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Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The aim of this group is to develop translational and clinical research in rehabilitation. From the lab-based cellular level of understanding injury to rehabilitation and recovery, our researchers are dedicated to the development and translation of more effective strategies to promote prevention, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after disability.

Our vision: make disability preventable, liveable and curable.

Our mission: conduct research and training towards the development and translation of more effective strategies to promote prevention, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after disability.

Principal investigators, investigators and associate members come together from many different departments at the Rehabilitation Service and reflecting the wide breadth of expertise through the disability. The principal investigators and researchers include professors in Universitat Autònoma and Universitat Blanquerna.

Special objectives in innovation areas with in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies (pluripotencial cells, botulinum toxins), other biotechnology companies (diagnosis, prevention and management), participating in technology transference projects with other research groups, and involvement in projects and networks endorsed by European Scientific Societies.

The Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation collaborates with the University of Andorra (UdA), specifically with Mercè Avellanet's team; and with the Universitat Jaume I of Valencia (UJI), team of Carlos Suso.

Team

Bernat Planas Pascual

Bernat Planas Pascual

Main researcher
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Judith Sánchez Raya

Judith Sánchez Raya

Main researcher
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Mar Melendez Plumed

Mar Melendez Plumed

Senior researcher
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Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez

Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez

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Esther Toro Tamargo

Esther Toro Tamargo

Predoctoral researcher
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Alba Gómez Garrido

Alba Gómez Garrido

Senior researcher
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Bernat Planas Pascual

Bernat Planas Pascual

Main researcher
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Judith Sánchez Raya

Judith Sánchez Raya

Main researcher
Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Mar Melendez Plumed

Mar Melendez Plumed

Senior researcher
Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez

Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez

Main researcher
Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Esther Toro Tamargo

Esther Toro Tamargo

Predoctoral researcher
Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Alba Gómez Garrido

Alba Gómez Garrido

Senior researcher
Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Research lines

Foniatria

IP: Foniatria

Paràlisi facial i cremats

IP: Ma Lluisa Torrent Bertran

Rehabilitació cardiorespiratòria i limfedema

IP: Alba Gómez Garrido

Rehabilitació del Dany Cerebral

IP: Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez

Projects

Robotic-SNS: implementación de la rehabilitación róbotica personalizada y adaptativa en el SNS

IP: Lluisa Montesinos Magraner
Collaborators: Xurxo Segura Navarro
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 244995
Reference: CPP2023-010742
Duration: 02/09/2024 - 01/09/2027

Ministerio de Ciencia

Validación clínica de Heecap, un sistema de electroestimulación no invasiva de la musculatura respiratoria para pacientes bajo ventilación mecánica.

IP: Ricard Ferrer Roca
Collaborators: Andres Francisco Pacheco Reyes, Alba Gómez Garrido, Francisco Javier Ramos Gómez, Gonzalo Ballesteros Reviriego
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 221996
Reference: CPP2023-010467
Duration: 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2027

Ministerio de Ciencia

Impact of an exercise-based rehabilitation program in patients with Marfan syndrome on physical, psychological and cardiovascular health

IP: -
Collaborators: Laura Gutierrez García-Moreno, Jordi Lozano Torres, Alba Gómez Garrido, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, PATRICIA LAUNOIS OBREGÓN, Filipa Xavier De Carvalho Negrao Valente, Raul Aguilar Lopez
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 45375
Reference: PI21/00448
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026

Thesis

Hacia una medicina basada en la precisión en entornos de rehabilitación: Evaluación del estado nutricional y la Sarcopenia en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas

PhD student: Vanesa Dávalos Yerovi
Director/s:
University: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Year: 2024

Avaluació de l'eficàcia d'un programa de rehabilitació precoç al pacient trasplantat de pulmó.

PhD student: Bernat Planas Pascual
Director/s: Miguel Angel González Viejo, Alba Gómez Garrido
University:
Year: 2024

Disseny i desenvolupament d'un programa d'exercicis de realitat virtual en l'àmbit geriàtric

PhD student: Mª Engracia Perez Mesquida
Director/s: Joan Nardi Vilardaga, Juan Minguell Moñart
University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Year: 2024

Resultados de la aplicación de un protocolo multidisciplinar de diagnóstico y tratamiento de la disfagia orofaríngea en el hospital universitari Vall d'Hebron.

PhD student: Mercedes Velasco Zarzuelo, Mercedes Velasco Zarzuelo
Director/s: Manuel Armengol Carrasco
University:
Year: 2019

The Trunk Appearance Perception Scale (TAPS): una nueva herramienta para la evaluación objetiva de la percepción de la deformidad del tronco en pacientes con escoliosis idiopática.

PhD student: Judith Sánchez Raya
Director/s: Joan Nardi Vilardaga
University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona
Year: 2011

Dolor de hombro en el lesionado medular. Relación con la discapacidad.

PhD student: Ramon Arroyo Aljaro, Ramon Arroyo Aljaro, Ramon Arroyo Aljaro
Director/s: Joan Nardi Vilardaga
University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona
Year: 2011

Blog

News

MouthX, developed by the company Aurax, allows people with reduced mobility in the upper extremities to have access to essential digital tools for communication, work and leisure, with the aim of improving their independence and emotional well-being.

The creation of hybrid digital-human interaction spaces between avatars and people offers new opportunities for personalized medicine

En la mateixa trobada la SEP va decidir atorgar per primera vegada una beca per fer formació a l'estranger de dos mesos. La beca es va atorgar a la Dra. Teresa Crespo, adjunta a la Unitat de Lesionats Medul·lars de Vall d’Hebron.