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Duarte Barros is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Physical Activity and Health at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto (FADEUP). He holds a Master’s degree in Physical Activity for the Elderly from FADEUP (2018) and a Bachelor’s degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics from the University of Algarve (2015). His research focuses on exercise programs designed to enhance mobility, muscle strength, and independence in frail and institutionalized older adults. He was a team member of several funded projects including "Body & Brain" (FCT: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031808) and the "National Observatory in Physical Activity and Sports" (IPDJ/CIAFEL: P/309/DD/2018). In addition, he serves as the coordinator of the community project "More Years, More Health", an initiative led by the Centro de Acolhimento da Serra do Pilar, funded by the COVID-19 Recovery Support Fund from the Municipality of Gaia. To date, he has authored and co-authored 17 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index: 7, 200+ citations), one book chapter, and 16 abstracts in scientific journals. By integrating exercise science, gerontology, and clinical medicine, Duarte Barros aims to develop evidence-based strategies that promote functional independence, reduce frailty, and enhance the quality of life for aging populations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Duarte Gabriel Moleiro Barros

Citation names

  • Barros, Duarte

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F416-2808-3AD0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7709-7539

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, 91, 4200-450, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Geriatrics and Gerontology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/01 - 2025/06
Ongoing
 Physical Activity and Health (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2015/09 - 2018
Concluded
 Physical Activity for Elderly (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
"Fragilidade, atividade física e aptidão funcional" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2011 - 2015
Concluded
 Ortoprotesia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 15
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 Exercise training in frail institutionalized older adults: Exploring the muscle-related mechanisms behind its positive effect on physical function
2020.05911.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/07/15 - 2020/11/30 Body and Brain: Effects of multicomponent exercise intervention on physical and cognitive function of older adults with Alzheimer disease
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-03808
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/11/01 - 2018/05/01 Observatório Nacional de Atividade Física e Saúde (Apoio à Atividade Desportiva, Operacionalização do Sistema de Vigilância e Monitorização da Atividade Física e Desportiva
CP/309/DD/2018
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Borges-Machado, Flávia; Barros, Duarte ; Ribeiro, Oscar; Maria Joana Mesquita Cruz Barbosa de Carvalho. "“Body & Brain”: Adaptação online de um programa de exercício físico multicomponente para pessoas com demência". In Demência e COVID-19: Contributos do IV Seminário Internacional Alzheimer e outras Demências, 41-56. Portugal: Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, 2021.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Ribeiro, Oscar; Borges-Machado, Flavia; Barros, Duarte; Teixeira, Laetitia; Carvalho, Joana. "DOES A 6-MONTH MULTICOMPONENT TRAINING IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER?". 2021.
  2. Ribeiro, Oscar; Marques, Pedro; Barros, Duarte; Silva, Paula; Carvalho, Joana; Borges-Machado, Flavia. "CAREGIVERS' PERCEPTION ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED EXERCISE INTERVENTION - BODY & BRAIN PROJECT". 2021.
  3. Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Pizarro, Andreia; Sampaio, Arnaldina; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "The association between different combinations of physical activity and sedentary time on the risk of frailty". Paper presented in International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2020), Toulouse, 2020.
    Published
  4. Ribeiro O; Borges-Machado F; Barros D; Carvalho J. "Effectiveness of a 6-Month Multicomponent Training on Physical Frailty in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment". 2020.
  5. Carvalho, Joana; Machado, Flavia B.; Sampaio, Arnaldina; Marques-Aleixo, Ines; Magalhaes, Jose; Barros, Duarte; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Multicomponent Training For Dementia Patients: Body&Brain Project Primary Results On Functional Fitness". 2020.
    10.1249/01.MSS.0000678808.14141.31
  6. Bohn, Lucimere; Nascimento, Alinne; Barros, Duarte; Carvalho, Joana; Oliveira, Jose. "Higher Aortic Stiffness Is Related With Lower Physical Fitness In Older Adults". 2020.
