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  1. How coordination training can help young football players develop better movement and performance

    Article • Retos, May 2026, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  2. Can a structured exercise programme improve movement coordination in older adults?

    Article • Healthcare, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  3. How learning to cycle influences lifestyle: An eight country pooled analysis and person-centered approach

    Article • Journal of Transport & Health, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Branco

  4. One extra hour of structured movement each week can improve children’s motor skills

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, April 2025, Human Kinetics

    Professor Marco Branco

  5. Move4Future: implementation and effects of a pilot physical exercise programme for children and youth at risk from multi-problem families

    Article • Retos, March 2025, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  6. Learning to Cycle: Body Composition and Balance Challenges in Balance Bikes Versus Training Wheels

    Article • Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  7. Learning to Cycle: Why Is the Balance Bike More Efficient than the Bicycle with Training Wheels? The Lyapunov’s Answer

    Article • Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  8. Assessment of Muscle Activity During a Deadlift Performed by Construction Workers

    Article • Muscles, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  9. Understanding and Involving the Perspective of Pregnant Women as Users When Designing the Framework of e-Health and Exercise Interventions during Pregnancy: Preliminary Study

    Article • Healthcare, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  10. Changes in Foot Biomechanics during Pregnancy and Postpartum: Scoping Review

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  11. Development and validation of a hip hop intervention programme for pre-school children: Crescer+ (Grow+)

    Article • Retos, March 2024, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  12. Predictability and Complexity of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Pilot Study

    Article • Sports, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  13. Variability of gross and fine motor control in different tasks in fibromyalgia patients

    Article • Retos, March 2024, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  14. Assessment of Muscle Activity during a Deadlift Performed by Trained and Untrained Construction Workers

    Article • December 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  15. Learning to cycle: a constraint-led intervention programme using different cycling task constraints

    Article • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marco Branco

  16. Accuracy and Interpretation of the Acceleration from an Inertial Measurement Unit When Applied to the Sprint Performance of Track and Field Athletes

    Article • Sensors, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  17. Reaction forces and bone maturation in taekwondo: comparison with and without tatami

    Article • Human Movement, January 2023, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Marco Branco

  18. Learning to Cycle: Is Velocity a Control Parameter for Children’s Cycle Patterns on the Balance Bike?

    Article • Children, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  19. Déficits no Comportamento de Atividade Física em Crianças com Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação: Revisão Sistemática

    Article • Retos, October 2022, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  20. Levels of Physical Activity in Portuguese Children: the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Article • Retos, October 2022, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  21. Accuracy of Inertial Measurement Units When Applied to the Countermovement Jump of Track and Field Athletes

    Article • Sensors, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  22. Learning to Cycle: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Generational Comparison

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, April 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Marco Branco, Dr Farid Bardid

  23. Learning to Cycle: From Training Wheels to Balance Bike

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  24. THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE PREVALENCE OF LOW BACK PAIN AMONG THE PORTUGUESE POPULATION

    Article • Coluna/Columna, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Marco Branco

  25. THE EFFECT OF PILATES EXERCISES ON MUSCLE ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION IN ADULTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

    Article • Coluna/Columna, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Marco Branco

  26. Biomechanical alterations in pregnant and postpartum women.

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Marco Branco, Professor Rita Santos-Rocha

  27. The Influence of Sport Practices on Body Composition, Maturation and Maximum Oxygen uptake in children and youth (La influencia de las prácticas deportivas en la composición corporal, la maduración y la absorción máxima de oxígeno en niños y jóvenes)

    Article • Retos, December 2021, Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica (FEADEF)

    Professor Marco Branco

  28. Training programmes to learn how to ride a bicycle independently for children and youths: a systematic review

    Article • Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marco Branco

  29. Interpretation of the acceleration obtained by an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in countermovement jump, in Athletics' elite athletes

    Article • October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marco Branco

  30. Analysis of Motor Behavior based on Recurrence Analysis in adults with Autism Spectrum and Neurotypicals in a Dynamic Balance Task: a pilot study

    Article • Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte, September 2021, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia

    Professor Marco Branco

  31. Comparison of the accuracy of a free 3D camera system with the Ariel performance system

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Marco Branco, Professor Rita Santos-Rocha

  32. Learning to Cycle: Are Physical Activity and Birth Order Related to the Age of Learning How to Ride a Bicycle?

    Article • Children, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Marco Branco

  33. Learning to Cycle: from Training Wheels to Balance Bikes

    Article • February 2021, Research Square

    Professor Marco Branco

  34. Metabolic and energetics characterization and gender comparison in prepubertal karate practitioners

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, November 2019, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  35. Aging Effect of mechanical Performance of Karate athletes among Young Athletes and their Senseis

    Article • Journal of Healthcare Engineering, June 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Marco Branco

  36. The basic foundations of capoeira’ learning: preliminary evaluation of a formative program

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, May 2019, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  37. Exploratory study on maturation and competition level in young karate practitioners

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, March 2019, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  38. Effect of 6-month community-based exercise interventions on gait and functional fitness of an older population: a quasi-experimental study

    Article • Clinical Interventions in Aging, April 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  39. Introduction to data collection for performance analysis and their integration in martial arts training. A biomechanical and motor control perspective

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, September 2016, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  40. Athletes and their Sensei’s: did aging affect the lower limb kinematics in karate practitioners

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, September 2016, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  41. Did aging affect the electromechanical delay in Karate practitioners during Mae-Geri kick performance?

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, September 2016, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  42. Karate training effect in balance control in children with developmental coordination disorder

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, September 2016, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  43. GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD APPLIED TO THE KINEMATICS OF GAIT IN PREGNANT WOMEN

    Article • Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, September 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  44. Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jennifer Apolinário-Hagen, Professor Marco Branco, Prof Ricardo Vardasca, Óscar Gonçalves, Isabel Oliveira, Clara Rocha, Fernando Ribeiro, Professor Sónia Novais, PhD Teresa Carvalho

  45. KINETIC ANALYSIS OF GAIT IN THE SECOND AND THIRD TRIMESTERS OF PREGNANCY

    Article • Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, June 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  46. Influence of Body Composition on Gait Kinetics throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum Period

    Article • Scientifica, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  47. Comparison between overweight due to pregnancy and due to added weight to simulate body mass distribution in pregnancy

    Article • Gait & Posture, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  48. Three-Dimensional Kinetic Adaptations of Gait throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum

    Article • Scientifica, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  49. B-67 Thematic Poster - Walk this Way

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Marco Branco

  50. Characterization of kinesiological patterns of the frontal kick, mae-geri, in karate experts and non-karate practitioners

    Article • Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, March 2014, University of Leon

    Professor Marco Branco

  51. BIOMECHANICAL MODEL FOR KINETIC AND KINEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF GAIT DURING SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF BIOMECHANICAL LOAD ON THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

    Article • Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, February 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  52. Biomechanics of Gait during Pregnancy

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  53. Kinematic Analysis of Gait in the Second and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy

    Article • Journal of Pregnancy, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  54. KINETIC AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF GAIT OF 2nd AND 3rd TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco

  55. THE OVERLOAD INFLUENCE IN ANGULAR KINEMATICS AND JOINT MOMENTS IN LOWER LIMB AND PELVIS DURING GAIT IN SAGITTAL PLANE

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rita Santos-Rocha, Professor Marco Branco