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João Paulo Vilas‐Boas

Researcher Next ID · RN-040826

Researcher · Engineering

Universidade do Porto

Porto, Portugal

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
604
Citation count
7,860
H-index
44
i10-index
221

Research interests

Engineering
Medicine
Sports Performance and Training
Sports injuries and prevention
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics

Publications

  • Lower limb kinematic, kinetic, and EMG data from young healthy humans during walking at controlled speeds

    Scientific Data · 2021 · 10.1038/s41597-021-00881-3

  • Monitoring Age-Group Swimmers Over a Training Macrocycle: Energetics, Technique, and Anthropometrics

    The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research · 2018 · 10.1519/jsc.0000000000002762

  • Paddling Force Profiles at Different Stroke Rates in Elite Sprint Kayaking

    Journal of Applied Biomechanics · 2015 · 10.1123/jab.2014-0114

  • Front Crawl Sprint Performance: A Cluster Analysis of Biomechanics, Energetics, Coordinative, and Anthropometric Determinants in Young Swimmers

    Motor Control · 2015 · 10.1123/mc.2014-0050

  • Autonomic adaptation after traditional and reverse swimming training periodizations

    Acta Physiologica Hungarica · 2015 · 10.1556/aphysiol.102.2015.1.11

  • $$\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{ 2}$$ V ˙ O 2 kinetics and metabolic contributions during full and upper body extreme swimming intensity

    European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2014 · 10.1007/s00421-014-3093-5

  • Exercise Modality Effect on Bioenergetical Performance at V˙O2max Intensity

    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2014 · 10.1249/mss.0000000000000580

  • Interplay of Biomechanical, Energetic, Coordinative, and Muscular Factors in a 200 m Front Crawl Swim

    BioMed Research International · 2013 · 10.1155/2013/897232

  • Kinematic and Electromyographic Changes During 200 m Front Crawl at Race Pace

    International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2012 · 10.1055/s-0032-1321889

  • Step Length and Individual Anaerobic Threshold Assessment in Swimming

    International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2011 · 10.1055/s-0031-1283189

  • Relationship Between Tethered Forces and the Four Swimming Techniques Performance

    Journal of Applied Biomechanics · 2011 · 10.1123/jab.27.2.161

  • Swimming Propulsion Forces Are Enhanced by a Small Finger Spread

    Journal of Applied Biomechanics · 2010 · 10.1123/jab.26.1.87

  • Determination of the Drag Coefficient during the First and Second Gliding Positions of the Breaststroke Underwater Stroke

    Journal of Applied Biomechanics · 2010 · 10.1123/jab.26.3.324

  • An energy balance of the 200 m front crawl race

    European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2010 · 10.1007/s00421-010-1696-z

  • Head Posture and Neck Pain of Chronic Nontraumatic Origin: A Comparison Between Patients and Pain-Free Persons

    Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2009 · 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.018

  • Kinematical Profiling of the Front Crawl Start

    International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2009 · 10.1055/s-0029-1241208

  • Hydrodynamic Drag during Gliding in Swimming

    Journal of Applied Biomechanics · 2009 · 10.1123/jab.25.3.253

  • The influence of stroke mechanics into energy cost of elite swimmers

    European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2008 · 10.1007/s00421-008-0676-z

  • Evaluation of the Energy Expenditure in Competitive Swimming Strokes

    International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2006 · 10.1055/s-2006-923776

  • Intensity- and muscle-specific fascicle behavior during human drop jumps

    Journal of Applied Physiology · 2006 · 10.1152/japplphysiol.00274.2006

  • Does net energy cost of swimming affect time to exhaustion at the individual's maximal oxygen consumption velocity?

    PubMed · 2006

  • Changes in Physiological and Stroke Parameters During a Maximal 400-m Free Swimming Test in Elite Swimmers

    Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology · 2004 · 10.1139/h2004-055

  • Energy cost and intracyclic variation of the velocity of the centre of mass in butterfly stroke

    European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2004 · 10.1007/s00421-004-1251-x

  • Time Limit and V·O2Slow Component at Intensities Corresponding to V·O2max in Swimmers

    International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2003 · 10.1055/s-2003-43274

Current projects

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