. The work intends to consider the possible relations between body modifications and the constitution of subjectivity.

Submitted by PPG Ci?ncia da Computa??o (ppgcc@pucrs.br) on 2018-07-26T19:57:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 THOMAS VOLPATO DE OLIVEIRA_DIS.pdf: 2340160 bytes, checksum: a77fc7c024da22cb1ea18eec69501d7e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sheila Dias (sheila.dias@pucrs.br) on 2018-08-02T12:22:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 THOMAS VOLPATO DE OLIVEIRA_DIS.pdf: 2340160 bytes, checksum: a77fc7c024da22cb1ea18eec69501d7e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-02T12:38:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 THOMAS VOLPATO DE OLIVEIRA_DIS.pdf: 2340160 bytes, checksum: a77fc7c024da22cb1ea18eec69501d7e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-23 / Realidade virtual ? uma tecnologia que permite aos seus usu?rios visualizar e interagir com ambientes virtuais (AV) 3D em tempo real. Um ambiente virtual colaborativo (AVC) ? um tipo de AV que permite que dois ou mais usu?rios estejam juntos no mesmo ambiente virtual. Ambientes virtuais colaborativos t?m algumas dificuldades que AV comuns n?o t?m. Por exemplo, diferentes t?cnicas s?o necess?rias a fim de permitir a dois usu?rios a manipula??o (mover ou girar) conjunta de um objeto virtual. Algumas dessas t?cnicas podem levar os usu?rios a realizarem movimentos n?o naturais. Este trabalho avalia o retorno h?ptico para deixar os usu?rios cientes de movimentos errados durante a manipula??o colaborativa de objetos. A t?cnica SkeweR foi utilizada como teste. Esta t?cnica ? baseada em crushing points, onde os usu?rios pegam o objeto pela primeira vez para simultaneamente mover e girar o objeto. Uma vez que os usu?rios mant?m a posi??o da m?o sobre o crushing point durante a manipula??o do objeto, a intera??o se torna mais natural, no sentido de que se torna mais similar ao processo real de segurar um objeto. Entretanto, devido ? falta de restri??es f?sicas de movimento, frequentemente, durante a intera??o, a m?o do usu?rio se move para fora do crushing point. Para solucionar este problema, este trabalho prop?e o uso de retorno t?til para informar os usu?rios sobre a dist?ncia entre a posi??o da m?o e o crushing point. O retorno t?til ? fornecido por um minimotor de vibra??o preso no polegar do usu?rio. Para validar o m?todo, fez-se um estudo com usu?rios em que estes deveriam realizar a manipula??o 3D de um objeto virtual. Este objeto precisava ser transladado e girado atrav?s de um caminho virtual ao longo de um fio virtual, do in?cio deste at? o fim. Durante a intera??o, os usu?rios manipularam um rastreador de posi??o com tr?s graus de liberdade (3DOF) e deveriam manter a posi??o do rastreador na mesma posi??o do crushing point. Durante as rodadas do experimento, os participantes testaram tr?s modalidades de intera??o: sem nenhum retorno, com retorno visual e com retorno t?til. O resultado dos testes mostrou que usu?rios realizaram manipula??es mais naturais quando estavam usando o retorno t?til. / Virtual reality is a technology that allows users to view and interact with a 3D virtual environment (VE) in real time. A collaborative virtual environment (CVE) is a type of VE that allows two or more users to be in the same virtual environment together. Collaborative virtual environments have some issues that simple VEs do not have. For example, different techniques are required in order to allow two users to manipulate (move or rotate) a virtual object together. Some of these techniques can lead users to do unnatural movements. This study evaluates haptic feedback to let users aware of wrong movements during a cooperative object manipulation. The SkeweR technique was used as a testbed. This technique is based on the use of crushing points, where the users grab the object for the first time, to simultaneously move/rotate an object. Once the users have their hands positioned on the crushing point during the object manipulation, the interaction becomes more natural, in the sense that it is more similar to the real process. However, due to the lack of any physical constraint to the users? movements, it is often noticed that the users? hands move away from the crushing point during the interaction. To solve this problem, this work proposes the usage of tactile feedback to inform the user about the distance between his hand and the crushing point. The tactile feedback is provided by a vibration micromotor attached to the user?s thumb. To validate the method, a user study based on the 3D manipulation of a virtual object was performed. The virtual object had to be translated and rotated through a virtual path along a virtual wire, from the beginning to the end of it. During the interaction, users manipulated a three degrees of freedom (3DOF) position tracker and were requested to keep this tracker in the same position of the crushing point. During the trials, the participants used three modalities of interaction: without any feedback, with a visual feedback and with tactile feedback. Results showed that the users do more natural manipulations when using tactile feedback.

