A5080521951- Sports Performance and Training
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Physical Activity and Health
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Sports and Physical Education Research
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Genetics and Physical Performance
- Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Physical Education and Training Studies
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
University of Southern Denmark
2019-2024
Instituto Superior da Maia
2015-2024
University of Évora
2017
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network
2017
Universidade do Porto
2011
This study aimed to analyze elite team handball physical and physiological demands during match play. Time-motion (N = 30) heart rate (HR; N 60) analyses were performed throughout 10 official matches. The defined locomotor categories standing still, walking, jogging, fast running, sprinting, backwards movement, sideways medium-intensity high-intensity playing actions studied jumps, shots, stops when preceded by activities, changes of direction one-on-one situations. During matches, the mean...
This study aimed to analyze the physiological demands of match play for different playing positions in elite male team handball. Time motion (N = 30) and heart rate (HR; N 70) data were recorded throughout 10 official matches. The mean distance covered by backcourt players (4.96 ± 0.64 km) was greater (p ≤ 0.02) than wings pivots (4.23 0.52 3.91 0.51 km, respectively). Backcourt spent less time standing still walking (∼76%) (∼80%) 0.03), more sprinting other positions. (122.9 17.0) (126.8...
Physical activity is important in obesity prevention, but the effectiveness of different physical modalities remains to be determined among children. The main purpose this study was compare effects a 6-month soccer programme and traditional on changes body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors, inflammatory oxidative markers, cardiorespiratory fitness perceived psychological status obese boys. Eighty-eight boys (8-12 years; BMI > +2 standard deviations WHO reference values) participated...
To test the interchangeability of 2 match-analysis approaches for external-load detection considering arbitrary selected speeds and metabolic power (MP) thresholds in male top-level soccer.Data analyses were performed match physical performance 60 matches (1200 player cases) randomly Spanish, German, English first-division championship (2013-14 season). Match analysis was with a validated semiautomated multicamera system operating at 25 Hz.During match, players covered 10,673 ± 348 m, which...
Physical fitness (PF) and adherence to the Mediterranean diet are important indicators of healthy lifestyles. The purpose this study is analyze independent combined associations between PF with health-related quality life (HRQoL) in adolescents.This a cross-sectional analysis 956 Portuguese adolescents aged 12-18 years. HRQoL was measured Kidscreen-10 questionnaire. assessed ALPHA battery. 20-m shuttle run test used for estimation cardiorespiratory fitness; handgrip strength standing long...
The aim of this study was at examining the validity and reliability a marketed bioimpedance (BIA) scale for body composition assessment, in children engaged an educational football project (FIFA 11 Health). One-hundred twenty-seven (70 boys 57 girls; age 10.7±0.5 years, mass 41.2±9.0 kg, Body index 18.5±3.3 kg·m -2 stature 149±7 cm) were evaluated total mass, lean muscle using BIA (InBody 270, Biospace, California, USA) dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA, Lunar Prodigy, GE Medical...
This study examined the physical and physiological demands perceived experience of a multicomponent exercise mode, recreational team handball (TH), for middle-aged/elderly men women, played as same- vs. mixed-gender 6v6 game formats. Matches' heart rate (HR), blood lactate (BL), experience, activity profile, player load accelerometer variables were assessed. Forty-one participants, with at least 12 weeks TH (22 men; 69±4 years, 19 women; 66±6 years), performed 2 matches on an indoor 40x20 m...
The present study evaluated the effects of regular participation in small-sided team handball training on body composition, osteogenic response, physical performance, and cardiovascular risk factors, as well well-being motivation, young untrained women.Twenty-eight 20- to 30-year-old women were randomized a group (HG; n = 14, height 170 ± 5 cm, weight 73 11 kg, VO2peak 37.7 4.1 mL/min/kg) that trained 1.7 0.3 times per week over 12 weeks (70 min 4 v sessions) or an inactive control (CG; 169...
This study aimed at describing the physiological demands and fatigue development during elite male handball matches. Our hypothesis was that players perform multiple high-intensity activities periods of game develop temporary end-match neuromuscular fatigue. Time-motion analyses heart rate (HR) recordings were performed in 40 12 competitive Blood samples collected, sprint, jump, intermittent exercise performance (Yo-Yo Intermittent Endurance level 2 test [YYIE2]) assessed for 18 baseline...
