Staff profile

Dr Marcos de Noronha

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

La Trobe Rural Health School
Department of Allied Health

Bendigo

 

Qualifications

Bachelor of Physiotherapy (UFSCar - Brazil); Certificate of Hydrotherapy (UTP – Brazil); Master of Human Movement Science ( Research: UDESC - Brazil); PhD – University of Sydney

Area of study

Physiotherapy

Brief Profile

Dr Marcos de Noronha`s research has mainly focused at ankle instability and lower limb movement/injury. He is also the co-author of a Cochrane Systematic Review on the effects of muscle stretching on muscle soreness. Dr Marcos de Noronha has joined La Trobe University (Bendigo Campus) in July 2012.

Research interests

Rehabilitation

- Lower Limbs; Evidence Based Practice

Recent Publications

 NUNES, G. S. ; BAYER, G. S. ; COSTA, L. M. R. ; DE NORONHA, M . Intra- and inter-observer reliability of a method to measure range of motion of ankle plantar flexion in the hooklying position. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. (in press) 

PEPINO, V. C. ; DE NORONHA, M ; RIBEIRO, M. A. G. O. ; MEZZACAPPA, M. A. ; RIBEIRO, J. D. ; SCHIVINSKI, C. I. S. . Manual Therapy in Pediatric Respiratory Diseases - A Systematic Review. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. (in press)  

GRAMS, S. T. ; ONO, L. M. ; DE NORONHA, M ; SCHIVINSKI, C. I. S. ; PAULIN, E. . The Effects of Respiratory Exercises After Upper Abdominal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia. (in press)

DE NORONHA, M ; FRANCA, L. C. ; HAUPENTHAL, A. ; NUNES, G. S. . Intrinsic predictive factors for ankle sprain in active university students: a prospective study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2012 (ahead of print) 

HERBERT, R D ; DE NORONHA, M ; KAMPER, S. J. . Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, v. 7, p. CD004577, 2011 

COSTA, L.O.P ; MAHER, C.G. ; LOPES, A. D. ; NORONHA, M. A.; COSTA, L. C. M. . Transparent reporting of studies relevant to physical therapy practice. Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia, v. 15, p. 267-271, 2011  

DE NORONHA, M ; REFSHAUGE, K M ; KILBREATH, S L ; FIGUEIREDO, V. G. . Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT). Disability and Rehabilitation, v. 30, p. 1959-1965, 2008.  

DE NORONHA, M ; REFSHAUGE, K M ; CROSBIE, J. ; KILBREATH, S L . Relationship Between Functional Ankle Instability and Postural Control. The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, p. 782-789, 2008  

DE NORONHA, M ; REFSHAUGE, K M ; CROSBIE, J. ; KILBREATH, S L . Loss of proprioception or motor control is not related to functional ankle instability: an observational study. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, v. 53, p. 193-198, 2007  

DE NORONHA, M ; REFSHAUGE, K M ; HERBERT, R D ; KILBREATH, S L . Do voluntary strength, proprioception, range of motion or postural sway predict occurrence of lateral ankle sprain?. British Journal of Sports Medicine, v. 40, p. 824-828, 2006

DE NORONHA, M ; BORGES, N G. Lateral ankle sprain: isokinetic test reliability and comparison between invertors and evertors. Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol),v. 19, p. 868-871, 2004