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Rodrigo Villar
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Latest papers
Effect of bodyweight interval training on frailty status in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
European geriatric medicine · 2026
Gravitational load, sex, and age-sex effects on cardiovascular compensatory responses during sit-to-stand and lie-to-stand transitions.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2026 · senior author
Standardized Single-Session Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test for Measuring Peak Oxygen Uptake, Oxygen On/Off Kinetics, and Skeletal Muscle Oxygenation in ICU Survivors-ICU Combined Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Exercise (ICU-CARE) Study: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Observational Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Latest funding
Integrative dynamic cardiovascular, autonomic and respiratory regulation during postural transitions and acute and chronic exercise in females and males living with frailty
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
19 publications.
Effect of bodyweight interval training on frailty status in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
Vieira LM, Bocalini DS, Dos Santos CPC, Rego LB, Villar R, Júnior AJF, da Silva RC, de Souza Lima AP, Netto RBMC, Neto FS, Nonato TC, Pinto JP, Júnior FLP
Gravitational load, sex, and age-sex effects on cardiovascular compensatory responses during sit-to-stand and lie-to-stand transitions.
de Matos DG, Lima de Santana J, Aidar FJ, Cornish SM, Giesbrecht GG, Nunes-Silva A, Raj SR, Romero-Ortuno R, Duhamel TA, Villar R
Standardized Single-Session Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test for Measuring Peak Oxygen Uptake, Oxygen On/Off Kinetics, and Skeletal Muscle Oxygenation in ICU Survivors-ICU Combined Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Exercise (ICU-CARE) Study: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Observational Study.
Blunderfield B, Santana J, Majumdar R, Herath I, Blouw M, Ramsey C, Olafson K, Sousa M, Boyd JG, Rozenberg D, Cowley K, Herridge MS, Batt J, Horsburgh M, Duhamel T, Christiansen D, Villar R, Mendelson AA
Can Progressive Strength Training Counteract Frailty and Improve Short-Term Autonomic Compensatory Responses During Active Standing Orthostatic Stress? A Pilot Study.
Gama de Matos D, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ, Cornish SM, Giesbrecht GG, Nunes-Silva A, Romero-Ortuno R, Duhamel TA, Villar R
Associations between heart rate and physical activity in people with post-COVID-19 condition accounting for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms.
Adodo R, Sarmento Da Nobrega A, Villar R, Webber SC, Sanchez-Ramirez DC
Using Active Standing Orthostatic Stress Test to Assess Physiological Responses in Individuals with Long COVID: A Systematic Review.
Olarinde F, Nunes-Silva A, Sanchez-Ramirez DC, Molgat-Seon Y, Villar R
Short-Term Cardiovascular Compensatory Responses to Varying Levels of Orthostatic Stress During Active Standing in Older Adults.
de Matos DG, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ, Cornish SM, Giesbrecht GG, Nunes-Silva A, Raj SR, Romero-Ortuno R, Duhamel TA, Villar R
Changes in Autonomic Balance, Cardiac Parasympathetic Modulation, and Cardiac Baroreflex Gain in Older Adults Under Different Orthostatic Stress Conditions.
de Matos DG, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ, Cornish SM, Giesbrecht GG, Nunes-Silva A, Romero-Ortuno R, Duhamel TA, Villar R
Cardiovascular regulation during active standing orthostatic stress in older adults living with frailty: a systematic review.
de Matos DG, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ, Cornish SM, Giesbrecht GG, Mendelson AA, Duhamel TA, Villar R
Development of a standardized single-session cardiopulmonary exercise test for combined assessment of peak oxygen uptake and on/off-kinetics.
Santana JL, Enzner T, Blunderfield B, Mendelson AA, Villar R
Integrative dynamic cardiovascular, autonomic and respiratory regulation during postural transitions and acute and chronic exercise in females and males living with frailty
Principal investigators: de Matos, Dihogo G
Keywords: Exercise; Frailty; Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension; Orthostatic Hypotesion; Postural Transition; Sex Differences
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jane Batt and Dmitry Rozenberg: 2 shared papers
- Jane Batt and Todd Duhamel: 1 shared paper
- Jane Batt and MAC HORSBURGH: 1 shared paper
- Jane Batt and Kristine Cowley: 1 shared paper
- Jane Batt and Mayson Sousa: 1 shared paper
- Jane Batt and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- Todd Duhamel and MAC HORSBURGH: 1 shared paper
- Todd Duhamel and Kristine Cowley: 1 shared paper
- Todd Duhamel and Dmitry Rozenberg: 1 shared paper
- Todd Duhamel and Mayson Sousa: 1 shared paper
- Todd Duhamel and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- MAC HORSBURGH and Kristine Cowley: 1 shared paper
- MAC HORSBURGH and Dmitry Rozenberg: 1 shared paper
- MAC HORSBURGH and Mayson Sousa: 1 shared paper
- MAC HORSBURGH and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- Kristine Cowley and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- Dmitry Rozenberg and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- Mayson Sousa and Rodrigo Villar: 1 shared paper
- Rodrigo Villar and Yannick Molgat-Seon: 1 shared paper
- Kinesiology Recreation Management
- Medicine/Respirology
- Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Department of Respiratory Therapy
- Kinesiology and Applied Health
- Other
Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Yannick Molgat-Seon
Kinesiology and Applied Health
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Jane Batt
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Todd Duhamel
Kinesiology Recreation Management
1 shared papers, latest 2026
MAC HORSBURGH
Internal Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Kristine Cowley
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Dmitry Rozenberg
Medicine/Respirology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Mayson Sousa
Department of Respiratory Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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