Docente
Lucimere Bohn

Resume

Lucimere Bohn has completed her PhD in Physical Activity and Health, a Master's in Physical Activity for the Elderly (2nd Cycle), and a Bachelor's degree (1st cycle) at the Faculty of Sports, University of Porto. She is a Professor at the Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, and at Lusófona University. Additionally, she serves as the Director of the 2nd Cycle in Exercise and Health at Lusófona University. Lucimere Bohn is also a researcher at The Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure / Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Health Population (CIAFEL-ITR). She has authored more than 30 articles in international journals, four book chapters, and one book. Moreover, she has received four awards and honors at international/national conferences. Lucimere Bohn has supervised over 15 master's (2nd cycle) students and is currently supervising three PhD students. Regarding her involvement in projects, she was a PhD Student Fellow (FCT), a Research Fellow in one project, a Researcher in six projects, and a Scientific Initiation Fellow in two projects. Her work primarily focuses on Health Sciences, with an emphasis on Movement Behaviors and Health-Related Outcomes, particularly in older adults

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Licenciatura em Desporto e Educação Física
• Mestrado
  Mestrado em Atividade Física para a Terceira Idade
• Doutoramento
  Doutoramento em Atividade Física e Saúde

Publicações

Edição de número de revista

• Uma Vida Saudável, uma vida melhor!

