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Dr Gabriel Cucato

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

I began my academic career in Londrina, Parana, Brazil, in physical education undergraduate course (2003-2007). Then I moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I stayed two years as an intern for Dr Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, conducting research on the effects of resistance training on patients with peripheral artery disease and their quality of life at the University of Sao Paulo (2007-2009). I started my doctoral studies under Dr Claudia Forjaz's supervision in 2009. As part of my PhD project, I investigated the acute effects of walking training on cardiovascular function in patients with peripheral artery disease. As soon as I completed my PhD (2009-2013), I got a postdoctoral position at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I led a multidisciplinary team to run clinical trials and epidemiology studies with medical doctors, physiotherapists, and psychologists. My next career move was to become an associate researcher at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (2017-2019), where I won two Brazilian grants (FAPESP and CNPq), and subsequently began working at Universidade Ibirapuera (2017-2019). In 2019, I began a new job as Vice Chancellor Senior Research Fellow at Northumbria University.

Gabriel Cucato

Campus Address

318
Northumberland Building City Campus
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

I have been a principal investigator in studies evaluating how exercise/physical activity impact cardiovascular function in patients with chronic disease (especially in peripheral artery disease patients). I have also experience leading and conducting multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention, clinical trials and epidemiological trials. Additional areas of interest include psychological outcomes (perceived exertion of exercise), metabolic syndrome, cancer, physical fitness, cerebral function and preoperative exercise therapy. 

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  • Are Barriers to Physical Activity Associated With Changing Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Time in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease? A Longitudinal Study, Santos, J., Ritti-Dias, R., Cucato, G., Wolosker, N., Correia, M., Farah, B. 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
  • Arm Crank Exercise Training Improves Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial, Costa, R., Kanegusuku, H., Cucato, G., Wolosker, N., Ritti-Dias, R., Correia, M. 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention
  • Association Between Physical Activity Levels in Different Domains and Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-sectional Study, Palma, M., Vanderlei, L., Tosello, G., Fregonesi, C., Ribeiro, F., Cucato, G., Ritti-Dias, R., Tebar, W., Christofaro, D. 1 Jan 2024, In: Cancer Nursing
  • Association of meeting the 24-h movement guidelines with high blood pressure in adolescents: a cross-sectional study, Christofaro, D., Ferrari, G., Cucato, G., Mota, J., Silva, D., Vanderlei, L., Tebar, W., Brazo-Sayavera, J. 24 Jul 2024, In: Scientific Reports
  • Association of mental health with walking capacity in patients with claudication: a cross-sectional study, Cunha, P., Kanegusuku, H., Farah, B., Cucato, G., Wolosker, N., Correia, M., Ritti-Dias, R. 23 Aug 2024, In: Aging and Mental Health
  • Breaking up sitting time with isometric wall squat exercise during occupational activities: a feasibility randomized trial, De Farias Silva, J., Cavalcante, A., Soares Do Rêgo, T., Sousa Henriques, D., Grizzo Cucato, G., Ritti-Dias, R., Farah, B. 20 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Does creatine supplementation promote changes in cognitive function in people with peripheral arterial disease? A randomized clinical trial, Domingues, W., de Souza, D., Nunhes, P., Simões, C., Marchini, K., Wolosker, N., Cucato, G., Ritti-Dias, R., Avelar, A. 27 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Physical Education (Maringa)
  • Effect of physical activity on the relationship between adiposity and cardiac autonomic modulation in female breast cancer survivors: a longitudinal study, Palma, M., Tebar, W., Beretta, V., Vanderlei, L., Fregonesi, C., Ribeiro, F., Caldeira, D., Ramos, E., Cucato, G., Ferrari, G., Ritti-Dias, R., Christofaro, D. 7 Feb 2024, In: Women and Health
  • Effects of additional exercise therapy after a successful vascular intervention for people with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease, Cucato, G., Longano, P., Perren, D., Ritti-Dias, R., Saxton, J. 2 May 2024, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Health and lifestyle parameters in peripheral artery disease at two periods of the COVID-19 pandemic: comparison between men and women, Kanegusuku, H., da Silva, G., Braghieri, H., Carvalho, J., Costa, R., Cucato, G., Wolosker, N., Ritti-Dias, R., Correia, M. 4 Mar 2024, In: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

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