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Post-doc researcher at NeuroStim Group of Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes at Aix-Marseille Université. Scientific and technological production on robotics, wearable biofeedback, gait rehabilitation, stroke, and Parkinson. Completed PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2025 at University of Minho under FCT scholarship. Worked as an Invited Assistant Professor at University of Minho and Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave and as a Visiting Researcher at Marsi Bionics (Spain). Participated as a Research Fellow in 1 project. Published 5 journal articles, 4 book chapter, and 10 conference papers (2024 Scopus h-index=5). Article review of 5 journals and 1 conference. Last event participation in 2024 at BioRob. Last distinction received in 2023 by ACS Reviewer Lab. Mentor of 4 MSc students. Taught 6 courses. Aim to contribute to the technological evolution of society, using teamwork, a positive attitude, persistence, a methodical approach, and willingness to learn. Interest in developing technological solutions to promote neuromodulation.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristiana Filipa Sampaio Pinheiro

Citation names

  • Pinheiro, Cristiana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BD13-EB16-E7F2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7499-4162

Email addresses

  • cristianapinheiro6@hotmail.com (Professional)
  • id9383@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10 - 2025/03/12
Concluded
 Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
"Wearable multimodal biofeedback for personalized post-stroke gait rehabilitation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2019
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Eletrónica Médica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Biofeedback system to improve human-orthosis interaction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10/01 - 2024/09 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/02 Visiting Researcher (Research) Marsi Bionics, Spain
Marsi Bionics, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/02/28 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Eletrónica Industrial, Portugal
2023/03/06 - 2023/09 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Produção e Sistemas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12 - Current Member of Journal Editorial Board Journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - 2024/09 Wearable multimodal biofeedback for personalized post-stroke gait rehabilitation
10.54499/2020.05709.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/01/01 - 2020/09/30 SmartOs: SMARt control of a sTand-alone active Orthotic System
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-030386
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Sistemas Microeletromecânicos, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT

European Regional Development Fund
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/04/01 - Current Multi-level approach of human brain networks underlying epilepsy and cognition (EPICOG)
AAPG2022
Post-doc
Aix-Marseille Université, France

