María Rúa-Alonso (A817-2EC9-31A2)

Curriculum Vitae

María Rúa-Alonso

María Rúa Alonso holds a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (2013), a Master's in Research in Physical Activity, Sport and Health (2016), and an International PhD in Sport Sciences, Physical Education, and Healthy Physical Activity (2022) from the University of A Coruña (UDC). During her undergraduate studies, she worked as a researcher at the UDC through a Laboratory Collaboration Grant in 2012, and during her doctoral training, she participated as a researcher in various projects and collaborations of the Performance and Health Group of the UDC with public and private institutions. In parallel with her thesis project, since 2018 and until 2021, she has been working as a research assistant on projects developed by the SXD Galicia Ativa Chair of the Galician Sports Foundation in association with the University of A Coruña Foundation. She completed two international stays at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto, at the Centro de Investigação em Atividade Física, Saúde e Lazer (CIAFEL), both funded by Spanish institutions. During her PhD, she collaborated as a lecturer on Bachelor's Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Master's Degree in the Promotion of Healthy Physical Activity and Training Adapted to Pathologies, and Interuniversity Master's Degree in Research in Physical Activity, Sport and Health at the UDC. In her post-doctoral period, she taught in the 2022-2023 academic year for the Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Vigo Currently, She is an associate researcher at UDC under a Margarita Salas postdoc. In 2023, she completed an international post-doctoral stay at the Centre for Research in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), specifically at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (Portugal). Additionally, she is continuing her research from her doctoral thesis with a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation titled “Cardiovascular adaptations to resistance exercise: effect of set configuration in postmenopausal normo and hypertensive women: CARE project”. To date, she has published 12 articles (all JCR). The number of citations since 2018 is 90 and the H index is 5. She has presented 39 conference communications, including 3 plenary sessions. She has received 5 awards for conference works and 1 award for scientific publications for the first article in her PhD. Additionally, she is a member of the educational innovation group InDex and has worked on educational innovation and dissemination projects in various contexts.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: María Rúa-Alonso
Date of birth: 1991/03/18
Gender: Female

Citation names

Rúa-Alonso, María
Maria Rua Alonso

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A817-2EC9-31A2
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2763-2847
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=d_UgwCsAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id: F-1135-2017
Scopus Author Id: 57215595085

Email addresses

maria.rua@udc.es (Professional)
maria.rua@ipg.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Facultade de Ciencias do Deporte e a Educación Física, Avenida Ernesto Che Guevara, 121, 15179, Oleiros, Oleiros, Spain (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Rua-Alonso (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Galician (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/10/17 - 2022/04/01 Concluded	International PhD in Sport Science, Physical Education and Sport Leisure (Doctor) Major in Ciências sociais e jurídicas Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain "Acute cardiovascular and hemodynamic effects of set configuration of resistance training" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Summa cum laude
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/07 Concluded	Master´s degree in research in physical activity, sport, and health (Master Universitario) Major in Ciências sociais e jurídicas Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain "Acute effects of set configuration of resistance exercise on baroreflex sensitivity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	9.54/10
2009/09/21 - 2013/11/15 Concluded	BSc in Sport Science and the Science of Physical Activity (Bachelor) Major in Ciências sociais e jurídicas Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain "The use of muscle electrostimulation for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in patients with spinal cord injury." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	7.59/10

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/01/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade da Coruña, Spain
	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023/01/01 - Current	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal

2021/09/01 - 2021/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundacion Universidade da Coruña, Spain

2021/02/17 - 2021/04/25	Researcher (Research)	Fundacion Universidade da Coruña, Spain

2020/05/01 - 2020/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundacion Universidade da Coruña, Spain

2019/06/01 - 2019/07/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundacion Universidade da Coruña, Spain

2018/10/22 - 2018/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundacion Universidade da Coruña, Spain
	Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/10 - 2022/12/31	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Vigo - Campus de Pontevedra, Spain

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09/15 - 2019/12/15	Internationalisation - INDITEX grant for research stays	Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal (...)
2019/03/01 - 2019/05/31	Internationalisation - Programa IACOBUS: Pre-doctoral stay	Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal (...)
2012/10/01 - 2013/06/30	Student grant for complementary student training - Laboratory	Universidade da Coruña Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Spain

