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Dr.

Rafael Zambelli-Pinto


Current Appointments

Senior Research Associate
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Dr Rafael Zambelli Pinto is a Research Associate in the School of Health Sciences. In this role, his responsibilities include overseeing clinical trials conducted at the Centre for Pain IMPACT. He is a physiotherapist by background and completed his PhD at the University of Sydney in 2013. Regarding his past work experiences, Dr. Zambelli worked as a project manager at Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia (2013-2014), as a lecturer at the Sao Paulo State University, Brazil (2014-2017) and as a senior lecturer at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2017-2023). He is spending his sabbatical year at the Centre for Pain IMPACT. Currently, he is the secretary of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors (ISPJE) and the editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT).


Publications

2024, 29 Feb

Clinical care standards for the management of low back pain: a scoping review

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-024-05543-2

2024, 01 Feb

Sleep as a prognostic factor in low back pain: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies and secondary analyses of randomized controlled trials

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae023

2024 Jan

Does the Number of Comorbidities Predict Pain and Disability in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain? A Longitudinal Study With 6- and 12-Month Follow-ups

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/jpt.0000000000000400

2024 Jan

Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2023.08.013

2024 Jan

Which Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs Are Important to Measure in Future Tendinopathy Clinical Trials? A Modified International Delphi Study With Expert Clinician/Researchers and People With Tendinopathy

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2023.11903

2023 Nov

The efficacy of neuromuscular training, with minimal or no equipment, on performance of youth athletes: A systematic review with meta-analysis

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.09.010

2023 Oct

Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102836

2023, 03 Sep

Research from low-income and middle-income countries will benefit global health and the physiotherapy profession, but it requires support

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2023.2253071

2023

Association Between Domain-Specific Physical Activity and Chronic Low Back Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

View full journal-article on https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54096146/

2023

Myofascial stiffness of plantar fascia and Achilles tendon in individuals with plantar fasciopathy: An observational cross-sectional study

View full journal-article on https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/60648025/