Potencialidades da avaliação e controlo do treino em natação pura desportiva

Profiling de jovens basquetebolistas e a sua relação com o desempenho motor e o nível competitivo

This dissertation investigated the relationship between the configurational profiles of young basketball players, their trajectory in youth teams (regional and national), and the competitive level achieved in adulthood, analyzing, retrospectively and prospectively, the profile of players still active in the 2025/2026 season. The sample was drawn from the INEX Study and included 149 basketball players divided into two groups according to the maximum competitive level reached in the senior cate...

Biomechanical characterisation of the three fundamental karate-dō stances: load distribution, stability, and postural control in elite karateka

This dissertation offers a biomechanical characterisation of the three fundamental stances of contemporary karate-dō - zenkutsu-dachi, kōkutsu-dachi and kibadachi - and, as a distinctive complementary contribution, traces the historicalinstitutional path along which they hardened into the postural canon now regulated by the World Karate Federation. It follows the Scandinavian, article-based model of _3.2.1 of the FADEUP norms: four article-chapters built around an experimental study that is t...

Estudo comparativo das cargas interna e externa acumuladas por jovens basquetebolistas em diferentes tipos de exercícios e jogos oficiais

Understanding training and competition loads in youth basketball is essential to guide coaches' daily practice, but studies on this topic are still scarce. Hence, the main objective of this dissertation was to investigate which training exercises induce internal and external loads that are most similar to, or divergent from, those accumulated during official competition. Thirteen under-16 male basketball players were monitored across 32 formal training sessions and 10 official games over 10 c...