- Mental Health Physiotherapy.To explore and deepen the role of physiotherapy in the care of people with mental health problems across different severity levels and care settings, evaluating interventions based on therapeutic exercise, body awareness therapies and therapeutic education as core professional tools, aiming to design and validate programmes that reduce activity limitations and participation restrictions ¿according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF/WHO)¿ considering personal and environmental contextual factors that influence functioning, within a multidisciplinary, person-centred approach.
- Specialized physiotherapy in the abdómino-pelvic-perineal comparment dysfunction..To gain deeper knowledge of the main dysfunctions in the abdominal-pelvic-perineal compartment in the population: women, men and children. To analyse the effectiveness of the different physiotherapy techniques and procedures for physical-functional improvement, thus improving the quality of life of the affected population. To design physiotherapy programmes that are more suited to the population most commonly affected by each pathology. To combine scientific evidence with clinical evidence for greater effectiveness and rigor of treatments.
- Specialized oncology physiotherapy.To deepen knowledge of the main physical-functional impairments and sequelae associated with cancer and its treatments, to evaluate physiotherapy interventions, and to design and validate personalized programs to improve function, participation in activities of daily living, and quality of life, promoting multidisciplinary and person-centered care.
- Specialized physiotherapy in the musculoskeletal injuries of the patient with hemophilia.Deepen knowledge of common musculoskeletal injuries in patients with haemophilia and their sequelae, as well as design and validate assessment methods. Study the effectiveness of physiotherapy techniques and protocols to improve physical function and quality of life.
- Health Services Research and Public Health Interventions.The research line focuses on research in health services and technologies applied to health, and on the design, implementation and evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention interventions.
- Physiotherapy and secondary prevention in cardiovascular diseases.To assess the effect of therapeutic exercise and physiotherapy on cardiocirculatory function in adults and older adults with cardiovascular disease, as well as to study the effectiveness of strategies to improve adherence to a physically active lifestyle in these subjects.
- Physiotherapy approach in the assessment and therapy for patients with respiratory health problems.Physiotherapy from a global perspective can improve the health of patients with respiratory problems. This line of research aims to develop new tools and implement interventions to assess the prognosis and improve the functional capacity of these patients.
- Chronic musculoskeletal pain; from the pain mechanisms to diagnosis and treatment with physiotherapy..The aim of this line is to investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying chronic pain and to test the therapeutic efficacy of treatments targeting these mechanisms.
- Physiotherapy specialising in neurological pathology, child pathology and psychomotor development..This line focuses on the search for assessment tools and the definition of health promotion and specialised physiotherapy intervention programmes for young children with psychomotor developmental disorders as well as for children or adults with neurological pathologies.
- Professional ethics and health in physiotherapy.To analyse attitudes, professional values and other parameters related to professional ethics and health in physiotherapists, Physiotherapy students and patients. To design and validate assessment tools. To study the effectiveness of innovative programmes on ethics and health in physiotherapy.
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