Ricardo de Almeida Pimenta

@ufsc.br

Department of Physical Education
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Ricardo de Almeida Pimenta


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RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Health Professions, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Multidisciplinary
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Scopus Publications

  • Effects of Resistance Training in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation: A Systematic Review
    Miguel L. V. V. Rosario, Pablo B. Costa, Anderson L. B. da Silveira, Kairos R. C. Florentino, Gustavo Casimiro-Lopes, et al.
    Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2023
    Individuals with lower-limb amputations may have a significant strength deficit. This deficit may be related to the stump length and can lead to changes in gait, reduced energy efficiency, walking resistance, altered joint load, and increased risk of osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain. This systematic review used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes (PRISMA) guidelines to examine the effects of resistance training in lower limb amputees. Interventions with resistance training and other training methods were sufficient to achieve muscle strength gain in muscles of the lower limbs, improved balance, and improvements in gait pattern and speed when walking. However, it was impossible to determine from the results whether resistance training was mainly responsible for these benefits or even whether the positive effects presented would be observed with only this training method. When combined with other exercises, interventions with resistance training made possible gains for this population. Accordingly, it is noteworthy that the main finding of this systematic review is that the effects may be different according to the level of amputation, with mainly transtibial and transfemoral amputations studied.
  • Distinct mental health profiles in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A latent class analysis and associations
    Ricardo Almeida Pimenta, Chadwick Fuchs, Nicholas E. Fears, Marilia Mariano, Priscila Tamplain
    Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2023
  • Association between specific areas of development and dyspraxia in preschool children
    R.A. Pimenta, L.S. Poeta, L. Basso, M. Mariano, F. Rosa Neto
    Revista Internacional De Medicina Y Ciencias De La Actividad Fisica Y Del Deporte, 2021
    El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el desarrollo motor y asociar sus áreas específicas con dispraxias. La muestra fue compuesta por 436 preescolares entre 2 a 5 años. El desarrollo motor fue evaluado en las áreas de Coordinación, Propiocepción y Percepción y los resultados presentados en forma de edad motora y cocientes motores. Los resultados muestran que 57 (13,7%) niños presentaron cociente motor general ? 89, siendo clasificados con dispraxia. La Percepción (orientación espacial y temporal) fue el área con más retrasos (edad motora negativa) y con valores de cociente motor general más bajos. Esta área también presentó correlación positiva con el grupo de riesgo para dispraxia. Estos resultados son relevantes para establecer el perfil de desarrollo motor de los preescolares y así, auxiliar profesores y profesionales en intervenciones y en la prevención de problemas futuros del aprendizaje asociados a los retrasos observados.
  • Using a handwriting app leads to improvement in manual dexterity in kindergarten children
    Christi Butler, Ricardo Pimenta, Jodi Tommerdahl, Chadwick T. Fuchs, Priscila Caçola
    Research in Learning Technology, 2019
    Research in Learning Technology 2019. © 2019 C. Butler et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
  • Swimming effects for young people with autism spectrum disorder
    R.A. Pimenta, A.T. Zuchetto, T. Bastos, R. Corredeira
    Revista Internacional De Medicina Y Ciencias De La Actividad Fisica Y Del Deporte, 2016
    El objetivo fue evaluar los efectos de un programa de actividad acuatica con las habilidades acuaticas de los alumnos con trastorno del espectro autista (TEA). El programa consistio en 15 sesiones enfatizando la entrada y salida de la piscina, la orientacion sobre el agua y la iniciacion en el estilo crol y espalda. Se observo si los estudiantes eran capaces de realizar las tareas de forma independiente, con la instruccion verbal y gestual, con una conducta fisica o sin poder realizar la tarea solicitada. En general, los estudiantes desarrollaron tanto las entradas y salidas, como el control de la respiracion y el movimiento de desplazamiento. En particular, se destaca la evolucion positiva de los cinco evaluados en tres tareas especificas de entradas y salidas. La investigacion ha demostrado que los estudiantes con TEA pueden presentar resultados positivos con respecto a la evolucion de las habilidades acuaticas y una mejor aplicacion de las actividades propuestas. PALABRAS CLAVE: Trastorno del espectro autista; Habilidades acuaticas; Natacion; Actividad acuatica. ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of a program of aquatic activity in the aquatic skills of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The program consisted of 15 sessions emphasizing entering and exiting the pool, water orientation and introduction to front crawl and backstroke. It was evaluated if students were able to perform tasks independently, with verbal and gestural instruction, with physical conduct or didn´t perform the requested task. In general, students demonstrated improvement in both entering and exiting the pool, as in respiratory control and displacements. In particular, it was noted the positive development of the five participants in the three tasks required to enter and exit the pool. Research has shown that students with ASD can have positive results for the evolution of aquatic skills and better participation in the proposed activities. KEYWORDS : Autism spectrum disorder, Aquatic skills, Swimming, Water activities.
  • Evaluation of motor skills in children participating in social/sports projects
    Ana Paula Maurilia dos Santos, Francisco Rosa Neto, Ricardo de Almeida Pimenta
    Motricidade, 2013
    Alem do processo evolutivo biologico, estudos tem demonstrado que fatores ambientais e sociais podem influenciar o desenvolvimento motor. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar as habilidades motoras de escolares participantes dos projetos sociais educacionais, projetos esportivos e de nao participantes em atividades estruturadas extraclasse na cidade de Florianopolis – SC – Brasil. Foram avaliadas 136 criancas de 8 a 9 anos, de ambos os sexos, de 40 escolas publicas. Foi utilizado para coleta dos dados a Escala de Desenvolvimento Motor e uma entrevista estruturada referente as atividades realizadas pela crianca no periodo em que nao estao na escola. Utilizou-se a estatistica descritiva, ANOVA e o teste de Tukey como Post-hoc para analise dos dados, com nivel de significância p < .05. Os resultados evidenciaram padroes de desenvolvimento motor mais elevados em criancas participantes de projetos com carater esportivo e padroes expressivos de baixa coordenacao nas criancas que nao participam de projetos ou atividades estruturadas fora da escola