Periodic orbits on Riemannian manifolds with convex boundary

$D_s\dot x(s) + \nabla V_x(x(s),s) = 0$

where $D_s\dot x(s)$ is the covariant derivative of $\dot x(s)$, $V$ is a $\mathcal{C}^2$ real function on $\mathcal{M}\times \mathbf{R}$, $T$-periodic in $s$. The manifold is allowed to be noncompact and to have boundary, so the action integral associated to the equation does not satisfy the Palais-Smale compactness condition. We overcome this problem under a assumption on the sectional curvature of $\mathcal{M}$ which allows to control the Morse index of the critical points of $f$ at "infinity". If $\mathcal{M}$ has a "rich" topology it is proved that there exist infinitely many periodic solutions.