Highly profitable black caviar market and the depletion of wild sturgeon stocks warrant improvements in sturgeon aquaculture. Therefore, chromosomal manipulations, particularly gynogenesis, are focused on for increasing the ratio of females over males in progeny. The present study focused on optimizing chromosomal manipulations in sturgeons, particularly gynogenesis. The reasons of low survival rates were analyzed and the critical steps of gynogenesis induction processes were optimized. In addition, alternative ways of DNA inactivation in sperms were investigated, as well as the influence of native light-dependent DNA repair mechanisms on gynogenesis induction. Methods of interspecific gynogenesis usage for simplifying gynogenetic progeny separation were also proposed. Spectrophotometry analysis was used to investigate the ability of UV light, as the most common DNA inactivating agent, to penetrate into sperm. In addition, investigation of UV-irradiated sperm motility and results of partial gynogenesis induction showed that low transparency of sperms for UV-light can cause significant heterogeneity of UV-irradiation. As a result, a proper dilution of sperm was suggested as a critical step for homogeneous UV-irradiation of samples. Gynogenesis in sterlet was induced with chemical agents that damage sperm DNA, as an alternative to UV irradiation for applied in large-scale production of gynogenotes. All tested substances showed ability to inactivate DNA in spermatozoa, and thus producing gynogenotes. Negative impact of treatments with chemical agents on the sperm motility was observed. Subsequently, these treatments had a low efficiency of gynogenesis induction. The highest percentage of produced gynogenetic larvae 19.8 ? 8.9% was obtained by treatment with aminomethyl-4,5?,8-trimethylpsoralen (AMT) at 50 ?M followed by UV-A (360 nm) irradiation at dose of 900 J/m2. Therefore, this treatment could be used as a substitute for commonly used UV-C irradiation, e.g., in the case of large volumes of sperm. Detailed investigation of photoreactivation in sturgeon sperm revealed a significant level of light-dependent DNA restoration in sperms irradiated with high doses of UV-C light. Induction of gynogenesis with UV-C irradiation followed by exposure to visible light resulted in significant deviations from the typical Hertwig effect. In contrast, the red light with a wavelength of more than 600 nm did not result in decreased DNA damage, instead a moderate increase in damage was observed, i.e., it did not induce photoreactivation. Therefore, the use of infrared light to illuminate work stations during the induction of gynogenesis is suggested. The use of interspecific gynogenesis, particularly gametes of sturgeon species with different ploidy levels, was suggested as a way to simplify the separation of gynogenotes. In addition, application of this method allowed studying the effectiveness of DNA-inactivation and ploidy restoration treatments separately, as well as evaluation of fitness parameters and survival rates in each group of progeny without the physical separation of fish. Finally, the protocol for tetraploidization in sterlet was optimized for the prospective using tetraploid individuals for the induction of gynogenesis and androgenesis with diploid eggs and sperm. In conclusion, the described methods and protocols allowed gynogenesis induction in sturgeons with a survival rate sufficient for aquaculture, taking into consideration their high fertility, although further studies of the consequences of this treatment on fish is required.