Resumo: Este artigo apresenta os resultados e as análises de uma pesquisa com meninas e meninos dos 8os e 9os anos do ensino fundamental da região metropolitana de uma cidade brasileira. Identificaram-se suas percepções sobre as experiências com as atividades físicas e esportivas, a frequência com que as praticam dentro e fora da escola, seus interesses em relação a elas e suas percepções a respeito do prazer pela prática, da competência corporal e do apoio social. A investigação aplicou questionários fechados aos estudantes, e a amostra final contou com 1742 sujeitos, provenientes de 39 escolas. O gênero mostrou-se um marcador de diferença estatisticamente significativo nos resultados: as desigualdades de gênero foram favoráveis aos meninos em quase todos os aspectos avaliados, exceto no apoio docente, que foi percebido de forma equânime.

Abstract: This article presents the results and analyses of a study conducted with boys and girls in the 8th and 9th grades in one of the metropolitan regions around São Paulo state, Brazil. We identified their perceptions about their experiences doing physical activities and sports, the frequency that they practice those activities in/outside of school, their interest in relation to those activities, and finally their perspectives practicing those activities for pleasure, their physical competency, and social support. The investigation involved providing a survey with closed-ended questions to the students, and the final sample included 1,742 subjects from 39 schools. Gender proved to be a statistically significant marker in the results: inequalities in gender were favorable to boys in almost all the aspects evaluated, except regarding educator support, which was perceived to be equal.

Notalgia paresthetica is a sensory neuropathy involving the dorsal spinal nerves. The characteristic symptom is pruritus on the back, occasionally accompanied by pain, paresthesia and/or hyperesthesia, which results in a well-circumscribed hyper pigmented patch in the symptomatic area. The published cases and studies suggest symptoms of notalgia paresthetica are due to a cutaneous sensory neuropathy and treatments addressing the condition as such are more successful than traditional itch therapies. In many cases treatment is no needed, however some therapies have been used with irregular effectiveness certain distressing cases. Further studies are needed to evaluate which treatments have the greatest potential for providing symptom relief.

La notalgia parestésica es una neuropatía sensorial que afecta a los nervios dorsales espinales. Se caracteriza por prurito en la zona media de la espalda, ocasionalmente cursa con dolor, parestesias y/o hiperestesia, y aparición de una macula hiperpigmentada. Los casos publicados sugieren que los síntomas se deben a neuropatía sensorial, y los tratamientos en este sentido son más efectivos que la terapia clásica para el prurito. A veces no es necesario ningún tratamiento, pero para los casos más sintomáticos se han utilizado gran variedad de terapias con resultados muy irregulares. Se necesitan más estudios para evaluar que tratamientos pueden ser más efectivos para mejorar la sintomatología.