Claudio possesses a keen interest in clinical research in sports chiropractic care.
Claudio has investigated the perception and impact of sports chiropractic on master athletes aged over 60.
Focus
Track and field and master’s level athletics.
Doctorate
A Doctorate in Professional Practice (Sports Chiropractic) at London South Bank University.
Registration
The study has been prospectively registered in the Open Science Framework.
A survey about the Older Master Track and Field Perceptions of Chiropractic Care and Manual Therapies in the UK. This research provided a valuable insight into the benefits of chiropractic care for sports injuries and contributed to the academic discourse in Sports Chiropractic.
Registered at the UK ISRCTN Clinical Trials. A feasibility trial of the effects of chiropractic care on sports performance and its short-term impact on strength and coordination in older track and field athletes.
Published as an abstract in the Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic. It was about the UK aged 60+ athletes’ perceptions and experiences of pre-competition sports chiropractic care on sports performance, with some of the athletes from the second phase of the research.
Photographs
The first phase of Claudio’s research received the 2023 FICS 1st prize award in Paris and the 2024 prize winner for “Best Original Research” at the Abstract for Clinical Evidence at the Parker Seminars in Las Vegas.
FICS 2023 Poster Award, 1st prize
Before starting his Doctorate, Claudio completed an MSc in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation with Merit (2011) from St Mary’s University College in Twickenham, Middlesex. His research dissertation about the short-term effects of manipulation on acceleration, velocity, and flexibility in rugby union players was published in the “Clinical Chiropractic” journal.
Also during 2014 to 2015, he assisted in investigating neck function and its effects on the Cervical Range of Motion in rugby players at the Clinical Technology & Diagnostics Research Unit at the University of South Wales with the London Broncos Rugby League team.
In 2015, Claudio was introduced to the Prague Rehabilitation School to study in the Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilisation Post Graduate Certified Practitioner Programme.
Claudio has actively participated in the LSBU Integrated Masters in Chiropractic programme as a clinical tutor and supervisor for the final-year interns at the chiropractic teaching clinic, offering them the essential clinical knowledge required for their future roles as practitioners in the chiropractic field.
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