Dr. Rubens Alexandre da Silva received a B.Sc. degree in physiotherapy in 2000 and a Master's and Ph.D. degree in biomedical sciences (rehabilitation) in 2003 and 2008, respectively, from the University of Montreal in Canada. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute affiliated with Ottawa University in 2008 (Canada) and a senior fellow at Florida International University in 2016 (USA). Since 2017, he has been an associate professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) and an adjunct professor at McGill University (Quebec, Canada). Since 2022, he has been an associate and collaborator researcher at the UniEVANGELICA (GO, Brazil). He is a titular member of the research laboratory BioNR (UQAC) and the research centers CISD and CIUSSS SLSJ (Saguenay, QC, Canada). He is the director of the physical therapy program at the UQAC. His current research interests include the study of aging, postural control, fall prevention, musculoskeletal disorders, gait, exercises, muscle fatigue, and EMG measurements.