{"id":10088,"date":"2022-09-22T15:01:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/?p=10088"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:32:32","slug":"health-sciences-researchers-collaborate-with-visiting-professor-from-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/09\/22\/health-sciences-researchers-collaborate-with-visiting-professor-from-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Sciences researchers collaborate with visiting professor from Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ester Cerezo Telez spent the summer lending her expertise to kinesiology research; more collaborative studies are planned<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has expanded its outreach and research collaborations with international universities, hosting a physiotherapy professor from Madrid, Spain, who lent her expertise to several ongoing studies in the College during her time at URI over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ester Cerezo Telez<\/a>, a professor at Universidad de Alcala in Madrid, and a practicing physical therapist, spent the summer working with Kinesiology Professors Christie Ward-Ritacco<\/a> and Susan D\u2019Andrea<\/a>. She consulted on many of the projects going on in the kinesiology lab, conducting initial baseline testing for a women\u2019s exercise study; doing pilot testing for a study that compares metabolic requirements of cycling using a traditional recumbent cycle compared to a motorized bicycle; and assisting with research into virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEster really worked very hard all summer long,\u201d Ward-Ritaco said. \u201cShe helped with data collection; she consulted on all the pilot studies we have going on; she offered lots of insight from her own studies. She could not be a nicer, more pleasant, harder working individual. This is the start of a personal and professional relationship that just feels meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration goes both ways, as D\u2019Andrea and Ward-Ritaco are also working with Cerezo Telez on her own research into ways kinesiology and physical therapy techniques can be used among multiple clinical populations. A women\u2019s health expert, Cerezo Telez is particularly interested in applying them to her study on urinary incontinence and sexual disfunction. Given the hesitancy some patients may have in discussing such sensitive topics, they often don\u2019t learn about the physical therapy techniques that can help their situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help combat that reticence, Ward-Ritaco is expanding on a survey study Cerezo Telez has initiated in Spain. They plan to send out a large-scale survey to men and women, trying to estimate the prevalence of urinary incontinence and sexual disfunction among adults here, compared to people in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe work is showing that urinary incontinence and sexual disfunction is much more widespread than we thought, and it\u2019s effecting a greater number of clinical populations,\u201d Ward-Ritaco said. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to show the need for more intensive care around these issues for anyone who needs it. It\u2019s not just a female issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the URI projects Cerezo Telez coordinated on include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n