Dr. Carolina Kolberg and I discuss her research dealing with the
effect of chiropractic care on oxidative stress blood markers. Dr.
Kolberg has a degree in chiropractic from the Anhembi Morumbi University
in São Paulo, Brazil (2004), and she completed her Masters (2009) and
PhD (2013) in Biological Sciences: Physiology at the Federal University
of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Her research interests include the
neurophysiology of pain and physiological effects of chiropractic
treatment. Dr. Kolberg’s thesis on oxidative stress blood markers in
patients with chronic back or neck pain treated with high-velocity and
low-amplitude manipulation support the hypothesis that HVLA spinal
manipulation leads to an antioxidant effect which, in turn, could be
related to the analgesic response. Being the first chiropractor
graduated in Brazil with a PhD, her goal is to promote the interest of
Brazilians’ young chiropractors in research.
Dr. Kolberg is a member of the Research Committee of the WFC, is the
Chair of the Research Committee of the Latin American Federation of
Chiropractic (FLAQ) and a member of the editorial board of the Journal
Coluna/Columna (ISSN 1808-1851), the official scientific publication of
the Brazilian Spine Society and affiliated Societies. Dr. Kolberg is
active in clinical practice; she is a Physiology professor at the
University Center of the Serra Gaúcha (FSG) in the south of Brazil and
is an associate researcher at the Neurobiology group from the Federal
University of Rio Grande do Sul.
View Dr. Kolberg’s research at researchgate.net
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