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Ricardo Pimenta is a passionate sports scientist and researcher who tries to solve practical problems supported by theory using the scientific method. Ricardo Pimenta has a degree in High Performance Training from the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, specialising in musculoskeletal ultrasonography in the hamstring muscles, and a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, specialising in muscle injuries and football performance. Furthermore, he is an Adjunct Professor in Instituto Politécnico da Maia and a research fellow on LABIOMEP at the Faculty of Sports of Porto and CIPER. Moreover, he is the Head of Performance of Youth Academy at Futebol Clube Famalicão SAD. His fields of specialisation are strength and conditioning training, sports performance, injuries rehabilitation, sports software, electromyography, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, shear wave elastography, hamstring muscles and muscle-tendon unit. Overall, Ricardo is a critical thinker who wants positively impact the field of sports science.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Pimenta

Citation names

  • Pimenta, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2A1D-382B-3BC0
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0134-5038

Email addresses

  • rjl.pimenta@gmail.com (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/06/01 - 2023/06/01
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Sports Science (Doutoramento)
Major in Biomecânica
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
"HAMSTRINGS ACTIVE SHEAR MODULUS PATTERN FOLLOWING A REPEATED SPRINT TASK IN FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS HAMSTRING STRAIN INJURY" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e Louvor
2016/09/01 - 2018/07/31
Concluded
 Mestrado de Treino em Alto Rendimento (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
"Comparison of sonographic techniques for the assessment of biceps femoris long head architecture " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2018/01/01 - 2018/03/17
Concluded
 FIFA MEDICAL - FOOTBALL MEDICINE (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Medicina Desportiva no Futebol
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Switzerland
2013/09/01 - 2016/07/31
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Educação Física e Desporto (Licenciatura)
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/28 - 2023/01/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2022/08/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2019/06/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024/01/31 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Coordenador da Performance e Ciência Desportiva Futebol Clube de Famalicão SAD, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Pimenta, Ricardo. Introduction to Biomechanics: Outdoor Sports. Maia, Portugal. 2023.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Pimenta, Ricardo. "Considerações da utilização do GPS para a monitorização da condição física no Futebol Profissional". In Desporto, Condição Física e Bem-estar : A Condição Física em Diferentes Contextos, 75-79. Porto, Portugal: Centro de Publicações / Universidade da Maia, 2024.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Pimenta, Ricardo. Corresponding author: Pimenta, Ricardo. "Effects of repeated sprinting on the hamstring stiffness pattern and neuromuscular parameters". Paper presented in SCS 4th Annual Conference: Strength and Conditioning for Human Performance, Porto, Portugal, 2021, Porto, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pimenta, Ricardo. "Biceps Femoris Long-Head Architecture Assessed Using Different Sonographic Techniques". Paper presented in Seminário Laboratório de Função Neuromuscular: Investigação e Aplicações, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Ricardo Pimenta; Hugo Antunes; Paula Bruno; A. P. Veloso. "Hamstrings mechanical properties profiling in football players of different competitive levels and positions after a repeated sprint protocol". Frontiers in Physiology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1315564.
    10.3389/fphys.2023.1315564
  2. Ricardo Pimenta; Tomás Lopes; A. P. Veloso. "Fatigue effects on the knee flexors neuromuscular parameters during repeated sprinting". BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-023-00789-y.
    10.1186/s13102-023-00789-y
  3. R. Pimenta; F. Coelho; J.P. Correia; J.R. Vaz. "Influence of transducer pressure and examiner experience on muscle active shear modulus measured by shear wave elastography". Radiography (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.11.005.
    10.1016/j.radi.2023.11.005
  4. Ricardo Pimenta; José P. Correia; João R. Vaz; António P. Veloso; Walter Herzog. "Changes in passive and active hamstrings shear modulus are not related after a warmup protocol". Journal of Biomechanics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.111957.
    10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.111957
  5. Pimenta, Ricardo; Correia, Jose P; Vaz, Joao R; Veloso, Antonio P; Herzog, Walter. "Hamstrings passive and active shear modulus: Implications of conventional static stretching and warmup". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/66847961/.
    10.1016/J.JSAMS.2024.02.006
  6. Ricardo Pimenta; Tomás Lopes; José Pedro Correia; António Prieto Veloso. "Effects of repeated sprinting on hamstring shear modulus pattern and knee flexor neuromuscular parameters". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38861-9.
    10.1038/s41598-023-38861-9
  7. Ricardo Pimenta; Pedro Almeida; José P. Correia; Paula M. Bruno; João R. Vaz; Pimenta, Ricardo; Almeida, Pedro; et al. "Effects of fatigue on hamstrings and gluteus maximus shear modulus in hip extension and knee flexion submaximal contraction task". Sports Biomechanics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2023.2195827.
    10.1080/14763141.2023.2195827
  8. Ricardo Pimenta; Tomás Lopes; Paula Bruno; António Veloso. "Effects of Repeated Sprints on Hamstring Active Shear Modulus Pattern and Neuromuscular Parameters in Football Players with and without Hamstring Strain Injury History—A Retrospective Study". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053099.
    10.3390/app13053099
  9. Ricardo Pimenta; Hugo Antunes; Tomás Lopes; António Veloso. "Do Repeated Sprints Affect the Biceps Femoris Long Head Architecture in Football Players with and without an Injury History?—A Retrospective Study". Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010096.
    10.3390/biology12010096
  10. Pimenta, R.; Blazevich, A.J.; Freitas, S.R.; Pimenta, Ricardo; Freitas, Sandro; Blazevich, Anthony. "Biceps femoris long-head architecture assessed using different sonographic techniques". Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 50 12 (2018): 2584-2594. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056495237&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1249/MSS.0000000000001731
Preprint
  1. Ricardo Pimenta; Tomás Lopes; Paula Bruno; António Veloso. "Does repeated sprinting alter the hamstring shear modulus pattern and mechanical parameters in football players with hamstring strain injury history? - A retrospective study". 2022. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2095208/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2095208/v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/11/13 Effects of repeated sprinting on the hamstring stiffness pattern and neuromuscular parameters SCS 4th Annual Conference: Strength and Conditioning for Human Performance, Porto, Portugal, 2021
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/20 Biceps Femoris Long-Head Architecture Assessed Using Different Sonographic Techniques Seminário Laboratório de Função Neuromuscular: Investigação e Aplicações
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05/27 - 2024/05/27 Moderador na Conferência de Encerramento: Mudança Comportamental em Atividade Física e Saúde: O papel da Motivação
Conference
 II Jornadas de Desporto, Condição Física e Bem-Estar - A condição Física em Diferentes Contextos
Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal
2024/05/02 - 2024/05/02 Moderador no Simpósio de Treino Desportivo - Tecnologias Integradas no Desporto com o tema " Novas tecnologias na Performance e Saúde - onde se enquadra a Inteligência Artificial?"
Symposium
 Simpósio de Treino Desportivo - Tecnologias Integradas no Desporto
Instituto Politécnico da Maia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/20 Enxaquecas na Prática Desportiva: Experiência de Atletas
President of the jury
 Ana Rita de Carvalho Vasconcelos (Master)
Instituto Politécnico da Maia Escola Superior de Ciências Sociais Educação e Desporto, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/06/17 - Current PeerJ (2167-8359)
2024/05/17 - Current European Journal of Applied Physiology (1439-6327) Springer
2024/04/03 - Current Nature Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature
2024/03/18 - Current Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (1600-0838) Willey
2023/05/01 - Current Biology of Sport (0860-021X) Termida
2024/08/15 - 2024/08/30 Cureus (2168-8184) Springer Nature
Distinctions

Award

2022 Ph.D Scholarship - ReinventO Project
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Ph.D Scholarship in Sports Science - University of Lisbon

Title

2021 Applied Science Award by Strength and Conditioning Society