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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Margarida Florindo
Date of birth
1962/01/14
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CA1C-FE70-B411
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2466-6942

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/01/04 - 2023/12/18
Concluded
 Ciencias de la Salud (Doutoramento)
Major in Fisioterapia
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
"Estudio de la influencia de la actividad física en posición ortostática sobre la fisiologia vascular de los miembros inferiores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Sobresaliente "cum laude"
2015
Concluded
 Emerging Challenges of Physiotherapy Research and Practice (Curso médio)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2014
Concluded
 Especialista em Terapia e Reabilitação (Doutoramento)
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Portugal
"Citoquinas inflamatórias e a atividade física na esclerose múltipla" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 MB
2008 - 2008
Concluded
 Curso Básico “Bobath – Avaliação e Intervenção em Doentes Adultos com Hemip (Pós-Graduação)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
 MB
2008 - 2008
Concluded
 Advanced Bobath Course (Pós-Graduação)
Bassetlaw District General Hospital, United Kingdom
 MB
2005 - 2008
Concluded
 Mestrado em Organização Sócio-Organizacional (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Políticas e Modelos de Gestão em Unidades de Fisioterapia: Estratégias para a Mudança" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
2007
Concluded
 n/a (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Políticas e modelos de Gestão em Unidades de Fisioterapia: Estratégias para a Mudança" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2003 - 2004
Concluded
 Fisioterapia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
"Critérios de Análise do Controlo Postural, em doentes com AVC" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
1990 - 1990
Concluded
 Tratamento do Neurodesenvolvimento – Bobath (Pós-Graduação)
Centro de eabilitação de Paralisia Cerebral Calouste Gulbenkian , Portugal
 MB
1981 - 1984
Concluded
 Fisioterapia (Bacharelato)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/09/01 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade Atlântica Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica, Portugal
Universidade Atlântica Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014 - 2020 Diretora de Área Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014 - 2020 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09 - 2023/10/18 Estudante de Doutoramento Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
1984/08/06 - 2009/08/31 Fisioterapeuta Especialista Hospitalar Hospital de Egas Moniz, Portugal
1984/08 - 2009 Técnico Especialista (Técnica) Hospital de Egas Moniz, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Nuno, S.; Silva, Helena; Andrade, S.; Monteiro Rodrigues, L. "The unilateral proximal movement in the upper limb evokes a rapid adaptive hemodynamical response (RAHR)". Paper presented in IV CBIOS Seminar, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Margarida Florindo; João Gregório; Luís Monteiro Rodrigues. "Regular Physical Activity Seems to Eliminate Lower Limb Perfusion Asymmetries in Sedentary Non-Healthy Older Individuals". Life (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/life14101258.
    10.3390/life14101258
  2. Margarida Florindo; João Gregório; Luís Monteiro Rodrigues. "Lower-Limb Perfusion and Cardiovascular Physiology Are Significantly Improved in Non-Healthy Aged Adults by Regular Home-Based Physical Activities—An Exploratory Study". Life (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/life14020241.
    10.3390/life14020241
  3. Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis; Rocha, Clemente; Gregorio, Joao; Florindo, Margarida; Granja, Tiago; Andrade, Sergio. "Acute adaptation of skin microcirculatory perfusion does not involve local responses". Physiology 38 S1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5789986.
    10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5789986
  4. Margarida Florindo; João Gregório; Luis Monteiro Rodrigues. "Short duration – low intensity isometric plantar flexion increases distal perfusion: observations from a healthy cohort". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.19.1.286.
    10.19277/bbr.19.1.286
  5. Luis Monteiro Rodrigues; Sérgio Loureiro Nuno; Tiago Granja; Margarida Esteves Florindo; João Gregório; Tiago Atalaia. "Perfusion, Stance and Plantar Pressure Asymmetries on the Human Foot in the Absence of Disease—A Pilot Study". Symmetry (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030441.
    10.3390/sym14030441
  6. Luis Monteiro Rodrigues; Clemente Gomes Rocha; Margarida Esteves Florindo; João Gregório. "Lower Limb Perfusion Asymmetries in Humans at Rest and Following Activity—A Collective View". Symmetry (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13122348.
    10.3390/sym13122348
  7. Margarida Florindo; Sérgio Loureiro Nuno; Luis Monteiro Rodrigues. "Lower limb dynamic activity significantly reduces foot skin perfusion– exploring data with different optical sensors in age-grouped healthy adults". Skin Pharmacology and Physiology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1159/000517906.
    10.1159/000517906
  8. Sergio Nuno; Margarida Florindo; Henrique Silva; Luis Monteiro Rodrigues. "Studying the impact of different body positioning, squatting, and unipodal flexion on perfusion in the lower limb – an exploratory approach complemented with optical spectroscopy (TiVi)". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal (2020): https://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.17.2.235.
    10.19277/bbr.17.2.235
  9. Nuno, Sérgio; Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Silva Henrique; Rodrigues, Luís Monteiro. "Studying the impact of different body positioning, squatting, and unipodal flexion on perfusion in the lower limb – an exploratory approach complemented with optical spectroscopy (TiVi)". 17 2 (2020): 1-10. http://www.alies.pt/BBR%20Editions/Vol-17-2-2020/bbr.17.2.235.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  10. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Pinto, Ivan; Oliveira, João; Afonso Diogo; Domingues Beatriz. "Gastrocnemius Exercise Programme in the Dynamic Balance". 12 8 (2020): 156-162. https://www.ecronicon.com/ecne/ECNE-12-00750.php.
    Open access • Published
  11. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Teixeira, Filipa; Antunes, Ana Margarida; Ribeiro, Raquel. "Efeito da aplicação do método de Buerger Allen no edema pós-traumático do membro inferior – Estudo piloto". Salutis Scientia 12 julho 2020 (2020): 1-8. http://www.salutisscientia.esscvp.eu/Site/Artigo.aspx?artigoid=32043.
    Published
  12. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Margarida Florindo; Luis Monteiro Rodrigues. "Studying the human lower limb perfusion dynamics with the step in place model". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.16.2.212.
    10.19277/bbr.16.2.212
  13. Florindo, Margarida; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luís. "The march in place activity – a view from the local concentration of red blood cells (CRBC) in the human foot dorsum". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 16 1 (2019): 62-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.19277/bbr.16.1.199.
    10.19277/bbr.16.1.199
  14. Florindo, Margarida; Silva, Henrique; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis. "Assessing microcirculation dynamics during gait in the lower limb - a preliminary approach". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 15 2 (2018): 189-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.19277/bbr.15.2.185.
    10.19277/bbr.15.2.185
  15. Margarida Florindo; Henrique Silva; Luis Monteiro Rodrigues. "Studying the in vivo microcirculatory adaptation to isometric contraction (dorsiflexion) in the human lower limb". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 15 1 (2018): 63-69. https://doi.org/10.19277/BBR.15.1.175.
    10.19277/BBR.15.1.175
  16. Florindo, Margarida; Silva, Henrique; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis. "Impact of the isometric contraction of the calf on the local microcirculation". Biomed Biopharm Research 14 2 (2017): 179-186. http://www.alies.pt/BBR%20Editions/Vol-14-2-2017/art6.pdf.
    Published • 2182-2379
  17. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Tânia Filipa Rosa Batista. "Influence of sit-to-stand task facilitation, for the lower limb postural orientation in the standing position". EC Neurology 7 3 (2017): 93-98.
    Published
  18. Florindo, Margarida. "Inflammatory Cytokines and Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis". ISRN Neurology 2014 151572 (2014): 1-8.
    Published • 10.1155/2014/151572
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves. "Políticas e modelos de gestão em unidades de fisioterapia: estratégias para a mudança". Master, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/4915.

Other

Other output
  1. What happens in the foot microcirculation during walk?. Poster. 2019. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis.
  2. Local microvascular changes detected by Tissue Viability (TiVi®) imaging during an isometric calf contraction in human. Poster III CBIOS Seminar. 2018. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Silva, Henrique; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis.
  3. Isometric flexor muscle activity alters microcirculatory perfusion in the human lower limb. Poster. 2018. Florindo, Margarida; Silva, Henrique; Nuno, Sérgio; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis.
