Carolina Walker
Dra. Carolina Walker
GYNAECOLOGY
Olympia Medical-Surgical Center
Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid
Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid
General Information
Carolina Walker holds a PhD in Comprehensive Women’s Health from Rey Juan Carlos University; she is also a physiotherapist specialising in Pelvic Floor disorders. She joined Quirónsalud Madrid in September 2011 as physiotherapy coordinator of the Pelvic Floor Unit.
Experience- Coordinator of the Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Service at Quirónsalud Madrid University Hospital.
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the FUB (Fundació Universitària del Bages), foundation attached to the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
- Director and teacher of the "Expert Course in Physiotherapy in Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions" at Centro de Estudios Universitarios La Salle (centre attached to the Autonomous University of Madrid).
- Expert advisor for TENA Lady España
- Teacher of specialisation courses for Physiotherapists in Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions, carried out in universities, hospitals, professional colleges, public and private physiotherapy centres: University of Alcalá de Henares, University of Barcelona, European University of Madrid, Hospital El Tajo, Hospital del Henares, Hospital del Mar, Hospital de Ferrol, Professional College of Physiotherapists of Madrid, of Castilla y Leon, of Galicia... Also in Latin America: University of Valparaiso (Chile), University of Montevideo (Uruguay), University of Puebla (Mexico)
- Speaker at both National and International congresses on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Degree- Physiotherapist specialising in Obstetrics and Urogynaecology
- PhD in Comprehensive Women’s Health. Thesis "Análisis del modelo de parto en posición lateral con pujo tardío: morbilidad materna y fetal" (Analysis of the model of delivery in lateral position with delayed pushing: maternal and foetal morbidity) supervised by Dr. Montserrat Espuña-Pons. Faculty of Health Sciences. Rey Juan Carlos I University, Madrid
Research and teaching
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- "Prevalence of low back pain in women consulting for urinary incontinence." Quirónsalud Madrid Hospital, 2012-13
- "Prevalence of urinary incontinence in women consulting for lumbopelvic pain. Multicentre Study." Multicentre Study: Cabra Healthcare Centre, Córdoba, Córdoba Sur-Lucena Healthcare District, 2010.
- "Effects of Physiotherapist Intervention in Childbirth." Quirónsalud Hospital Madrid, 2008. Financing: College of Physiotherapists of the Community of Madrid.
- "Randomised comparative study of the conventional delivery model versus the lateral delivery model." Gynaecology Service, La Paz University Hospital (2005-08). Financing: Ministry of Science and Innovation. Health Research Fund (FIS PI051235). European University of Madrid (uem/2006/11)
Publications
- Author of the book "Fisioterapia en Obstetricia y Ginecología" (Physiotherapy in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) published by ELSEVIER: 2nd Edition 2013.
- Díaz-Mohedo E, Hita-Contreras F, Luque-Suárez A, Walker-Chao C, Zarza-Luciáñez D, Salinas-Casado J. Prevalence and risk factors of pelvic pain. Actas Urológicas Españolas (journal) 2013 Oct 24
- Gavira Pavón A, Walker Chao C, Rodríguez N, Gavira Iglesias FJ. Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in women who visit the doctor with low back pain: Multicentre study. Primary Care. 2013 Oct 12
- Carolina Walker, Tania Rodríguez, Ana Herranz, Jose A Espinosa, Emília Sánchez, Montserrat Espuña. Alternative model of birth to reduce the risk of perineal trauma and assisted vaginal delivery. Int Urogynecol J (2012) 23:1249–1256.
- C. Walker. Consequences of pregnancy and childbirth on the pelvic floor. Applied Urodynamics. 2007; 20; 1;8-14.
Awards and certifications
ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES
- Member of the International Continence Society (ICS)
- Member of the International Urogynecology Association (IUGA)
- Member of the "IUGA-ICS Committee for Conservative Management of Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction"
- Member of the Pelvic Floor Section of the Spanish Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SEGO)