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Grao en Fisioterapia
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The Final Degree Dissertation may adopt one of the following modalities:
1. Bibliographic review: this modality aims to describe in an up-to-date manner the state of knowledge of a specific area of the reality of health research.
2. Research project: the purpose is to provide useful and applicable information for the development of a novel research project.
3. Research study: the aim is to communicate the original results derived from the research process carried out by the student. A pilot study will be accepted as part of this type of dissertation.
4. Real clinical case: this involves the exploration, intervention and monitoring of a real clinical case, where the student can demonstrate the competences acquired throughout his/her training process.
5. Learning and service experience: this is an educational proposal that combines learning and community service processes in a single, well-articulated project in which participants learn by working on real needs in their environment with the aim of improving it. In short, service-learning is a method for combining social commitment with the learning of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. Learning to be competent by being useful to others (http://www.udc.es/ocv/Aprendizaxe_servizo/).


In turn, the topic of the Final Degree Dissertation may be freely chosen by the student, as long as it refers to any of the training contents included in the subjects of the syllabus of the Degree in Physiotherapy, in accordance with the competences set out in ORDER CIN/2135/2008, of 3 July.

However, for organisational purposes, the following lines of work are proposed: 		1. Neurological physiotherapy.
2. Sports physiotherapy.
3. Diagnosis and physiotherapy intervention in the main dysfunctions of the ankle-foot complex: reliability, validity and efficacy.
4. Biomechanical analysis of movement. Gait rehabilitation in neurological problems. Motor control. Physical exercise and sports injuries.
5. Management of scientific evidence in Physiotherapy. Nutrition in Physiotherapy.
6. Physiotherapy in the elderly.
7. Respiratory physiotherapy in diseases of the respiratory system and other clinical processes.
8. Obstetric and urogynecological physiotherapy.
9. Physiotherapy in disease prevention and health promotion.
10. Physiotherapy in traumatology.
11. Biomechanical analysis of movement.
12. 3D treatment of scoliosis using the FED method.
13. Physiotherapy in dysfunctions of the neuro-musculo-skeletal system.
14. Physiotherapy in pathologies related to lymphedemas and vascular problems.
15. Neurophysiological effects of Manual Therapy.
16. Peripheral nervous system.
17. New|Emerging therapeutic strategies in the evaluation and treatment of Parkinson's disease. Neurophysiological evaluation of motor system fatigue.
18. Epidemiology, prevention and active management of musculoskeletal pain (MSP). Impact of MSP on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
19. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
20. Morpho-functional analysis of the musculoskeletal system by ultrasound scanning. Physiotherapy in dysfunctions of the neuro-musculoskeletal system.
21. Electrotherapy in Physiotherapy.
22. Aquatic rehabilitation. Neuroscience applied to rehabilitation.
23. Physiotherapeutic intervention in children with neurological pathology.
The subject Final Degree Project has been assigned 6 ECTS credits, equivalent to 150 hours of work for the student.

The face-to-face activity is represented by 13 hours distributed as follows:
- 2 hours correspond to the initial seminar with the academic responsible of the subject where the different procedures related to the subject are explained (election of the director, regulations, work modalities, delivery of the TFG,...) and any doubts that may arise are clarified.
- 10 hours distributed throughout the second four-month period will be devoted to face-to-face meetings with the tutor, in order to properly monitor the final dissertation .
- 1 hour corresponds to the oral presentation and defence of the final dissertation before the assessment panel.

The remaining 137 hours correspond to non-face-to-face work by the student: selection of the topic, work schedule and preparation of the TFG and preparation of its presentation and defence.
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