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Eduardo Andres Martinez Valdes

Assistant Professor

University of Birmingham

Birmingham, Reino Unido

Líneas de Investigación


- Neuromuscular adaptations to training and rehabilitation exercises, muscle fatigue, and experimentally induced pain. - Motor unit detection and tracking using high-density surface electromyography

Educación

  •  BSc Physiotherapy (Hons), UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR. Chile, 2008
  •  MSc Clinical Exercise Science, UNIV.OF POTSDAM. Alemania, 2014
  •  PhD Clinical Exercise Science, UNIV.OF POTSDAM. Alemania, 2017
  •  Postgraduate Certificate in International University Teaching, UNIV.OF POTSDAM. Alemania, 2015
  •  Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Reino Unido, 2020

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

    College of Life and Environmental Sciences

    Birmingham, Reino Unido

    2018 - A la fecha

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

    College of Life and Environmental Sciences

    Birmingham, Reino Unido

    2017 - 2018

  •   Teaching Fellow Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2012

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Part Time

    Neomed

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2012

  •   Musculoskeletal and Neurorehabilitation Physiotherapist Part Time

    Clínica Los Coihues

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2009

Formación de Capital Humano


SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS

Current
Evie Harms - (2023-2026) - PhD principal supervisor
Rosamond Bailey - (2023-2026) - PhD co-supervisor
Rocio Hidalgo Mas - (2024-2027) - PhD co-supervisor
Edward Wiggins – (2024-2027) - PhD co-supervisor
Cameron Ley – (2022-2025) - PhD co-supervisor
Jerome Alderson (2023-2025) - Mres principal supervisor

Previous
Dr Amal Asulbaie - (2020-2024) - PhD co-supervisor
Dr Joeri Van Helden - (2020-2024) - PhD co-supervisor
Dr David Jimenez-Grande - (2019-2024) - PhD co-supervisor
Dr Jordan Slack - (2019-2024) - PhD co- supervisor
Ignacio Contreras-Hernandez (2019-2024) - PhD principal supervisor (submitted)
Michail Arvanitidis (2019-2024) - PhD principal supervisor (submitted)
Humain Choudhury (2020-2023) - Mres principal supervisor
Emma Alexander (2018-2020) - Mres co-supervisor

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (PhD - MSc)
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (PhD)
King’s College London, London, United Kingdom (PhD)
University of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom (PhD)
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom (Mres)
University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy (PhD)
Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain (PhD)
Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile (MSc)
Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile (MSc)


Difusión y Transferencia


Invited lectures
2023 Faculty of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile 2023 School of Physiotherapy, Universidad Santo Tomas, Talca, Chile
2023 School of Biosciences, University of Leeds, UK
2022 School of Sports Science, University of Granada, Spain
2022 EXRS Seminar, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA
2022 Biomedical Basis of Elite Performance, The Physiological Society, Nottingham. UK
2022 School of Physiotherapy, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
2021 Spanish Association of Sports Science annual conference, Murcia, Spain
2021 School of Physiotherapy, Universidad Mayor, Chile
2021 Centre of Musculoskeletal Aging Research (CMAR) workshop, University of Birmingham, UK 2021 Motor Unit Group Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
2020 School of Sports Science, Uni Pampa, Brasil
2020 School of Physiotherapy, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
2019 School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Australia
2019 School of human movement sciences, University of Queensland, Australia
2019 Methodologies in MSK research symposium, University of Nottingham, UK
2018 School of Physiotherapy, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
2018 School of Physiotherapy, University of Malaga, Spain

2017 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Kent, UK Posters and oral presentations at international conferences
2024 International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) congress, Nagoya, Japan 2023 Sensorimotor UK meeting, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
2022 ISEK congress, Quebec, Canada
2021 International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) congress (online)
2020 ISEK congress (online)
2019 Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA
2018 Physiotherapy UK Annual meeting, Birmingham, UK
2018 ISEK Congress, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Physiotherapy UK Annual meeting, Birmingham, UK
2016 ISEK Congress, Chicago, USA
2015 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA
2014 ISEK Congress, Rome, Italy
2014 ACSM Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA
2013 European Federation of Sports Medicine (EFSMA) Annual Meeting, Strasbourg, France


