Lívia Pinheiro Carvalho

CV Lattes

Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

graduation at Fisioterapia from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2009) and doctorate at Programa de Pos-graduação em Fisioterapia from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2017). Has experience in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, acting on the following subjects: step test, physical fitness, cardiopulmonary exercise test, réadaptation and obesity. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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Scholarships in Brazil

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Sarcopenic obesity is one of the causes of higher risk for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases development and is involved with the prominent reduction of functional capacity, mobility and vitality in these individuals. Muscle quality decline, systemic inflammation and autonomic dysregulation, known to be associated with obesity, are reportedly related to increased susceptibility to mus…
Relationship between peripheral muscle structure and function, inflammation and autonomic regulation in exercise capacity in obese adults, BP.DD
Comparison of the dynamic knee valgus during a single leg squat and of the eccentric hip-abductor torque between healthy men and women, BP.IC

Scholarships abroad

Completed (most recent)

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Sarcopenic obesity is considered a geriatric syndrome that involves a reduction in skeletal muscle mass coupled with an increase in adiposity within elderly people. Recent research focusing on metabolic and functional outcomes in sarcopenic-obesity individuals have been gaining significant interest worldwide due to the progressive increase in life expectancy, being one of the major curren…
Effects of a combined intervention of a nutritional supplementation associated with a walking exercise training to improve health in sarcopenic-obese elderly men: its influence on fatness and fitness, BE.EP.DD

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2 / 2	Completed scholarships in Brazil
1 / 1	Completed scholarships abroad
3 / 3	All Scholarships

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Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

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