Research Area: Musculoskeletal Diseases

Description

This group is constituted mainly by primary care professionals of the National Health Service from the Baix Llobregat Primary Care Service of the Catalan Institute of Health (CHI). Since 2004, the GEPALAP Group has conducted research projects with the aim tro improve the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases with physiotherapy and rehabilitation. In addition, three investigators of the Physiotherapy Research Unit of the Health Sciencies University of Zaragoza and lecturers at the International University of Catalonia are also members of the GEPALAP research team. The main goal of this group is to advance the efficacy and effectiveness of physiotherapy and rehabilitation techniques in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and to evaluate and validate measurement instruments of the clinical variables.

Research Lines

o evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in musculoskeletal diseases, To evaluate and validate measurement instruments of the clinical variables in musculoskeletal diseases.

Members

Projects

Group projects:

PI: López de Celis, Carlos. Estudio comparativo de los efectos de dos técnicas de aplicación de presión mantenida suboccipital en sujetos sanos con restricción de la movilidad según el Test de Flexión Rotación. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: González Rueda, Vanessa. Efectividad del abordaje específico de la región suboccipital en el dolor, la movilidad articular, índice de discapacidad y la significación del cambio clínico en pacientes con cervicalgia mecánicacrónica con déficit de rotación de la columna cervical superior. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Villar Mateo, Edurne. Efectividad del entrenamiento muscular del transverso del abdomen en pacientes con dolor lumbar crónico. Funding: Col·legi de Fisioterapeutes de Catalunya. Duration: 2015 - 2017

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Barra López, Martin Eusebio. Efectividad del tratamiento específico del músculo redondo mayor en pacientes afectados de síndrome subacromial. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2014 - 2016

Publications

Group Publications:

Evangelista A, Galuppo V, Méndez J, Evangelista L, Arpal L, Rubio C, Vergara M, Liceran M, López F, Sales C, Miralles V, Galinsoga A, Pérez J, Arteaga M, Salvador B, López C, García-Dorado D. Hand-held cardiac ultrasound screening performed by family doctors with remote expert support interpretation. Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2016 Mar; 102(5):376-82. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308421. Epub 2016 Jan 22. PMID:26802099. IF: 5,693.

The group participates in the following publications:

Barra ME, Lucha López MO, Castillo Tomás S, López C, González V, Villar E, Dominguez A. Functional Massage of the Teres Major Muscle in Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome. A Randomized Controlled Case Series Study. Int J Med Pharm Case Reports. 2016;8(1):1-10.

Thesis

Barra López ME [Doctorand]. Efectividad del tratamiento específico del músculo Redondo Mayor en pacientes afectados de síndrome subacromial. Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza. 27/01/2016.

López de Celis C [Doctorand]. Efectividad de la Fibrolisis Diacutánea de Kurt Ekman en la Epicondilalgia Lateral Crónica. Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza. 27/01/2016.

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