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Catarina Gonçalves is an invited assistant at the Department of Sports and Health at the University of Évora (Portugal) and researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC). She has a Master's Degree in Exercise and Health at the University of Évora (Portugal) in 2015 and is currently finishing her PhD in Human Motricity at the University of Évora (Portugal), where she is studying the world issue of cardiovascular diseases. This experience led her to win a grant funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) with a project in Cardiac Rehabilitation and later to win an honourable mention in Sports Medicine by the Olympic Committee of Portugal and the Millennium BCP Foundation. She has some scientific articles already written in this area and other areas of Exercise and Health as well.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Joaquim Gonçalves

Citation names

  • Gonçalves, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D11B-F450-EEF7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4909-1412

Email addresses

  • cjg@uevora.pt (Professional)
  • catarinajg3@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English
French
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian
Education
Degree Classification
2024/04/03
Concluded
 Motricidade Humana (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
"Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation in patients with coronary disease: High-intensity interval training or moderate-intensity continuous training?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Exercício e Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
"Comparison of the Effects of a Traditional Exercise Program Vs Traditional Exercise Program + Vibratory Exercise in Overweight or Obese Children" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010 - 2013
Concluded
 Desporto (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Researcher (Research) Research & Innovation Center in Sport Physical Activity, and Health (SPRINT), Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2016 - Current Researcher (Research) Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09 - Current Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2018 - 2024 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - 2023 Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation in patients with coronary disease: High-intensity interval training or moderate-intensity continuous training?
SFRH/BD/138326/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - Current ExerHeart - Economic Evaluation of Multicenter Blended Physical Activity and Exercise Programs (BEP), within a 24h Activity Cycle Framework, for the Promotion of Cardiometabolic Health
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Researcher
2022 - Current He@rt.Fit Project
CP/312/DD/2018
Researcher
Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Gonçalves, Catarina. "High-intensity interval training exercise for ambulatory cardiac patients: preliminary results". Paper presented in ECSS Congress Sevilla 2020, 2020.
  2. Gonçalves, Catarina. "Comparison between high intensity interval training (HIIT) and traditional continuous training programs in Phase III of Cardiac Rehabilitation". Paper presented in III Congresso Luso-Extremadurense de Ciências e Tecnologias, 2019.
  3. Gonçalves, Catarina. "HIIT en Cardiopatalogias". 2019.
Journal article
  1. Catarina Gonçalves; Armando Raimundo; Ana Abreu; João Pais; Jorge Bravo. "Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training vs Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Body Composition and Blood Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial". Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2503102.
    10.31083/j.rcm2503102
  2. Catarina Gonçalves; Jorge Bravo; João Pais; Ana Abreu; Armando Raimundo; Kanhua Yin. "Improving Health Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Short-Term Protocols of High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training: A Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial". Cardiovascular Therapeutics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6297302.
    10.1155/2023/6297302
  3. Catarina Gonçalves; Jose Parraca; Jorge Bravo; Ana Abreu; João Pais; Armando Raimundo; Vicente Clemente-Suárez. "Influence of Two Exercise Programs on Heart Rate Variability, Body Temperature, Central Nervous System Fatigue, and Cortical Arousal after a Heart Attack". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010199.
    10.3390/ijerph20010199
  4. Catarina Gonçalves; Armando Raimundo; Ana Abreu; Jorge Bravo. "Exercise Intensity in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 7 (2021): 3574-3574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073574.
    10.3390/ijerph18073574
  5. Gonçalves, Catarina. "Exercise intensity in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". (2020):
Newspaper article
  1. Gonçalves, Catarina. "Acrobatic Gymnastics: analysis of technical evolution in a group of initiation", 2013
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gonçalves, Catarina. "Comparison between high intensity interval training (HIIT), traditional continuous training and home-based programs in Phase II and III of Cardiac Rehabilitation". PhD, 2021.
  2. Gonçalves, Catarina Joaquim. "Comparação dos efeitos de um programa de exercício tradicional Vs programa de exercício tradicional + exercício vibratório em crianças com excesso de peso ou obesidade". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16678.

Other

Other output
  1. (RE)pensando a Ginástica na Formação dos licenciados em EF. 2013. Gonçalves, Catarina.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2025 Atividade Física e Comportamento Sedentário em Idosos: Barreiras, Preferências e Perceção de Divertimento
Co-supervisor
 Atividade Física e Saúde (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Efeitos do treino contínuo de intensidade moderada vs. treino intervalado de alta intensidade sobre os fatores de risco da síndrome metabólica em pacientes com doenças cardiovasculares inscritos em reabilitação cardíaca baseada em exercício
Supervisor
 Exercício e Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2023 Member of the Organization of the 2nd and 4th CHRC Summit in Evora (Congress) (2021 - 2023/05/18)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/10/24 Neuromodulation and Exercise Interventions in Fibromyalgia: Acute and Long-term Psychopysiological Benefits
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alejandro Rubio Zarapuz (PhD)
Universidad Europea de Madrid SLU, Spain
2024 Efeitos de um programa de reabilitação cardíaca baseado no exercício com treino contínuo de intensidade moderada versus treino intervalado de alta intensidade na intensidade absoluta e relativa da atividade física semanal de pacientes com doença cardiovascular
Supervisor
 Diogo André Grilo de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current Comprehensive Health Research Centre

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Fisiologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2024 - Current Propedêutica e Metodologias das Atividades Físicas e Desportivas - Basquetebol Desporto (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2024 - Current Propedêutica e Metodologias das Atividades Físicas e Desportivas - Ginástica Desporto (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2024 - Current Atividades Físicas de Academia - Musculação Desporto, Lazer e Bem-Estar (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2024 - Current Atividade física e populações especiais (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Artes Humanidades e Desporto, Portugal
2020 - Current Saúde e Condição Física Ciências do Desporto Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018 - 2024 Sistemática Atividades Desportivas e Expressivas I - Ginástica Ciências do Desporto (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora Centro de Investigação em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 TECH4INNOV award
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2022 Health innovation
EIT Health, Germany
2020 Prémio em Medicina do Desporto com Menção Honrosa por parte do Comité Olímpico de Portugal e Fundação Millennium BCP pela investigação em Reabilitação Cardíaca

Other distinction

2023 2022 Impact Awards
Universidade de Évora, Portugal