bachelor's at Fisioterapia from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (1998), master's at Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2003) and doctorate at Fisioterapia from The University of Sydney (2009). Has experience in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, focusing on Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, acting on the following subjects: overtraining, questionários, flexibilidade, aquecimento and exercício. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The prognosis of acute low back pain is typically favorable; however, there is substantial variability in the clinical course of these patients. The possibility of identifying the probability of individual patients recovering at specific time points may be useful to clinicians in the decision-making process. A clinical prediction model was recently developed to predict the probability of …
Low back pain is an important health problem with large consequences of socio-economic point of view and is associated with high costs for the health system, work absenteeism and disability. In Brazil there is no accurate data of the prevalence of low back pain. Most studies of prevalence of low back pain conducted in Brazil refers to specific or non-representative population studies. The…
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Low back pain is a highly prevalent condition and is considered the main cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Low back pain can be triggered by the influence of several factors, such as individual aspects, physical, psychological stress, and environmental factors. Understanding the factors that increase the risk for triggering a new episode of low back pain is essential for the…
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Background: Abstracts of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews should be clear, concise and should reflect exactly what was accomplished in the study. Studies in different healthcare areas assessed their abstracts and found discrepancies such as omission of information, inconsistent/inaccurate information with the full-text, low reporting quality of abstracts and spin of res…
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is ranked as one of the most prevalent health conditions. It is likely that some inflammatory mediators could be associated with pain and disability in these patients. Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) is a non-pharmacological therapy often used in patients with LBP that decrease release of inflammatory mediators and accelerate muscle repair in different mu…
The presence of methodological bias, such as inadequate allocation concealment and lack of intention to treat analysis may overestimate the treatment effects from randomized controlled trials. Meta-epidemiological studies have been performed in a large number of health-care fields. However, there are no studies investigating this issue in physical therapy interventions for low back pain. …
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