Faculty of Medicine

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Research group

Spanish

Rehabilitation in Health Group

Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine

Colombian Ministry of Science

A1

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Clinical medicine

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Strategic Focus

We aim to produce knowledge on medical and rehabilitation conditions related to human functioning, limitation for activities, and restrictions for participation; additionally, we study the relationship between quality of life and health by using both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

We aim to develop research on topics related to the group’s research interests in the context of the human functioning theory proposed in the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health). Managing and strengthening national and international rehabilitation scientific networks.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Adult functioning and rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation technologies.
Validation of functioning scales, quality of life, and participation.
Translation of knowledge on rehabilitation.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Luz Helena Lugo Agudelo, M.D., M.Sc.

Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

luzh.lugo@gmail.com

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).
Direction of the WHO-Liaison Working Group in Primary Health in Rehabilitation.
ISPRM-WHO Linking committee Latin American Medical Rehabilitation Association (AMLAR).

Colombian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Cochrane Rehabilitation.
Association of Academic Physiatrists.

Highlighted Projects

A model for human and occupational development of people with intellectual disabilities, mixed methods).
Clinical practice guideline for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative diagnosis and treatment of individuals with amputations, prosthesis prescription, and integral rehabilitation. Comprehensive guide, Quick guide, Patient guide.
Disability and quality of life in a cohort of people over 60 years of age, injured in traffic accidents in the city of Medellin in 2015.
Identification of perceived facilitators and barriers for implementing the PCG (clinical practice guideline) for the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative diagnosis and treatment of individuals with amputations. A mixed methods study in 20162018.

Key Research Findings

Implementation of the clinical practice guideline for individuals with amputations in Colombia: a qualitative study on perceived barriers and facilitators. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05406-z
Individual, health system, and contextual barriers and facilitators for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic metareview. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00588-8
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, Colciencias, Universidad de Antioquia. Guía de Práctica Clínica para el diagnóstico y tratamiento preoperatorio, intraoperatorio y postoperatorio de la persona amputada, la prescripción de la prótesis y la rehabilitación integral. (Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Colciencias, Universidad de Antioquia. Clinical practice guideline for the intraoperative, and postoperative diagnosis and treatment of individuals with amputations, prosthesis prescription, and integral rehabilitation) ISBN: 978-958-8903-36.

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Development of seven clinical practice guidelines for the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
Formation of an international group between EPOC group, Cochrane Rehabilitation, UNED, and GRS for the creation of a qualitative SR.
Direction of the Working Group WHO-Liaison on Primary Health in Rehabilitation.
Creation of a wheelchair protocol for the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
Education Committee of the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).