About the Authors

Antonio Roberto Zamunér

beto.zam@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil, Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade do Sagrado Coração, Bauru, Brazil

Alberto Porta

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Department of Cardiothoracic, Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

Carolina Pieroni Andrade

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Meire Forti

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Andrea Marchi

Affiliation Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Raffaello Furlan

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy

Franca Barbic

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy

Aparecida Maria Catai

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Ester Silva

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ARZ ES. Data curation: ARZ CPA MF. Formal analysis: ARZ AP ES. Funding acquisition: ARZ ES. Investigation: ARZ CPA MF AM. Methodology: ARZ AP AM AMC ES. Project administration: ARZ ES. Resources: AP AM RF FB AMC ES. Software: AP AM. Supervision: ARZ ES. Validation: ARZ CPA MF. Visualization: ARZ AP CPA MF AM RF FB AMC ES. Writing – original draft: ARZ AP ES. Writing – review & editing: ARZ AP CPA MF AM RF FB AMC ES.