ENPHE Graduation Project Winners and Nominees 2023

During the ENPHE Conference 2023: "Educating Physiotherapists for a Global Mindset" in Prague hosted by Charles University - Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, the Winners of the Graduation Projects were announced. This year we counted with 3 categories: Bachelor Thesis, Bachelor Graduation Project, and Master Thesis, amounting to 3 winners.

We would like to congratulate once again the Winners but also the Nominees for their efforts, excellence, and contributions to the field.

Bachelor Thesis

Winner: Immediate effect of mobilisation with movement on the pain and physical function during squatting in people with different degrees of structural severity of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial. Gonçalo Simões & Vasco Gomes - Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria, Porto, Portugal

Nominees:

Self-care program for women with breast cancer related lymphedema. Elisa Martin-Alonso - CEERRF, France

Effectiveness of physiotherapy treatment for neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Irene Omenat Calera and Itxaso Goicuria Gonzalez - Escuela Universitaria Gimbernat, Spain

Inter-rater reliability of a customized ordinal scale on the FIT-HaNSA test in Reversed Total Shoulder Prosthesis patients. Marijn Lienesch - Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, Netherlands

SPECIFICITY IN SPINAL MANUAL THERAPY: CLINICAL SMOKE AND MIRRORS? Does specific application of joint manual therapy techniques influence pain outcomes in nonspecific spinal pain patients? Tim Heathcote-Hacker - Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands

Bachelor Graduation Project

Winner: ‘Rap op Stap’ (quickly on the go); facilitating multifactorial activity for older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Charlotte Hirschi and Anthony Middleton - Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, European School of Physiotherapy

Nominees:

Stabilometric and proprioceptive impairment in handball players with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a research project. Andrea López Enríquez - Faculty of Physiotherapy University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Informal Caregiver Support: How to take care of yourself and your family member. Guillaume Tang, Lucas Mainetti, Paula Ribeiro, Steven Martins, Haziel Huylebroeck - Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde do Tâmega e Sousa, Gandra, Paredes, Portugal

Effects of Different Stretching Types on Gastrocnemius Muscle Viscoelastic Properties and Performance. Gülsüm İlayda ÇAMLITEPE - Istinye University, Turkey

Master Thesis

Winner: Modeling the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength with cardiometabolic profile and sedentary behavior in adolescent basketball players. Karagianni Eleni - Physiotherapy Department, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece

Nominees:

 The assessment of the trunk stability and stabilization of the shoulder girdle and their relationship with technical skills of pianists. Jadwiga Koprowska and Józef Piłsudski - University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland

Effectiveness of vagus nerve self-mobilization in adults of working age with stress. (Subtitle: Self-mobilization of the vagus nerve in stress). Eva Guerrero Forteza - Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

Comparison of Biopsychosocial Approach and Conventional Approach in the Treatment of Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis. Hilal Yazici İlhan - Hacettepe University Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Turkey

Association between the history of fall and fear of falling on stair descent and gait transition spatio-temporal parameters and lower limb kinetics and kinematics in older adults: an observational study. Ivone da Silva Teles - Politécnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal