Professor of Physiotherapy at EUSES-UdG &ENTI-UB (Campus Bellvitge) Marie Curie Researcher at IBEC (Barcelona).Degree in Physiotherapy at Centro Universitário São Camilo- Brazil (2002) and Physical Education at UNINOVE - Brazil(2012). Specialization in the Locomotor Apparatus in Sport at UNIFESP- Brazil (2003). Master of Rehabilitation Science at UNINOVE- Brazil(2011 / 16441-0). PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at UNINOVE- Brazil, with an internship period at the Universitat de Barcelona. Post-doctorate of Rehabilitation Science at UNINOVE - Brazil. Post-doctorate in Regenerative Medicine at FMZV-USP- Brazil (2018). Postdoctoral fellow in progress at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) with Horizon 2020 scholarship Marie Curie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scheme (GA 712754) and Severo Ochoa program of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Competitiveness (SEV-2014-0425 (2015-2019). Associate researcher and master and doctoral supervisor at FMVZ-USP - Brazil. Associate Professor at UNINOVE with disciplines in physiotherapy course for 2 years. She currently develops research in the area of ??pulmonary and cardiac Bioengineering and Exercise Physiology with a focus on Cardiovascular Physiology. International publications with the H index of 6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=palma+RK