Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

About the Observatory

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (MFR) is defined as the medical specialty responsible for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention and treatment of incapacity to facilitate, maintain or return the maximum possible functional capacity and independence.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (MFR) is defined as the medical specialty responsible for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention and treatment of incapacity to facilitate, maintain or return the maximum possible functional capacity and independence.

This specialty has its own entity that makes it different and independent from the rest. It is legally typified, has social recognition and has an international scope of acceptance that determines that it is unanimously recognized in the European Union.

  • Date of update 26/02/2022

Head of Service

  • Jesus Tinoco Gonzalez

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    Head of Service

Members
  • Maria Goma Huguet

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    specialist doctor

  • Maria Teresa Ferrer Bosch

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    specialist doctor

  • Diego Andres Castillo Soria

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    specialist doctor

Care coordinators
  • Sonia Pineda Davila

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    service coordinator doctor

  • Patricia Ibañez Andres

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    service coordinator doctor

In this section appear the professionals of the Integral Health Consortium who have authorized the display of their personal data.

  • Date of update 26/02/2022

Units and benefits

Pathologies treated by the service:
  • Traumatic pathology (fractures, sprains, tendon injuries...)
  • Post-orthopedic surgery (arthroplasties, ligamentplasties, arthroscopies...)
  • Vertebral pains.
  • Pains of the locomotor system (epicondylitis, tendinopathies, plantar fasciitis, thalalgias, patellar chondropathies, trochanteritis...)
  • Deviations of the spine (scoliosis, kyphosis)
  • Degenerative pathology (gonarthrosis, coxarthrosis, spondyloarthrosis)
  • Rheumatic processes
  • Vascular, degenerative or traumatic neurological pathologies
  • spasticity Botulinum toxin infiltrations
  • Peripheral neuropathies (sciatica, brachialgia...)
  • Peripheral vascular pathology
  • lymphedema
  • Amputations of vascular, traumatic and tumor origin
  • Urinary and fecal incontinence.
  • Vestibular rehabilitation.
  • Respiratory rehabilitation.
  • Cardiac rehabilitation after an acute myocardial infarction
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
  • Facial paralysis
  • RICA neoplasia of colon.
  • RICA gastric neoplasia.
  • RICA knee and hip arthroplasty.
  • Rehabilitation in bariatric surgery.
  • Language pathology (Hospital General de l'Hospitalet):
    • Dysphemia or stuttering
    • Dysphonia: organic, functional, vocal cord paralysis
    • laryngectomy
    • Aphasias, dysarthrias or dysphagias
    • Dentofunctional anomalies: atypical swallowing, dyslalia
    • Speech delay
    • Language delay

 

The areas of action of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service are:
  • Outpatient treatments
  • Home treatments
  • In-patient treatment of hospitalized patients.
  • Prescription of orthoprosthetic material.
  • Intensive Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
  • Date of update 26/02/2022

Research

Telerehabilitation at home in patients with sequelae after infection by Covid-19 (TRD-CV19)

  • Date of update 26/02/2022

Teaching

  • Collaboration in the training of physiotherapists from the E.U. winter
  • Rotation of internal resident doctors in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Integral Health Consortium.
  • Rotation of intern doctors resident in Occupational Medicine of the Integral Health Consortium
  • Rotation of resident interns in Family and Community Medicine of the Integra Health Consortium
  • Practicum for the degree in Speech Therapy at the Faculty of Psychology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Practicum of the master's degree in Voice Rehabilitation – School of Voice Pathology at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
  • Practicum for the degree in Speech Therapy at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Manresa, of the University of VIC-Universitat Central de Catalunya.
  • Practicum for the degree in Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Barcelona.
  • Practicum of the master's degree in General Health Psychology of the Faculty of the University of Barcelona
  • Date of update 26/02/2022