Physical Education Course at Bahiana holds IX Forum on Physical Activity, Quality of Life and Health Promotion

"Our forum is renewed year after year, within the perspective that the market indicates as to need. We research this in advance and, based on the identification of this 'gap', we work on our programming, prioritizing what is most effective for our participants and the speakers who will work on this topic. This makes our forum unique, always innovative". This is how the coordinator of the Physical Education course at Bahiana, Prof. Clarcson Plácido, responsible for the 14th Forum on Physical Activity, Quality of Life and Health Promotion, which took place on September XNUMXth, at the Cabula Campus, with the central theme "Technological Innovations in Fitness and Wellness". The event brought together health professionals, physical educators, researchers and students to discuss the current challenges in prescribing physical exercises, promoting a critical approach to the effectiveness of exercise programs aimed at performance, health and well-being.

The event's opening activity was the lecture “Challenges for prescribing physical exercises: what we need to know”, given by Professor Clarcson Plácido, followed by the lecture “Exploring synergy: strength training, muscle tensegrity and biomechanics in optimizing physical performance”, with the Physical Education professional and master's student of the Master's Program in Health Technologies at Bahiana Thedy Barros. "Today, I can say that my greatest legacy as a master's student Bahiana is to be able to make an analysis of what scientific evidence points to in association with clinical practice, which is what I tried to convey to the participants here today at the Forum", the academic pointed out.

Throughout the day, 8 workshops were held, in addition to the lecture “Technological innovations in fitness: trends and practical applications”, with Marcelo Alonso de Carvalho who, on the occasion, received, alongside educator Anya da Costa e Silva Franco, the Prof. Hélio Campos Award, granted by the Physical Education course at Bahiana to people who stand out in the dissemination of knowledge and development of the area of ​​physical education.