    10.1249/01.MSS.0000685364.56904.52
  7. Machado, Flávia; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Aleixo, Inês; Magalhães, José; Sampaio,Arnaldina; Ribeiro, Óscar; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Contributions of a multicomponent exercise program for dementia patients: body composition preliminary data". Paper presented in 23º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Braga, 2019.
    Published
  8. Fomenko, Elizaveta; Sampaio,Arnaldina; Machado, Flávia; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Santos, Maria Paula; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Body & Brain Project: Experience Report of the Pilot Intervention". Paper presented in I Congresso de Atividade Física e Saúde Mental, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  9. Bohn, Lucimere; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Nascimento, Alinne; Oliveira, José; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Functional capacity and cognitive function are diminished in frail and pre-frail elders". Paper presented in 8th Annual Meeting of Exercise is Medicine in Europe, Amsterdão, 2019.
    Published
  10. Sousa-Santos, Ana Rita; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Carvalho, Maria Joana; Amaral, Teresa. "Agreement between muscle mass assessment methods for the diagnosis of sarcopenia". Paper presented in XVIII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  11. Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Lima, Raquel; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Comparação das medidas antropométricas na síndrome da fragilidade em idosos". Paper presented in 21º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Aveiro, 2017.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.2.30919.39840
  12. Lima, Raquel; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Avaliação da composição corporal em idosos participantes de um programa de exercício físico intergeracional". Paper presented in 21º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Aveiro, 2017.
    Published
  13. Araujo, Yyanina; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; César, Adjane; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Obesidade e aptidão cardiorespiratória em idosos". Paper presented in 20º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Porto, 2016.
    Published
  14. Araujo, Yyanina; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Wanderley, Flávia; César, Adjane; Carvalho, Maria Joana. "Comparação da percentagem de idosos obesos caracterizados através do IMC e percentagem de massa gorda". Paper presented in 20º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Porto, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Carvalho, Maria Joana; Weege, Mayra; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro. "Physical activity levels and frailty in Portuguese community-dwelling older adults – a cross-sectional study". Paper presented in 24th annual European Congress of Sports Science, 2019.
  2. Bohn, Lucimere; Nascimento, Alinne; Barros, Duarte; Silva, Raquel; Carvalho, Maria Joana; Oliveira, José. "Mediator effect of physical fitness on the relationship between arterial stiffness and cognitive function". Paper presented in ACSM Conference on Integrative Physiology of Exercise, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Duarte Barros; Anabela Silva-Fernandes; Sandra Martins; Susana Guerreiro; José Magalhães; Joana Carvalho; Elisa A. Marques. "Feasibility and Effectiveness of a 12-Week Concurrent Exercise Training on Physical Performance, Muscular Strength, and Myokines in Frail Individuals Living in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial". Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105271.
    10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105271
  2. Duarte Barros; Flávia Borges-Machado; Anabela Silva-Fernandes; Oscar Ribeiro; Joana Carvalho. "Do physical fitness and cognitive function mediate the relationship between basic activities of daily living and quality of life in older adults with dementia?". Quality of Life Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-023-03570-3.
    10.1007/s11136-023-03570-3
  3. Borges-Machado, F.; Barros, D.; Silva, P.; Marques, P.; Carvalho, J.; Ribeiro, O.. "Contributing Factors for (Non)Adherence to a Physical Exercise Program for People with Neurocognitive Disorder from the Caregivers' Perspective". Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy 47 2 (2024): 58-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85189860150&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1519/JPT.0000000000000382
  4. Marques-Aleixo, I.; Sampaio, A.; Bohn, L.; Machado, F.; Barros, D.; Ribeiro, O.; Carvalho, J.; Magalhães, J.. "Neuropsychiatric Symptoms are Related to Blood-biomarkers in Major Neurocognitive Disorders". Current Aging Science 17 1 (2024): 74-84. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85187177897&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/1874609816666230816090934
