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Associate Professor
Ángel González de la Flor is a professor and researcher in the Department of Physiotherapy.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Master’s Degree in Motor Neurocontrol from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, and a PhD in Health Care from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
He teaches first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year courses in the Physiotherapy degree program, including Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System and Sports Physiotherapy I, II, and III.
His research lines focus on the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal pathologies, particularly in the pelvic and hip region.
The modified Thomas test is the most used and most reliable test to assess the hip flexors’ flexibility. The objective of this study is to propose a new assessment tool for hip flexor flexibility, the Reactive Hip Flexion (RHF) Test.
There was an excellent intra-rater and inter-rater ICC in the hip flexors’ reactive peak force and the AKE measurements.
This study demonstrated that the proposed RHF test technique is valid and reliable when used in healthy youth population.
Physical activity is a proposed factor in the development of hip pathologies in male and female.
This study found that asymptomatic female athletes demonstrated greater hip flexion, abduction and internal rotation ROM, less isometric hip muscle strength and different gluteus medius thickness and onset activation compared with asymptomatic male athletes.
To develop a Spanish version of the international Hip Outcome Tool questionnaire (iHOT-12Sv) for assessing the psychometric characteristics (internal consistency, convergent validity, test–retest reliability, and floor and ceiling effects). The iHOT-12Sv can be used as a valid and reliable tool for clinical evaluation of physically active patients with hip pathology. However, the full version is preferable for research purposes aiming to assess changes in hip function.