CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Physiotherapy from the Federal University of São Carlos (1983), Master in Biological Sciences (Anatomy) from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, Botucatú (1988), Doctorate in Science (Physiology) from the University of São Paulo (1992 ). CAPES PhD scholarship at the Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Bonn, Germany (1989-1991). FAPESP postdoctoral scholarship at the NeuroMuscular Research Center (1998-1999), Boston University, USA. Researcher 1A from CNPQ (since 2005). Full Professor at the Department of Physiotherapy and the Postgraduate Program in Physiotherapy at the Federal University of São Carlos (1988-2019). Senior Full Professor at the Department of Physiotherapy and the Postgraduate Program in Physiotherapy, since 2019. Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (2006-2010; 2013). Represented the area of Physiotherapy in the Multidisciplinary Health Committee of CNPQ (2010-2013). Member of the Health Area III Coordination at FAPESP's Scientific Board (2012-2020). Member of the Board of the Institute for Advanced and Strategic Studies-CoIEAE at UFSCar. (since 2020). Research: Skeletal muscle plasticity and its implications for the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Email: tania@ufscar.br (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower limbs causes a number of benefits to patients with knee osteoarthritis (OAJ) but does not reduce the internal load of the knee during gait, being the major responsible for the progression of the disease. Recent studies have shown that strengthening the ankle and foot muscles improved impact absorption during gait in the elderly, function in…
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FS) is one condition that most affects functional performance, especially in women, due to alterations in the entire musculoskeletal system. Given that, Physical Therapy (PT) studies the human movement and its dysfunctions, and that FS, because of its complex chronic characteristic, impairs the affected individual's activities causing movement disorders, a PT profes…
The visiting plan for the visitor researcher, Professor Dr. Lori A Michener (Department of Physical Therapy, Virgina Commonwealth University, USA) will include: 1) Collaboration on Research project: 3D kinematic and eletromyographic evaluation during elevation of the arm in subjects with isolated acromioclavicular osteoarthritis and associated with rotator cuff dysfunction. Abstract of Re…
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Compression is a tactile stimulus that can reduce pain perception by modulating tactile receptors on the skin and the speed of nerve conduction. It is widely used in combination with cryotherapy and other non-pharmacological physical agents to control musculoskeletal pain. However, there is still a lack of evidence about its possible effects on the modulation of this type of pain. This st…
Trunk, hip, and knee muscle strengthening programs, considered the gold standard for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) treatment, reduced pain and improved function, but did not alter the internal knee joint overload of these patients. Nevertheless, the strengthening of intrinsic foot muscles was effective in redistributing forces in the gait support phase in neuropathic diabetics and in reducing…
Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease with global impact. The knee is the most affected joint and, currently, quadriceps strengthening exercises are recommended. However, exercises with a high load on the knee worsen symptoms and decrease treatment adherence. At the same time, the literature increasingly describes the influence of the ankle and feet on the biomechanics of the k…
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is a chronic disease with epidemic indexes, associated to the hyperglycemia that leads to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and non-enzymatic glycation of the collagen, and it might increase the stiffness of some structures, such as tendons and joint capsule. Studies suggest an increase of stiffness and the passive torque associated to the eccentric torqu…
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The prevalence of KOA among population is rapidly increasing as the expectation of life is ascending and the obesity epidemic worldwide is growing. Thus, accessible treatments are needed to manage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) on clinical settings. A study has found that the main barriers for patients to perform specific prescribed exercises from a physical therapist (PT) are the cost of trea…
Background:Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 26 million people in the US [1], with 30-50% of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients developing diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) [2-4]. DPN is characterized by impairments of metabolic and microvascular (MV) functions [5], which damage the endoneural capillaries that supply the peripheral nerves [6]. Prolonged DPN can lead to local ischemi…
Abstract: Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) is a progressive chronic condition, which often results in pain and physical dysfunction that worsen over time. Patients at the end stage of KOA present extensive osteophytes, narrowing of joint space, severe subchondral bone sclerosis, and defined bone deformity on radiographic examination. The KOA clinical guidelines emphasize the combination of non-p…
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