Publication Date: 10/02/2025
Applied Science and Development in Football: From Elite Performance to Health and Inclusion
Esta conferência, surge com o intuito de complementar e aprofundar a formação de estudantes, docentes, investigadores e técnicos desportivos, sobre o impacto da ciência aplicada ao futebol, desde a sua vertente de elite, até ao seu papel na saúde e na inclusão social. Neste sentido, esta conferência representa um importante contributo formativo, nomeadamente no conhecimento científico e nos instrumentos tecnológicos que podem ser utilizados para maximizar o desempenho desportivo e minimizar o risco de lesões, assim como, reconhecer o impacto e como o futebol poderá ser utilizado, como ferramenta de inclusão social e de promoção de saúde e bem-estar.
A participação na ação é gratuita, mas requer inscrição prévia através do formulário disponível em https://forms.gle/jCnX1E1bzCYAYP876.
Programa
Part I – Football as Medicine across the Lifespan
09:00 – Welcome and opening session
09:30 - Football as Prevention and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases - Past, present and future.
Peter Krustrup (Professor of Sport and Health Sciences, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark).
10h45 – Walking Football and Healthy Aging
Francisco Santos (UMa / UC / ITI-LARSyS)
11h15- Coffee Break
12h00 - Football for an active and healthy life. The example of the FPF
André Seabra (Director of Portugal Football School, in Portugal Football Federation)
13:00 Lunch Break
Part II – Elite Football
14:30 – Modern Elite Football for Men and Women: Match performance, fatigue, training and testing.
Peter Krustrup (Professor of Sport and Health Sciences, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark).
15:40 - Applied Science in Football – The Contribution of the Physical Education and Sports
Department of the University of Madeira to the Topic
• Differences in the Profiles of Injured and Non-Injured Professional Football Players: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study
Francisco Martins (UMa / UC / ITI-LARSyS)
• Perception of professional Portuguese soccer players about the replacement of leadership with the season underway – a qualitative study
Honorato Sousa (UMa / UC)
16:15 - Coffee Break
16:50 - Women's Football
• Evaluating lower-body strength and body composition in female football players
Cíntia França (UMa / ITI-LARSyS)
• Assessment and Monitoring of Physical Indicators in Women's Football
Carolina Saldanha (UC / Clube Sport Marítimo)
• Locomotor activity in female football players
Andreia Neves (AFM / FPF)
17h30 - Closing Remarks
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