Speakers

Francesc Rubí Carnacea: PhD in health from Universitat de Lleida (2017). Master’s degree in research on primary care by Universitat Miguel Hernández (2011). Specialist in myofascial therapies (2009). Specialist in sports physiotherapy (1996). His area of research is motor control in chronic low back pain.

Fran Valenzuela Pascual: Master’s degree in pain management by the University of Edinburgh (2011). He is currently a professor and vice dean of UdL Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy. He is about to finish his doctoral thesis on chronic low back pain, which has involved some research stays at the University of Toronto. His area of knowledge, both as a professor and as a researcher, is pain neurophysiology.

Oriol Martínez Navarro: Research Master’s degree in health specialised in research on chronicity, social politics and practice (2018). Professor at Universitat de Lleida and Universitat Central de Catalunya. He is currently a researcher at UdL, where he is working on the development of neurofeedback treatment and brain activity of patients with chronic low back pain and kinesiophobia.