Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles, preprints, conference papers, book chapters and a patent in adapted physical activity, motor control and movement science.
Journal Articles
(2026). Motor Competence Profiles in Greek Primary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Analysis of Skill-Specific and Contextual Variability. Children, 13(4), 567.
(2024). Interactions between arm and leg neuronal circuits following paired cervical and lumbosacral transspinal stimulation in healthy humans. Experimental Brain Research.
(2024). Soleus H-reflex amplitude modulation during walking remains physiological during transspinal stimulation in humans. Experimental Brain Research.
(2024). Tapping into the human spinal locomotor centres with transspinal stimulation. Scientific Reports.
(2023). Priming locomotor training with transspinal stimulation in people with spinal cord injury: study protocol of a randomized clinical trial. Trials.
(2023). Leveraging a virtual alley with continuously varying width modulates step width variability during self-paced treadmill walking. Neuroscience Letters.
(2022). Physiological effects of cathodal electrode configuration for transspinal stimulation in humans. Journal of Neurophysiology.
(2021). Networking and Computing in Biomechanical Research: Challenges and Directions. IEEE Communications Magazine.
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(2021). Rhythmic auditory stimuli modulate movement recovery in response to perturbation during locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology.
(2020). Step width variability as a discriminator of age-related gait changes. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
(2018). Three-dimensional kinematic gait analysis in patients with spastic diplegia. Rehabilitación.
(2014). Problemas músculo-esqueléticos en los fisioterapeutas. Fisioterapia.
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(2013). Model-Based Reinforcement of Kinect Depth Data for Human Motion Capture Applications. Sensors.
Preprints (under review)
(2026). Feasibility of an inclusive physical education program and pre–post change in students' attitudes toward peers with disabilities: a single-arm pilot study. SportRxiv.
(2026). Strengthening Students' Attitudes Toward Disability Inclusion: A Cluster Nonrandomized Controlled Pretest–Posttest Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention. SportRxiv.
(2026). Burnout and Meaningful Work Among Disability Support Staff in Inclusive and Segregated Summer Camps: A Cross-Sectional Survey. SportRxiv.
Conference Papers
(2021). Irregular Metronomes as Assistive Devices to Promote Healthy Gait Patterns. 2021 IEEE 18th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC).
(2017). Evaluación de la calidad de la cirugía y ergonomía del cirujano durante la anastomosis uretrovesical realizada con un portaagujas robotizado. XXXV Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica, Bilbao, 67-70. ISBN 978-84-9082-797-0.
(2016). Análisis cinemático 3D de las Extremidades Superiores en la Cirugía Laparoscópica. VI Congresso Vertentes e Desafios da Segurança, Leiria, 221-225. ISBN 978-989-20-6954-8.
(2015). Head Stabilization during Minimal Invasive Surgery Tasks: An Uncontrolled Manifold Analysis. Procedia Manufacturing.
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(2014). A method to assess upper-body postural variability in laparoscopic surgery. In 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics.
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(2014). Random error propagation analysis in center of pressure signal. 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics.
(2011). 3D kinematics applied to the study of individual BMX gate start technique. Portuguese Journal of Sport Sciences, 11(Suppl 2), 251-254.
Book Chapters
(2020). Power spectrum and filtering. Biomechanics and Gait Analysis.
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(2019). Advanced Ergonomics in Laparoscopic Surgery. Recent Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery.
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Patents
(2025). Sistema de obstáculos a ser integrado em tapetes rolantes (Obstacle system for integration into treadmills). PT 116224 B.