Dario Santos

Prof. Dario Santos

Unidad Académica Fisioterapia - Hosp. de Clínicas, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Biomechan...

Biography

Darío Santos, PT, MSc, PhD, is Director of the Academic Unit of Physiotherapy and Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Biomechanics at Hospital de Clínicas, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). He received his degree in Physiotherapy from the same university, followed by a Master's degree and a PhD in Medical Sciences, with doctoral research training at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy. His academic and clinical work focuses on musculoskeletal biomechanics, rehabilitation, neuromuscular control, gait analysis, muscle strength assessment, wearable technologies, and quantitative evaluation using nonlinear measures such as Approximate Entropy. In his clinical practice, he provides physiotherapy assessment and rehabilitation for patients with knee osteoarthritis and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. He has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, published in international peer-reviewed journals, and serves as Chair of the Scientific Committee of the VII World Physiotherapy South America Region Congress. He is a Level I Researcher of Uruguay's National System of Researchers (SNI) and has received international recognition as mentor of the award-winning DINABANG® portable dynamometer project at the IMedical Measurements and Applications - EEE MeMeA International Demo Contest.

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Universidad de la Republica

Montevideo, Uruguay

Unidad Académica Fisioterapia - Hosp. de Clínicas

Hospital Británico

Montevideo, Uruguay

Fisioterapia y Rehabilitación

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