Editorial Board
Ricardo J Fernandes
University of Porto, Portugal · Portugal
Editorial leadership for International Physiology Journal ISSN 2578-8590
Research interests
- He Is Interested In Sport Sciences Particularly On The Biophysical Characterization Specially Centred On The Availability
- Use Of Energy In Cyclic Sports (E.g. Swimming
- Running
- Cycling
- Rowing
- Surfing
- Kayaking): (I) Determination Of The Athlete'S Bioenergetical Profile
- Understanding The Kinetics Of Oxygen Consumption
- Lactate Production
- Which Allow Assessing The Energy Cost Of The Movement And
- Therefore
- The Definition Of Exercise Economy Profiles For Athletes Of Different Levels
- Gender
- (Ii) Relationship Of These Physiological Parameters With Biomechanical Variables
- Particularly With Kinematics
- But Also Kinetics
- Electrical Muscular Activity
- Thermography. He Also Interested In Planning
- Periodization
- And Training Control
- Evaluation Of Athletes In Cyclic Sports. Most Recently
- He Has Been Engaged In Water Polo Game Analysis (By Identifying The Determinant Factors That Affect Decisively The Success Of Players
- Teams)
- Also On Postural
- Muscular Training Aiming For Therapeutic/Clinic Purposes. He Integrates The Porto Biomechanics Laboratory That Developed An Seven Force Plates Instrumented Block For Swimming Starts
- A Cable Emg Apparatus
- A Startmeter For Analysing Intracyclic Velocity Fluctuations
- An Instrumented Surf Board That Can Be Used For Data Acquisition In Several Nautical Activities
Biography
- Ricardo, born in 1972, completed the License on Sport and Physical Education in 1995 and the Master on Sport Sciences (specialization on High Performance Sport - Swimming) in 1999, both at the Faculty of Sport - University of Porto.
- He became Doctor on Sport Sciences, by the same institution, in 2006, and presented successfully his Habilitation in 2013.
- He is teaching at Faculty of Sport - University of Porto since 1995.
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