Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira received her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais—UFMG in 2009. She achieved a specialization in Geriatrics and Gerontology in 2000 and a degree in Physiotherapy from UFMG in 1999. She is an associate professor at UFMG in the Department of Physiotherapy, with an emphasis on Cardiovascular Physiotherapy. She teaches the undergraduate course in Physiotherapy and the Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences at UFMG (cardiorespiratory performance line). She works at the Multidisciplinary Residency at the Hospital das Clínicas at UFMG in the Cardiovascular area, and at the Cardiorespiratory Performance Assessment and Research Laboratory (LABCARE) of the Physiotherapy Department at UFMG. She is coordinator of the Outpatient Support Service for People with Peripheral Obstructive Artery Disease. She works in the research line Studies in Peripheral Vascular Diseases.