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best international student (DAAD)

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Alemania, 2016

    Best international student (DAAD) – University of Potsdam, Germany

  •   Best MSc student in Clinical Exercise Science

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Alemania, 2015

    Best MSc student in Clinical Exercise Science

  •   University of Potsdam PhD scholarship

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Alemania, 2014

    University of Potsdam PhD scholarship


 

Article (50)

Individuals with chronic ankle instability show altered regional activation of the peroneus longus muscle during ankle eversion
Low Back Pain-Induced Dynamic Trunk Muscle Control Impairments Are Associated with Altered Spatial EMG-Torque Relationships
Neuromuscular Responses and Perceptions of Health Status and Pain-Related Constructs in End-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis During Resistance Training With Blood Flow Restriction
Acute adaptation of central and peripheral motor unit features to exercise-induced fatigue differs with concentric and eccentric loading
Consensus for experimental design in electromyography (CEDE) project: Single motor unit matrix
Distal overactivation of gastrocnemius medialis in persistent plantarflexion weakness following Achilles tendon repair
High-density surface electromyography allows to identify risk conditions and people with and without low back pain during fatiguing frequency-dependent lifting activities
Home-based arm cycling exercise improves trunk control in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury: an observational study
Safety, feasibility, and neuromuscular activity of acute low-load resistance exercise with or without blood flow restriction in patients with severe hemophilia
Spinal kinematic variability is increased in people with chronic low back pain during a repetitive lifting task
Task-related differences in peroneus longus muscle fiber conduction velocity
A machine learning approach for the identification of kinematic biomarkers of chronic neck pain during single- and dual-task gait
Cervical spine and muscle adaptation after spaceflight and relationship to herniation risk: protocol from 'Cervical in Space' trial
Modulations in motor unit discharge are related to changes in fascicle length during isometric contractions
Neuromuscular and structural tendon adaptations after 6 weeks of either concentric or eccentric exercise in individuals with non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
People with chronic low back pain display spatial alterations in high-density surface EMG-torque oscillations
Reliability of high-density surface electromyography for assessing characteristics of the thoracic erector spinae during static and dynamic tasks
Temporal differences in the myoelectric activity of lower limb muscles during rearfoot and forefoot running: A statistical parametric mapping approach
The force-generation capacity of the tibialis anterior muscle at different muscle-tendon lengths depends on its motor unit contractile properties
Kinematic biomarkers of chronic neck pain measured during gait: A data-driven classification approach
Muscle network topology analysis for the classification of chronic neck pain based on EMG biomarkers extracted during walking
Pain-induced changes in motor unit discharge depend on recruitment threshold and contraction speed
Regional changes in muscle activity do not underlie the repeated bout effect in the human gastrocnemius muscle
Spatial distribution of lumbar erector spinae muscle activity in individuals with and without chronic low back pain during a dynamic isokinetic fatiguing task
Trunk control during repetitive sagittal movements following a real-time tracking task in people with chronic low back pain
Understanding the effect of window length and overlap for assessing sEMG in dynamic fatiguing contractions: A non-linear dimensionality reduction and clustering
Divergent response of low- <i>versus</i> high-threshold motor units to experimental muscle pain
Half marathon induces changes in central control and peripheral properties of individual motor units in master athletes
Inability to increase the neural drive to muscle is associated with task failure during submaximal contractions
Quadriceps muscle electromyography activity during physical activities and resistance exercise modes in younger and older adults
Sudden gait perturbations elicit sex-specific neuromuscular trunk responses in persons with low back pain
Can visual feedback on upper trapezius high-density surface electromyography increase time to task failure of an endurance task?
High-Density Electromyography Provides New Insights into the Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon in Individuals with Low Back Pain
Motor unit discharge rate and the estimated synaptic input to the vasti muscles is higher in open compared with closed kinetic chain exercise
Neuromuscular activity of trunk muscles during side plank exercise and an additional motoric-task perturbation [Neuromuskuläre aktivität des rumpfes beim seitstütz mit und ohne motorische perturbations-aufgabe]
People With Low Back Pain Display a Different Distribution of Erector Spinae Activity During a Singular Mono-Planar Lifting Task
Rowers with a recent history of low back pain engage different regions of the lumbar erector spinae during rowing
Variation in the spatial distribution of erector spinae activity during a lumbar endurance task in people with low back pain
Changes in the ankle muscles co-activation pattern after 5 years following total ankle joint replacement
Differences in neuromuscular activity of ankle stabilizing muscles during postural disturbances: A gender-specific analysis
Early Motor Unit Conduction Velocity Changes to High-Intensity Interval Training versus Continuous Training
Electro-tactile stimulation of the posterior neck induces body anteropulsion during upright stance
Influence of fatigue and velocity on the latency and recruitment order of scapular muscles
Surface electromyographic amplitude does not identify differences in neural drive to synergistic muscles
Differential Motor Unit Changes after Endurance or High-Intensity Interval Training
Tracking motor units longitudinally across experimental sessions with high-density surface electromyography
Electromyographic adjustments during continuous and intermittent incremental fatiguing cycling
High-density surface electromyography provides reliable estimates of motor unit behavior
The recruitment order of scapular muscles depends on the characteristics of the postural task
Motor Neuron Pools of Synergistic Thigh Muscles Share Most of Their Synaptic Input

