Welcome to Crossbridges
Projects underway
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Acute and chronic effects of resistance exercise with blood flow restriction:
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on muscle strength and architecture;
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on muscle oxygenation and blood volume;
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on endothelial function and selected health indicators;
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Ultrasonography
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Validity, reliability, and measurement error of muscle architecture;
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Extended field-of-view imaging technique;
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Muscle echo-intensity;
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Muscle quality changes as a result of resistance training or rehabilitation from injury;
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Effect of resistance training on regional hypertrophy;
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Post-activation performance enhancement in athletes.
Projects in Collaboration
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BIA Brasil, a national multicenter collaborative project.
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Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Luís Alberto Gobbo - UNESP, São Paulo
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Profile of type II Diabetes patients
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Project coordinator: Profa. Dra. Roberta Cobas - Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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Muscle injury in professional soccer players
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Project Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Roberto Mogami - Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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Crossbridges at Scientific Events
May 13-16, 2025
Brazilian Congress of Metabolism, Nutrition and Exercise
Londrina - PR, Brazil.
2025
IV Symposium on Exercise Physiology
Lab. Crossbridges / LAFISAEF / IEFD / UERJ
Lab Latest Publications
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Meirelles CM, Siqueira RD, Soares ALC, Carvalho RF, Gomes PSC. Combining practical blood flow restriction with elastic band resistance training neither affects strength nor muscle thickness in young males. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 2025;20(1):238-247. https://doi.org/10.55860/vj6b9136
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Domingues HC, Soares ALC, Gonet DT, Gomes PSC. Characteristics of physical performance in professional female soccer athletes during a national competition. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 2025;20(1):57-66. https://doi.org/10.55860/qss5cd08
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da Silveira, DFC, Gomes PSC, Meirelles CM. Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on cognitive function: a systematic review. Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo, 2024;16(10):1-23. https://doi.org/10.55905/cuadv16n10-122
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Soares ALC, Carvalho RF, Mogami R, Meirelles CM, Gomes PSC. Effect of resistance training on quadriceps femoris muscle thickness obtained by ultrasound: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2024;39:270-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.02.007
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Vieira AA, Gomes PSC, Marchiori E, Ribeiro Filho CHIA, Santos EBG, Soares ALC, Messeder AMC, Caldeira GS, Luz LN, Correa DG, Leidersnaider CL, Santos GAPS, Domit OCC, Lima LNL, Pérez MZ, Pérez KKS, Sirimarco FMHC, Avila JIM, Silva MPR, Carvalho BZ, Assis TR, Fonseca Jr. R, Bernardion LVS, Mogami R. Avulsions in adolescent soccer players: preliminary results of radiographic, ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance findings. Brazilian Journal of Health Review, 2024;7(1):5667-5679. https://doi.org/10.34119/bjhrv7n1-460
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Gomes PSC. The legacy of Emeritus Professor Donald Alexander Bailey, Ph.D. Brazilian Journal of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, 2023;25:e96347. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2023v25e96347
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Soares ALC, Carvalho RF, Mogami R, Meirelles CM, Gomes PSC. Validity, reliability and measurement error of quadriceps femoris muscle thickness obtained by ultrasound in healthy adults: a systematic review. Brazilian Journal of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, 2023;25:e93936. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2023v25e93936
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Lopes ACV, Soares ALC, Carvalho RF, Meirelles CM, Gomes PSC. Acute effect of a conditioning activity on vertical jump height in trained adult women: a systematic review with meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports and Physical Education, 2023;9(3):1-10. https://doi.org/10.20431/2454-6380.0903001
Our Origins - Find out more about us
José Ney, Maurício Rocha, Paulo Gomes and Fernando Pompeu at LABOFISE, UFRJ
Paulo Gomes was introduced to exercise physiology early in the 1970's as an undergrad student in physical education at UFRJ, working as a trainee at the Exercise Physiology Laboratory (LABOFISE), under the guidance of the late Emeritus Professor Maurício José Leal Rocha, M.D. It was the beginning of everything. Later, Dr. Gomes completed his M.Sc. under the supervision of the renowned Canadian scientists Dr. Donald A. Bailey and Dr. Robert L. Mirwald at the University of Saskatchewan and, subsequently, received his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Ross MacNab. Dr. Gomes was strongly influenced by the guidance of a fine investigator and world leader in the area of exercise physiology Dr. Michael L. Pollock, former president of the American College of Sports Medicine and director of the Center for Exercise Sciences at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA). Dr. Yagesh N. Bhambhani (University of Alberta) also contributed significantly to Dr. Gomes early career, particularly introducing our group to the use of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in resistance training studies. He was a long time contributor to Lab Crossbridges.
The Lab is Supported in part by grants from:
