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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

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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

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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

La fisioterapia Respiratoria como herramienta para incrementar el número de donantes de órganos sólidos.

IP: Gonzalo Ballesteros Reviriego
Collaborators: Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 42429.8
Reference: VHIR-INT-2023-014
Duration: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2025

Adaptación y validación de un cuestionario para evaluar el pensamiento crítico en la práctica clínica fisioterapéutica.

IP: Beatriz Hernandez Mendez
Collaborators: Alejandro Gines Puertas
Funding agency: COL·LEGI PROFESSIONAL FISIOTERAPEUTES DE CATALUNYA
Funding: 6000
Reference: R6/2022
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 30/06/2025

SHARESPACE: Embodied Social Experiences in Hybrid Shared Spaces

IP: Anna Server Salvà
Collaborators: Francisco Javier Medel Rebollo, Arantxa Ibarz Casas, Jana Quesada Garcia, Judith Sánchez Raya
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 144620
Reference: SHARESPACE_HE-CL4_22-HUMAN01
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

Identificación de biomarcadores y dianas terapéuticas para la neuroreparación durante la neurorehabilitación tras el ictus.

IP: Anna Rosell Novel
Collaborators: Mª Engracia Perez Mesquida, Xavier Buxo Masip, Miguel García Gabilondo, Nicolas Garcia Rodriguez
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 171820
Reference: PI19/00186
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 30/06/2024

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.