Jose Correia
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Email
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Location
ESA.3.32, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
José is a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Essex. His clinical background is in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy, namely in tennis. His research focuses on motor control, neurophysiology, and hamstring injuries in footballers. He investigates mechanisms of motor slowing, brain-muscle coupling, and neuromuscular adaptations in athletes, combining techniques such as EEG and EMG. His work aims to bridge neuroscience and rehabilitation, with relevance to injury prevention and return-to-play strategies. Currently looking to recruit PhD students for a project about the changes in movement rate/speed across the age spectrum and its association with cognitive performance, functional status, and mental health. The aim is to implement simple and low-cost interventions across primary healthcare providers if those associations are verified.
Qualifications
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BSc Physiotherapy Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, (2010)
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MSc Sports Physiotherapy Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, (2013)
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PhD Human Kinetics Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, (2025)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer, Physiotherapy, SRES, University of Essex (17/3/2025 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Movement neuroscience
Hamstring strain
Neurocognitive factors associated with hamstring injuries in football
Motor-cognitive interactions
Interaction between movement speed/rate and cognitive/physical function across the lifespan. Effects of movement speed training on these factors.
Conferences and presentations
Brain connectivity differences in footballers with previous hamstring injury
Isokinetic Conference 2025, Madrid, Spain, 4/5/2025
The effect of sport specialisation on brain-muscle coupling during maximum-speed knee movement
UCL Brain-body interactions symposium, London, United Kingdom, 11/10/2024
Brain-muscle coupling in footballers with and without hamstring injury history
Isokinetic Conference 2024, Madrid, Spain, 25/5/2024
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Physiotherapy Led Assessment (SE118)
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Understanding Self and Others (SE120)
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Research Methods (SE234)
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Research Project (SE343)
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Critical Enquiry (SE756)
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Research Project (SE760)
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Physiotherapy Led Assessment & Treatment (SE753)
Publications
Journal articles (15)
Pimenta, R., Correia, JP., Vaz, JR., Veloso, AP. and Herzog, W., (2024). Hamstrings passive and active shear modulus: Implications of conventional static stretching and warmup. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 27 (6), 415-421
Correia, JP., Domingos, C., Witvrouw, E., Luís, P., Rosa, A., Vaz, JR. and Freitas, SR., (2024). Brain and muscle activity during fatiguing maximum-speed knee movement. Journal of Applied Physiology. 136 (1), 200-212
Pimenta, R., Correia, JP., Vaz, JR., Veloso, AP. and Herzog, W., (2024). Changes in passive and active hamstrings shear modulus are not related after a warmup protocol. Journal of Biomechanics. 163, 111957-111957
Pimenta, R., Coelho, F., Correia, JP. and Vaz, JR., (2024). Influence of transducer pressure and examiner experience on muscle active shear modulus measured by shear wave elastography. Radiography. 30 (1), 185-192
Pimenta, R., Lopes, T., Correia, JP. and Veloso, AP., (2023). Effects of repeated sprinting on hamstring shear modulus pattern and knee flexor neuromuscular parameters. Scientific Reports. 13 (1), 12624-
Pimenta, R., Almeida, P., Correia, JP., Bruno, PM. and Vaz, JR., (2023). Effects of fatigue on hamstrings and gluteus maximus shear modulus in hip extension and knee flexion submaximal contraction task. Sports Biomechanics, 1-14
(2023). Correction. Sports Biomechanics, 1-1
Correia, JP., Vaz, JR., Witvrouw, E. and Freitas, SR., (2022). Range of Motion Remains Constant as Movement Rate Decreases During a Repetitive High-Speed Knee Flexion–Extension Task. Motor Control. 26 (3), 465-476
Freitas, SR., Mendes, B., Firmino, T., Correia, JP., Witvrouw, EEMC., Oliveira, R. and Vaz, JR., (2022). Semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head active stiffness response until failure in professional footballers with vs. without previous hamstring injury. European Journal of Sport Science. 22 (7), 1132-1140
Correia, JP., Vaz, JR., Domingos, C. and Freitas, SR., (2022). From thinking fast to moving fast: motor control of fast limb movements in healthy individuals. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 33 (8), 919-950
Moleirinho-Alves, PMM., Cebola, PMTC., dos Santos, PDG., Correia, JP., Godinho, C., Oliveira, RANDS. and Pezarat-Correia, PLC., (2021). Effects of Therapeutic and Aerobic Exercise Programs on Pain, Neuromuscular Activation, and Bite Force in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11 (11), 1170-1170
Vaz, JR., Neto, T., Correia, JP., Infante, J. and Freitas, SR., (2021). Regional Differences in Biceps Femoris Long Head Stiffness during Isometric Knee Flexion. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 6 (1), 18-18
Mendes, B., Firmino, T., Oliveira, R., Neto, T., Cruz-Montecinos, C., Cerda, M., Correia, JP., Vaz, JR. and Freitas, SR., (2020). Effects of knee flexor submaximal isometric contraction until exhaustion on semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head shear modulus in healthy individuals. Scientific Reports. 10 (1), 16433-
Correia, JP., (2016). Injury surveillance at 23 International Tennis Federation Junior and Pro Circuit tournaments between 2011 and 2015. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 50 (24), 1556-1556
Correia, JP., Oliveira, R., Vaz, JR., Silva, L. and Pezarat-Correia, P., (2016). Trunk muscle activation, fatigue and low back pain in tennis players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 19 (4), 311-316
