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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Cristina Silva Santos

Citation names

  • Silva-Santos, Sandra

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4215-C51C-5FE1
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1625-5932
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10/06 - 2021/07/31
Concluded
Rehabilitation in Exercise and Sports Medicine / Reabilitação em Medicina do Exercício e Desporto (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
17
2020/08/31
Concluded
Swimming coach (Grade II) / Treinadora de natação (Grau II) (Outros)
Major in Natação / Swimming
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2012/05/01 - 2017/09/29
Concluded
Physical Activity and Health, PhD. / Atividade Física e Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"COMPETÊNCIA MOTORA ASSOCIADA À ATIVIDADE FÍSICA E OBESIDADE EM CRIANÇAS PRÉ-ESCOLARES." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/03/07 - 2017/01/31
Concluded
Data Analysis / Análise de Dados (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
17
2009/09/01 - 2011/12/22
Concluded
Master degree in Physical Activity and Health / Atividade Física e Saúde (Mestrado)
Major in Actividade Física e Saúde
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"Associação entre actividade física habitual e a Pressão arterial de Crianças Pré-Escolares" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2003/09/01 - 2008/07/14
Concluded
Graduation in Sports Science / Ciências do Desporto (Licenciatura)
Major in Opção Complementar de Desporto de Rendimento
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"Análise hidrodinâmica do arrasto de onda nas quatro técnicas de nado." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017/10/01 - 2021/01/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/03/01 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto de Estudos Superiores de Fafe Lda, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2024/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas do Douro, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2012/09/01 - 2020/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Colégio Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Portugal
Colégio Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09/01 - 2023/05/31 Refereeing in women's football: Motivation, experiences and career development in women's football”.
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Union of European Football Association
Ongoing
2012/05 - 2017/04 “Are cardiovascular diseases risk factors associated with habitual physical activity, physical education class and physical fitness levels in preschool children”
SFRH/BD/86538/2012
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2013/09/01 - 2014/03/31 "Soccer as a novel therapeutic approach to pediatric obesity. A randomized controlled trial and its effects on fitness, body composition, cardiometabolic and oxidative markers".
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Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
Union of European Football Association
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Santos, Sandra. "Women Refereeing In Soccer: Differences In Retention Strategies Between Portugal And Spain Soccer Federations". 2023.
  2. Santos, Sandra. "The Relationship between Sit & Play and Gross Motor Coordination in Preschoolers". 2017.
    10.1249/01.mss.0000519678.02987.c5
  3. Santos, Sandra. "Physical Activity, Obesity Status, and Blood Pressure in Preschool Children". 2014.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.031
Journal article
  1. Silva-Santos, Sandra; Bezerra, Pedro; Martins, Susana Rafaela; Ricardo Lima; Bruno Silva. "Career development in Women Football Refereeing: an exploratory study in Portugal and Spain". Retos 63 (2025): 1132-1139. https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/index.
    Accepted
  2. Silva-Santos, Sandra; Amanda Santos; Duncan, Michael; Alynne Andaki; Professor Doutor Susana Maria Coelho Guimarães Vale; Mota, Jorge. "Motor competence and waist-to-height-ratio in preschoolers". Journal of Motor Learning and Development | Human Kinetics (2025): https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jmld/jmld-overview.xml.
    Under revision
  3. Cátia Vaz; José Eduardo Teixeira; Daniel Leite Portella; Diogo Monteiro; Pedro Forte; Silva-Santos, Sandra; Joana Ribeiro. "Understanding the Bullying Phenomenon Through the Eyes of the Youth Football Coaches in the Portuguese Region of Tâmega e Sousa". Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, section Sports Coaching: Performance and Development (2024):
    Under revision
  4. Teixeira, José E.; Branquinho, Luís; Ricardo Ferraz; Eduardo Maio; Miguel Leal; Joana Ribeiro; Silva-Santos, Sandra. "Understanding football tactical patterns with artificial intelligence: A systematic review". Behavioral Sciences 14 (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci.
    Under revision
  5. Santos, Sandra. "A Deep Learning Neural Network to Classify Obesity Risk in Portuguese Adolescents Based on Physical Fitness Levels and Body Mass Index Percentiles: Insights for National Health Policies". Behavioral Sciences. 13 7 (2023): 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13070522.
    Published
  6. Encarnação, Samuel; Rodrigues, Filipe; Monteiro, António Miguel; Gouili, Hatem; Hattabi, Soukaina; Sortwell, Andrew; Branquinho, Luís; et al. "Obesity Status and Physical Fitness Levels in Male and Female Portuguese Adolescents: A Two-Way Multivariate Analysis". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 12 (2023): 6115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126115.
    10.3390/ijerph20126115
  7. Silva-Santos, Sandra; Monteiro, António M.; Barbosa, Tiago M.; Teixeira, José E.; Branquinho, Luís; Ferraz, Ricardo; Forte, Pedro. "Associations between Coronavirus and Immune Response, Cardiorespiratory Fitness Rehabilitation and Physical Activity: A Brief Report". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 5 (2023): 4651. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054651.
    10.3390/ijerph20054651
  8. Encarnação, Samuel Gonçalves Almeida da; Flores, Pedro; Magalhães, David; Afonso, Gil; Pereira, Albino; Fonseca, Rui Brito; Ribeiro, Joana; et al. "The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 18 (2022): 11213. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811213.
    Open access • 10.3390/ijerph191811213
  9. Flores, Pedro; Teixeira, José E.; Leal, Anna K.; Branquinho, Luís; Fonseca, Rui Brito; Silva-Santos, Sandra; Batista, Amanda; et al. "Asthma Prevalence in Adolescent Students from a Portuguese Primary and Secondary School". 2 (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7051/2/3/29.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/adolescents2030029
  10. Silva-Santos, Sandra; Santos, Amanda; Martins, Clarice; Duncan, Michael; Lagoa, Maria João; Vale, Susana; Mota, Jorge. "Associations Between Motor Competence, Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index Among Preschoolers Over 1 Year". Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2021): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2020-0356.
    Published
  11. Silva-Santos, Sandra; Santos, Amanda; Duncan, Michael; Vale, Susana; Mota, Jorge. "Association Between Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity and Gross Motor Coordination in Preschool Children". Journal of Motor Learning and Development 7 2 (2019): 273-285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2017-0056.
    10.1123/jmld.2017-0056
  12. Mota, J.; Martins, C.; Silva-Santos, S.; Santos, A.; Vale, S.. "TV in bedroom, outdoor playtime and obesity status among preschool girls,Télévision dans la chambre, activités récréatives en plein air et prévalence de l'obésité chez les filles d’âge préscolaire". Science and Sports (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058655528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scispo.2018.09.011
  13. Santos, A.; Silva-Santos, S.; Duncan, M.; Lagoa, M.J.; Vale, S.; Mota, J.. "Relationship among changes in sedentary time, physical activity, and body mass index in young schoolchildren: A 3-year longitudinal study". Pediatric Exercise Science 30 3 (2018): 426-432. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050167660&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1123/pes.2017-0163
  14. Mota, Jorge; Silva-Santos, Sandra; Santos, Amanda; Seabra, André; Duncan, Michael; Vale, Susana. "Parental education and perception of outdoor playing time for preschoolers". Motriz: Revista de Educação Física 23 spe2 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-6574201700si0062.
    10.1590/s1980-6574201700si0062
  15. Silva-Santos, S.; Santos, A.; Vale, S.; Mota, J.. "Motor fitness and preschooler children obesity status". Journal of Sports Sciences 35 17 (2017): 1704-1708. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991203969&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02640414.2016.1232486
  16. Santos, A.; Silva-Santos, S.; Andaki, A.; Mendes, E.L.; Vale, S.; Mota, J.. "Screen time between Portuguese and Brazilian children: A cross-cultural study". Motriz. Revista de Educacao Fisica 23 2 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020513470&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/S1980-6574201700020006
  17. Mota, J.; Silva Dos Santos, S.; Santos, A.; Seabra, A.; Vale, S.. "Association between sedentary behavior time and waist-to-height ratio in preschool children". American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 28 5 (2016): 746-748. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028267559&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ajhb.22851
  18. Santos, Sandra. "Association between sedentary behaviour and abdominal obesity in preschool children". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (2014):
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.11.330
  19. Mota, J.; Silva-Santos, S.; Barros, M.; Farias Júnior, J.C.; Vale, S.. "Influence of different behavioural factors and obesity status on systolic blood pressure among pre-school children". Annals of Human Biology 41 6 (2014): 506-510. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911883978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3109/03014460.2014.909884
  20. Santos, Sandra. "Influence of body fat and level of physical activity on rate-pressure product at rest in preschool children". American Journal of Human Biology (2012):
    doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22294
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/05 "Experience in soccer: motivations of young Iberian women to become soccer referees".
Portugal Football School (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/10/30 Gross motor skills and their relationship with abdominal obesity in preschoolers. Competência motora grossa e a sua relação com a obesidade abdominal em pré escolares. XVI Seminário de Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021/04/28 Health promotion in schools / Promoção da Saúde em contexto escolar. V SEduCiTec. Semana de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia.
Instituto Federal da Paraíba (Paraíba)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/07/08 PREVALÊNCIA DE LESÕES NA ARBITRAGEM DE FUTEBOL: UM ESTUDO COM ÁRBITRAS DA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA
Supervisor
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas do Douro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/04 - 2023/10/06 Apresentação de um projeto pioneiro: Comunicação “Bullying Nos Escalões De Formação De Futebol Do Séc. XXI: O Caso Da Região Do Tâmega E Sousa”
Congress
2020/01/05 - 2020/01/06 The future you may find in refereeing / O futuro que poderão encontrar na arbitragem
Meeting
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/04 Lecture on: The challenges of modern arbitration / Palestra sobre: Os desafios da arbitragem moderna.
Conference
Universidade Positivo, Brazil