Artigo em revista

• 2023-12-27, Satisfação com a vida e aptidão física em adultos 50+, RIAGE - Revista Ibero-Americana de Gerontologia
• 2023-12-27, Eficiência do sono em idosos brasileiros durante a pandemia pela COVID-19: evidências de um estudo longitudinal, RIAGE - Revista Ibero-Americana de Gerontologia
• 2023-09, Chronic hemodynamic adaptations induced by resistance training with and without blood flow restriction in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Sports Medicine and Health Science
• 2023-08-16, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms are Related to Blood-biomarkers in MajorNeurocognitive Disorders, Current Aging Science
• 2023-08-16, Depression Symptoms amongst Older Brazilian and Chinese Women submitted to different Social Distancing Measures Rigidness during Covid-19 Outbreak, Current Aging Science
• 2023-07, Anthropometric equations to estimate appendicular muscle mass from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA): A scoping review, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• 2023-06-14, Non-rigorous versus rigorous home confinement differently impacts mental health, quality of life and behaviors. Which one was better? A cross-sectional study with older Brazilian adults during covid-19 first wave, Archives of Public Health
• 2023-05-10, Characteristics of resistance training-based protocols in older adults with sarcopenic obesity: a scoping review of training procedure recommendations, Frontiers in Nutrition
• 2023-05, Validity of the two-minute step test for healthy older adults, Geriatric Nursing
• 2023-04-04, Handgrip strength conditional tolerance regions suggest the need for personalized sarcopenia definition: an analysis of the American NHANES database, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
• 2023-03-30, Moderate physical activity reduces the odds of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women: a cross-sectional study, Current Aging Science
• 2023-03, Handgrip strength asymmetry cut points to identify slow gait speed in six low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional analysis with 12,669 older adults, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• 2023-01-19, Behavioral, sociodemographic, and sleep correlates of symptoms of depression amongst older Brazilian females according to age: a cross-sectional network analysis, Current Aging Science
• 2023, Association of minimally processed and ultra-processed food daily consumption with obesity in overweight adults: a cross-sectional study, Nutrición Hospitalaria
• 2022-12-19, Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, and eating habits are correlated with physical activity and exercise of brazilian older hypertensive adults: a cross-sectional study, BMC Public Health
• 2022-11-12, Being Physically Active Leads to Better Recovery Prognosis for People Diagnosed with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022-10-25, Portable Digital Monitoring System for Sarcopenia Screening and Diagnosis, Geriatrics
• 2022-10-24, Caraterização da atividade física e aptidão física de acordo com os níveis de solidão em adultos 50+, Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde
• 2022-10-10, Acute and chronic cardiometabolic responses induced by resistance training with blood flow restriction in HIV patients, Scientific Reports
• 2022-09-16, Foreign allometric exponents adequately normalize isokinetic knee extension strength to identify muscle weakness and mobility limitation in Portuguese older adults: a cross-sectional study, BMC Geriatrics
• 2022-03-04, Sleep Quality and Quality of Life Among Older Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study, Current Aging Science
• 2022, Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults registered in a primary health unit of Porto, Human Movement
• 2022, Fatores comportamentais associam-se com a prática de atividade física/exercício de idosos hipertensos., Arquivos Brasileiros De Educação Física
• 2022, Does real-time online exercise program improve physical fitness in older adults?, Activities, Adaptation & Aging
• 2022, Cross-validation of 20 anthropometric prediction equations for appendicular muscle mass in older Brazilian women: a cross-sectional study, Geriatrics Gerontology and Aging
• 2022, Allometrically adjusted handgrip strength and chair stand test cut points to identify sarcopenia in older Portuguese adults, Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano
• 2022, Adjusting grip strength to body size: analyses from six countries, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
• 2021-12-01, Active Older Adults Keep Aerobic Capacity and Experience Small Reductions in Body Strength During Confinement Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
• 2021-12, Identification of muscle weakness in older adults from normalized upper and lower limbs strength: a cross-sectional study, BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 2021-09, Different subjective and objective measures and cut-points of physical activity in frailty phenotype screening: A need for standardization?, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• 2021-08-18, The Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity, Fundamental Motor Skills and Time in Sedentary Behavior in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study, Perceptual and Motor Skills
• 2021-08, Loneliness Perception Is Lower Among Ballroom Dancers Aged > 50 Years, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2021-06-22, Predictors of Lower Depression Levels in Older Adults During COVID-19 Lockdown, Journal of Applied Gerontology
• 2021-06-07, Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Activity Intensity in an Older Adult Population During COVID-19 Lockdown, Frontiers in Psychology
• 2021-05-20, Home Confinement in Previously Active Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Physical Fitness and Physical Activity Behavior and Their Relationship With Depressive Symptoms, Frontiers in Psychology
• 2021-03-04, "Body & Brain": effects of a multicomponent exercise intervention on physical and cognitive function of adults with dementia - study protocol for a quasi-experimental controlled trial, BMC Geriatrics
• 2021, O consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados é determinante no desenvolvimento da obesidade, Arquivos Brasileiros de Educação Física
• 2021, Cut-off points to identify muscle weakness with handgrip and knee extension strength allometrically normalized by body-size variables in older adults. In: 11th annual International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) Conference,, The Journal of Frailty and Aging
• 2020-12, Body & Brain Project: Effectiveness of a 6-month multicomponent training on cognitive function, quality of life and functional capacity of older adults with dementia, Alzheimer's & Dementia
• 2020-07, Higher Aortic Stiffness Is Related With Lower Physical Fitness In Older Adults, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2020-03, Effects of a short health education intervention on physical activity, arterial stiffness and cardiac autonomic function in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk, Patient Education and Counseling
• 2020-02, Effects of exercise on endothelial progenitor cells in patients with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
• 2020-01-02, Comparison of questionnaire and accelerometer-based assessments of physical activity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: clinical and prognostic implications, Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
• 2020, Lifestyle4Covid: Exploratory Study among Infected Portugueses, Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 2020, Dynamic balance and mobility explains quality of life in HFpEF, outperforming all the other components of physical fitness, Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
• 2019-09-20, Functional capacity and cognitive function are diminished in pre-frail and frail elders, German Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2019-04, Physical Activity is Inversely Associated With Arterial Stiffness in Adult Males: A Brief Communication, Heart, Lung and Circulation
• 2019, Physical Fitness is a Mediator in the Relationship between Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Function, Artery Research
• 2019, Arterial stiffness is negatively associated with Southern European Atlantic Diet adherence among high cardiovascular risk age group, Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição
• 2018, Comparison of self-reported and accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary time in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, European Journal of Heart Failure
• 2017, Sedentary Behavior and Arterial Stiffness in Adults with and without Metabolic Syndrome, International Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2016-05, Metabolic Syndrome And Time Spent In Sedentary Activity Shape Carotid-femoral Pulse Wave Velocity, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2016, Rigidez arterial está associada ao sexo em idosos, Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto
• 2016, Prevalência de factores de risco cardiovascular em indivíduos adultos da região do Porto, Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto
• 2016, Effects of a primary care program on physical activity obesity and energy intake, Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia
• 2016, Atividade física de intensidade leve atenua o aumento da rigidez arterial em adultos do sexo masculino, Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto
• 2016, Associação entre actividade física, obesidade e rigidez arterial de adultos, Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia
• 2016, A atividade física moderada-a-vigorosa está associada à variabilidade da frequência cardíaca independentemente da idade, sexo e perímetro de cintura. , Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto
• 2015, Sedentary Behavior Is Associated With Arterial Stiffness In Individuals At Moderate To High Cardiovascular Risk, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2014-05, Physical Activity And Autonomic Function Did Not Change After A Lifestyle Education And Counseling Intervention, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2014-05, Lifestyle Educational And Counseling Intervention, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2014-03, PW198 Physical Activity Motivation: Impact of educational program in Primary care, Global Heart
• 2014-03, PM343 Physical inactivity and arterial stiffness did not change after a lifestyle educational and counselling intervention, Global Heart
• 2014, Lifestyle Educational And Counseling Intervention: Effects On Physical Activity, Motivation And Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
• 2013, Association of obesity and time spent in sedentary activity on arterial stiffness, Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia
• 2010-05, Calibration of Accelerometer Output for Elderly Men, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2010, Energy expenditure estimation in elderly women using accelerometers, Obesity Reviews
• 2009, Five times-sit-to-stand and stair climb: reliable tests to the elderly, Archivos de Medicina del Deporte
• 2003-05, EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON MUSCLE STRENGTH, AEROBIC CAPACITY, AND BODY COMPOSITION IN PREPUBERTAL BOYS, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
• 2002-10, Adaptações neuromusculares e morfológicas de meninos submetidos a um programa de treinamento de força, Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
• 2001-12-04, RELAÇÃO ENTRE FORÇA MUSCULAR E ÁREA DE SECÇÃO TRANSVERSA MUSCULAR EM ADULTOS JOVENS SEDENTÁRIOS, Movimento (ESEFID/UFRGS)
• 2001, Relação entre força muscular e área de secção transversa muscular em adultos jovens sedentários