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2018-07-16T19:54:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Amaral.pdf: 2693688 bytes, checksum: 6f8e156a2426045e9230b1f6a49d5722 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-16T19:54:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Amaral.pdf: 2693688 bytes, checksum: 6f8e156a2426045e9230b1f6a49d5722 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-12 / Temporomandibular dysfunction is defined as a group of heterogeneous alterations that affect the temporomandibular joint, affecting important functional and anatomical elements, characterizing itself as a complex and multifactorial disease. His doctoral thesis was divided into four studies with the following objectives: Article 1 (protocol) and Article 4: to evaluate the influence of non-specific mandibular mobilization on mandibular opening movements and lateral excursions in women with TMD by means of pachymetry and the three-dimensional kinematic analysis of movement, as well as assessing pain intensity, functionality and quality of life; Article 2: identify if manual therapy is effective in treating TMD, as well as assess the accuracy of tools that are used to evaluate the rehabilitation of patients with TMD; Article 3: investigate the immediate effect of nonspecific mandibular mobilization on the range of motion in individuals with temporomandibular dysfunction. Thus we obtained as a result and conclusion: Article 2: manual therapy is effective in the treatment of TMD mainly in the reduction of muscular pain and to improve the ROM. The visual analogue scale (VAS) and clinical evaluation using RDC / TMD are the most used tools to evaluate the effects of Manual Therapy; Article 3: Nonspecific mandibular mobilization led to an immediate increase in maximal vertical mandibular movement, as well as increases in right and left lateral excursion in individuals with and without TMD; Article 4: Non-specific mandibular mobilization decreases pain intensity and influences the clinical improvement of the mandibular opening amplitude measured by pachymetry, but does not influence the functionality, quality of life and trajectory of the mandibular movements of patients with temporomandibular dysfunction. / A disfunção temporomandibular é definida como um grupo de alterações heterogêneas que afetam a articulação temporomandibular, acometendo importantes elementos funcionais e anatômicos, caracterizando-se assim como uma doença complexa e multifatorial. Essa tese de doutorado foi dividida em quatro estudos com os seguintes objetivos: Artigo 1 (protocolo) e Artigo 4 : avaliar a influência da mobilização mandibular inespecífica, sobre os movimentos mandibulares de abertura e excursões laterais, em mulheres com DTM, por meio da paquimetria e da análise cinemática tridimensional do movimento, bem como avaliar a intensidade da dor, a funcionalidade e a qualidade de vida; Artigo 2: identificar se a terapia manual é eficaz no tratamento para DTM, bem como avaliar a acurácia das ferramentas que são utilizadas para avaliar a reabilitação dos pacientes com DTM; Artigo 3: investigar o efeito imediato da mobilização mandibular inespecífica, na amplitude de movimento em indivíduos com disfunção temporomandibular. Assim obtivemos como resultado e conclusão: Artigo 2: a terapia manual é eficaz no tratamento da DTM principalmente na diminuição da dor muscular e para melhorar a ADM. A escala visual analógica (EVA) e avaliação clínica com o uso do RDC/TMD são as ferramentas mais utilizadas para avaliar os efeitos da Terapia Manual; Artigo 3: A mobilização mandibular inespecífica levou a um aumento imediato do movimento mandibular vertical máximo, bem como aumentos na excursão lateral direita e esquerda em indivíduos com e sem DTM; Artigo 4: A mobilização mandibular inespecífica diminui a intensidade de dor e influencia na melhora clínica da amplitude de abertura mandibular mensurada pela paquimetria, porém não influencia na funcionalidade, na qualidade de vida e na trajetória dos movimentos mandibulares de pacientes com disfunção temporomandibular.

