Angelo Belcastro

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Degrees

PhD -
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta

Selected Publications

• Moghaddaszadeh A, and Belcastro AN. Guided Active Play Promotes Physical Activity and Improves Fundamental Motor Skills for School Aged Children. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 20:86-93, 2021.


• Moghaddaszadeh A, Jamnik V, Belcastro AN. Characteristics of children’s physical activity during active play. Journal of Sports Medicine & Physical Fitness 2018; 58(4): 369-376.


• Moghaddaszadeh A., Ahmadi Y., and Belcastro AN ​Children and adolescent physical activity participatin and enjoyment during active play. Journal of Sports Medicine & Physical Fitness 2017; 57(10):1375-1381. DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06732-3


• Belcastro, A.N., D.M.Mofidi, Y. Amedhi and A. Moghaddasazdeh. Correlates of Psychosocial Health-related Quality of Life Measures for Normal Weight and Obese Children Participating in an Active Play Program. J Child Adoles Behaviour. 3 (5): 1-6, 2015.


• Belcastro, A.N., K.S. Morrison, E. Hicks, H. Matta. Cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses associated with children’s physical activity during self-paced games. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 90:1269-1276, 2012.


• Raastad,T., S.G. Owe, G. Paulsen, D. Enns, K Overgaard, R, Crameri, S. Kiil, A.N. Belcastro, L. Bergersen, J. Hallen. Changes in calpain activity, muscle structure, and function after eccentric exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 42(1): 86-95, 2010.

Other Research Outputs

• Ljubicic, V., A.N. Belcastro, B.J. Gurd, D.R. Joanisse, A. Safdar, L.D. Tryon, D.A.Hood. A 50th Anniversary Celebratin of CSEP Member Contributions to the Understanding of Exercise Physiology: A Focus on Molecular Biology Approaches. CSEP Newsletter (2016).

Affiliations

European College of Sport Sciences
Member

American Physiological Society
Member

Awards

Fellow of Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) - 2018

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Not Indicated

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Not Indicated

Current Research

My research areas focuses on understanding the ‘dose-response’ interaction underlying children’s physical activity/exercise patterns on the improvements in children’s body composition (fat mass and fat-free mass), muscular strength and power, cardiovascular/cardiorespiratory physiology and fitness, and developmental aspects of fundamental motor skills (FMS) and phyiscal literacy.

A second research focus is on understanding the multi-disciplinary approach underlying active play. This is accomplished through the delivery of a community-based children's guided active play program - referred to as KinKids.