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/09/01 - Current	Cardiovascular adaptations to resistance exercise: effect of set configuration in postmenopausal normo and hypertensive women (CARE) PID2021-124277OB-I00 Researcher Performance and Health Group - Universidade da Coruña, Spain	España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/07 - 2030/06	Postdoctoral Xunta de Galicia - Formación Programme ED481B_077	Xunta de Galicia
2023/01 - 2024/06	Postdoctoral Margarita Salas Programme RSUC.UDC.MS09	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2019/03/01 - 2021/04/25	Technical assistance in the evaluation of physical condition and biomechanical variables and training planning for clients of the company EFISAUDE SL. INV03319 Researcher
2018/10/15 - 2019/07/14	Technical assistance for assessment and advice on nutrition, supplementation, body composition and sporting performance of rowers INV09718 Researcher
2019/04/25 - 2019/05/24	Technical assistance in assessment and implementation of selection tests for firefighters corresponding to the employment exchange of the provincial CIS of Ourense INV05219 Researcher
2018/09/01 - 2018/12/31	Technical assistance for the validation study of a submaximal adaptation of the FitQuest cardiovascular test. INV05518 Researcher
2018/03/01 - 2018/06/01	Technical assistance for the cardiovascular and body composition assessment of users of the sports service of the Cambre Town Council INV01918 Researcher

