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The main area of all my academic and professional work is related to exercise. I have a bachelor´s degree in Physiotherapy in School of Health Technology of Coimbra, Polytechnic University of Coimbra. Then, I take a master’s degree in Exercise Prescription and Health Promotion in School of Education and Social Sciences, Polytechnic University of Leiria. This boosted my scientific experience in the field of the autonomic function in musculoskeletal injuries, the thematic of my master´s degree thesis, where I wrote two scientific articles. After that, I continued my investigation, which resulted in several presentations and posters at national and international conferences. During this period, I continued with the production of scientific articles and performed 10 peer-reviews for different scientific journals. Hence, I decided to start the PhD program in Physiotherapy at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. While doing the PhD program I was selected by the World Physiotherapy Congress Tokyo 2025 to review 42 abstracts. Professionally, I work as a physiotherapist in a clinic in the central region of Portugal and in the past five years I continued to taking courses that added knowledge to my clinical practice.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gonçalo Nuno da Silva Caldeira Flores
Date of birth
1997/10/05
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Flores, Gonçalo
  • Flores, G

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3E1D-8BB0-2F0E
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7672-4185
Researcher Id
JTU-6351-2023

Email addresses

  • goncalofloresft@outlook.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 918287464 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Avenida das Cinco Vilas nº138, 3240-301, Avelar, Ansião, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Care Sciences and Services

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09/30 - 2026/09/30
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Fisioterapia (Doutoramento)
Major in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2020/09/30 - 2022/11/30
Concluded
 Prescrição do Exercício e Promoção da Saúde (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
"Heart rate variability in musculoskeletal injuries: a tool to monitoring early signs of somatic tissue distress in soccer athletes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/09/30 - 2019/06/20
Concluded
 Fisioterapia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
 15
2014
Concluded
 First Certificate In English (B2) (Outros)
Cambridge University Press & Assessment, United Kingdom
2012
Concluded
 Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française (A2) (Outros)
Ministère de l'Éducation nationale français, France
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11 - Current Técnico Fisioterapeuta Director (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) Physiogo - Fisioterapia E Bem-estar, Lda, Portugal
2022/08 - 2023/06 Técnico Fisioterapeuta Director (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) União 1919, Portugal
2019/09 - 2022/10 Técnico Fisioterapeuta Director (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) Intrafisio, Lda, Portugal
2019/08 - 2020/03 Técnico Fisioterapeuta Director (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) União Desportiva da Tocha, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Santos, Beatriz; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Flores, Gonçalo; Bento, Teresa; Ramalho, André; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "The impact of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in cardiovascular risk and health-related quality of life in adults: a systematic review". Paper presented in SPRINT International Congress – Shaping the Future of Sport, Rio Maior, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Duarte-Mendes, Pedro; Monteiro, Diogo; Santos, Beatriz; Flores, Gonçalo; Silva, Fernanda. "Autonomic Nervous System Adaptations to Combined Training during the COVID-19 Lockdown". Paper presented in CIDESD International Congress 2025, Covilhã, 2025.
    Published • 10.6063/motricidade.41603
  3. Santos, Beatriz; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Flores, Gonçalo; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "The impact of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in cardiovascular risk and health-related quality of life in adults: A systematic review protocol". Paper presented in 2nd Internacional Congress of Physical Activity, Castelo Branco, 2023.
    Published • 10.14198/jhse.2024.191.20
  4. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Heart rate variability behavior in athletes after a sports concussion: A systematic review". Paper presented in European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 2022, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.1111/sms.14409
  5. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Heart rate variability in musculoskeletal injuries". Paper presented in II International Conference on Exercise Prescription and Health Promotion in 2022, Leiria, 2022.
    Published • 10.25766/rxkf-sx97
  6. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Heart rate variability behaviour in athletes after injury: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis". Paper presented in XXII Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia do Desporto, Leiria, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Santos, Beatriz; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Changes in Heart Rate Variability After a Musculoskeletal Injury in Futsal Players". Paper presented in Accepted in CIDESD International Congress 2025, 2025.
  2. Santos, Beatriz; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Flores, Gonçalo; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "The impact of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in cardiovascular risk and health-related quality of life in adults: a systematic review". Paper presented in CIDESD International Congress 2023 organized by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2023.
  3. Carvalho, Silvia; Flores, Gonçalo; Sampaio, Marcela; Batista, Adriana; Patrício, Cristina. "Associação entre força de preensão manual e aptidão física de idosos não-frágeis". Paper presented in 1st Internacional Congress Ageing Communities Development Challenges organized by Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, 2019.
  4. Sampaio, Marcela; Batista, Adriana; Flores, Gonçalo; Carvalho, Silvia; Patrício, Cristina. "Atividade física e estado de saúde de mulheres idosas não institucionalizadas". Paper presented in 1st Internacional Congress Ageing Communities Development Challenges organized by Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, 2019.
  5. Flores, Gonçalo; Carvalho, Sílvia; Sampaio, Marcela; Batista, Adriana; Patrício, Cristina. "Associação entre estado de saúde e aptidão física em idosos pré-frágeis". Paper presented in 1st Internacional Congress Ageing Communities Development Challenges organized by Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, 2019.
  6. Aleixo, Catarina; Quatorze, João; Flores, Gonçalo; Mota, Luís. "Chronic Pain". Paper presented in PosterWeek organized by Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Politécnico de Coimbra, 2016.
  7. Sotero, João; Moura, João; Coutinho, Francisco; Bastos, Edgar; Flores, Gonçalo; Monteanu, Georgeta. "Função Hormonal das gónadas: testosterona vs progesterona". Paper presented in PosterWeek organized by Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Politécnico de Coimbra, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Ricardo Fernandes; Diogo Monteiro; Élio Alexandre; Miguel Jacinto; Fernanda Silva; Gonçalo Flores; Bruno Travassos; Pedro Duarte-Mendes. "Lesões no boxe em Portugal: análise da incidência, mecanismos, factores de risco e medidas de prevenção de lesões". Retos 67 (2025): https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v67.112466.
    Published • 10.47197/retos.v67.112466
  2. Santos, Beatriz; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Flores, Gonçalo; Bento, Teresa; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour on Cardiovascular Risk and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults: A Systematic Review". Healthcare 12 (2024): 1866. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12181866.
    Published • 10.3390/healthcare12181866
  3. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Heart rate variability activity in soccer athletes after a musculoskeletal injury". Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v56.24969.
    Published • 10.2340/jrm.v56.24969
