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Day: 27 October 2023

Physiotherapy Researchers Network (RIFt): more than half a hundred registered physiotherapists

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The Order of Physiotherapists' platform for research and researchers in Physiotherapy, which aims to promote and increase the visibility of science produced in Portugal by Physiotherapists, has already registered around one thousand eight hundred researchsince its launch.

In Physiotherapy Researchers Network (RIFt), with open access to research, by Physiotherapist researcher or by keyword, the five most searched keywords were: Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, Neurology, Sport and Women's, Men's and Pelvic Health.

Currently, the following are registered with RIFt fifty-two Research physiotherapists. Most of them hold a degree in physiotherapy. PhDfollowed by those with Master's and Bachelor's degrees. Still in terms of characterising research physiotherapists, more than half work in an academic context and about 37% in a clinical context.

Any Physiotherapist, registered with the Order of Physiotherapists, who carries out research can register with the Physiotherapy Researchers Network. If you are a research physiotherapist, please register here. See also RIFt Practical Guide.

Order of Physiotherapists at the III URAP West South Conference

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The 1st Vice-President of the Board of the Order of Physiotherapists, Nuno Cordeiro, took part in the 3rd Conference of the Shared Care Resources Unit (URAP) of the West South Health Centre Grouping (ACeS), which includes various groups of health professionals, including physiotherapists, organised into multidisciplinary teams, with a view to achieving the best results in the provision of care and health gains.

Under the theme "Together we are shared", the III URAP ACeS Oeste Sul Days aimed to promote the exchange of knowledge and discussion about interventions and practices, as well as a moment for more careful reflection on the future of the professional groups that make up URAP and the new organisation of healthcare.

In this context, 1st Vice-President Nuno Cordeiro took part in the "Debate panel: Reform of the NHS - Local Health Units", together with António Martins - Executive Director of ACeS Oeste Sul, Joana Coutinho - ULS Matosinhos, Raquel Arteiro - Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Raquel Raimundo - Ordem dos Psicólogos, Rita Correia - ACeS Lisboa Norte and Tânia Magalhães - ULS Matosinhos, moderated by Paulo Ribeiro.

The 3rd URAP ACeS Oeste Sul Conference took place at the Dr. Afonso Rodrigues Pereira Cultural Centre in Lourinhã on 27 October.

Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).

Sara Souto Miranda

Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.

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