Tese / Dissertação

• 2017-05-18, Doutoramento, Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors. Studies in adults without established cardiovascular disease in primary health care context
• 2010, Mestrado, Determinação de valores critério de actividade física em idosos com acelerometria uniaxial
• 2006-09-25, Licenciatura, Composição corporal em idosos: estudo comparativo da percentagem de gordura entre os testes de absorciometria radiológica de dupla energia e bioimpedância

Livro

• 2020, O Léxico do Futebol, Casanova, Luís Filipe Martins; Pacheco, Rui Pedro; Barreiros, André; Ribeiro, J; Bohn, Lucimere; Rincon, Adrián; Ribeiro, Ana Francisca; et al, Edições Universitárias Lusófona

Capítulo de livro

• 2023, Intervención de Estudiantes universitarios enfocada a la mejora de la salud de personas con discapacidad intelectual, Innovación Docente e Investigación en Salud: Nuevas Tendencias para el Cambio en la Enseñanza Superior, Editorial DYKINSON
• 2022, Respostas agudas ao treinamento de força com e sem restrição de fluxo sanguíneo: segurança dos parâmetros hemodinâmicos em pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS. , Experiências em testes e medidas do exercício físico no contexto da saúde., 3, 1, Bookerfield
• 2022, Isolado, mas não parado. A importância da atividade física, Manual de Boas Práticas no Envelhecimento. Intervenção em tempos de pandemia, Associação dos Profissionais Técnicos Superiores de Educação Social (APTSES),
• 2022, Identificação da sarcopenia mediante antropometria e testes funcionais simples., Experiências em testes e medidas do exercício físico no contexto da saúde, 3, 1, Bookerfield
• 2021, Exercício na gravidez – sim ou não? , Gravidez sem Medos e Mitos, Arena
• 2019, Comportamento Sedentário e Aspectos Relacionados à Saúde em Adultos (18-64 anos), Sedentarismo: Guia Prático do Diagnóstico à Prescrição do exercício físico, Clube de Autores