INSERM U1106, France
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cristiana Pinheiro; Luís Abreu; Joana Figueiredo; Cristina P. Santos. "Correlation of Spatiotemporal and EMG Measures with Lower Extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment Score in Post-Stroke Walking". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-59167-9_35
  2. Cristiana Pinheiro; Joana Figueiredo; Tânia Pereira; Cristina P. Santos. "Design and Usability Assessment of Multimodal Augmented Reality System for Gait Training". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-59167-9_36
  3. Rito, Diana; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.. "Wearable Virtual Reality Tool for Balance Training: The Design and Validation on Healthy". In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 525-536. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-15226-9_48
  4. Pinheiro, Cristiana; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.. "Wearable Vibrotactile Biofeedback to Improve Human-Exoskeleton Compliance During Assisted Gait Training". In Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV, 33-37. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-70316-5_6
Conference paper
  1. Pinheiro, Cristiana; Figueiredo, Joana; Cerqueira, João; Santos, Cristina P.. "A Pilot Study on Wearable Multimodal Biofeedback for Personalized Physical Training". 2024.
    10.1109/biorob60516.2024.10719787
  2. Ana Henriques; Cristiana Pinheiro; Cristina P. Santos. "Combining Virtual Reality with a Biomechanical Model to Improve Parkinson's Movement: Solution Proposal and Reference Learning Data". 2024.
    10.1145/3631700.3664876
  3. Rocha, Ana Carolina; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Sieghartsleitner, Sebastian; Guger, Christoph; Santos, Cristina. "EEG assessment of intentional tremor during motor imagery". 2024.
    10.1109/icarsc61747.2024.10535949
  4. Pimenta, Maria; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Santos, Cristina. "Robotic sensory cueing during gait: a usability study with scenarios of daily living". 2024.
    10.1109/icarsc61747.2024.10535942
  5. Rito, Diana; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.. "Virtual reality tools for post-stroke balance rehabilitation: a review and a solution proposal". 2021.
    10.1109/icarsc52212.2021.9429777
  6. Pinheiro, Cristiana; Lopes, João M.; Figueiredo, Joana; Gonçalves, Luís M.; Santos, Cristina P.. "Design and technical validation of a wearable biofeedback system for robotic-based gait rehabilitation". Paper presented in 20th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Açores, 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/ICARSC49921.2020.9096105
  7. Lopes, João M.; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Figueiredo, Joana; Reis, Luís P.; Santos, Cristina P.. "Assist-as-needed Impedance Control Strategy for a Wearable Ankle Robotic Orthosis". Paper presented in 20th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Açores, 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/ICARSC49921.2020.9096186
  8. Moreira, Luis; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Lopes, Joao M.; Sanz-Merodio, Daniel; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.; Garcia, Elena. "Study of Gait Cycle Using a Five-Link Inverted Pendulum Model: First Developments*". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Lisboa, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692451
  9. Lopes, Joao M.; Moreira, Luis; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Sanz-Merodio, Daniel; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.; Garcia, Elena. "Three-Link Inverted Pendulum for Human Balance Analysis: A Preliminary Study*". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Lisboa, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692531
  10. Pinheiro, Cristiana; Lopes, Joao M.; Moreira, Luis; Sanz-Merodio, Daniel; Figueiredo, Joana; Santos, Cristina P.; Garcia, Elena. "Kinematic and kinetic study of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit movements towards a human-like skeletal model*". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Lisboa, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/enbeng.2019.8692569
Journal article
  1. Helena R. Gonçalves; Pedro Pinheiro; Cristiana Pinheiro; Luís Martins; Ana Margarida Rodrigues; Cristina P. Santos. "Deep learning models for improving Parkinson's disease management regarding disease stage, motor disability and quality of life". Computers in Biology and Medicine (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109961.
    10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109961
  2. Marta Cardoso; Cristiana Pinheiro; Helena R. Gonçalves; Ana Margarida Rodrigues; Cristina P. Santos. "Objective Assessment of Pull Test Scores in Parkinson's Disease Under Dynamic Conditions". IRBM (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irbm.2025.100884.
    10.1016/j.irbm.2025.100884
  3. Cristiana Pinheiro; Joana Figueiredo; João Cerqueira; Cristina P. Santos. "Robotic Biofeedback for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review". Sensors (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197197.
    10.3390/s22197197
  4. Lopes, João M.; Figueiredo, Joana; Pinheiro, Cristiana; Reis, Luís P.; Santos, Cristina P.. "Biomechanical Assessment of Adapting Trajectory and Human-Robot Interaction Stiffness in Impedance-Controlled Ankle Orthosis". Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 102 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-021-01423-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s10846-021-01423-0
  5. Pinheiro, Cristiana; Joana Figueiredo; Nuno Magalhães; Cristina P. Santos. "Wearable Biofeedback Improves Human-Robot Compliance during Ankle-Foot Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait Training: A Pre-Post Controlled Study in Healthy Participants". Sensors 20 20 (2020): 5876-5876. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20205876.
    10.3390/s20205876
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pinheiro, Cristiana. "Biofeedback system to improve the human-orthosis interaction". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/23 Design and Usability Assessment of Multimodal Augmented Reality System for Gait Training Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT 2023)
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/23 Correlation of spatiotemporal and EMG measures with Lower Extremety Fugl-Meyer Assessment score in post-stroke walking Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT 2023)
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/10 Wearable vibrotactile biofeedback to improve human exoskeleton compliance during assisted gait training International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation
2020/04/15 Design and technical validation of a wearable biofeedback system for robotic gait rehabilitation 20th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
University of Azores (Azores, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/02/06 - 2025/02/06 Workshop Technology in Motion: Sensory Devices for Parkinson's (2025/02/03)
Workshop
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/09 - 2024/09/10 Summer School on Leadership and Career Development for PhD students and Early Stage Researchers
Round table
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/09/02 - 2024/09/04 Poster presentation at BioRob 2024: A Pilot Study on Wearable Multimodal Biofeedback for Personalized Physical Training
Conference
 IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2024)
Universität Heidelberg, Germany
2023/03/09 - 2023/03/09 Horizontes para Doutorados, Estudantes de Doutoramento e Candidatos a Doutoramento pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: Perspetivas para Doutorandos
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/20 - 2022/04/13 IMFAHE's Online Quarter Course: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Other
 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
2021/10/21 - 2022/01/09 IMFAHE's Online Quarter Course: Professional Development
Other
 Professional Development
2021/09/22 - 2021/09/22 Seminar: The process of doctoral education - a supervisors perspective
Seminar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/06/14 - 2021/06/14 Workshop: Emotional Intelligence
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/01/19 - 2021/01/19 Workshop: Communication and Interpersonal Relationship
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/11/27 - 2020/11/27 Speaker of a meeting: Erasmus experience in biomedical engineering
Round table
 Tertúlias de ERASMUS
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02/05 - 2020/02/05 Speaker of a workshop: the open door to the world of master's degrees
Meeting
 XV Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/02/23 - 2019/02/23 Poster presentation at ENBENG 2019: kinematic and kinetic study of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit movements towards a human-like skeletal model
Conference
 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG 2019)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2018/10/05 Volunteer in a conference organization: IROS 2018
Conference
 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/12 - Current Journal of Digital Health (2791-1624)
2024/05 - Current Scientific Reports Nature Portfolio
2024/05 - Current Journal Sports Medicine Springer
2023/10 - 2023/10 International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications
2023/10 - 2023/10 Disability and Rehabilitation

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current Signal Processing Engenharia Eletrónica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Signals and Systems Licenciatura em Engenharia Aeroespacial (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Micro Robotics Mestrado em Engenharia Física (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Bioeletricity Medical Informatics Engineering Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/08 Bioinstrumentation (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/11/16 - 2024/02 Laboratórios Integrados de Eletrónica: EMG-based feedback during human locomotor activities Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/08 Statistics Biomedical Engineering Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/11/06 - 2020/11/06 Robótica: Generate OpenSim joint angles using Xsens inertial data Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/09 - 2024/09 Combining a virtual reality-based environment with mirror training to improve movement Ana Paula Oliveira Henriques
2023/09 - 2024/09 Motor effects of Cueing in Parkinson’s rehabilitation Maria Miguel Sá Marques Pimenta
2023/09 - 2024/09 Motor Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease using Brain-Computer Interface Technology Ana Carolina Macedo Gama Rocha
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/09 Virtual reality tool for balance training Diana Raquel Barroso Gonçalves Rito

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2023/09 Conference article review: International Conference on Ubiquitous and Ambient Intelligence
Distinctions

Award

2022 IMFAHE's Idea Competition-Nodal Award/Shark Tank Edition
IMFAHE Foundation, United States
2018 Excellence grant
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 Student of Merit
Escola Secundária de Felgueiras , Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Certificate of Completion: ACS Reviewer Lab online course
2023 SGroup PhD Training and Competition: Top 10 Candidates
SGroup Universities in Europe, Portugal
2019 2nd round Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2019
Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
2019 Recommendation for a biomedical research position
Marsi Bionics, Spain