Considérons un système quantique constitué de deux sous-systèmes: on dit qu'il est dans un état intriqué s'il existe des corrélations quantiques entre les états de ces derniers. La compréhension et la mise en œuvre d'états intriqués ont de nombreuses applications (métrologie quantique, étude des systèmes fortement corrélés, traitement quantique de l'information, etc.) et constituent le contexte général de ce travail de thèse. Plus en détail, nous démontrons la réalisation d'un état intriqué de deux atomes neutres piégés indépendamment. Pour cela, nous exploitons le phénomène de blocage de Rydberg : lorsqu'on essaie d'exciter simultanément deux atomes séparés de quelques micromètres vers un état de Rydberg donné, la forte interaction entre atomes de Rydberg peut empêcher cette excitation simultanée. Dans ce cas, seul un des deux atomes est excité et l'on génère ainsi des corrélations quantiques entre les états des deux atomes, c'est-à-dire de l'intrication. Dans notre expérience deux atomes de rubidium 87 dans l'état fondamental 5S1/2 sont piégés chacun dans une pince optique microscopique, à une distance relative de 4 micromètres. En réalisant des transitions entre l'état 5S1/2 et l'état de Rydberg 58D3/2 par des transitions à deux photons, nous obtenons un état intriqué des deux atomes dans les sous-niveaux 5S1/2, F=1, mF=1 et 5S1/2, F=2, mF=2. Afin de quantifier l'intrication, nous mesurons la fidélité par rapport à l'état-cible en réalisant des transitions Raman entre ces deux sous-niveaux. La fidélité des paires d'atomes présentes à la fin de l'expérience est supérieure à la valeur seuil de 0,5, ce qui prouve la création d'un état intriqué.

Suivant les violences du sud du Kirghizistan en 2010, plusieurs auteurs de même que des médias ont décrit les affrontements entre les Ouzbèks et les Kirghizes comme étant dûs à des manipulations de l’ethnicité par les élites de la région. Ce travail de mémoire de maîtrise analyse l’influence des élites dans la société kirghize, elle évalue la capacité de celles-ci à mobiliser les gens pour quelque chose d’aussi radical que des violences ethniques. L’emprise politique et économique des élites kirghizes et ouzbèkes sur la société est donc confrontée à des facteurs de mobilisation plus émotifs. La théorie de Scott Radnitz sur le clientélisme et sur la capacité qu’ont les élites à réunir une foule majeure pour des regroupements publics sera notamment examinée et mise en opposition à des théories qui attribuent des causes plus émotionnelles aux affrontements. Cette analyse démontre que la théorie de Scott Radnitz indique une bonne première piste à suivre pour l’étude de toute mobilisation au Kirghizistan. Cependant, pour la mobilisation menant à des violences ethniques, il faut apporter une petite nuance afin d’incorporer les aspects émotionnels à la mobilisation. / Following the ethnic violence which happened in southern Kyrgyzstan in 2010, several authors and media sources have stated that the confrontation between the Uzbeks and the Kyrgyz was due to manipulations of ethnicity by the region’s elites. This master’s dissertation analyzes the influence of elites within Kyrgyz society, it thus analyzes they’re capacity to mobilize people for something as radical as ethnic violence. The political and economic leverage which these elites have in society is thus confronted to more emotional factors of mobilisation. Scott Radnitz’s theory on clientelism and on elite’s ability to gather large crowds for public gatherings will be examined and opposed to other theories which attribute more emotional causes to confrontation. The results of this analysis indicate that Radnitz offers and excellent guide to studying any type of mobilisation in Kyrgyzstan. However, in the case of ethnic violence, the emotional aspect to mobilisation must be taken into account to fully understand the situation.