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/20 Dissertação intitulada: A Natureza e a Tecnologia Digital na Ocupação dos Tempos Livres: Potenciais Influências no Desenvolvimento das Crianças do Século XXI em Idade Creche.
President of the jury
Diana Manuela Peliteiro de Sousa Pinto (Master)
Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores Escola Superior de Educação de Fafe, Portugal
2023/12/20 Relatório de Estágio intitulado: Qualidades dos Espaços, dos Equipamentos e das Atividades na Creche e Desenvolvimento Psicomotor na Primeira Infância.
President of the jury
Emília Sofia da Costa Sampaio. (Master)
Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores Escola Superior de Educação de Fafe, Portugal
2022/05/19 Sedentary behavior, level of Physical Activity and Associated Factors in Preschoolers from Patrocínio-MG./Comportamento Sedentário, Nível de Atividade Física e Factores Associados em Pré-escolares de Patrocínio-MG.
(Thesis) Main arguer
THAYNARA ROSANE ARAUJO BRAGA (Master)
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil
2022/05/18 Dissertação intitulada: “Comportamento Sedentário, Nível de Atividade Física e Fatores Associados em Pré-Escolares de Patrocínio-Mg.
(Thesis) Main arguer
Thaynara Rosane Araujo Braga (Master)
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2023/09/15 - Current Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Exercise, Sport and Well-being
Coordinator
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Third Portuguese woman to win a project at the UEFA Research Grant Programme // Selection for the 13th cycle 2022-2023
Union of European Football Association, Switzerland

Title

2018 International Assistant Referee
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Switzerland