Search Results - "Vilas‐Boas, João Paulo"

Body roll amplitude and timing in backstroke swimming and their differences from front crawl at the same swimming intensities by Gonjo, Tomohiro, Fernandes, Ricardo J., Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Sanders, Ross

“…The current study investigated body roll amplitude and timing of its peak in backstroke and compared them with front crawl swimming. Nineteen anatomical…”
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Kinematics, Speed, and Anthropometry-Based Ankle Joint Torque Estimation: A Deep Learning Regression Approach by Moreira, Luís, Figueiredo, Joana, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Santos, Cristina Peixoto

“…Powered Assistive Devices (PADs) have been proposed to enable repetitive, user-oriented gait rehabilitation. They may include torque controllers that typically…”
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Does exergaming drive future physical activity and sport intentions? by Soltani, Pooya, Figueiredo, Pedro, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…We studied how usability and playability of sport exergames affect future intentions of participation in physical activity or actual sport. We employed…”
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Effects of Motor Task Difficulty on Postural Control Complexity during Dual Tasks in Young Adults: A Nonlinear Approach by Saraiva, Marina, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Fernandes, Orlando J, Castro, Maria António

“…Few studies have evaluated the effect of a secondary motor task on the standing posture based on nonlinear analysis. However, it is helpful to extract…”
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Different Profiles of the Aerial Start Phase in Front Crawl by Seifert, Ludovic, Vantorre, Julien, Lemaitre, Fre´de´ric, Chollet, Didier, Toussaint, Huub M, Vilas-Boas, Joao-Paulo

“…Seifert, L, Vantorre, J, Lemaitre, F, Chollet, D, Toussaint, HM, and Vilas-Boas, JP. Different profiles of the aerial start phase in front crawl. J Strength…”
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Upper body kinematic differences between maximum front crawl and backstroke swimming by Gonjo, Tomohiro, Fernandes, Ricardo J., Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Sanders, Ross

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate why front crawl is faster than backstroke from a kinematic perspective. Three-dimensional kinematics were obtained…”
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An energy balance of the 200 m front crawl race by Figueiredo, Pedro, Zamparo, Paola, Sousa, Ana, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Fernandes, Ricardo J.

“…The purpose of the present study was to determine the relative contribution of the aerobic (Aer), anaerobic lactic (AnL) and alactic (AnAl) energy sources…”
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Metabolic Power, Active Drag, Mechanical and Propelling Efficiency of Elite Swimmers at 100 Meter Events in Different Competitive Swimming Techniques by Kolmogorov, Sergei, Vorontsov, Andrei, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…Eight elite swimmers—four females and four males—were studied, each of whom specialized in different swimming techniques and ranked among the top 10 in the…”
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About the use and conclusions extracted from a single tube snorkel used for respiratory data acquisition during swimming by Fernandes, Ricardo J, Figueiredo, Pedro, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…Pinna et al. (J Physiol Sci, 10.1007/s12576-012-0226-7, 2012) showed that a tethered swimming incremental protocol leads to higher maximal oxygen consumption…”
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Postural Control and Muscle Activity during Dual-Task in Young Adults by Saraiva, Marina, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Castro, Maria António

“…In everyday life, we recurrently perform two tasks simultaneously, which is called dual-tasking. A common dual task is smartphone use while standing or…”
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The Role of Disease Severity, Affected Joints, and Physical Activity Levels on Functional Impairment in Osteoarthritis after the COVID-19 Pandemic by Gallardo-Rodríguez, Rodrigo, Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe, Rodas-Kürten, Viviana, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common among Chilean adults over 60, impacting their functionality. This study aimed to determine how health factors such…”
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Sociodemographic Factors Related to Perceived Physical Activity on Chilean Adults after COVID-19 Pandemic by Gallardo-Rodríguez, Rodrigo, Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe, Rodas-Kürten, Viviana, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…The current study aimed to examine the relationship between sociodemographic variables (i.e., sex, age, marital status, educational level, socioeconomic…”
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Muscular and Prefrontal Cortex Activity during Dual-Task Performing in Young Adults by Saraiva, Marina, Castro, Maria António, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…Postural control depends on attentional resources besides automatic processes. The dual-task paradigm is a possible approach to analyzing the interference and…”
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Mechanical loading prediction through accelerometry data during walking and running by Veras, Lucas, Diniz-Sousa, Florêncio, Boppre, Giorjines, Resende-Coelho, Ana, Moutinho-Ribeiro, Edgar, Devezas, Vítor, Santos-Sousa, Hugo, Preto, John, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Machado, Leandro, Oliveira, José, Fonseca, Hélder

“…Currently, there is no way to assess mechanical loading variables such as peak ground reaction forces (pGRF) and peak loading rate (pLR) in clinical settings…”
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The Effect of the TiO2 Anodization Layer in Pedicle Screw Conductivity: An Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Approach by Fonseca, Pedro, Goethel, Márcio Fagundes, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Gutierres, Manuel, Correia, Miguel Velhote

“…The electrical stimulation of pedicle screws is a technique used to ensure its correct placement within the vertebrae pedicle. Several authors have studied…”
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The Role of Sleep Quality and Physical Activity Level on Gait Speed and Brain Hemodynamics Changes in Young Adults-A Dual-Task Study by Saraiva, Marina, Castro, Maria António, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo

“…Walking requires attentional resources, and the studies using neuroimage techniques have grown to understand the interaction between cortical activity and…”
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Influence of Cognitive Task Difficulty in Postural Control and Hemodynamic Response in the Prefrontal Cortex during Static Postural Standing by Saraiva, Marina, Paszkiel, Szczepan, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Castro, Maria António

“…In daily life, we perform several tasks simultaneously, and it is essential to have adequate postural control to succeed. Furthermore, when performing two or…”
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The Effects of Leg Kick on Swimming Speed and Arm-Stroke Efficiency in the Front Crawl by Silveira, Ricardo Peterson, de Souza Castro, Flávio Antônio, Figueiredo, Pedro, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Zamparo, Paola

“…To analyze the effects of swimming pace on the relative contribution of leg kick to swimming speed and to compare arm-stroke efficiency (ηF) assessed when…”
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Standing Posture in Motor and Cognitive Dual-Tasks during Smartphone Use: Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Postural Control by Saraiva, Marina, Fernandes, Orlando J, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Castro, Maria António

“…Analysis of the center of pressure (CoP) during cognitive or motor dual-tasking is widely used to characterize postural control. Most studies use traditional…”
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The Strategy of the Brain to Maintain the Force Production in Painful Contractions-A Motor Units Pool Reorganization by Becker, Klaus, Goethel, Márcio, Fonseca, Pedro, Vilas-Boas, João Paulo, Ervilha, Ulysses

“…A common symptom in neuromuscular diseases is pain, which changes human movement in many ways. Using the decomposed electromyographic signal, we investigate…”
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