Affiliation:

Julia Maria D’Andrea Greve, MD, physiatrist is an Associate Professor at the Medical School of the University of Sao Paulo (FMUSP) and Director of the Laboratory of Movement Studies in the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma at the Clinical Hospital of FMUSP. Her duties include teaching medicine, physical therapy, and occupational therapy graduate courses and serving as a post-graduate mentor in the FMUSP in the areas of orthopedics, trauma, and experimental physiopathology since 1997. In 1996, she established the Movement Studies Laboratory for research studies in functional recovery, restoration of movement, physical therapy protocols, and sports. The main focuses of the studies are biomechanics and physiology of musculoskeletal and neurological disorders, aging, and sports medicine. Dr. Greve has worked very closely with spinal cord injury patients proving both clinical care and conducting research in this area.