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Rita Pereira. Concluiu o Doutoramento em Atividade Física e Saúde em 2024/06 pela Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto. É Investigadora no Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física, Saúde e Lazer. Publicou 14 artigos em revistas especializadas. Recebeu 5 prémios e/ou homenagens. Foi Bolseira de Doutoramento em 1 projeto e Investigadora em 3 projetos. Atua na área de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Ciências do Desporto. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 56 colaboradores em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica são: physical activity; association football; endurance tests; field and laboratory testing; soccer; training monitoring; Yo-Yo tests.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C10-BA3A-D8F3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8284-8237

Email addresses

  • up201502619@fade.up.pt (Professional)
  • rita_lm_pereira@hotmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto. Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, 91, 4200-450, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2015 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Researcher (Research) Associação Portuguesa de Urologia, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Oroboros Instruments, Austria
Oroboros Instruments, Austria

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10/01 - 2023/02/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2019 Técnica Especializada em Exercício Físico e Saúde Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Técnica Especializada em Atividade Física e Saúde Futebol Clube do Porto SAD, Portugal
2013/02 - 2013/06 Estágio Curricular Câmara Municipal de Fafe, Portugal
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - 2023 Recreational Futsal for Controlled Hypertension (HyperFut)
SFRH/BD/143729/2019
Researcher
2018 - 2022 Effects of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers of sedentary untrained postmenopausal women
SFRH/BD/136789/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2022 Dose-response effects of a recreational team-handball-based exercise programme on cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal and physical fitness markers in inactive middle-aged and older male
SFRH/BD/144132/2019
Researcher