Outputs

Publications

Book	Giráldez-García, Manuel A.; Corral MR; Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Rico-Díaz, Javier; Nine, Iván; Dopico-Calvo, Xurxo; et al. GUÍA DAFIS. VALORES NORMATIVOS DE CONDICIÓN FÍSICA EN LA POBLACIÓN GALLEGA ESCOLAR. A Coruña, Spain: Editorial Xaniño / Fundación Deporte Galego. 2023. Published
Book chapter	Eliseo Iglesias-Soler; Jessica Rial-Vázquez; María Rúa-Alonso; Iván Nine; Iván Clavel. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: How physical fitness changes in children". 2024. 10.1016/b978-0-323-95648-2.00057-5
Conference abstract	Rúa-Alonso, María; Iglesias-Soler E; Mayo, Xian; Rial-Vázquez J; Fariñas, Juan. Corresponding author: Rúa-Alonso, María. "Acute changes on heart rate variability after resistance training sessions differing in set configuration". Paper presented in 24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Prague, 2019. Published Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez J; Fariñas J. "Beat-by-beat blood pressure monitoring". Paper presented in 10th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Sports Sciences, A Corunha, 2018.
Conference poster	Maria Rua Alonso; Marco Almeida; Antonio Bovolini; Cláudia Vaz; Ana Raquel Costa-Brito; Carolina Vila-Chã. Corresponding author: Maria Rua Alonso. "Effects of functional training intervention on performance and functional status of young footballers". Paper presented in CIDESD Internacional Congress 2023, 2023. Cláudia Vaz; Ana Raquel Costa-Brito; Antonio Bovolini; Maria Rua Alonso; Carolina Vila-Chã. Corresponding author: Cláudia Vaz. "Home-based technological tools to improve physical function in older people: a scoping review". Paper presented in CIDESD Internacional Congress 2023, 2023. Rúa-Alonso, María; Pires, Nuno; Marques, Miguel; Bovolini, A; Vaz, Cláudia; Costa-Brito, Ana R.; Serra, Nuno; Carolina Vila-Chã. "Effect of ageing on ankle muscle strength and standing postural control". Paper presented in II International Congress on Resistance Training Optimisation and Neuromuscular Performance, 2023. Rúa-Alonso, María; Pires, Nuno; Bovolini, A; Vaz, Cláudia; Costa-Brito, Ana R; Serra, N; Vila-Chã, Carolina. Corresponding author: Rúa-Alonso, María. "Sex and age differences in body composition, physical function, neuromuscular performance, physical activity, quality of life and health in rural community-dwelling older adults". Paper presented in Cidesd International Congress 2023, 2023. Maria Rua Alonso; Antonio Bovolini; Ana Raquel Costa-Brito; Carolina Vila-Chã. Corresponding author: Maria Rua Alonso. "Treino de potência muscular em idosos: Projeto PowerAGE". Paper presented in III International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention (ICHWBI 2023), 2023. Bovolini, A; Rúa-Alonso, María; Costa-Brito, Ana R.; Carolina Vila-Chã. "Age- and sex-related differences on muscle strength of the tibiotarsal joint and its association with physical and functional fitness". Paper presented in 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), 2023. Carolina Vila-Chã; Bovolini, A; Rúa-Alonso, María; Costa-Brito, Ana R.. "Acute effects of a static and a neuromuscular proprioceptive facilitation stretching protocol on different strength profiles". Paper presented in 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), 2023. Serra, Nuno; Bovolini, A; Rúa-Alonso, María; Carolina Vila-Chã. "Physical activity characteristics in inland older adults". Paper presented in 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), 2023. Rúa-Alonso, María; Dan Río-Rodriguez. Corresponding author: Rúa-Alonso, María. "Time motion analysis of 2015 world roller skating championship free long program". Paper presented in IX International Congress of the Spanish Association of Sports Sciences, 2016.
Journal article	Giorgia Perri; Chloe French; César Agostinis-Sobrinho; Atul Anand; Radiana Dhewayani Antarianto; Yasumichi Arai; Joseph A Baur; et al. "An expert consensus statement on biomarkers of ageing for use in intervention studies". The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae297. 10.1093/gerona/glae297 Iván Nine; Daniel Boullosa; Alexis Padrón-Cabo; Eduardo Carballeira; Jessica Rial-Vázquez; María Rúa-Alonso; Juan Fariñas; Manuel Giráldez-García; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "Acute cardiovascular responses of postmenopausal women to resistance training sessions differing in set configuration: A study protocol for a crossover trial". PLOS ONE (2024): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311524. 10.1371/journal.pone.0311524 Lucimere Bohn; Jessica Rial-Vázquez; Iván Nine; María Rúa-Alonso; Juan Fariñas; Manuel Avelino Giráldez-García; Jorge Mota; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "Arterial stiffness assessment by pulse wave velocity in postmenopausal women: comparison between noninvasive devices". Menopause (2024): https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000002383. 10.1097/GME.0000000000002383 Raquel Costa-Brito, Ana; Bovolini, Antonio; Rúa-Alonso, María; Vaz, Cláudia; Francisco Ortega-Morán, Juan; Blas Pagador, J.; Vila-Chã, Carolina. "Home-based exercise interventions delivered by technology in older adults: A scoping review of technological tools usage". International Journal of Medical Informatics 181 (2024): 105287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105287. Open access • 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105287 Jessica Rial-Vázquez; Iván Nine; María Rúa-Alonso; Juan Fariñas; Roberto Fernández-Seoane; Pedro Jiménez-Reyes; Miguel Fernández-del-Olmo; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "Are Young Female Basketball Players Adequately Prepared for a Force–Velocity Jumping and Sprinting Assessment?". Pediatric Exercise Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2024-0014. 10.1123/pes.2024-0014 Rúa-Alonso, María; Antonio Bovolini; Ana Raquel Costa-Brito; Cláudia Vaz; Ermelinda Marques; Nuno Serra; Vítor P. Lopes; Carolina Vila-Chã. Corresponding author: Carolina Vila-Chã. "Exploring Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity among Older Adults Living in Low-Population Density Regions: Gender Differences and Associations with Activity Dimensions". Healthcare 11 22 (2023): 2948. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11222948. Open access • Published • 10.3390/healthcare11222948 Vila-Chã C; Bovolini A; Francisco C; Costa-Brito AR; Vaz C; Rúa-Alonso, María; de Paz JA; Vieira T; Mendonca GV. "Acute effects of isotonic eccentric exercise on the neuromuscular function of knee extensors vary according to the motor task: impact on muscle strength profiles, proprioception and balance.". Frontiers in sports and active living 3 5 (2023): 1273152. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/38022776. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fspor.2023.1273152 Fariñas J; Rial-Vázquez J; Carballeira E; Giráldez-García MA; Colomer-Poveda D; Sevilla-Sánchez M; Márquez G; et al. "Cross education is modulated by set configuration in knee extension exercise.". Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36856099. María Rúa-Alonso; Xian Mayo; Jessica Rial-Vázquez; Juan Fariñas; Asier Aracama; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "Hemodynamic Response During Different Set Configurations of a Moderate-load Resistance Exercise". International Journal of Sports Medicine (2022): https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1843-8778. 10.1055/a-1843-8778 Rial-Vázquez J; Nine I; Guerrero-Moreno JM; Rúa-Alonso M; Fariñas J; Márquez G; Giráldez-García MA; et al. "Face Masks at the Gymnasium: Physiological Responses and Mechanical Performance Are Not Compromised by Wearing Surgical or Filtering Facepiece 2 Masks in Healthy Subjects.". Journal of strength and conditioning research (2022): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37347944. 10.1519/jsc.0000000000004401 Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Rúa-Alonso, María; Fariñas, Juan; Aracama, Asier; Tufano, James; Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo. "Heart Rate Responses and Cardiovascular Adaptations to Resistance Training Programs Differing in Set Configuration: A Randomized Controlled Trial". Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 94 2 (2022): 466-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.2008293. 10.1080/02701367.2021.2008293 Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Nine, Iván; Lete-Lasa, Jose Ramón; Clavel, Iván; Giráldez-García, Manuel A.; Rodríguez-Corral, Miguel; Dopico-Calvo, Xurxo; Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo. "Comparison of Physical Fitness Profiles Obtained before and during COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Independent Large Samples of Children and Adolescents: DAFIS Project". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 7 (2022): 3963. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073963. 10.3390/ijerph19073963 Jessica Rial-Vázquez; Xian Mayo; James J. Tufano; Juan Fariñas; María Rúa-Alonso; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "Cluster vs. traditional training programmes: changes in the force–velocity relationship". Sports Biomechanics (2022): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2020.1718197. 10.1080/14763141.2020.1718197 Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo; Rúa-Alonso, María; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Lete-Lasa, Jose Ramón; Clavel, Iván; Giráldez-García, Manuel A.; Rico-Díaz, Javier; et al. "Percentiles and Principal Component Analysis of Physical Fitness From a Big Sample of Children and Adolescents Aged 6-18 Years: The DAFIS Project". Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627834. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627834 Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo; Rial-Vázquez, Jessica; Boullosa, Daniel; Mayo, Xian; Fariñas, Juan; Rúa-Alonso, María; Santos, Luis. "Load-velocity Profiles Change after Training Programs with Different Set Configurations". International Journal of Sports Medicine 42 09 (2020): 794-802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1323-3456. 10.1055/a-1323-3456 María Rúa-Alonso; Xian Mayo; Jorge Mota; J. Derek Kingsley; Eliseo Iglesias-Soler. "A short set configuration attenuates the cardiac parasympathetic withdrawal after a whole-body resistance training session". European Journal of Applied Physiology 120 8 (2020): 1905-1919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04424-3. 10.1007/s00421-020-04424-3
Thesis / Dissertation	"Acute Cardiovascular and Hemodynamic Effects of Set Configuration of Resistance Training". PhD, Universidade da Coruña, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2183/30479.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/04/21	Respostas cardiovasculares ao treino	Ciclo de Seminários em Exercício e Saúde Universidade Lusófona do Porto (OPorto)
2020/03/12	Cardiovascular responses to resistance exercise	Charlas Espejo de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Deporte Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina (Bogotá, Colombia)

