Keynote speakers


    Sara Laxe

    Dr. Laxe is a specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine working at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain
    Dr. Laxe is a specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine working at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain. Her interests in rehabilitation are focused  patient centered approach, the use of International Classification of Functioning, ethics and gender equality. Her field of expertise is neurorehabilitation, in particular Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation as well as prehabilitation.

    She is a very active personality in PRM through her involvement in different medical societies such as the ESPRM, ISPRM and the SERMEF (spanish society of PRM) from who she is a board member and part of the international  Affairs representative. She is also a creatining member of the WHOFIC Collaborating Center of Barcelona. Additionally she is involved as editor in different PRM journals and since 2022 she is the Director of the  Scientific Committee of the PRM Spanish society.  She has several publications in PRM and other journals as well as book chapters in the field of knowledge and interested abovementioned and she has been invited to participate as a speaker in many national and international congresses.
    Presentation titles:
    Prehabilitation: rehabilitation as a preventive strategy for the loss of functioning after surgery or cancer treatments.
    My idea in this proposal would be to make a review of all the papers produced in prehabilitation and the implementation of the ERAS protocols and highlight the role of the PRM specialist in this field. I have a lot experience in this field since my hospital has been the leader of prehab in Spain. Unfortunately not all these international protocols are implemented and include PRM doctors. I see that it is a topic that hasnot been treated too much in ESPRM and can be of interest.

    Rehabilitation and Women: the time to focus on gender equality
    The idea of this proposal would be to bring the attention to the necessity of including gender perspective in rehabilitation. There are several studies that point out the differences in sex and gender on the functioning profile of the patients and a better personalitation of treatments taking this into account could make a difference. I would also like to talk not only about patients, but caregivers and also professionals. I think it is a topic that even though started some years ago, still needs to have a focus. UEMS has recently started with a working group on that.

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