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were the most affected (52.8%) and
the thigh was the body part most
affected. Despite some limitations
(including tendon and muscles in
the same group of injury, the diagno-
sis may have been made by physi-
otherapists, lack of definition of the
competitive level, for example), is a
laborious and interesting study.
In 27/12/2017 the American Academy
of Neurology updated the guidelines
of the Mild congnitive impairment
(ACL), since the previous ones dated
to 2001. In pext entitled Practice
Guideline Update Summary: Mild
cognitive impairment. Report Of The
Guideline Development, Dissemination,
and Implementation Subcommittee Of
The American Academy Of Neurology,
the authors refer that prevalence
increases with age (6.7% for ages
60 – 64, 8.4% for 65 – 69, 10.1% for
70 – 74, 14.8% for 75 – 79 and 25.2%
for 80 – 84 years) and present several
main recommendations, where
the practice of physical exercise
(level evidence B) is highlighted, the
medication that alters the cognitive
state should be interrupted when-
ever possible and the behavioral
symptoms should be treated (level
evidence B). Once again, and like
the example about the usefulness
for other neurological pathologies,
the practice of regular physical
exercise is an instrument of great
utility. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/
WNL.0000000000004826..
The Dr. Florian Egger (photo), from
the Institute of Sports and Preventive
Medicine of the University of Saar-
land, Germany, is responsible for a
prospective study of FIFA – Sudden
Cardiac Death (FIFA-SCD), which was
implemented in 2014, and which
aims to record the sudden deaths
that occur during soccer practice.
In this register, there are no (for-
tunately) notifications of SCD in
Portugal in this context, but the
author already has several notifica-
tions from Germany, France, UK and
Spain, for example. The Clínica do
Dragão Espregueira Mendes Sports
Centre, FIFA Medical Centre Of Excel-
lence, was invited by this researcher to
promote with its partners a portuguese
register of SCD, with reports of the fatal
cases that have occurred since 2014, or
that might occur in the future, during
the competition or training and up to
one hour after the end of these sessions,
in any age or competitive level. The
registration is available online (Https://
www.uni-saarland.de/page/fifa/en/
report.html. It is strongly stimulated the
participation of all those involved in the
phenomenon of football.
In 4/1/2018, the Orthopedics
department of the Hospital Center
and of the University of Coim-
bra (CHUC) held the 3 rd course of
immobilization and casts in the
context of the reception to new
doctors during the meeting The 21 st
week of the residency doctor. With the
coordination of Dr. Diogo Moura
and Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca, the
course began with theoretical ses-
sions and then the participants had
the opportunity, in a guided way, to
practise in three rotary tables the
several types of immobilizations. At
the end, a demonstration of articu-
lated functional casts of the upper
and lower limbs was performed. 19
resident orthopedics and 1 st year
doctors in the CHUC participated
in the course. The instructors were:
Drs. Diogo Moura, Paulo Costa,
Catarina Quintas, Gil Ribeiro and the
nurses Fernando Venda, Rui Castro,
Alcino Barata e Elisabete Cotrim. It
was definitely another successful
edition of a course that begins to
become a tradition in the reception
to new doctors at the CHUC who are
interested in the pathology of the
locomotion device. Once again it was
obtained an excellent feedback from
the participants.
The Portugal Football School, which
is part of the Research and Develop-
ment Unit of the Portuguese Football
Federation (FPF), organized in the last
month of January the International
Scientific Conference “Football Is
Medicine”. The central objective of
this event was to bring to the City of
Football several national and interna-
tional specialists to discuss the main
results and evidence scientific of the
actuality, which have allowed to con-
sider recreational football in nowa-
days an important and effective
public health strategy in the promo-
tion of active and healthy lifestyles
and, consequently, the prevention
and treatment of many chronic dis-
eases. In addition to the conferences
held, it is also important to stress
out that, in a symbolic action and
with a view to highlight the role that
recreational football can have in the
health, quality of life and well-being
of the populations, the president of
FPF (Dr. Fernando Gomes) and the
Vice-president of the Danish Football
Federation (Dr. Bent Clausen) have
released the “medicine” football and
the respective bull with the main
benefits of recreational football. 
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