Brazilian PhD student visits the Department

Felipe Amorim da Cunha visited the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Science on the 30th January. He is shown on the left holding a textbook written by his Ph.D. supervisor, Dr Paulo Farinatti. Felipe is a Ph.D. student studying at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. His M.Sc. and Ph.D. research has investigated the accuracy of the current ACSM recommendations for exercise prescription using the ACSM metabolic equations and the heart reserve and VO₂ reserve relationship. This research has been published recently in four prominent journals in the sport and exercise sciences (see below). Later this year, Felipe is scheduled to return to the Department for 12 months to continue his Ph.D. research under the guidance of Dr Adrian Midgley (pictured right). The research will be extended to investigate the effect of heat, using the Department’s environmental chamber, on the application of the ACSM equations and exercise prescription recommendations.

References

1. Cunha, F.A., Catalão, R.P.G., Midgley, A.W., Gurgel, G., Porto, F., Farinatti, P.T.V. (in press). Does the running speed defined by the American College of Sports Medicine metabolic equation for running produce target energy expenditures during isocaloric exercise bouts? European Journal of Applied Physiology.

2. Cunha, F.A., Midgley, A.W., Monteiro, W.D., Farinatti, P.T.V. (2011). The relationship between oxygen uptake reserve and heart rate reserve is affected by intensity and duration during aerobic exercise at constant work rate, Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, doi: 10.1139/h11-100.

3. Cunha, da, F.A., Farinatti, P.T.V.F., Midgley, A.W. (2011). Methodological and practical application issues in exercise prescription using the heart rate reserve and oxygen uptake reserve methods, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 14(1):46-57.

4. Cunha, F.A., Midgley, A.W., Monteiro, W.D., Farinatti, P.T.V. (2010). Influence of the cardiopulmonary exercise testing protocol and resting metabolic rate assessment on the relationship between %HRmax, %HRR, %VO2max and %VO2R, International Journal of Sports Medicine, 31, 319-326.