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Mercè Balasch i Bernat holds a degree in Physiotherapy (2007), an Official Master's Degree in Physiotherapy in the Ageing Process: Social and Healthcare Strategies (2009), and a PhD in Physiotherapy (2014). She is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Physiotherapy at the University of Valencia, affiliated with the Department of Physiotherapy. Her teaching and research activities focus on health promotion and prevention, with a special interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses and coordinates the Musculoskeletal Conditions track of the Master’s Degree in Functional Recovery in Physiotherapy. She is also known for her work in health outreach aimed at the general public, having delivered over 40 courses on healthy lifestyle habits and the prevention of highly prevalent, low-disability conditions. She is a member of the PTinMotion research group at the University of Valencia and the Spanish Society of Physiotherapy and Pain (SEFID). She has numerous scientific publications in the field of pain and physiotherapy and has participated in funded research projects in collaboration with national and international universities.

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Maria Àngels Cebrià i Iranzo has a degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Valencia (UV, 1999) and a PhD in Physiotherapy (UV, 2011). She has been a lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy (UV) since 2000, and is currently employed by the Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, where she works as a lecturer, researcher and clinician in the Cardiorespiratory Therapy Unit. She has collaborated and led research projects, some of them multicentre and interdisciplinary, which have resulted in doctoral theses and master's theses in the field of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, collaborating with renowned physiotherapists such as David A. Arnall, Rik Gosselink and Daniel Langer. This collaboration has resulted in teaching (University of Salford and ETSU) and research stays (ETSU and KU Leuven), scientific publications and others with academic value such as the ‘Respiratory Physiotherapy HERMES’ project and the article ‘The Long March’. This professional recognition has led her to direct the Master's Degree in Functional Recovery in Physiotherapy (2018-2025).

In summary, throughout her professional career at the UV, Professor Cebrià i Iranzo has developed teaching, research, care and management functions, which have currently contributed to her recognition and responsibility in different scientific, professional and social fields.

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Valencia, where she currently works as a permanent lecturer in the Faculty of Physiotherapy. Since 2011, she has been involved in university teaching, mainly in the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Physiotherapy, with a focus on respiratory physiotherapy, clinical practice, neuropathologies, and supervising final projects.

She conducts her research as a member of the group "Physiotherapy in Movement. Multispecialty Research Group" (PTinMotion), registered in the Research Structures Registry of the University of Valencia (GIUV2018-430). Her research focuses on two main lines: the evaluation and treatment of vulnerable populations, with particular attention to improving the quality of life of patients with chronic pain and sequelae of neurological or respiratory conditions; and the development of ethical competence in physiotherapy students, emphasizing its integration as a fundamental pillar for clinical practice and decision-making in healthcare settings.

In the educational field, she holds specialised training through a postgraduate qualification and a Master's degree in Neuroeducation from the University of Barcelona, aimed at deepening the understanding of neurobiological learning processes and their application in health sciences education. Her teaching work is further enhanced by her participation in the Clinical Simulation Committee in Physiotherapy, promoting innovative methodologies in the training of future physiotherapists. She is also co-founder of the ACAVALL Foundation, dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with functional diversity through animal-assisted interventions, and collaborates as a lecturer in various postgraduate programmes on neurorehabilitation and assisted therapies.

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Adrián Escriche Escuder has a Degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Valencia and a PhD from the University of Malaga. After working at various universities, he currently holds a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Valencia. Adrián is the author of more than 35 scientific articles, focusing especially on the study of the effects of exercise in different clinical populations, highlighting tendinopathies, breast cancer, heart failure and different conditions of the nervous system. Professionally, as a physiotherapist, he has worked in different fields, especially in the context of sport. In general, his professional career highlights a functional approach supported by clinical reasoning and evidence.

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Dr. Felipe Querol-Giner. Grade in Physiotherapy, Master and Doctor from the University of Valencia with excellent "Cum Laude" qualification. With more than 18 years of clinical experience as a physiotherapist, he currently works as an assistant professor doctor assigned to the Department of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (2011). He is a member of the research group registered by the University of Valencia, Pinmotion. Co-Coordinator of the subject Physiotherapy of the nervous and teaching system in several other subjects of the third course of the degree in physiotherapy, such as physiotherapy in clinical specialties I (Rheumatology) and clinical specialties II (Coagulopathies) plus physiotherapy of the locomotive apparatus. He is a participant in different teaching innovation projects and in their presentation. His research areas focus mainly on hemophilia, having published different works in high -impact JCR magazines, thus completing their first research sexennium. In this area, he has participated in different events, teaching several training courses internationally. He is an external reviewer of different medical-physiotherapy magazines for the possible publication of different studies.

Physiotherapist with solid experience in sports medicine for over 25 years, working in various professional football and handball clubs in Spain.

He holds two official postgraduate degrees in Bioethics and another in Research, which led him to obtain a PhD.

Professor at the Faculty of Physiotherapy at the University of Valencia, Spain, and director of the Master's in Continuing Education in Assessment, Physiotherapy, and Rehabilitation in Sports at the University of Valencia.

He has created a working tool and an assessment and treatment system that has contributed and continues to contribute to decision-making, management, and rehabilitation of athletes with MSK dysfunction and post-surgical conditions, with a special focus on lower limb injuries, taking into account the Embryological Hierarchy for case resolution.

Francisco believes that any of his workplaces serves as a family, and therefore strives to add value, help create a nurturing environment, and works hard alongside his colleagues and clients to help the organization grow.