Augusto Gil Brites de Andrade Pascoal
António Prieto Veloso
António Veloso is a Full Professor of Biomechanics at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, and currently serves as President of the Scientific Council at FMH. He directs the Biomechanics and Functional Morphology Laboratory, overseeing 14 PhD staff members and 15 PhD students. António Veloso has led 14 major projects funded both nationally and by the European Union (EU) and has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles. He also served as President of the Portuguese Society of Biomechanics and was a council member of the International Society of Biomechanics from 2011 to 2017.The research lines advanced under his coordination focus on the development of in vivo and in silico methodologies for studying the neuromusculoskeletal system, investigating biomechanical factors related to sports performance, injury prevention, and return to practice, as well as developing prognostic biomechanical factors for mobility changes, including assessment methodologies and intervention studies.
Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Research Overview
The focus of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics is to investigate the response of the musculoskeletal system to mechanical stimulation and to ascertain the role of this response to optimized human performance, as well as on the understanding and prevention of pathological conditions related to mechanical loading.
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João Pedro Reis Magalhães
João Magalhães' current research interests focus on the graded and dose-response relationships between sedentary behavior and physical activity, with obesity, metabolic and other chronic diseases across the life span, and related mechanistic and prevention models, with a special focus on exercise interventions on people with type-2 diabetes.
Further interests are on the assessment of Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity Using reference methods (doubly labeled water) and objective methods (proportional actigraphy, and combined sensors using heart rate and motion sensors).
Maria Helena Santa Clara Pombo Rodrigues
Maria de Fátima Marcelina Baptista
Cláudia Sofia Ferreira Correia Minderico
Cláudia Minderico is a research fellow of CIPER. She holds a Bachelor degree in Physical Education and Sport from Faculty of Human Kinetics, a Bachelor degree in Nutrition Sciences from the Higher Institute of Health Sciences – Egas Moniz, a Master degree in Clinical Nutrition from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a PhD in Physical Fitness and Health in the specialty of Body Composition by the Faculty of Human Kinetics. Her main research areas of interest are the investigation in clinical nutrition in health, body composition and athletic performance of high-performance athletes and recreation practitioners, clinical nutrition in healthy growth, development and aging, clinical nutrition in the prevention and therapy of specific pathologies, and nutritional prescription in programs of control and management of the weight. She is author of several pedagogical and scientific articles in the field of Clinical Nutrition, Sports Nutrition and Body Composition and Invited lecturer of several master’s and post-graduate courses in the field of Sports Nutrition. Currently she is in charge of the nutrition service of the Portuguese Olympic Committee.
