Rehabilitation
Research group
Group Leader
Esther Duarte Oller
The main research areas of the group are:
• Neurological Rehabilitation: brain plasticity and motor recovery by developing new technologies as Virtual Reality and Music Supported Therapy in stroke patients.
• Sarcopenia and malnutrition: ultrasound assessment, exercise and nutritional interventions.
• Effects of physical training and exercise on cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, cancer and ageing.
• Dysphagia: assessment and therapeutic strategies.
• Development of telerehabilitation systems applied to neurological, pulmonary and cardiorespiratory diseases.
The group’s purpose is to enhance the interaction between basic and clinical sciences, and health services, with potential translational application, providing innovative and potentially effective treatment alternatives.
Members
Roser Belmonte Martínez (Researcher)
Maria Coll Molinos (Researcher)
Ferran Escalada Recto (Researcher)
Anna Guillén Solà (Researcher)
Ester Marco Navarro (Researcher)
Josep Maria Muniesa Portoles (Researcher)
Mercè Piqueras Céspedes (Researcher)
María Dolores Carmen Sánchez Rodríguez (Researcher)
Marta Tejero Sánchez (Researcher)
Main Publications
• Belmonte R, Messaggi-Sartor M, Ferrer M, Pont A, Escalada F. Prospective study of shoulder strength, shoulder range of motion, and lymphedema in breast cancer patients from pre-surgery to 5 years after ALND or SLNB. Support Care Cancer 2018; 26(9):3277-3287. IF 2.676. Q1.
Ongoing Research Projects
• Brain-Connects: Brain Connectivity during stroke rehabilitation
- Financing institution: Fundació La Marató de TV3
- Period: from 2018 to 2020
- Principal investigators: Josep Puig Alcántara; Cathy Stinear; Esther Duarte Oller; Gustavo Deco; Gottfried Schlaug
• Estudio RETORNUS-2: Impacto del entrenamiento respiratorio en la función deglutoria en pacientes con disfagia secundaria a ictus
- Financing institution: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI16/01081)
- Period: from 2017 to 2019
- Principal investigator: Guillén Solà, Anna
• The PSSMAR Study. Postacute Sarcopenia: Nutritional Supplementation with B-hydroxy-Methyl-butyrate after Resistance training: Study protocol of a randomized, double-blind controlled trial.
- Financing institution: Nutricia Research Foundation
- Period: from 2017 to 2019
- Principal investigator: Sánchez Rodríguez, María Dolores Carmen
Group’s Recognitions
• Officially recognised as an emerging research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya: Rehabilitation Research Group (2017-2020)
- Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (SGR 112)
- Principal investigator: Duarte Oller, Esther
Theses
• Almenara M. Modelo teórico-práctico para la implementación del diseño centrado en el usuario en el desarrollo, la validación y la aceptación de los productos de apoyo para persones con enfermedades de origen neurológico. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
- Directors: Duarte, Esther; Medina, Josep
- Date of defense: 19/07/2018
Other
• Award to the best presentation of the Catalan Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Congress 2018: “Malnutrición en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica estable remitidos a un programa de rehabilitación respiratoria: relación con la mortalidad y hospitalizaciones a los dos años de seguimiento.”
• Award to the best presentation of the 17th Theoretical-Practical Course of the Society of Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation 2018: “Relación del flujo espiratorio máximo de la tos con la sarcopenia en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica derivados a Rehabilitación”.
• Award to the third best presentation of the 17th Theoretical-Practical Course of the Society of Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation 2018: “Criterios de malnutrición de la ESPEN en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica estable: asociación con mortalidad y uso de recursos sanitarios a los dos años.”
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