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the effects of supervised recreational football‐based exercise intervention on physical functioning, cardiovascular and metabolic health, bone strength quality life in men with PCa receiving ADT. Materials Methods Men locally advanced or metastatic undergoing ADT were allocated to a programme. Patients invited participate 2–3 one‐hour weekly sessions for 8 months encouraged at least 2 session/week. Outcomes functioning (postural balance, agility, muscle...
To examine the internal and external load imposed by long sprint ability-oriented small-sided games (SSG) using different ratios of players to pitch area (densities) in soccer players.A total 19 professional from same club (age = 17.1 [0.3] y, height 1.76 [0.69] m, body mass 69.7 [9.4] kg) participated this study. Players performed 4 × 30-s (150 s recovery) all-out 1-vs-1 SSG considering 300, 200, 100 m2 per player (48 h apart). Players' loads were tracked with global positioning technology...
Lack of motivation to exercise was reported as a major cause sedentary behavior in adulthood. This descriptive study examines the acute physical and physiological demands recreational team handball evaluates whether it could be suggested an mode for fitness health enhancement 33–55-year-old untrained men. Time-motion, heart rate (HR), blood lactate analyses were obtained from 4 matches. Mean distance covered during 60 min matches was<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"...
Purpose: The reliability and construct validity of three age-adapted-intensity Yo-Yo tests were evaluated in untrained ( n = 67) vs. soccer-trained 65) 9- to 16-year-old schoolgirls. Methods: Tests performed 7 days apart for (9- 11-year-old: intermittent recovery level 1 children’s test; 12- 13-yearold: endurance 1; 14- 16-year-old: 2). Results: distance covered was 40% (776 ± 324 556 156 m), 85% (1252 484 675 252 m) 138% (674 336 283 66 greater p ≤ .010) the than girls aged 9–11, 12–13...
To examine the acute effects of generic drills (running [RDs]) and specific (small-sided-games [SSGs]) long-sprint-ability (LSA) on internal external load male soccer players.Fourteen academy-level players (mean ± SD age 17.6 0.61 y, height 1.81 0.63 m, body mass 69.53 4.65 kg) performed four 30-s LSA bouts for maintenance (work:rest 1:2) production (1:5) with RDs SSGs. Players' was tracked GPS technology (20-Hz), heart rate (HR), blood lactate concentration (BLc), rating perceived exertion...
The purpose of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability and construct validity three age-adapted Yo-Yo intermittent tests in football players aged 9-16 years (n = 70) age-matched non-sports active boys 72). Within 7 days, each participant performed two repetitions an age-related intensity-adapted test, i.e. recovery level 1 children's test for 9- 11-year-olds; endurance 12- 13-year-olds 2 14- 16-year-olds. Peak heart rate (HRpeak) determined all tests. distance covered 57% (1098...
Available data on the associations between motor competence (MC) and flexibility are limited result inconclusive. This study aims to examine relationship MC in children. The sample comprised 596 Portuguese children (47.1% girls) aged 9.7 ± 0.6 years. Motor was evaluated with body coordination test, Körperkoordination Test für Kinder. Cardiorespiratory fitness (20-m shuttle run), muscular strength (curl-up push-up tests), (back-saver sit reach trunk-lift tests) were using Fitnessgram Battery....
This study aimed at examining the suitability of a standard treadmill test (TT), popular intermittent field tests, and small-sided football matches to induce maximal heart rate (HRmax ) in recreational players. Sixty-six inactive untrained male subjects (age: 39.3 ± 5.8 years, VO2max : 41.2 6.2 mL kg-1 min-1 , body mass: 81.9 10.8 kg, height: 173.2 6.4 cm) were evaluated. On separate occasions, players randomly submitted progressive TT, Yo-Yo endurance level 1 (YYIE1) 2 (YYIE2) recovery...
Purpose We tested the hypothesis that participation in small‐sided team handball training could provide beneficial effects on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters overweight premenopausal women with special focus importance of prior experience. Methods A 16‐week RCT intervention was conducted randomized into three groups: a group without experience (UN; n = 13), (EXP; 10), an inactive control (CON; 9). Both UN EXP completed 1.6 ± 0.3 sessions per week average heart rates 84 5 85 9%...