George Koumantakis PhD, MSc

Dr. Koumantakis is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Physiotherapy, University of West Attica (UNIWA) and Director of the “Laboratory of Advanced Physiotherapy-L.Ad.Phys.”, a Research and Education Centre of the School of Physiotherapy at UNIWA since 2020. He has a BSc(Hons) Physiotherapy degree from the TEI of ATHENS and an MSc & PhD in Physical Therapy from the Victoria University of Manchester, specializing in active exercise programs for patients with back pain. Throughout the course of his post-graduate studies, he has been a Fellow of the State Scholarships Foundation-ΙΚΥ (Greece) and has also received a complementary Scholarship from the Hospital Savings Association (UK).

Koumantakis has a sufficient number of publications in International journals, a large number of oral and poster presentations at Greek and international conferences, and is currently an Editorial Board Member of 2 International scientific medical journals (World Journal of Orthopedics & International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health). Also, he serves as a reviewer of scientific papers in Greek and International conferences and scientific journals. has undertaken in the past the scientific organization of two Annual Congresses of the Panhellenic Physiotherapists’ Association [P.S.F.] (2006 & 2008) and has also served as a European Affairs Representative of the Association (2006-2012).

Koumantakis is a member of the Panhellenic Physiotherapists’ Association, the Greek Scientific Society of Physiotherapy, and a past member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Society for Back Pain Research & the Physiotherapy Research Society. He has been a full-time clinical Physiotherapist at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens for a number of years (2006-2020). His ongoing research interests involve the application of evidence-based physiotherapy practice in the prevention and management of neuromusculoskeletal pathologies, particularly the effects of physiotherapy interventions within a wide age, occupational, and physical activity population spectrum.