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023/10 - Current	II International Congress on Resistance Training Optimisation and Neuromuscular Performance	Universidad Camilo Jose Cela

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/12 - 2023/12	Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles	Bachelor's Degree in Sports, Fitness and Health (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023/11 - 2023/12	Exercise Physiology	Bachelor’s Degree in Sports, Fitness and Health (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Physical exercise for special populations	Bachelor¿s Degree in Sports (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Functional Anatomy II	Bachelor's Degree in Sports, Fitness and Health (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Functional Anatomy II	Bachelor's Degree in Sports (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Physical exercise evaluation and prescription I	Bachelor's Degree in Sports, Fitness and Health (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Human physiopathology	Bachelor's Degree in Sports, Fitness and Health (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/12/31	Physical Education and its Teaching in Childhood	Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education (Bachelor)	Universidade de Vigo Facultade de Ciencias da Educación e do Deporte, Spain
2021/07/01 - 2021/07/31	Research Methodology in Sport Science Course		Centro de Formación Técnica Santo Tomás, Chile

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/05 - Current	Apunts Educación Física y Deportes

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022 - 2022/12	Professional internships: physical activity and health	Marta Ballesteros

Distinctions

Award

2023	III Best Oral Communication II International Congress on Optimization of Strength Training and Neuromuscular Performance, Spain
2022	II Best Oral Communication I International Congress on Optimization of Strength Training and Neuromuscular Performance, Spain
2022	Best Oral Communication in Health Science Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2021	Best Oral Communication in Physical Activity and Health Science Asociación Española de Ciencias Del Deporte, Spain
2021	Iacobus Award - Scientific publications (papers) Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Galicia-Norte de Portugal, Spain
2018	Best Oral Communication in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics Asociación Española de Ciencias Del Deporte, Spain