Contract

Designation Funders
2015 - 2022 Handball4Health
UIDB/04045/2020
Researcher
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física, Saúde e Lazer
UID/DTP/00617/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Mohr, Magni; Magalhães, José; Pereira, Rita; Santos, Rute; et al. "Cardiovascular and aerobic performance dose-response effect of recreational team handball in inactive middle-aged-to-elderly males.". Paper presented in Football is Medicine Conference 2024, 2024.
  2. Teixeira, Jorge; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Mohr, Magni; Pereira, Rita; Carneiro, Ivone; Oliveira, Ricardo; Póvoas, Susana. "Impact of covid-19 on cardiovascular futsal training in adult/middle-aged treated hypertensive men- a series of case studies.". 2022.
  3. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Pereira, Rita; Póvoas, Susana. "A strategy to improve physical fitness and Physical activity level during a global pandemic: an online handball4health-based programme". 2021.
  4. Teixeira, Jorge; Mota-Santos, Daisy ; Milanovic, Zoran; Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Póvoas, Susana. "Effects of recreational football on cardiovascular markers in patients with pre-hypertension and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International meeting on hypertension and global cardiovascular risk.". 2021.
  5. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Magalhães, José; Castagna, Carlo; Carneiro, Ivone; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF SMALL-SIDED RECREATIONAL TEAM HANDALL GAMES FOR INACTIVE POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN". Paper presented in Football is Medicine 2020, 2020.
  6. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Magalhães, José; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS AND PERCEIVED EXPERIENCE IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL TEAM-HANDBALL MATCHES FOR OLDER MEN". Paper presented in Football is Medicine 2020, 2020.
  7. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Magalhães, José; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana. "Physical fitness effects of 16 weeks of recreational team handball training for over 60-year-old men.". 2020.
  8. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Magalhães, José; Pereira, Rita; Vieira, Sílvia; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF 5V5 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL TEAM HANDBALL MATCHES FOR INACTIVE OVER 60-YEAR-OLD MEN". Paper presented in 5th EHF Scientific Conference, 2019.
  9. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Magalhães, José; Castagna, Carlo; Carneiro, Ivone; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; et al. "RECREATIONAL TEAM-HANDBALL HAS POSITIVE EFFECTS ON BONE HEALTH, BODY COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF INACTIVE POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN". Paper presented in 5th EHF Scientific Conference in 2019, 2019.
  10. Stevanovic, J.; Beleza, J.; Coxito, P.; Rios, M.; Pereira, Rita; Palmeira, C. M.; Moreno, A. J.; et al. "Impact of physical exercise during pregnancy on the modulation of liver mitochondrial function in an animal model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease". Paper presented in 24rd annual ECSS Congress, 2019.
  11. Póvoas, Susana C. A.; Krustrup, Peter; Pereira, Rita; Vieira, Sílvia; Carneiro, Ivone; Magalhães, José; Castagna, Carlo. "Evaluation of maximal heart rate in recreational football players using laboratory and field testing". Paper presented in 24th annual ECSS Congress, Praga, 2019.
  12. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Magalhães, José; Santos, Rute; Castagna, Carlo; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "Physiological profile of small-sided recreational team handball games for middle-aged and older sedentary men". Paper presented in CIDESD 2019 International Congress, Maia, 2019.
    10.14236/ewic/hci2018.47
  13. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Magalhães, José; Santos, Rute; Castagna, Carlo; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "Physical and physiological demands of recreational team handball for over 50-year-old sedentary men". Paper presented in Football is Medicine 2019, Odense, 2019.
  14. Vieira, Sílvia; Ascensão, António; Pereira, Rita; Castagna, Carlo; Krustrup, Peter; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "Recreational football effects on isokinetic strength and standing long jump performance in sedentary male adults". Paper presented in Football em Medicine 2019, 2019.
  15. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Castagna, Carlo; Póvoas, Susana C. A.. "Recreational team handball for middle-aged and older sedentary men is a high-demanding exercise mode regardless of the game format – small-sided or formal". Paper presented in 24th annual ECSS Congress Prague, Praga, 2019.
    10.1097/00005768-200105001-01525
  16. Stevanovic, J.; Beleza, J.; Coxito, P.; Pereira, Rita; Pereira, S. P.; Palmeira, C. M.; Moreno, A. J.; et al. "Gestational physical exercise offers prolonged protection to liver mitochondrial function of female offspring against deleterious effects of maternal gestational diabetes". Paper presented in MiPschool Coimbra 2019, 2019.
  17. Póvoas, Susana C. A.; Lopes, Mariana; Pereira, Rita; Magalhães, José; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; da Silva, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro; et al. "Handball 4 Health – effects of a short-term handball-based exercise programme on health and performance markers in untrained postmenopausal women". Paper presented in 4th EHF Scientific Conference 2017 – Scientific Approach to the Player’s Environment - From Participation to the Top, Vienna, 2017.
Conference poster
  1. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Pereira, Rita; Póvoas, Susana. "Physiological Demands of Same- versus Mixed-Gender Small-Sided Recreational Team Handball Games in Middle-to-Older-Aged Men and Women". 2023.
  2. Teixeira, Jorge; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Mohr, Magni; Pereira, Rita; Carneiro, Ivone; Oliveira, Ricardo; Póvoas, Susana. "Incidence of symptomatic hypotensive responses during maximal exercise testing and recreational futsal in treated hypertensive men". 2023.
  3. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Carneiro, Ivone; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Santos, Rute; Magalhães, José; Póvoas, Susana. "Internal and external load demands of small-sided recreational team handball games in postmenopausal women". 2021.
  4. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Magalhães, José; Castagna, Carlo; Carneiro, Ivone; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana. "Recreational team handball physiological small-sided games’ demands for postmenopausal women - differences between 4v4 and 5v5 game formats". Paper presented in 25th Annual ECSS Congress, 2020.
  5. Pereira, Rita; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana C. A.; da Silva, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro. "Environment Perception And Physical Activity In Portuguese High School Students". Paper presented in CIDESD 2016 - International Congress of Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Teixeira, Jorge; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Mohr, Magni; Ascensão, António; Pereira, Rita; Carneiro, Ivone; et al. "Recreational futsal provides broad-spectrum fitness and health benefits but no blood pressure effects in men with treated hypertension – a randomised controlled trial". Journal of Sports Sciences (2024): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2300568.
    10.1080/02640414.2023.2300568
  2. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Pereira, Rita; Jørgensen, Niklas Rye; Coelho, Eduardo; Póvoas, Susana. "Bone health, body composition and physical fitness dose–response effects of 16 weeks of recreational team handball for inactive middle-to-older-aged males – A randomised controlled trial". European Journal of Sport Science 23 11 (2023): 2251-2263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2023.2222685.
    10.1080/17461391.2023.2222685
  3. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Pereira, Rita; Póvoas, Susana. "Mixed-gender small-sided recreational team handball games in middle-aged and elderly are physiologically more demanding for women than men". PLOS ONE 18 6 (2023): e0286008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286008.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0286008
  4. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Mohr, Magni; Magalhães, José; Pereira, Rita; Santos, Rute; et al. "Dose-response effect of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiometabolic health and physical fitness in inactive middle-aged-to-elderly males - a randomised controlled trial". European Journal of Sport Science (2023): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2023.2213195.
    10.1080/17461391.2023.2213195
  5. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Coelho, Eduardo; Helge, Eva Wulff; Jørgensen, Niklas Rye; Vila-Chã, Carolina; et al. "Multicomponent recreational team handball training improves global health status in postmenopausal women at the long term – A randomised controlled trial". European Journal of Sport Science 23 8 (2023): 1789-1799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2023.2184725.
    10.1080/17461391.2023.2184725
  6. Teixeira, Jorge M. M.; Motta-Santos, Daisy; Milanovic, Zoran; Pereira, Rita L.; Krustrup, Peter; Póvoas, Susana. "Intermittent high-intensity exercise for pre- to established hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 33 4 (2023): 364-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.14299.
    10.1111/sms.14299
  7. Carneiro, Ivone; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Pereira, Rita; Coelho, Eduardo; Póvoas, Susana. "Acute physiological response to different recreational team handball game formats in over 60-year-old inactive men". PLOS ONE 17 10 (2022): e0275483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275483.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0275483
  8. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Coelho, Eduardo; Santos, Rute; Helge, Eva Wulff; Jørgensen, Niklas Rye; Magalhães, José; Póvoas, Susana. "Effects of recreational team handball on bone health, postural balance and body composition in inactive postmenopausal women — A randomised controlled trial". Bone 145 (2021): 115847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.115847.
    10.1016/j.bone.2021.115847
  9. Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; Coelho, Eduardo; Santos, Rute; Martins, Sandra; Guimarães, João Tiago; Magalhães, José; Póvoas, Susana. "Effects of a 16-week recreational team handball intervention on aerobic performance and cardiometabolic fitness markers in postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial". Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases 63 6 (2020): 800-806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2020.10.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.10.005
  10. Póvoas, Susana Cristina Araújo; Krustrup, Peter; Pereira, Rita; Vieira, Silvia; Carneiro, Ivone; Magalhães, José; Castagna, Carlo. "Maximal heart rate assessment in recreational football players: A study involving a multiple testing approach". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 29 10 (2019): 1537-1545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.13472.
    Published • 10.1111/sms.13472
  11. Póvoas, Susana Cristina Araújo; Krustrup, Peter; Castagna, Carlo; da Silva, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro; Coelho-e-Silva, Manuel J.; Pereira, Rita Liliana Mendes; Larsen, Malte Nejst. "Reliability of Submaximal Yo-Yo Tests in 9- to 16-Year-Old Untrained Schoolchildren". Pediatric Exercise Science 30 4 (2018): 537-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/pes.2017-0139.
    Published • 10.1123/pes.2017-0139
  12. Póvoas, Susana C. A.; Castagna, Carlo; Resende, Carlos; Coelho, Eduardo Filipe; Silva, Pedro; Santos, Rute; Pereira, Rita; Krustrup, Peter. "Effects of a Short-Term Recreational Team Handball-Based Programme on Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health of 33-55-Year-Old Men: A Pilot Study". BioMed Research International 2018 (2018): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4109796.
    Published • 10.1155/2018/4109796
  13. Póvoas, S.; Randers, M. B.; Krustrup, P.; Larsen, M. N.; Pereira, R.; Castagna, C.. "Heart Rate and Perceived Experience Differ Markedly for Children in Same- versus Mixed-Gender Soccer Played as Small- and Large-Sided Games". BioMed Research International 2018 (2018): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7804642.
    Published • 10.1155/2018/7804642
  14. Pereira, Rita; Santos, Rute; Póvoas, Susana; Silva, Pedro. "Environment perception and leisure-time physical activity in Portuguese high school students". Preventive Medicine Reports 10 (2018): 221-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.10.013.
    10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.10.013
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 A prática de andebol de recreação e a saúde de mulheres em pós-menopausa 50º Aniversário do Centro de Medicina Desportiva do Porto
Centro de Medicina Desportiva do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024 Avaliação e controlo do treino: Testes de terreno no contexto dos desportos coletivos Reabilitação em Medicina do Exercício e Desporto (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Biologia Celular e Molecular do Exercício Físico (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2020 - 2023 Fisiologia do Exercício Educação Física e Desporto (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Fisiologia do Exercício no Idoso: Handball4Health - um projeto de intervenção comunitária 2º Ciclo em Atividade Física para a Terceira Idade (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Fisiologia do Exercício no Idoso: Effects of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, physical fitness, metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress markers of untrained postmenopausal women 2º Ciclo em Atividade Física para a Terceira Idade (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Fisiologia do Exercício no Idoso: Effects of a short- and long-term team handball-based exercise programme on health and performance markers in untrained postmenopausal women 2º Ciclo em Atividade Física para a Terceira Idade (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Bayer Science Choice Award
Bayer Portugal SA, Portugal
2015 Melhor aluna de Mestrado de CEFD - Exercício Físico e Saúde no ano letivo 2014/2015
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
2013 Melhor aluna do Curso de Licenciatura em Gestão do Desporto, concluído em 2012/2013
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 Prémios Ciências do Desporto
Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
2018 Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito