The Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists has developed a Research Agenda for Physiotherapy in Portugal, which identifies the research priorities for Physiotherapy in the national context.
The Order of Physiotherapists has launched the first partnerships for its members, guaranteeing special conditions for different services.
The Order of Physiotherapists took part in the 1st National Health and Environment Congress, held at Culturgest in Lisbon on 7 and 8 February 2025.
You can now secure your place at this national meeting of physiotherapists! The Congress, which takes place in Lisbon on 9 and 10 May 2025, will be a unique moment of debate and knowledge sharing.
Observador's "Arterial" section includes news, reports and interviews on brain and cardiovascular diseases (such as strokes and heart attacks), which remain the leading cause of death and disability in Portugal.
The Order of Physiotherapists took part in the hearing of the National Health Council (CNS) at the Parliamentary Health Commission on 15 January, represented by António Lopes, the president of the Order.
The swearing-in ceremony for the Supervisory Board of the Order of Physiotherapists, which was elected on 15 November, took place today, 7 December 2024, at the Miguel Franco Theatre in Leiria.
The Presidents of the Health Professional Associations met on Thursday 5 December at the headquarters of the Pharmaceutical Association in Lisbon.
On 4 December 2024, from 10.00 to 11.30 a.m., the ICAD 2024 videoconference will take place, with the theme "Physiotherapy: mental health and addictions", for the presentation of the book "Physiotherapy in Mental Health - Experience Informs Evidence".
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.
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 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.