She graduated in Physiotherapy at the Universidade de São Paulo - USP (1987), obtained his master's degree in Education at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP (1994) within the field of Developmental Psychology - Gerontology and took her PhD degree in Rehabilitation Sciences at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP (2000). She did a post doctoral fellowship at the George Institute for Global Health, Sydney University, Australia (2012). In 1992 she participated in the Short Course Implications on Ageing at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London with a grant from the British Council. She is currently a professor in the Master's and Doctorate Program in Physiotherapy at the University of São Paulo-UNICID. She is a collaborator professor in the Master and Doctorate program in Gerontology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP. She is member of the Board of the Fragility Fracture Network and collaborator of ILC-Brasil. She has experience in Physiotherapy, with an emphasis on Gerontology, acting mainly on the following themes: aging, fragility, functionality, and falls. She is currently a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Global Network on Long-term care (GNLTC) linked to the WHO Global strategy and action plan on Aging and Health Program. She is coordinating a national research network to study the impact of Covi-19 on mobility of older people - Research Network Remobilize and the research group on falls prevention - PrevQuedas Brasil. She receives a fellowship of research productivity at CNPq - 2 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Hip fractures resulting from falls increase substantially with advancing age and less than a half of the elderly that have sustained and survived after the surgery regain their former levels of mobility. There is increasing evidence that rehabilitation interventions involving exercises and extended beyond the sub acute phase or even in a later stage of care have a positive impact on vario…
Fall prevention strategies in the older population are a public health issue. In Brazil, the challenges of implementing evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice, building capacity in the healthcare workforce, will be substantial in the short term. This project will provide a better understanding of the different determinants that involve knowledge translation in low-resources setti…
Preventing falls among older adults will be a challenge in the upcoming decades, especially in the median and low-income countries in Latin America and Asia. Annually, fall-related direct medical costs are estimated in 30 billion dollars. Furthermore, falls can cause a major long-term biopsychosocial burden for families and societies. Evidence-based research shows that the incidence of fa…
Physical exercises are considered a key strategy in fall prevention programs in older populations. However, the engagement and the participation on these programs depend on their capacity to meet older's people preferences and necessities. The self-perceived risk of falling may interfere on their choice and on the adherence to exercise programs. Objective: To investigate the choices and t…
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