Dr Helio Cabral MSc,PhD

Dr Helio Cabral

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Research Fellow
Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain

Dr Cabral’s research focuses on utilize advanced electrophysiological measures to investigate human movement. Specifically, his research combines multichannel surface electromyography and biomechanical techniques to understand the neuromuscular system adaptations and how it is affected in response to exercise, fatigue, and experimental pain.

Qualifications

  • BSc Physical Education, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Lato Sensu Postgraduate Biomechanics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
  • MSc Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • PhD Biomedical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography

Dr Cabral is graduated in Physical Education (2013), specialised in Biomechanics (2016), MSc in Biomedical Engineering (2016) and, in March 2020, he obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering. All these titles were received from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In September 2020, Dr Cabral started a position as a research fellow in the School of Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, within the Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain.

Research

Publications

Cabral, H. V., De Souza, L. M. L., Oliveira, L. F., Vieira, T. M. « Non-uniform excitation of the pectoralis major muscle during flat and inclined bench press exercises. », 2022. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports,v. 32, p. 381-390. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14082

Devecchi, V., Falla, D., Cabral, H. V., Gallina, A. « Neuromuscular adaptations to experimentally induced pain in the lumbar region: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. », 2021. Systematic Reviews,v. 10, 270.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01831-1

Grinspan, G. A., Cabral, H. V., De Souza, L. M. L., Oliveira, L. F., Aguiar, S., Blanco, E., Benech, N. « Surface wave elastography is a reliable method to correlate muscle elasticity, torque, and electromyography activity level. », 2021. Physiological Reports, v. 9, e14955. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14955

Cabral H. V., Meiburger, K. M., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Changes in supramaximal M-wave amplitude at different regions of biceps brachii following eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors. », 2021. European Journal of Applied Physiology, v. 121, p. 307-318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-020-04520-4

 Oliveira L. F., Cabral H. V., Leitão B. F., Matta T. T. « Both the resistance training session and the static stretching after exercise does not affect the pectoralis major stiffness of well-trained men: a supersonic shear wave imaging study. », 2020. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, v. 24, p. 321-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.07.004

 Mancebo F. D., Cabral H. V., De Souza L. M. L., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Innervation zone locations distribute medially within the pectoralis major muscle during bench press exercise. », 2019. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, v. 46, p. 8-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2019.03.002

 Cabral H. V., De Souza L. M. L., Mello R. G., Gallina A., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Is the firing rate of motor units in different vastus medialis regions modulated similarly during isometric contractions? », 2018. Muscle & Nerve, v. 57, p. 279-286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.25688

 De Souza L. M. L., Cabral H. V., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Motor units in vastus lateralis and in different vastus medialis regions show different firing properties during low-level, isometric knee extension contraction », 2018. Human Movement Science, v. 58, p. 307-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2017.12.012

 De Souza L. M. L., Fonseca D. B., Cabral H. V., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Is myoelectric activity distributed equally within the rectus femoris muscle during loaded, squat exercises? », 2017. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, v. 33, p. 10-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.01.003

 Book chapters

Mancebo F. D., Cabral H. V., De Souza L. M. L., Oliveira L. F., Vieira T. M. « Is the EMGs Amplitude Distribution Spatially Localized in the Pectoralis Major Muscle During the Inclined Bench Press? », 2019. In: Costa-Felix R., Machado J., Alvarenga A. (eds) XXVI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering. IFBME Proceedings, v. 70/2, p. 299-303. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2517-5_46

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