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
Sou graduada em fisioterapia pela Universidade Pontifícia Católica de Minas Gerais / PUC-Minas (2004) e fiz meu doutorado direto pela The University of Sydney na Austrália (2011). Atualmente, sou professora do programa de mestrado e doutorado da UNICID (desde 2012) e já orientei 21 alunos de mestrado e doutorado. Fui editora associada do Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy e atualmente sou membro do corpo editorial do Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. Meus interesses de pesquisa envolvem estudos sobre o prognóstico da dor lombar, estudos relacionados a intervenções não farmacológicas para pacientes com dor nas costas e metodologia de pesquisa em geral. Já conclui vários ensaios controlados aleatorizados, estudos de prognóstico e revisões sistemáticas principalmente no campo da dor lombar. Hoje tenho 80 artigos publicados em revistas internacionais revisadas por pares, incluindo publicações nos periódicos Lancet, British Medical Journal e Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Atualmente meus artigos receberam 4.934 citações (registradas pelo ISI web of knowledge) representando um fator H de 27. Possuo financiamento para pesquisa das principais Agências de Financiamento do Brasil e sou bolsista PQ1 D do CNPq. Possuo vasta experiência internacional e colaboração de pesquisa em diversos centros, como por exemplo, The University of Sydney, Mcquarie University and Campbell University.
