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Communiqué no. 35
World Physiotherapy Day 2024 focuses on low back pain (lumbago)

Communiqué no. 34
Election of the Supervisory Board of the Order of Physiotherapists

Communiqué no. 33
Towards a Better Health Information System for People

Communiqué no. 32
The importance of updating your personal data

Communiqué no. 31
Proposal for the Electoral Regulations of the Order of Physiotherapists

Communiqué no. 30
Contribution to a health policy

Communiqué no. 29
Order published in Diário da República recognises Physiotherapy Units

Communiqué no. 28
Physiotherapy Services and Units in the National Health Service

Communiqué no. 27
New Statute of the Order of Physiotherapists

Communiqué no. 26
Membership fees 2024

Communiqué no. 25
Amendment to the Statute of the Order of Physiotherapists

Communiqué no. 24
Campaign: Together, for physiotherapy excellence

Communiqué no. 23
World Patient Safety Day

Announcement no. 22
World Physiotherapy Day 2023

Announcement no. 21
Manifesto of the Order of Physiotherapists

Press release no. 20
Revision of the Statute of the Order of Physiotherapists

Press release no. 19
Proposal to amend the Statute of the Order of Physiotherapists

Press release no. 18
Regulation of the Physiotherapist's Act incorporated in the proposal for the new Statute delivered to the Government

Press release no. 17
Public consultation

Press release no. 16
Public consultation on the Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Regulations for Physiotherapists

Press release no. 15
Deduction of Dues in Annual Income Tax Return

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Press release no. 13
World Physiotherapy Congress 2023 - call for session chairs

Press release no. 12
Creation of the Specialities Board

Press release no. 11
Guidance on the existence, evidence and use of vignettes

Press release no. 10
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Press release no. 9
Information on quotas and calculation of interest on arrears

Press release no. 8
Membership fees | Payment methods and modalities

Press release no. 7
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Press release no. 6
Physiotherapy will always be there!

Press release no. 5
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Press release no. 4
First Elections to the Statutory Bodies of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order

Press release no. 3
Electoral Commission | Approved Candidates Lists | Electoral Campaign

Press release no. 2
Your presence on the site of the Order of Physiotherapists 

Press release no. 1
Registration in Order of Physiotherapists

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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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