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CIDEFES – Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde.

Updated, September 7, 2022

Mission: Implement the scientific method as the common language for teaching, learning and practice, vis-à-vis the development of applied science in Sport, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health.

Vision: CIDEFES is the go-to research group in behavioral Sports, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health Sciences.

The CIDEFES is the research center from the Faculdade de Educação Física e Desporto, of the Lusophone University.

Over thirty researchers aim to develop interdisciplinary studies focusing on Sports, Physical Education, Exercise and Health behaviors.

Behavior is our common language; hence CIDEFES members contribute to studying behavior from different perspectives – Sports, Physical Education, or Exercise and Health – creating an innovative and integrative research effort.

Latest publications (Updated July 15, 2022, all pubs and more up-to-date information HERE)

Amoroso, J., Antunes, R., Valente-dos-Santos, J., Furtado, G., & Rebelo-Gonçalves, R. (2022). Dispositional Orientations in Competitive Ultimate Frisbee Athletes. Cuadernos de Psicología Del Deporte, 22(2), 282–293. https://doi.org/10.6018/cpd.468761

Andrade, A. J., Ekkekakis, P., Evmenenko, A., Monteiro, D., Rodrigues, F., Cid, L., & Teixeira, D. S. (2022). Affective responses to resistance exercise: Toward a consensus on the timing of assessments. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 62, 102223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102223

Coelho-e-Silva, M. J., Konarski, J. M., Krzykała, M., Galas, S., Beata, P., Żurek, P., Faria, J., Tavares, O. M., Oliveira, T. G., Rodrigues, I., Martinho, D. V., Valente-Dos-Santos, J., & Malina, R. M. (2022). Growth and maturity status of young male table tennis players. Research in Sports Medicine, 30(1), 61–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2021.1888099

Martinho, D. V., Coelho‐e‐Silva, M. J., Valente‐dos‐Santos, J., Minderico, C., Oliveira, T. G., Rodrigues, I., Conde, J., Sherar, L. B., & Malina, R. M. (2022). Assessment of skeletal age in youth female soccer players: Agreement between Greulich‐Pyle and Fels protocols. American Journal of Human Biology, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23591

Nunes, C. L., Jesus, F., Francisco, R., Matias, C. N., Heo, M., Heymsfield, S. B., Bosy-Westphal, A., Sardinha, L. B., Martins, P., Minderico, C. S., & Silva, A. M. (2022). Adaptive thermogenesis after moderate weight loss: Magnitude and methodological issues. European Journal of Nutrition, 61(3), 1405–1416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02742-6

Rodrigues, B., Encantado, J., Carraça, E., Sousa-Sá, E., Lopes, L., Cliff, D., Mendes, R., Silva, M. N., Godinho, C., & Santos, R. (2022a). Questionnaires measuring movement behaviours in adults and older adults: Content description and measurement properties. A systematic review. PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0265100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265100

Rodrigues, B., Encantado, J., Carraça, E., Sousa-Sá, E., Lopes, L., Cliff, D., Mendes, R., Silva, M. N., Godinho, C., & Santos, R. (2022b). Questionnaires measuring movement behaviours in adults and older adults: Content description and measurement properties. A systematic review. PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0265100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265100

Santos, C., Carvalho, M., Oliveira, L., Palmeira, A., Rodrigues, L. M., & Gregório, J. (2022). The Long-Term Association between Physical Activity and Weight Regain, Metabolic Risk Factors, Quality of Life and Sleep after Bariatric Surgery. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19148328

Sousa, T., Sarmento, H., D. Harper, L., Valente-Dos-Santos, J., & Vaz, V. (2022). Match analysis in rink hockey: A systematic review. Human Movement, 23(3), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2022.111227

Teixeira, F. J., Tavares, N., Matias, C. N., & Phillips, S. M. (2022). The effects of phosphatidic acid on performance and body composition—A scoping review. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(3), 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1994769

Zhang, Z., Okely, A. D., Pereira, J. R., Sousa-Sá, E., Veldman, S. L. C., & Santos, R. (2022). Associations of sleep characteristics with cognitive and gross motor development in toddlers. Sleep Health, 704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.04.001