BookSection (3)

Surface Electromyography
Neuromuscular Function: High-Density Surface Electromyography
Motor Control

Proyecto (10)

Torque Visuo-motor Feedback Training: A New Way To Manage Patellar Tendinopathy
Multi-electrode high-density surface electromyography for detection of myopathy in children
PhD studentship
Assessing the interplay between neural drive and muscle contraction dynamics during postural tasks in older individuals. What are the mechanisms responsible for a decline in the control of ankle joint force?
Cervical spine and muscle adaptation after spaceflight and relationship to herniation risk (continuation)
Cervical spine and muscle adaptation after spaceflight and relationship to herniation risk
Investigating the effects of acute and chronic Achilles tendon pain on the acquisition and retention of new motor skills
Visuo-motor skill learning with experimental and chronic tendon pain
Functional activity of upper extremities for improved trunk function after spinal cord injury: TRUNK FUNCTION
Assessment and evaluation of regional variations in muscle architecture on the neural control of movement in vivo in humans

Review (6)

Is movement variability altered in people with chronic non-specific low back pain? A systematic review
Neuromechanical changes in Achilles tendinopathy and the effects of exercise-induced mechanical tendon loading: a protocol for a systematic review
The Effect of Resistance Training on Motor Unit Firing Properties: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Does pain influence force steadiness? A protocol for a systematic review
The effect of experimental and clinical musculoskeletal pain on spinal and supraspinal projections to motoneurons and motor unit properties in humans: A systematic review
The effect of chronic, non-specific low back pain on superficial lumbar muscle activity: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Eduardo Martinez

Assistant Professor

College of Life and Environmental Sciences

University of Birmingham

Birmingham, Reino Unido

6
Rodrigo Guzmán

Profesor Asociado

Universidad de Los Andes

Santiago, Chile

4
Carlos Cruz

Profesor Asistente

Kinesiología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Guillermo Méndez

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Universidad Santo Tomás

Talca, Chile

3
Carlos De la Fuente

Professor

Postgraduate, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences

Universidad Andrés Bello

santiago, Chile

2
Valeska Gatica

PRORECTORA

PRORRECTORÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

2
Alejandro Weinstein

Professor

Escuela de Ingenieria Civil Biomedica

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Edith Elgueta

Associate Professor

Physiotherapy

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Eduardo Guzmán

Profesor Asociado

Escuela de Kinesiología

Universidad Santo Tomás

Talca, Chile

1
Rodrigo Salas

Profesor Titular Jornada Completa

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
David Arriagada

Profesor Asistente / Director Laboratorio de Neuromecánica Aplicada

Ciencias Médicas

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile