CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Since 1994 I have been working at the Department of Physical Education of the Federal University of Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil, where I am ProfessorI am a graduaded physical education teacher (1987) by the School of Physical Education and Sports of the University of Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil. My Master (1996) and Doctor (2000) degrees were in Biodynamics of Human Movement made at the School of Physical Education and Sports of the University of Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil. My PhD project was developed at the Biomechanics Institut of the German Sports University in Cologne, Germany. My Post-Doc (2014) studies were developed at the Biology Department of the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. . My main research topics are: biomechanical analysis of human movements, locomotion and balance in children, yoga and swimming. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The aim of this study is to provide normative data on the "Timed Up and Go" test for brazilian children in order to build references for identification of possible cases of balance disorders in young children. Three groups of fifty typical developing children (aged 3, 4 and 5 years) will volunteer to this study. Dynamic balance will be evaluated by means of the "Timed Up and Go" test, whi…
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