Tradução

• 2004, Teoria Geral do Treinamento Desportivo Olímpico, ArtMed
• 2001, 1000 Exercícios de Musculação, ArtMed

Artigo em conferência

• Effects of a health education intervention on physical activity in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk. , III Encontro Luso-Galaico de Biometria

Resumo em conferência

• 2023-05-23, Satisfação com a vida e Aptidão física em Adultos 50+, Ageing Congress 2023. VI Congresso sobre Envelhecimento, Vulnerabilidade, Pobreza e Exclusão Social
• 2022, Nutritional status quantitatively impacts on the skeletal muscle mass of older adults enrolled in a resistance training program: A cross-sectional study, 12th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR),
• 2022, Association on Arterial Compliance, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Postmenopausal Women , 18º World Congress on Menopause
• 2022, Arterial Stiffness on Postmenopause Women: Relationship with Metabolic Syndrome and Menopausal Characteristics, 18º World Congress on Menopause
• 2021-05-20, Singing and dancing the blues away: the effects of group singing and dancing classes on the loneliness scores of adults aged 50 or over in Portugal during the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Healing Power of Music and Dance Symposium
• 2021, Singing and dancing the blues away: the effects of group singing and dancing classes on loneliness scores of adults aged 50 or over in Portugal during the COVID-19 Pandemic, The healing and emotional power of music and dance (HELP-MD) project international online symposium
• 2020, Country- and gender-specific cut points for low allometrically adjusted grip strength from 13,235 older adults of low- and middle-income countries. , 13th International Fully Digital Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia & Muscle Wasting
• 2019-09-20, Functional capacity and cognitive function are diminished in frail and pre-frail elders, 8th Annual Meeting of Exercise is Medicine in Europe
• 2018-10-20, MEDIATOR EFFECT OF CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION, ARTERY18
• 2018, Efeito mediador da aptidão cardiorrespiratória na relação entre rigidez arterial e memória de curto prazo em idosos, III Simpósio Internacional de Pesquisa em Estilo de Vida e Saúde
• 2017-05, Physical Activity and Shoulder Muscle Strength in Spinal Cord Injured Individuals
• 2012, Palpitation and dizziness induced by exercise- Clinical Case Slide, 59th ACSM´s Annual Meeting
• 2009, Calibration of accelerometer output for elderly, III Meeting of Young Researchers of the University of Porto IJUP
• 2002-12-02, O treinamento de força em pré-púberes provoca melhoria da força sem aumento da massa muscular, Salão de Iniciação Científica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
• 2002-12-02, Alterações na composição corporal de meninos submetidos a um programa de treinamento de força, XIV Salão de iniciação Científica
• 2001, Adaptações na força muscular de meninos submetidos a treinamento de Força, Encontro Anual da Federação de Sociedades de Biologia Experimental (FESBE)

