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Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa
Researcher at American Physical Therapy Association
Publications - 203
Citations - 8579
Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa is an academic researcher from American Physical Therapy Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Low back pain & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 198 publications receiving 6815 citations. Previous affiliations of Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa include University of Sydney & Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais.
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What are the main running-related musculoskeletal injuries? A systematic review
Alexandre Dias Lopes,Luiz Hespanhol,Simon S. Yeung,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa +4 more
TL;DR: This systematic review provides evidence that medial tibia stress syndrome, Achilles tend inopathy and plantar fasciitis were the main general RRMIs, while Achilles tendinopathy and patellofemoral syndrome were the most common RRMis for runners who participated in ultra-marathon races.
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The prognosis of acute and persistent low-back pain: a meta-analysis
Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa,Christopher G. Maher,Mark J. Hancock,James H. McAuley,Robert D. Herbert,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a meta-analysis of the literature on the clinical course of pain and disability in patients with acute and persistent low-back pain and found that patients who presented with acute or persistent lowback pain improved markedly in the first six weeks after the onset of pain.
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Clinimetric testing of three self-report outcome measures for low back pain patients in Brazil: which one is the best?
Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,Christopher G. Maher,Jane Latimer,Paulo H. Ferreira,Paulo H. Ferreira,Manuela L. Ferreira,Manuela L. Ferreira,Giovanni Campos Pozzi,Ludmilla Motta Andrade Freitas +8 more
TL;DR: The results from this study demonstrate that the Brazilian-Portuguese versions of the RMDQ, the FRI and the PSFS have similar clinimetric properties to each other and to the original English versions.
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Motor control exercise for chronic non-specific low-back pain.
Bruno T Saragiotto,Christopher G. Maher,Tiê Parma Yamato,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa,Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo,Luciana G. Macedo +6 more
TL;DR: There is very low to low quality evidence that MCE is clinically more effective than exercise and electrophysical agents (EPA) for pain, disability, global impression of recovery and quality of life for patients with chronic non-specific LBP.
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Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries
Torbjørn Soligard,Kathrin Steffen,Debbie Palmer,Juan-Manuel Alonso,Roald Bahr,Alexandre Dias Lopes,Alexandre Dias Lopes,Jiri Dvorak,Marie-Elaine Grant,Willem H. Meeuwisse,Margo Mountjoy,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,Natalia Salmina,Richard Budgett,Lars Engebretsen +14 more
TL;DR: Overall, 8% of the athletes incurred at least one injury during the Rio Olympic Games, and 5% an illness, which is slightly lower than in the Olympic Summer Games of 2008 and 2012.