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Recent activity from CeprLab, each item linked to its source — peer-reviewed papers with DOIs, funded projects, conferences and lab announcements.
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Recent news and updates from across the lab.
A new CeprLab study in Applied Sciences: the 15 m and 30 m corridors in the Six-Minute Walk Test are not interchangeable in older adults with controlled hypertension.
CeprLab's pulmonary team presented its research on children with chronic suppurative lung disease at the 9th World Bronchiectasis Conference, Hannover.
The UTH Physiotherapy Department marked 30 years with an international conference in Lamia (8–10 May 2026); CeprLab faculty coordinated several sessions.
CeprLab hosted the kick-off of Alphletix, a new funded research project using AI to predict and prevent sports injuries in young athletes.
A CeprLab study in the Journal of Clinical Medicine tested the new international criteria for nociplastic pain and found they identify it reliably.
CeprLab's TELEWEAR-CR study — home cardiac rehabilitation with wearable sensors — has won a competitive research grant from the Hellenic Cardiology
The Erasmus+ SportsComp project, with CeprLab as the Greek partner, published the protocol for its international study updating sports-physiotherapy
Events
Conferences, community activities, new projects and new team members — the most recent happenings at the lab.
The SportsComp Erasmus+ partnership presented its final outcomes and their impact on the international community in a hybrid dissemination seminar.
The UTH Department of Physiotherapy took part in the 'Together – Equal' run in Lamia, a Region of Central Greece initiative promoting inclusion, equality and accessibility through sport.
CeprLab welcomes Efthimis Bikis, from Larisa, as a new doctoral candidate at the lab.
Recent publications
Recent peer-reviewed outputs across our three research lines. Each card links to the paper's DOI; titles are shown in English, as published.
International consensus recommendations for classifying low back pain as nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic — guiding mechanism-based assessment. Co-authored by CeprLab's E. Kapreli and P. Bilika.
A randomised controlled trial showing telehealth-guided home exercise is as effective and safe as centre-based cardio-oncology rehabilitation for lymphoma survivors, at about half the cost. Co-authored by G. Pepera.
Simple, non-invasive measurements — inter-arm blood-pressure differences and handgrip strength — for early cardiovascular screening in youth athletes.
A vignette study examining how clinicians apply the nociplastic pain criteria across chronic musculoskeletal presentations.
The Greek Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ-GR) — cross-culturally adapted and psychometrically validated for Greek-speaking patients.
Clinicians' and parents' perspectives on barriers and enablers to digital health in paediatric chronic suppurative lung disease.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of eHealth-delivered exercise interventions in children with suppurative lung disease.
Reliability and validity of the Athletic Shoulder (ASH) Test for assessing shoulder strength in adolescent tennis players.
International guidelines for phenotyping pain after cancer using nociplastic pain criteria, supporting more precise management.
Greek validation of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale — identifying what keeps patients from attending and completing cardiac rehabilitation. Led at CeprLab by G. Pepera.
Projects & studies
Current CeprLab projects and studies with public documentation. Follow each link to the official record.
CeprLab is a partner in the five-institution Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership (coordinated by Jamk UAS, with Tartu, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and IFSPT). UTH leads Work Package 2, updating the sports-physiotherapy competency framework.
A cardiac telerehabilitation programme using wearable sensors for coronary heart disease patients, led by Deputy Director Garyfallia Pepera. The study protocol is published in BMJ Open.
A registered study of Greek physiotherapists' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about communication, empathy and shared decision-making with chronic musculoskeletal pain patients.
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