  4. Flores, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Diogo; Silva, Fernanda; Duarte-Mendes, Pedro. "Heart rate variability behavior in athletes after a sports concussion: A systematic review". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14409.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Heart rate variability in musculoskeletal injuries a tool to monitoring early signs of somatic tissue distress in soccer athletes". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8003.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11 Heart rate variability in musculoskeletal injuries II International Conference on Exercise Prescription and Health Promotion in 2022
Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2022/06 Heart rate variability behavior in athletes after a sports concussion: A systematic review European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity 2022
Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/11 Heart rate variability behaviour in athletes after injury: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis XXII Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia do Desporto
Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Politécnico de Leiria and Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia do Desporto (Leiria, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/25 - Current Descomplicando Bolsas de Doutoramento FCT promoted by Empower2Change and Uninnovation Descomplicando Bolsas de Doutoramento FCT
2025/06/05 - 2025/06/07 CIDESD International Congress 2025
Congress
 CIDESD International Congress 2025
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/19 Participation in "II International Conference on Exercise Prescription and Health Promotion in 2022"
Congress
 II Jornadas Internacionais em Prescrição do Exercício e Promoção da Saúde
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2022/06/09 - 2022/06/11 Participation in "European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity 2022"
Congress
 European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity 2022
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
2021/10/09 - 2021/11/14 Course "Eletrólise Percutânea Intratecidular" (60h), certified by EPI® Advanced Medicine Eletrólise Percutânea Intratecidular
Intrafisio, Lda, Portugal
2021/11/04 - 2021/11/06 Participation in "XXII Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia no desporto"
Congress
 XXII Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia no desporto
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia do Desporto, Portugal
2021/05/22 - 2021/07/17 Course "Writing in Science" Writing in Science
Coursera Inc, United States
2020/10/20 - 2021/07/01 Course "Ecografia músculo-esquelética (b-learning)" (100h) Ecografia músculo-esquelética (b-learning)
Intrafisio, Lda, Portugal
2021/06/05 - 2021/06/10 Course "Aquatrainer Nível 1 - creditado pelo IPDJ" Aquatrainer Nível 1 - creditado pelo IPDJ
Portugal Aquatraining, Portugal
2021/02/18 - 2021/04/01 Online Course "Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Coursera Inc, United States
2021/01/04 - 2021/03/06 Course "AnatomyX: Musculoskeletal Cases"
Other
 AnatomyX: Musculoskeletal Cases
Harvard University, United States
2020/09/30 - 2020/09/30 Participation in "Jornadas Online: Ejercicio terapéutico en fisioterapia"
Conference
 Jornadas Online: Ejercicio terapéutico en fisioterapia
FisioFocus, Spain
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/16 Participation in the course "Intervenção na Lesão Aguda no Desporto" (16h)
Workshop
 Intervenção na Lesão Aguda no Desporto
Clínica Pedro Malta, Portugal
2019/11 - 2020/03 FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine created by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Other
 FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Switzerland
2020/02/07 - 2020/02/07 Participation in the workshop "Introdução à ecografia em ambiente clínico"
Workshop
 Introdução à ecografia em ambiente clínico
BTL , Portugal
2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16 Participation in "1st Internacional Congress Ageing Communities Development Challenges"
Congress
2019/09/29 - 2019/09/29 Participation in "Avaliação do utente: a chave para o sucesso"
Congress
 Avaliação do utente: a chave para o sucesso
Fisio Submmit, Portugal
2019/02/26 - 2019/02/26 Participation in "2º Edição do Workshop em Primeiros Socorros"
Workshop
 2º Edição do Workshop em Primeiros Socorros
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/01/22 - 2019/01/22 Participation in the workshop "Interfaces computacionais, processos cognitivos, aprendizagem motora e performance: oportunidades e desafios para a Fisioterapia"
Workshop
 Interfaces computacionais, processos cognitivos, aprendizagem motora e performance: oportunidades e desafios para a Fisioterapia
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/11/20 - 2018/11/20 Participation in "6º Congresso Regional - Envelhecimento Ativo e Saudável"
Congress
 6º Congresso Regional - Envelhecimento Ativo e Saudável
Ageing Coimbra, Portugal
2017/11/10 - 2017/11/12 Participation in "X Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas - Qualidade: um compromisso da Fisioterapia"
Congress
 X Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas - Qualidade: um compromisso da Fisioterapia
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
2017/03/15 - 2017/03/15 Participation in the workshop "Dia Mundial do Sono"
Workshop
 Dia Mundial do Sono
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/10/28 - 2016/10/28 Participation in "III Jornadas de Investigação em Fisioterapia" III Jornadas de Investigação em Fisioterapia
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/04/16 - 2016/04/16 Participation in "3th Annual Meeting - Coimbra Health School"
Meeting
 3th Annual Meeting - Coimbra Health School
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/02/24 - 2016/02/24 Participation in the conference "Medicina Desportiva: Desporto de Alto Rendimento"
Conference
 Medicina Desportiva: Desporto de Alto Rendimento
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Frontiers in Public Health (2296-2565) Frontiers Media S.A.
2025 - Current Frontiers in Endocrinology (1664-2392) Frontiers Media S.A.
2025 - Current BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation (2052-1847) BioMed Central Ltd.
2025 - Current Frontiers in Endocrinology (1664-2392) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2624-9367) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Aging (2673-6217) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Portfolio
2024 - Current Frontiers in Public Health (2296-2565) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Psychology (1664-1078) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Public Health (2296-2565) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2624-9367) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662-4548) Frontiers Media S.A.
2024 - Current Sports Medicine - Open (2198-9761) SPRINGER
2024 - Current Frontiers in Aging (2673-6217)

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024 - 2024 Abstract reviewer in World Physiotherapy Congress Tokyo 2025 (42 abstracts)
Evaluator