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Dr Matheus Daros Pinto

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: m.pinto@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-2492

Qualifications

  • PhD, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • PhD, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Science (Sports Science), Edith Cowan University, 2019.
  • Degree in Physical Education, Brazil, 2015.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Daros Pinto, M., Ughini, C., Nunes, JP., Alves Nunes, J., Pinto, RS. (2025). Pectoralis Clavicular and Sternocostal Thicknesses Increase Similarly in Response to One and Three Sets of Pec Deck Resistance Training in Untrained Young Men. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 39(5), 523-530. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000005045.
  • Tapsell, L., Daros Pinto, M., Vallence, AM., Whife, C., Perez Armendariz, L., Senger, S., Andringa-Bate, J., Hince, DA., Murphy, M. (2025). What are the optimal transcranial direct current stimulation parameters and design elements to modulate corticospinal excitability? A systematic review and longitudinal meta-analysis. Neurological Research and Practice, 7(1), article number 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-025-00449-1.
  • Cruz-Montecinos, C., Daros Pinto, M., Pinto, RS. (2025). Sex differences in quantitative ultrasonographic measurements of the rectus femoris in children. Journal of Anatomy, 246(1), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14136.
  • Nuzzo, J., Daros Pinto, M. (2025). Sex Differences in Upper- and Lower-Limb Muscle Strength in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. European Journal of Sport Science, 25(5), article number e12282. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.12282.

Journal Articles

  • Daros Pinto, M., Nosaka, K., Blazevich, T. (2024). In vivo human medial gastrocnemius fascicle behaviour and belly gear during submaximal eccentric contractions are not affected by concentric fatiguing exercise. Journal of Biomechanics, 162(2024), article number 111895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111895.
  • Nuzzo, J., Daros Pinto, M., Kirk, B., Nosaka, K. (2024). Resistance Exercise Minimal Dose Strategies for Increasing Muscle Strength in the General Population: an Overview. Sports Medicine, 54(5), 1139-1162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02009-0.

Journal Articles

  • Veeck, F., De Vargas, JS., Godinho, RA., Wilhelm, EN., Daros Pinto, M., Pinto, RS. (2023). Hamstring-to-quadriceps activation ratio during lower-limb strengthening exercises. Research in Sports Medicine, 2023(2023), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2023.2286355.
  • Daros Pinto, M., Nosaka, K., Wakeling, JM., Blazevich, T. (2023). Human In Vivo Medial Gastrocnemius Gear During Active And Passive Muscle Lengthening: Effect Of Inconsistent Methods And Nomenclature On Data Interpretation. Biology Open, 12(9), article number bio060023. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.060023.
  • Steele, J., Daros Pinto, M., Nosaka, K., Nuzzo, J. (2023). Perceptions of capacity, fatigue, and their psychophysics: Examining construct equivalence and the relationship between actual capacity and perception of capacity during resisted elbow flexion tasks. Psicologica: journal of methodology and experimental psychology, 44(2), article number e15498. https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/15498.

Journal Articles

  • Logeson, Z., Maclennan, R., Abad, G., Methven, J., Gradl, M., Daros Pinto, M., Pinto, R., Stock, M. (2022). The impact of skeletal muscle disuse on distinct echo intensity bands: A retrospective analysis. PLoS One, 17(1), Article number e0262553. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262553.

Journal Articles

  • Pinto, R., Daros Pinto, M. (2021). Moving forward with the echo intensity mean analysis: Exploring echo intensity bands in different age groups. Experimental Gerontology, 145(March 2021), Article number 111179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111179.
  • Daros Pinto, M., Wilson, C., Kay, A., Blazevich, T. (2021). Reliability of isokinetic tests of velocity- and contraction intensity-dependent plantar flexor mechanical properties. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 31(5), 1009-1025. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13920.

Journal Articles

  • Daros Pinto, M., Wilson, C., Kay, A., Cochrane Wilkie, J., Blazevich, T. (2019). The effect of isokinetic dynamometer deceleration phase on maximum ankle joint range of motion and plantar flexor mechanical properties tested at different angular velocities. Journal of Biomechanics, 92(19 July 2019), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.05.036.
  • Victora Ruas, C., Pinto, R., Haff, G., De Paula De Lima, C., Daros Pinto, M., Brown, L. (2019). Alternative Methods of Determining Hamstrings-to-Quadriceps Ratios: a Comprehensive Review. Sports Medicine - Open, 5(1), Article no. 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-019-0185-0.
  • Grazioli, R., Lopez, P., Andersen, L., Machado, C., Daros Pinto, M., Cadore, E., Pinto, R. (2019). Hamstring rate of torque development is more affected than maximal voluntary contraction after a professional soccer match. European Journal of Sport Science, 19(10), 1336-1341. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2019.1620863.
  • Lopez, P., Daros Pinto, M., Pinto, R. (2019). Does Rest Time before Ultrasonography Imaging Affect Quadriceps Femoris Muscle Thickness, Cross-Sectional Area and Echo Intensity Measurements?. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 45(2), 612-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.10.010.

Research Projects

  • Effect of muscle fatigue on muscle gearing and shape changes of the human medial gastrocnemius during dynamic contractions, Australasian Society for Human Biology, Student Research Award, 2021 ‑ 2023, $2,000.
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