INFRASTRUCTURE

            The program provides an exclusive administrative infrastructure for teaching and research (room for the office – 128m², rooms of 32m² for all professors, a study room of 32m² for the students, two classrooms for 40 students – 64m², computers lab – 32m², research laboratories, auditorium with capacity for 100 people, defense room equipped with videoconference systems connected to internet and with room for 50 people, adapted restrooms, and kitchen). Overall, there are eight exclusive research laboratories for PPGFis, and, even though they are not exclusive, there are also adult and children’s school-clinics, besides the University Hospital Lauro Wanderley, that can be used as places for data collection in graduate program’s research.

 

Laboratories

 

STUDY LABORATORY OF BALANCE, DYNAMOMETRY, AND ELECTROMIOGRAPHY (LEEDE, in the initials in Portuguese): 62m², with 1 16-channels electromiograph; 1 jaw dynamometer; 2 algometers, 2 electrogoniometers; 1 pain-scale equipment; 1 laptop; 3 arterial pressure monitors; 1 balance platform – EMG System; 1 EMG system + Electrogoniometry of Biometrics; 2 manual Lafayete dynamometers; 1 portable digital dynamometry – Instrutherm Ltd., Brazil; 2 sphygmomanometer for obese people; 1 vascular Doppler – Medmega, SP/Brazil; 1 anthropometric weighing scale; 3 biological amplifiers with two and four channels; 1 biological stimulator; 1 posture grid, 1 EMG Biofeedback – Myomed 932, EnrafNonius; 1 Electro-stimulator – Endomed 582, EnrafNonius; 1 Biodex Balance System; 1 system for Register and Analysis of Images (4 cameras + software); 1 force platform – Bertec 4060.

 

STUDY LABORATORY OF PHYSICAL TRAINING APPLIED TO HEALTH: 110 m2, with conveyor belts and ergometric bicycles; ergosprometry system; electrocardiograph; digital anthropometric weighing scales; spirometer; digital manovacuometer®; dynamometry; venous occlusion plethysmograph, digital photoplethysmograph (Finometer®; automatic screens of arterial pressure (Dixtal®); ambulatory screens of arterial pressure (MAPA®); Holter® system; frequency meters (Polar), plethysmograph belts, jumptesting platform, 5-channels electromiograph, Type II polysomnography (Dlink®; digital analogical converter (DATAQ DI200®).

 

LABORATORY OF NON-COMMUNICABLE CHRONICLE DISEASES> 64m2 with computers; laptop; ink-jet printers; multimedia projector; baropodometric platform, 8-channels electromiograph; electrical goniometer; and mini-system.

 

STUDY AND PRACTICE LABORATORY IN COLLECTIVE HEALTH: 64 m2, with 7 computers; 2 laptops; 7 printers; 1 photographic camera; 4 MP3 devices; 7 tablets; 1NVIVO – Software for data analysis; 2 multimedia projectors; 1 television; and 1 ALCEST software for data analysis.

 

LABORATORY FOR CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES: 81 m2, with a mechanical scale with stadiometer; electronic scale with stadiometer (Soehnle, Germany); Digital spirometer (PneumotachDatalink); belt conveyor and ergometric bicycle; mechanical and digital manovacuometer; adult and pediatric peakflow meter; oxemeter of analogical pulse, and digital light-box.

 

NEURALMOVE LABORATORY: 48m² with digital screen of arterial pressure with frequency meter; screen of glycemia; Jebsen-Taylor test system; Box&Block test kit (BBT); IBRAMED biological stimulator; digital anthropometry; Sony portable recorder; stimulation balls with various textures, density, and colors; and laptop.

 

LABORATORY OF DERMATOFUNCTIONAL 32 m2, with Laser/LED device: PhotonDerm (DMC); high-intensity focalized ultrasound (Sonofocus, Ibramed); chains device; Aussie, alternate and direct micro-chain, direct chain, high-frequency (NeurodynSthetida Ibramed); bioimpedance scale; InnerScan BC-558 model; clinical plicometer (CESCORF); unipolar capacity radiofrequency model L-23C; and infrared thermometers (ITTI 380).

 

LABORATORY OF THERMOGRAPHY: 163m², with 1 stadiometry electric scale; 1 Ergo Fit Ergometric bicycle; 1 temperature screen; 1 HO Deskjet F4480 printer; 1 IR Thermographic Camera model T-360 (FLIR Systems, USA), 1 meteorological station WMR86 (Oregon Scientific, China); 1 digital thermohigrometer Instrutemp ITHT 2550 (China); 1 Polar heart rate screen; 1 automatic digital device for the PA verification Microlif, 1 bioimpedance scale, and 1 Flir One thermographic camera.

 

STUDY LABORATORY OF HUMAN AGING: 40m2, with the Denver II test (Software for the evaluation of motor development); SAPO (Posture Evaluation Software); 1 recorders and 2 photographic machines; 1 laptop, and 1 multimedia projector.

 

PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINICAL SCHOOL, which is an important space to carry out research. It has a entrance hall, four evaluation offices, a therapeutic pool with 90m2, temperature control, and access ramp, two stadiums for kinesiotherapy duly equipped with mobiles, two diathermy rooms, two rooms for electrotherapy and ultrasound therapy, a room for meetings, a room for professors and students. Among the available equipment in this space, it is worth mentioned: 2 parallel bars; 1 stair with ramp; 1 orthostatic board; 1 biostimulator; 6 Dual Pex 961; 1 PERINA Myofeedback; 1 balcan board; 1 Bonett-Chair; 1 Conveyor Belt LX 150; 1 ergometric Bicycle BM 4.000 Pro; 2 HE ergometric bicycles (Horizontal Bike); 1 Multi-Station 512 BK – Kikos; 04 Microtherm; 02 SONACEL Ultrasound; 4 Thermowave (short waves); 3 Tens-Fes HTM; 1 Physiolux Laser, among others.

 

      Besides, there is also the support of the Computation Laboratories installed at the Center of Health Sciences, with the unconstraint access of students from all the UFPB Programs and Courses, both in the undergraduate degree, and the graduate degree composed on micro-computers with Pentium IV and Pentium D processors, with L8 to 3,0GHz spped; RAM memory of 256 Mbytes to 2.0 Gbytes; diskette scanners; CD and DVD reader and recorder; colored scanner. It is important to emphasize that the basic structure of the Computation Laboratory may suit the special demands of professors and researchers, whereas licensed freewares and software, for example, can be installed in a network with the users’ requisition.