Luciana Macedo

Overview

Luciana Macedo is a physical therapist and an associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the assessment and management of musculoskeletal pain, particularly related to common spinal disorders. Her main interests are on the effectiveness of exercise therapists for back pain, how different treatment strategies work for different patient subgroups with back pain (including older adults), the underlying mechanisms of back pain and spinal disorders and the implementation of programs of care.

Affiliations

• Associate Professor
• Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
• Member, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (MGD-IPRC), Faculty of Health Sciences
• Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences

Education

• BA (Physical Therapy), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
• MSc (Physical Therapy), University of Alberta
• PhD, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney and The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
• Postdoc, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta