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Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID). Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação, Pesquisa e Extensão (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Lucíola Menezes Costa is a Brazilian physiotherapist with a PhD from the University of Sydney / Australia. She is an Associate Professor of the Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy at Universidade Cidade de São Paulo / Brazil and has already supervised 21 masters and doctoral students. She is also a former associate editor of Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy and serves the editorial board of the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. Most of Lucíola?s research is conducted in primary care. She has completed clinical trials, prognostic studies and systematic reviews in the low back pain field. Lucíola has 80 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals, including publications in the Lancet, BMJ and Cochrane reviews. Currently Luciola?s articles have received 4,934 citations (ISI web of knowledge) representing an H index of 27. She has received research funding from the main Brazilian Funding Agencies and she holds as Research productivity fellowship from the CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Her research interests involve studies on the prognosis of low back pain, studies related to non-pharmacological interventions for patients with back pain and research methodology in general. Lucíola have extensive international experience and research collaboration in several centers, such as University of Sydney, Mcquarie University and Campbell University (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Low back pain is a highly prevalent condition and is considered the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Low back pain can be triggered by the influence of several factors, such as individual aspects, physical and psychological stress. Understanding the factors that increase the risk of triggering a new episode of low back pain is essential for the creation of preventio…
Chronic nonspecific low back pain is an important health condition with a high prevalence worldwide, and it is associated with enormous direct and indirect costs to the society. Clinical practice guidelines show that many interventions are available to treat patients with chronic low back pain, but the vast majority of these interventions have a modest effect in reducing pain and disabili…
The Start Back Screening Tool (SBST) aims to identify and stratify primary care patients by using modifiable prognostic indicators that are relevant in clinical decision making. The SBST has been implemented in primary care in order to stratify the management of patients with acute back pain. Few studies have investigated the usefulness of this tool in other levels of care, such as in eme…
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Neck pain is prevalent, disabling and costly, making it a major public health problem. Several studies have been performed in neck pain field; however, none of these studies have focused on identifying the gaps or the emerging, never or poorly addressed opportunities in this field. Objective: To identify and rank the neck pain research priorities in primary care. Methods: A three round mo…
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