Gianmarco PINTO
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Via Giovanni Pascoli 6, Palermo, 90144, Italy
e-Mail: gianmarco.pinto@community.unipa.it
Education
- Laurea Triennale (Bachelor's degree) in Scienze delle Attività motorie e Sportive (L-22)
- Laurea Magistrale (Master's degree) in Scienze e Tecniche delle Attività Motorie Preventive e Adattate e delle Attività Sportive (LM-67)
Current Positions
PhD Student in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences
PhD project title and a short abstract
The effects of stretching and foam rolling on tissue heat and liquid compartments: potential practical implications for the treatment of edema
- Introduction: edema is an abnormal accumulation of liquids in the interstitial compartments of the body, which manifests itself as visible and palpable swelling. Among the possible intervention strategies that could be effective in this type of condition are stretching and foam rolling.
- Objectives: the objective of the project will be to assess changes in temperature and liquids in response to stretching and foam rolling interventions with the aim of detecting useful results potentially applicable in the practical treatment of edema.
- Methodology: the objective will be to recruite an adequate number of subjects with edema or swelling each of whom will take part, in randomised order, to four different sessions: control, static stretching, foam rolling and static stretching + foam rolling combination. For the detection of temperature and liquids, respectively, an infrared camera and the localised bioimpedance analysis (L-BIA) will be used.
- Expected impact: considering that temperature and compartmental liquids could be altered in the presence of edema, if significant results will be found regarding the effects of the proposed interventions on the analysed variables, these hypothetical and potential results could represent an added value of the project potentially applicable for the practical treatment of edema. Results on the correlation between infrared camera detections and bioimpedance measurements could also be of considerable interest.
Supervisor: Prof. Ewan Thomas
Main research areas of interest
- Exercise interventions and assessments
- Stretching and Foam Rolling
- Exercise Physiology
- Musculoskeletal System
- Exercise in pathological and abnormal conditions
Researcher IDs
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gianmarco-Pinto/research