  5. Flávia Borges-Machado; Duarte Barros; Paula Silva; Pedro Marques; Joana Carvalho; Oscar Ribeiro. "Should Caregivers Also Be Included in Multicomponent Physical-Exercise-Based Interventions for People with a Neurocognitive Disorder? The Caregivers’ Perspective". Geriatrics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8050086.
    10.3390/geriatrics8050086
  6. Queiros, Catia; Machado, Flavia Borges; Barros, Duarte; Sampaio, Joana; Sampaio, Arnaldina; Barros, Renata; Moreira, Pedro; et al. "Urinary Hydration Biomarkers and Water Sources in Older Adults with Neurocognitive Disorder". Nutrients (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55938151/.
    10.3390/NU15030548
  7. Duarte Barros; Elisa A. Marques; José Magalhães; Joana Carvalho. "Energy metabolism and frailty: The potential role of exercise-induced myokines – A narrative review". Ageing Research Reviews (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2022.101780.
    10.1016/j.arr.2022.101780
  8. Barros, Duarte. "Contribution of a multicomponent intervention on functional capacity and independence on activities of daily living in individuals with neurocognitive disorder". BMC Geriatrics 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02591-2.
    10.1186/s12877-021-02591-2
  9. Barros, Duarte. "Different subjective and objective measures and cut-points of physical activity in frailty phenotype screening: A need for standardization?". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 96 (2021): 104479-104479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104479.
    10.1016/j.archger.2021.104479
  10. Barros, Duarte. "Which is the best alternative to estimate muscle mass for sarcopenia diagnosis when DXA is unavailable?". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (2021): 104517-104517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104517.
    10.1016/j.archger.2021.104517
  11. Barros, Duarte. "Home Confinement in Previously Active Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Physical Fitness and Physical Activity Behavior and Their Relationship With Depressive Symptoms". Frontiers in Psychology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643832.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643832
  12. Bohn, Lucimere; Barros, Duarte ; Machado, Flávia; Susana Carrapatoso; Pizarro, Andreia; Carvalho, Joana. "Active Older Adults Keep Aerobic Capacity and Experience Small Reductions in Body Strength During Confinement Due to COVID-19 Outbreak.". Journal of aging and physical activity (2021): https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2020-0395.
    10.1123/japa.2020-0395
  13. Flávia Borges-Machado; Duarte Barros; Laetitia Teixeira; Óscar Ribeiro; Joana Carvalho. "Health-related physical indicators and self-rated quality of life in older adults with neurocognitive disorder". Quality of Life Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02828-y.
    10.1007/s11136-021-02828-y
  14. Carvalho, Joana; Machado, Flávia; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; Sampaio, Arnaldina; Aleixo, Inês Marques; Bohn, Lucimere; Pizarro, Andreia; et al. ""Body & Brain": effects of a multicomponent exercise intervention on physical and cognitive function of adults with dementia - study protocol for a quasi-experimental controlled trial.". BMC geriatrics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02104-1.
    10.1186/s12877-021-02104-1
  15. Duarte Barros; Flávia Borges-Machado; Óscar Ribeiro; Joana Carvalho. "Dementia and COVID-19: The Ones Not to Be Forgotten". American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementiasr 35 (2020): 153331752094750-153331752094750. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317520947505.
    10.1177/1533317520947505
  16. Flávia Borges-Machado; Duarte Barros; Óscar Ribeiro; Joana Carvalho. "The Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in Dementia Care: Physical and Cognitive Decline, Severe Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Increased Caregiving Burden". American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementiasr 35 (2020): 153331752097672-153331752097672. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317520976720.
    10.1177/1533317520976720
  17. Nascimento, A.; Barros, D.; Oliveira, J.; Carvalho, J.; Bohn, L.; Nascimento, Alinne; Barros, Duarte Gabriel Moleiro; et al. "Physical Fitness is a Mediator in the Relationship between Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Function". Artery Research 25 3-4 (2019): 151-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081403020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.2991/artres.k.191121.001
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Faculdade de Desporto. "Fragilidade, atividade física e aptidão funcional". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/113284.
Distinctions

Award

2023 Active Citizenship Award
Universidade do Porto, Portugal