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Name<\/th>Thesis<\/th>Supervisor<\/th>Advisory Committee<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Varsamo Antoniou<\/td>Tele-rehabilitation in Cardiovascular Diseases.<\/td>Garyfallia Pepera<\/td>Prof. Eleni Kapreli

Konstantinos Davos cdavos@bioacademy.gr<\/a>
Cardiologist Researcher, Institute of Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens.<\/td><\/tr>
Theodoros Dimopoulos<\/td>Thermal Tourism, Rehabilitation, and Wellness in the Regional Unit of Fthiotida: Barriers and Development Prospects.<\/td>Nikos Strimpakos<\/td>Aggeliki Menegaki amenegaki@aua.gr<\/a>
Professor, Department of Business Administration & Tourism, Hellenic Mediterranean University.
 
Georgios Xanthos xanthosg@hmu.gr<\/a>
Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration & Tourism, Hellenic Mediterranean University.<\/td><\/tr>
Efthimios Fountas<\/td>Mapping, Documentation, and Investigation of Factors Affecting Gender Health in Central Greece.<\/td>Aristidis Vasilopoulos<\/td>Athena Kalokairinou
Petros Galanis<\/td><\/tr>
Despoina Ignatoglou<\/td>Development and Psychometric Property Assessment of a Test Battery for the Functional Evaluation of Pole Dancing Athletes.<\/td>Eleni Kapreli<\/td>1. Bruno Tassignon, Physiotherapist
Assistant Professor
University of Hasselt
Belgium
bruno.tassignon@uhasselt.be<\/a>

2. Luciana De Michelis Mendon\u00e7a,<\/em><\/strong> Physiotherapist
Professor
Federal University of Minas Gerais  Brazil
lucianademichelis@yahoo.com.br<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Maria Isakoglou<\/td>Investigation of the Effect of Multimodal Respiratory Physiotherapy Programs on Patients with Heart Failure.<\/td>Eleni Kortianou<\/td>Gerasimos Filippatos
Evdokia Billi<\/td><\/tr>
Eleni Karagianni<\/td>Epidemiology of Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Muscle Strength, Sedentary Behavior, and Their Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Primary and Secondary School Students.<\/td>Garyfallia Pepera<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis

Dimosthenis Panagiotakos, Professor, Department of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University.
dbpanag@hua.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Alexandros Kastrinis<\/td>Effect of the Schroth Method on Sensorimotor Control in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis<\/td>Prof. Nikolaos Strimpakos
 
Georgios Koumantakis gkoumantakis@uniwa.gr<\/a>
Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, University of West Attica (PA.D.A.).<\/td><\/tr>
Anthi Kellari<\/td>Evaluation of Proprioceptive Perception of Joint Angular Velocity and Investigation of Its Clinical Significance.<\/td>Asimakis Kanellopoulos<\/td>Prof. Eleni Kapreli
 
Georgios Koumantakis
gkoumantakis@uniwa.gr<\/a>
Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, University of West Attica (PA.D.A.).<\/td><\/tr>
Pavlos Kitixis<\/td>Development of a Clinical Assessment Protocol for Lower Limb Neuromuscular Performance in Children with Cerebral Palsy.<\/td>George Paras<\/td>Prof. Dimitrios Zafeiriou
Professor of Child Neurology & Developmental Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Sotirios Tasoulis
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly<\/td><\/tr>
Aspasia Mavronasou<\/td>Digital Health Services in the Management of Chronic Pediatric Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Physiotherapy and Medical Care Interventions.<\/td>Eleni Kortianou<\/td>Konstantinos Douros, Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA). costasdouros@gmail.com<\/a>

Dr. Arietta Spinou arietta.spinou@kcl.ac.uk<\/a>
Lecturer in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Practice & Research. School of Life Course & Population Sciences \u2502 Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine<\/td><\/tr>
Chrisoula Moscholouri<\/td>The Combination of Neonatal Neuro-Behavioral and Motor Behavior in the Assessment and Ultra-Early Physiotherapy Intervention of Preterm Newborns.<\/td>Panagiotis Trigkas<\/td>Eleftheria Chatzidaki el.hatzidaki@uoc.gr<\/a>
Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Crete.
 
Efstathios Papastathopoulos spapasta@uoi.gr<\/a>
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Ioannina.<\/td><\/tr>
Achileas Paliouras<\/td>Pain Phenotypes, Cognitive-Psychosocial Characteristics, and Brain Activation in Patients with Shoulder Pain Related to Rotator Cuff Pathology.<\/td>Eleni Kapreli<\/td>Stephen Perrey stephane.perrey@umontpellier.fr<\/a>
Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier, Director of EuroMov Digital Health in Motion

Aristidis Zimpis, ahzibis@uth.gr<\/a>
Professor, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly<\/td><\/tr>
Thomas Patselas<\/td>“The Impact of Therapeutic Alliance Through Biopsychosocial Indicators in Different Intervention Settings for Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.<\/td>Panagiotis Trigkas<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis

Stathis Papastathopoulos, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ioannina.
spapasta@uoi.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kyriakos – Martinos Petropoulakos<\/td>Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Investigation of the Effectiveness of a Dual-Activity Program.<\/td>Savvas Spanos<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis
 
Prof. Evdokia Billi billis@upatras.gr<\/a>
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Patras.<\/td><\/tr>
Konstantinos Prentzas<\/td>Psychological Predictive Factors of Pain and Functional Disability Changes in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Following Hands-On Therapy.<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis<\/td>Prof. leni Kapreli
 
Georgios Koumantakis,
gkoumantakis@uniwa.gr<\/a>
Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, University of West Attica (PA.D.A.).<\/td><\/tr>
Konstantina Savvoulidou<\/td>Development of a Neuroscientific Intervention Training Program with Emphasis on Communication Skills for Healthcare Professionals and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Bidirectional Study.<\/td>Eleni Kapreli<\/td>Alexia Papageorgiou, papageorgiou.a@unic.ac.cy<\/a>
Professor, University of Cyprus.
 
Vasiliki Folia, vfolia@psy.auth.gr<\/a>
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<\/td><\/tr>
Vaia Sapouna<\/td>Investigation of Adherence Parameters to Treatment and Digitalization of Health and Care Services by the Physiotherapist for Children with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases.<\/td>Eleni Kortianou<\/td>Prof. Eleni Kapreli
 
Konstantinos Douros kdouros@med.uoa.gr<\/a>
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/td><\/tr>
George Sydiropoulos<\/td>Correlation of Ultrasound Findings of Cervical Muscles with Neck Functionality in Patients with Chronic Cervical Pain.<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis<\/td>Asimakis Kanellopoulos

Maria Tsekoura, Assistant Professor Department of Physiotherapy, University of Patras.
mariatsekoura@upatras.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Vasiliki Stefanouli<\/td>Development and Implementation of a Virtual Environment in Green Exercise Rehabilitation for Chronic Patients.<\/td>Nikos Strimpakos<\/td>Asimakis Kanellopoulos
 
Dimitrios Iakovidis, diakovidis@uth.gr<\/a>
Professor, Department of Computer Science with Applications in Biomedicine, University of Thessaly.<\/td><\/tr>
Aristi Tsokani<\/td>The Effect of Exercise on Oncology Patients: Investigating Strategies to Increase Patient Participation in Exercise and the Role of Green Exercise.<\/td>Nikos Strimpakos<\/td>Athanasios Kotsakis, thankotsakis@uth.gr<\/a>
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly.
 
Adriaenssens Nele  Nele.Adriaenssens@vub.be<\/a>
Assistant Professor \u2013 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)<\/td><\/tr>
Argyroula – Eleni Tsounia<\/td>Development and Implementation of an Assessment Protocol for Patients Using Thermal Springs.<\/td>Nikos Strimpakos<\/td>Garyfallia Pepera

Markos Sgantzos sgantzos@uth.gr<\/a>
Professor, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly.<\/td><\/tr>
Konstantinos Vassis<\/td>Management of Groin and Hip Injuries in Greek Amateur Football Players: From Athlete Screening to Injury Risk Management.<\/td>Ioannis Poulis<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis

Dimitrios Tsaopoulos
Position: Director of Research
Organization: National Centre for Research and Technological Development (EKETA)
d.tsaopoulos@certh.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Christina Vassou<\/td>The Effect of Neurodevelopmental Treatment (Bobath) on Trunk Strength and Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy.<\/td>Thomas Besios<\/td>Zacharias Dimitriadis

Sofia Lampropoulou, Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Patras.
lampropoulou@upatras.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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