Introdução: A Dor Patelofemoral (DPF) é uma das desordens musculoesqueléticas mais comuns que afeta indivíduos fisicamente ativo, sendo sua ocorrência maior entre as mulheres. Tal condição está relacionada com a presença de disfunções nos fatores locais, embora também haja associação com a ocorrência de disfunções nos fatores proximais e distais. Objetivos: Investigar o efeito imediato da mobilização de tornozelo na melhora da amplitude de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada em mulheres com DPF que tivessem restrição de dorsiflexão. Métodos: Foi realizado um Ensaio Clínico Aleatorizado com avaliador \"cego\", no qual 117 mulheres com DPF e com restrição de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada foram aleatoriamente distribuídas em três grupos de tratamento. Em cada grupo foi aplicada a técnica MWM (Mobilization With Movement) com um sentido específico de deslizamento articular da tíbia: Grupo Mobilização Anterior (GMA), n=39; Grupo Mobilização Posterior (GMP), n=39; Grupo Mobilização Anterior e Posterior (GMAP), n=39. A técnica MWM foi aplicada uma única vez, em quatro séries de cinco repetições com um minuto de descanso entre as séries. Nosso desfecho primário foi a amplitude de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada, e os desfechos secundários foram a intensidade da dor no joelho durante o Forward Step-Down Test (FSDT), a Escala de Percepção do Efeito Global (EPEG) e o Pico do Ângulo de Projeção no Plano Frontal (Pico-APPF) do membro inferior durante o FSDT. Todos os desfechos foram avaliados pré-tratamento (baseline), e reavaliados imediatamente e 48h pós-intervenção. Resultados: Todos os três grupos de tratamento produziram um aumento significativo na amplitude de dorsiflexão, porém apenas o GMA e o GMAP produziram um tamanho de efeito moderado. Os três grupos de tratamento produziram um aumento significativo na pontuação da EPEG, de forma que o GMA e o GMA tiveram um tamanho de efeito superior ao GMP. Apenas o GMA conseguiu produzir uma redução significativa da dor no joelho com um tamanho de efeito moderado. O GMA e o GMP produziram uma mudança significativa do Pico- APPF, porém com um tamanho de efeito que variou de pequeno a insignificante. Conclusão: A mobilização de tornozelo com deslizamento em sentido anterior ou com deslizamento em sentindo anterior e posterior produz maior efeito no aumento da amplitude de dorsiflexão. O ganho de dorsiflexão, por sua, vez, exerceu maior influencia na melhora da pontuação da EPEG, e uma pequena influência na redução da dor no joelho e na modificação do Pico-APPF durante o FSDT / Introduction: Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorder that affect physically active individuals, being its occurrence highest among women. This condition is related with presence in local factors dysfunctions, although there is association with dysfunctions occurrence in proximal and distal factors. Objectives: To investigate the immediate effect of the ankle mobilization on dorsiflexion range improvement in closed kinetic chain in women with PFP who had restrict dorsiflexion. Methods: A Randomized Clinical Trial was performed with \"blinded\" assessor, in which 117 women with PFP was randomly distributed in three treatment groups. In each group, a Mobilization With Movement (MWM) technique was applied with a specific joint glide direction of the tibia: Anterior Mobilization Group (AMG), n=39; Posterior Mobilization Group (PMG), n=39; Anterior and Posterior Mobilization Group (APMG), n=39. The MWM technique was performed only once, in four series with five repetitions and with rest one minute between the series. Our primary outcome measure was the dorsiflexion range in closed kinetic chain, and secondary outcomes measures were the knee pain intensity during Forward Step- Down Test (FSDT), Global Perceived Effect Scale (GPES), and the Peak of Frontal Plane Projection Angle (Peak-FPPA) of the lower limb during FSDT. All outcomes measures were assessed before treatment (baseline), and re-evaluated immediately and 48h after intervention. Results: All three treatment groups produced a significant increased in dorsiflexion range of motion, however only the AMG and APMG produced a moderate effect size. All three treatment groups produced a significant increased on GPES score, so that AMG and APMG had a higher effect size than PMG. Only the AMG was able to produced a significant reduced of knee pain with a moderate effect size. The AMG and PMG produced a significant change in Peak-FPPA, however with an effect size that ranging from small to insignificant. Conclusion: The ankle mobilization with anterior glide or anterior and posterior glide produces a greater effect in increase dorsiflexion range of motion. Dorsiflexion gain, in turn, exerted greater influence on GPES score improvement, and a small influence on knee pain reduction and in Peak- FPPA modification during the FSDT

Introdução: A Dor Patelofemoral (DPF) é uma das desordens musculoesqueléticas mais comuns que afeta indivíduos fisicamente ativo, sendo sua ocorrência maior entre as mulheres. Tal condição está relacionada com a presença de disfunções nos fatores locais, embora também haja associação com a ocorrência de disfunções nos fatores proximais e distais. Objetivos: Investigar o efeito imediato da mobilização de tornozelo na melhora da amplitude de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada em mulheres com DPF que tivessem restrição de dorsiflexão. Métodos: Foi realizado um Ensaio Clínico Aleatorizado com avaliador \"cego\", no qual 117 mulheres com DPF e com restrição de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada foram aleatoriamente distribuídas em três grupos de tratamento. Em cada grupo foi aplicada a técnica MWM (Mobilization With Movement) com um sentido específico de deslizamento articular da tíbia: Grupo Mobilização Anterior (GMA), n=39; Grupo Mobilização Posterior (GMP), n=39; Grupo Mobilização Anterior e Posterior (GMAP), n=39. A técnica MWM foi aplicada uma única vez, em quatro séries de cinco repetições com um minuto de descanso entre as séries. Nosso desfecho primário foi a amplitude de dorsiflexão em cadeia cinética fechada, e os desfechos secundários foram a intensidade da dor no joelho durante o Forward Step-Down Test (FSDT), a Escala de Percepção do Efeito Global (EPEG) e o Pico do Ângulo de Projeção no Plano Frontal (Pico-APPF) do membro inferior durante o FSDT. Todos os desfechos foram avaliados pré-tratamento (baseline), e reavaliados imediatamente e 48h pós-intervenção. Resultados: Todos os três grupos de tratamento produziram um aumento significativo na amplitude de dorsiflexão, porém apenas o GMA e o GMAP produziram um tamanho de efeito moderado. Os três grupos de tratamento produziram um aumento significativo na pontuação da EPEG, de forma que o GMA e o GMA tiveram um tamanho de efeito superior ao GMP. Apenas o GMA conseguiu produzir uma redução significativa da dor no joelho com um tamanho de efeito moderado. O GMA e o GMP produziram uma mudança significativa do Pico- APPF, porém com um tamanho de efeito que variou de pequeno a insignificante. Conclusão: A mobilização de tornozelo com deslizamento em sentido anterior ou com deslizamento em sentindo anterior e posterior produz maior efeito no aumento da amplitude de dorsiflexão. O ganho de dorsiflexão, por sua, vez, exerceu maior influencia na melhora da pontuação da EPEG, e uma pequena influência na redução da dor no joelho e na modificação do Pico-APPF durante o FSDT / Introduction: Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorder that affect physically active individuals, being its occurrence highest among women. This condition is related with presence in local factors dysfunctions, although there is association with dysfunctions occurrence in proximal and distal factors. Objectives: To investigate the immediate effect of the ankle mobilization on dorsiflexion range improvement in closed kinetic chain in women with PFP who had restrict dorsiflexion. Methods: A Randomized Clinical Trial was performed with \"blinded\" assessor, in which 117 women with PFP was randomly distributed in three treatment groups. In each group, a Mobilization With Movement (MWM) technique was applied with a specific joint glide direction of the tibia: Anterior Mobilization Group (AMG), n=39; Posterior Mobilization Group (PMG), n=39; Anterior and Posterior Mobilization Group (APMG), n=39. The MWM technique was performed only once, in four series with five repetitions and with rest one minute between the series. Our primary outcome measure was the dorsiflexion range in closed kinetic chain, and secondary outcomes measures were the knee pain intensity during Forward Step- Down Test (FSDT), Global Perceived Effect Scale (GPES), and the Peak of Frontal Plane Projection Angle (Peak-FPPA) of the lower limb during FSDT. All outcomes measures were assessed before treatment (baseline), and re-evaluated immediately and 48h after intervention. Results: All three treatment groups produced a significant increased in dorsiflexion range of motion, however only the AMG and APMG produced a moderate effect size. All three treatment groups produced a significant increased on GPES score, so that AMG and APMG had a higher effect size than PMG. Only the AMG was able to produced a significant reduced of knee pain with a moderate effect size. The AMG and PMG produced a significant change in Peak-FPPA, however with an effect size that ranging from small to insignificant. Conclusion: The ankle mobilization with anterior glide or anterior and posterior glide produces a greater effect in increase dorsiflexion range of motion. Dorsiflexion gain, in turn, exerted greater influence on GPES score improvement, and a small influence on knee pain reduction and in Peak- FPPA modification during the FSDT

L’objectif général de ce travail doctoral était de étudier la résultante entre les bénéfices induits par l’activité physique chronique et les effets délétères de l’avancée en âge sur la fonction d’équilibration. Pour cela, différentes techniques de manipulations sensorielles (e.g. stimulation vestibulaire galvanique, vibration tendineuse, électromyostimulation, tapis de mousse) ont été employées dans le cadre de tâches posturales bipodales. Les principaux résultats montrent que les manipulations sensorielles affectent le contrôle postural quel que soit l’âge et le niveau de pratique physique du sujet. Par ailleurs, l’avancée en âge semble majorer les effets perturbateurs des manipulations sensorielles. Le comportement postural observé pourrait, en grande partie, résulter d’une dégradation de la proprioception. Lorsque l’information proprioceptive est manipulée (i.e. vibration tendineuse), le groupe de sujets âgés ne pratiquant aucune activité physique saturerait plus rapidement le système proprioceptif que les autre groupes de sujets. En revanche, l’activité physique chronique limiterait la dégradation de la capacité d’équilibration. Elle pourrait améliorer la capacité des sujets âgés à recalibrer l’information sensorielle erronée et renforcerait l’efficacité de la proprioception. En filigrane, une optimisation fonctionnelle du système postural permettrait de compenser partiellement les effets du vieillissement. En effet, les involutions qui s’opèrent au cours de l’avancée en âge au niveau des systèmes sensoriels et du système nerveux central s’avèrent inéluctables. Elles empêchent les sujets âgés pratiquant une activité physique régulière de maintenir une habileté à compenser une perturbation posturale similaire à celle de sujets jeunes sportifs. / The overall objective of this thesis was to analyse the benefits resulting from the chronic physical activity and the deleterious effects induced by aging on postural control. To this end, different sensory manipulation techniques (e.g. vestibular galvanic stimulation, tendon vibration, electromyostimulation, foam surface) were used in the context of bipedal postural tasks. The main results showed that sensory manipulations affect postural control whatever the age and the level of physical practice of the subject. In addition, the disruptive effects of the sensory manipulations on postural control seem to increase with aging. This postural behaviour could largely result from the involution of the proprioception. When proprioception is disrupted (i.e. tendon vibration), the non-active old subjects group would saturate the proprioceptive system more quickly than the other groups. In contrast, the chronic physical activity would limit the involution of the postural control effectiveness. It could improve the ability of the old subjects to reweight sensory information and enhance the proprioception effectiveness. Hence, a functional postural control optimization might partly compensate the aging effects. Indeed, age-related involutions of sensory systems and central nervous system occurring across life span are inevitable. They prevent the older subjects who practice regular physical activity to maintain a similar ability to cope with postural disruptions in comparison with young athletes.