Caio Ferraz Cruz

Bachelor in physical education (sport training), Unicamp (1998), master in biomedical engineering, Unicamp (2003), degree in physical education, Faculdades Integradas de Ribeirão Pires (2009), and PhD in health sciences, Unicsul (2019). Lato sensu in Libras, Unicid (2014), and in Technologies in Distance Education, Unicid (2016). I am an educator at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities at USP (USP Leste). I was a professor at Universidade do Grande ABC, Universidade Anhanguera de São Paulo and Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, teaching adapted physical activity, motor learning, biomechanics, kinesiology, aquatics, adventure sports and research methodology. I worked as a teacher of adapted physical education and aquatics at a special education school in the Municipality of São Bernardo do Campo, as a swimming teacher for people with disabilities in the Municipality of Santo André, as a swimming teacher at SESI in São Bernardo do Campo and as coach of triathletes, swimmers and runners. I have experience in the areas of adapted physical activity, biomechanics and motor behavior, working mainly on the following themes: motor control of people with neuropathologies, especially Parkinson's disease, and resistance training for older people. I am a member of the Movement Analysis Laboratory (LAM) at Unicsul. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)