Poster em conferência

• 2023-11-25, Enhancing Sarcopenia Screening and Monitoring by Exercise Professionals: AI-Powered Portable Digital System, Congresso de Exercício e Saúde CIDEFES MANZ 2023
• 2023-09-23, Association between physical fitness and short-term memory, attention, concentration and working memory in elderly people with dementia, V Congresso Ibero Americano de neuropsicologia
• 2023-09-21, Neuromyths in education?, V Congresso Ibero Americano de neuropsicologia
• 2022-12-01, The relationship of sports practice with adolescents academic performance, 2PASS-4Health Congress - How to get your school moving
• 2021-11-19, A 12-week of resistance training program with blood flow restriction induces a decrease of trunk and android fat in people living with HIV/AIDS., 25 Congresso Português de Obesidade
• 2021-11-13, Multicomponent Online Exercise Training Improved Lower Body Strength of Older Adults Who used to exercise in in-person exercise programs prior the Outbreak, 4th Annual Meeting Strength and Conditioning for Human Performance
• 2019-10-11, Associação entre Atividade Física, Aptidão Física, e Função Cognitiva em Idosos, I Congresso de Atividade Física e Saúde Mental
• 2019-04-13, Dynamic balance and mobility is the physical fitness component that better predicts quality of life in HFpEF patients, EuroPrevent 2019
• 2018-11-23, A Case Study ¿ Effects of 2-Months Circuit Resistance Training on Body Composition and Functional Capacity of Paraplegic Woman, 22º Congresso Português de Obesidade
• 2018-06-22, Validity of self-reported against accelerometer derived physical activity levels in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, I Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases
• 2018-06-04, Subjective and objective levels of physical activity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, 23rd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
• 2018-05-28, Comparison of self-reported and accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary time in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, Heart Failure 2018
• 2018, Mediator effect of physical fitness on the relationship between arterial stiffness and cognitive function, ACSM Conference on Integrative Physiology of Exercise. USA-San Diego
• 2018, Effects of a Circuit Training on Body Composition, Strength and Quality of Life - A Case Study with a Portuguese Paraplegic Male, European Congress of Adapted Physical Activty
• 2017, Physical activity and shoulder muscle strength in spinal cord injured individuals. , 64rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, World Congress on Exercise is Medicine and the Brain
• 2017, Effects of a health education intervention on sedentary time, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and body mass index in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk, 24th European Congress of Obesity
• 2016-09-27, Prevalência de factores de risco cardiovascular em indivíduos adultos da região do Porto, XVI Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
• 2016, Metabolic syndrome and time spent In sedentary activity shape carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, World Congress on Exercise is Medicine and World Congress on The Basic Science of Energy Balance
• 2016, Atividade física de intensidade leve atenua o aumento da rigidez arterial em adultos do sexo masculino, XVI Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
• 2016, A atividade Física moderada a vigorosa está associada à variabilidade da frequência cardíaca independentemente da idade, sexo e perímetro da cintura, XVI Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
• 2015-05-26, Sedentary behavior is associated with arterial stiffness in individuals at moderate to high cardiovascular risk, 62nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine and World Congress on The Basic of Exercise Fatigue
• 2014, The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a disadvantaged northeast Brazilian community: PRÓ-SAÚDE project, 19th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
• 2014, Physical inactivity and arterial stiffness did not change after a lifestyle educational and counseling intervention., (Abstract) World Congress of Cardiology
• 2014, Physical activity motivation: impact of educational program in primary care. , World Congress of Cardiology
• 2014, Physical activity and autonomic function did not change after a lifestyle education and counseling intervention, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports and Exercise and World Congress of Inflammation in Exercise, Health and Disease
• 2013-03-03, Effects of educational intervention on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with moderate and high risk, 7º Congresso Português de Hipertensão e Risco Cardiovascular Global
• 2013, Physical activity and diabetes, 20th World Organization of Family Doctors
• 2013, Effects of educational intervention on HOMA-IR in patients with Metabolic Syndrome, 20th World Organization of Family Doctors
• 2010-07-11, Energy expenditure estimation in elderly women using accelerometers, 11th International Congress on Obesity
• 2010-06-01, Calibration of accelerometer output for elderly men, 57th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports and Exercise and The 1st World Congress on Exercise is Medicine
• 2010-05-05, Energy expenditure estimation in elderly using accelerometers, The Third International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
• 2009-11-18, Five-times-sit-to-stand and stair climb: reliable tests to the elderly, XXX FIMS World Congress of Sports Medicine
• 2008, Ocorrência da hipertensão arterial associada à prevalência da hiperglicemia e hipercolesterolemia em crianças e adolescentes. , 12º Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
• 2002, Muscle strength and aerobic power adaptations to resistance training in boys, 7th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
• 2001, Relação entre força muscular e área de secção transversa muscular em adultos jovens sedentários, IX Congresso Brasileiro de Biomecânica

Prefácio / Posfácio

• 2023, Yes! Uma viagem inesperada. [Banda Desenhada].