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2016-10-19T12:48:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Alexandre Rodrigues de Assis.pdf: 4979327 bytes, checksum: 5e0ad89b3f3293076de6fcf16e11f879 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-19T12:48:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Alexandre Rodrigues de Assis.pdf: 4979327 bytes, checksum: 5e0ad89b3f3293076de6fcf16e11f879 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-30 / The continuous and accentuated development of the digital technologies has provided challenging situations in the educational field. In this context, the use of mobile devices can represent a beneficial time for reflections on the creation of favorable environments for mathematical learning. Particularly the touchscreen devices can contribute to the formation of a new learning space. This research aimed to design, implement and analyze isometries activities using tablet on an ongoing teachers training - in Normal Mode - in Middle Level. The research with characteristics of Design was guided by the following questions: i) how are the touchscreen performances in the resolution of the proposed tasks?; and ii) how do the students handle doing rotations in GeoGebra touch and in Geometric Constructer? As data collection instruments were used (a) researcher records, (b) students' records for the proposed activities, (c) icons sheet, (d) recording audio and video, and (e) recording of touches made in tablet screen using Screen Recorder Pro. The study field was conducted with 10 students of the 1st year in a public school in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. Besides theoretical reflections we conducted the analysis of episodes that emerged from implementations with GeoGebra touch and Geometric Constructer. By a survey with characteristics of Design and marked theoretical referential in vigotskianas conceptions, we conducted theoretical reflections about the gestures and touchscreen manipulation and we illustrate the analysis of interactions that emerged from implementations with GeoGebra touch and Geometric Constructer. The results indicate that the use of tablets, linked to the development of tasks considering the specificities of the software contributes to the construction of mathematical concepts and cognitive development. The analysis also revealed that touchscreen manipulation contributed to perform rotations using two or three fingers and performances that refer to the composition of isometric transformations, providing the (re)construction of meanings. / O cont?nuo e acentuado desenvolvimento das tecnologias digitais tem propiciado situa??es desafiadoras no ?mbito educacional. Nesse ?mbito, o uso de aparatos m?veis pode representar um momento prof?cuo para reflex?es sobre a cria??o de ambientes favor?veis ao aprendizado matem?tico. Particularmente, os dispositivos touchscreen podem contribuir para a constitui??o de um novo espa?o de aprendizagem. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivos elaborar, implementar e analisar atividades de isometrias, utilizando tablet, em um curso de forma??o de professores - na Modalidade Normal - em N?vel M?dio. A pesquisa com caracter?sticas de Design foi orientada pelos seguintes questionamentos: i) como s?o as performances de touchscreen na resolu??o das tarefas propostas?; e ii) como os discentes manipulam fazendo rota??es no GeoGebra touch e no Construtor Geom?trico? Como instrumentos de coleta de dados foram utilizados (a) registros do pesquisador, (b) registros dos alunos para as atividades propostas, (c) folha de ?cones, (d) grava??es em ?udio e em v?deo, e (e) grava??o dos toques realizados na tela do tablet utilizando Screen Recorder Pro. O trabalho de campo foi desenvolvido com 10 alunos do 1? ano em uma escola p?blica estadual da regi?o metropolitana no Rio de Janeiro. Al?m de reflex?es te?ricas realizamos a an?lise de epis?dios que emergiram de implementa??es com o GeoGebra touch e Construtor Geom?trico. Mediante uma pesquisa com caracter?sticas de Design e referencial te?rico balizado em concep??es vigotskianas, realizamos reflex?es te?ricas acerca dos gestos e manipula??es touchscreen e ilustramos a an?lise de intera??es que emergiram de implementa??es com o GeoGebra touch e Construtor Geom?tricor. Os resultados indicam que o uso de tablets, vinculada ? elabora??o de tarefas considerando as especificidades do software, contribui para constru??o de conceitos matem?ticos e desenvolvimento cognitivo. As an?lises tamb?m revelaram que manipula??es touchscreen contribuiram para realizar rota??es utilizando dois ou tr?s dedos e performances que remetem ? composi??o de transforma??es isom?tricas, propiciando a (re)elabora??o de significados