  4. Changes in skin microcirculation during dorsiflexion in standing position. Poster. 2018. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Silva, Henrique; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis.
  5. Studying the influence of the in vivo isometric contraction in human microcirculation. Poster. 2017. Florindo, Margarida Maria Esteves; Silva, Henrique; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/07 Significance of perfusion asymmetries in sedentary non-healthy individuals 3rd International Meeting Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia (Porto, Portugal)
2024/04/04 Light physical activity improves lower limbs perfusion asymmetries in older sedentary adults – an exploratory study
American Physiology Society (Long Beach, United States)
2023/10/15 LOOKING FURTHER INTO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PERFUSION ASYMMETRIES IN THE LOWER LIMB OF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS Annual Meeting of the North American Vascular Biology
Microcirculatory Society and North American Vascular Biology Organization (Newport Harbor, United States)
2023/04 Acute adaptation of skin microcirculatory perfusion does not involve local responses.
(Long Beach, United States)
2021/07/12 THE ACUTE MODIFICATION OF THE UPPER-LIMB PERFUSION IN VIVO EVOKES A PROMPT ADAPTIVE HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO RE-ESTABLISH CARDIOVASCULAR HOMEOSTASIS Physiology 2021
The Physiological Society (Berlim, Germany)
2020/11/23 Perfusion, Movement and Adaptive Responses IV CBIOS Seminar
CBIOS (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/10/07 COMPARING THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LOWER LIMB MOVEMENT INTENSITIES ON DORSAL FOOT PERFUSION
Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia (Brazil)
2020/07/07 REGULAR GAIT CHANGES THE PERFUSION ADAPTATION IN THE FOOT ESPECIALLY IN OLDER INDIVIDUALS Future Physiology 2020
The Physiological Society (London, United Kingdom)
2019/10/10 Microcirculatory characterisation of the step in place activity Physioma2019
Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/09/16 - 2022/09/18 A REGULAR LIGHT HOME-ACTIVITY PROGRAM MIGHT IMPROVE DISTAL PERFUSION IN AGED, NON-HEALTHY PRO-SEDENTARY INDIVIDUALS Apresentação de poster
Congress
 Europhysiology 2022
The Physiological Society, United Kingdom
2022/05/07 - 2022/05/11 PERFUSION, MOVEMENT, AND RECOVERY Apresentação de Poster
Congress
 39th International Union of Physiological Sciences Congress
International Union of Physiological Sciences, China
2020/10/26 - 2020/10/29 Apresentação de E-Poster "A novel analytical strategy to assess microcirculatory fractality from perfusion images"
Conference
North American Vascular Biology Organization, United States
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/16 Jornadas Científicas
Conference
 XII jornadas Científicas da ESSCVP
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2018/09/14 - 2018/09/16 Congresso Internacional
Congress
 Europhysiology 2018
The Physiological Society (TPS), United Kingdom
2007 - 2007 Intervenção do Fisioterapeuta em Doentes com AVC
Seminar
 I Seminário do Serviço de Neurologia do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
Hospital de Egas Moniz, Portugal
2005 - 2005 VI Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas
Congress
 VI Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
2005 - 2005 Fisioterapia em Neurologia
Other
 Fisioterapia em Neurologia
Hospital de Cascais, Portugal
2004 - 2004 European Congresso n Physiotherapy Education
Congress
 European Congresso n Physiotherapy Education
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Estratégias de Comunicação no Adulto com Patologia Neurológica Adquirida”
Workshop
 Estratégias de Comunicação no Adulto com Patologia Neurológica Adquirida”
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Paraplégicos, pela 1ª vez há esperança
Other
 Paraplégicos, pela 1ª vez há Esperança
Hospital de Egas Moniz, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Cadeira de Rodas: quando, porquê e como?
Congress
 IV Congresso Nacional da SPEM
Sociedade Portuguesa de Esclerose Múltipla, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Descendiendo por las Vias Motoras Normales, Lesionadas y en Recuperación
Conference
 Descendiendo por las Vias Motoras Normales, Lesionadas y en Recuperación
La asociación Española de Terapeutas formados en el Concepto Bobath, Spain

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2014/12 - Current Membro de Conselho Científico
Member
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal