Eliana V Carraca
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Recent Articles
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Franco S, Carraca E, Nobre I, Rodrigues B, Ilharco V, Kahlert L, et al.
Pilot Feasibility Stud
. 2025 Jan;
11(1):4.
PMID: 39799368
Background: Despite the benefits of physical activity (PA), cancer survivors report engagement barriers, and existing interventions often lack comprehensive solutions. Theory-based interventions using evidence-based behavior change techniques (BCTs) have been...
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Rodrigues B, Judice P, Marques A, Carraca E, Lopes L, Sousa-Sa E, et al.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act
. 2024 Oct;
21(1):116.
PMID: 39385225
Background: Sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity are essential components within the 24-hour time frame. Existing questionnaires used to measure these behaviours have insufficient measurement properties and are unsuitable for...
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Rodrigues B, Encantado J, Franco S, Silva M, Carraca E
J Cancer Surviv
. 2024 Mar;
PMID: 38448768
Background: Physical activity (PA) is a non-pharmacological approach to optimize health benefits in cancer survivors and is recommended as part of care. However, most cancer survivors fail to meet PA...
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Ramos P, Judice P, Nobre I, Carraca E
J Cancer Surviv
. 2024 Feb;
PMID: 38356019
Introduction: Home-based exercise (HBE) programs can be a feasible strategy to enhance functional performance and promote physical activity (PA) in breast cancer survivors. A deeper analysis of the effects of...
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Boldovskaia A, Teixeira D, Silva M, Carraca E
J Phys Act Health
. 2024 Jan;
21(4):341-349.
PMID: 38266630
Background: The Perceived Physical Literacy Instrument (PPLI) has been the most adopted physical literacy instrument designed for adults to date, having been already translated to 5 languages. Still, despite its...
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Judice P, Carraca E, Santos I, Palmeira A, Jeronimo F, Silva M
BMC Public Health
. 2024 Jan;
24(1):275.
PMID: 38263005
Background: Unhealthful dietary patterns have been consistently associated with low levels of physical activity (PA), but studies dedicated to sedentary behavior (SB) are scarce, especially in adults. The few studies...
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Carraca E, Nunes C, Santos I, Finlayson G, Silva A
J Sci Food Agric
. 2023 Nov;
104(4):2336-2345.
PMID: 37968966
Background: Motivational eating behavior traits (i.e. eating motivations and intuitive eating) have an important role in body weight regulation, as do food reward processes. Their associations might help explain different...
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Silva C, Godinho C, Encantado J, Rodrigues B, Carraca E, Teixeira P, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2023 Oct;
23(1):1082.
PMID: 37821932
Background: Translation into practice of effective physical activity interventions in primary care is difficult, due to a complex interaction of implementation determinants. We aimed to identify implementation barriers and facilitators...
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Boldovskaia A, Dias N, Silva M, Carraca E
PLoS One
. 2023 Jul;
18(7):e0288541.
PMID: 37450424
Physical literacy is a multidimensional construct that has been defined and interpreted in various ways, one of the most common being "the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to...
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Carraca E, Rodrigues B, Franco S, Nobre I, Jeronimo F, Ilharco V, et al.
BMC Cancer
. 2023 Jul;
23(1):632.
PMID: 37407950
Background: Aromatase inhibitors (AI) are frequently used to treat hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, but they have multiple adverse effects (e.g., osteoporosis, arthralgia), resulting in premature therapy discontinuation/switch. Physical activity (PA) can...