On Saturday, June 10th, thanks to good weather and wind conditions, users of Sports & Life Guttmann Club, all of them former patients of the Institut Guttmann suffering from spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis, were able to enjoy the exceptional and wonderful sensation of flying In paramotor as well as discover, in bird's eye, the magnificent natural environment that make up the Àger valley...
The Institut Guttmann hosted yesterday, June 1, this annual meeting which, this year, has focused on road education for safe mobility in the face of new forms of displacement, and of uses and customs of the road space from the perspective of Young. In this edition, as a novelty, students of ESO, Bachillerato and Ciclos Formativos participated in a roundtable. The Minister of the Interior, Mr...
Ms. Zhang Haidi, chairwoman of the Federation of the Disabled of China, President of the Paralympic Committee of China, and President of the Organizing Committee of the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2022 visited on May 20th the Institut Guttmann. Ms. Haidi came accompanied by a delegation head of the Committee of Internationalization of the Federation of the Disabled of China and by Dr. Josep A...
On Saturday, May 20, both large and small, they could enjoy with Sports & Life Guttmann Club on the Open Day of the Alba Synchrotron. The didactic route of the particular installation together with the experiments and explanations of Synchrotron workers made possible that such an abstract topic as the acceleration of particles could become a topic of interest for everybody.
With the aim of seeing how the activities carried out with robots help and stimulate the therapeutic advances of patients with a neurological disability, the Institut Guttmann organizes with the Garbí Pere Vergés School of Badalona, the 1st Working Day of Robotics and Technology. Many activities of robotics and applied technology were carried out for admitted patients and adult and school-age...
This Sunday, May 14, a group of patients, former patients, relatives and professionals of the Institut Guttmann participated with Sports & Life Guttman Club in the 33ª edition of "The Mile" of the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. In addition to enjoying a great morning of sport and having a good time in this popular race, they showed that people with disabilities can practice sports in an inclusive...
On 14th May a group of patients, former patients, relatives and professionals of the Institut Guttmann participated with Sports & Life Guttman Club in the 33ª edition of "The Mile" of the Sagrada Familia. In addition to enjoying a great morning of sport and having a good time in this popular race, they showed that people with disabilities can practice sports in an inclusive way. Since 1985 the...
I am pleased to visit, as Head of the opposition to the Parliament of Catalonia and accompanied by the Deputies Jorge Soler and David Mejia, the Institut Guttmann. Today we have been able to see firsthand the work you do daily with patients, your comprehensive care model and the research projects you develop. I can only have words of admiration, respect and appreciation for your work. The spirit...
The Institut Guttmann is at HEALTHIO these days, the exhibition about Patients, Innovation and Health, that is taking place in Fira de Barcelona. The event is a new initiative that has interactive activities organized by specific areas for innovation in the health sector, and is still today and tomorrow. The Institut Guttmann not only has institutional presence with its own stand, but is also...
The XXIX Institut Guttmann Technical Symposia took place on 20th April at the ONCE Auditorium in Barcelona, under the title "Neuropsychology and school: Modeling the brain." The development of executive functions in children and youth in the school environment, as well as rehabilitation neuropsychology applied in cases of children and youth with special difficulties, were the main issues discussed...
