Physiotherapy in gynecology, urology and vertebrology.

Prof. Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Magdaléna Hagovská, PhD., Cert.MDT, MPH

• Years of practice in the field of physiotherapy – since 1998

• Work as a university teacher and researcher since 2009, 15 years

• Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (KFBLR) at the Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

• Polyclinic Centrum in Košice - Physiotherapy in urology and gynecology since 2017

• Practical experience with USG muscle examination since 2016

Professional and scientific focus:

1. Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction in women and men

2. Cognitive and coordination disorders in neurological and geriatric patients - physiotherapeutic diagnosis and treatment

3. Vertebrology and musculoskeletal medicine - mechanical diagnosis and treatment of the spine and peripheral joints

Education

• Master's degree 2005 (Mgr) Trnava University

• Rigorosum exam 2006 (PhDr) Trnava University

• Doctoral studies 2010 (PhD) Trnava University

• Habilitation 2018 (Assoc. Prof.)

• Masaryk University, Kinanthropology (science of human movement)

• Habilitation 2019 (Assoc. Prof.)

• Trnava University, Public Health

• Inauguration – professorship 2024 (Prof.)

• Charles University, Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine

Specialization in the field

• Specialization - Medical rehabilitation and physiotherapy of disorders of selected musculoskeletal systems, Slovak Medical University (SZU), 2006 - 2007

• Specialization - Physiotherapy of CNS disorders, Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ, Košice, 2017 – 2019

• Specialization - Public health management expert Master of Public Health "MPH", University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

International certificates

• Certificate: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy McKenzie - Cert.MDT, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, The McKenzie Institute International - New Zealand, Prague 2009 - 2013

• Certificate: Biofeedback 2000 X - pert (EMG, EEG, RESP, MULTI, Statistical data), Cogniplus – training cognitive function, Mödling, Austria 2010.

International certificates

• Continuous education accredited by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic: Physiotherapy for pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence, Prague - 2015

• Continuous education accredited by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic: Physiotherapy of incontinent patients (Ostrava concept), Ostrava – 2017

• Continuous education accredited by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic - Physiotherapy of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and urinary incontinence, Martin, 2020 (also Professional Guarantor)

Significant international scientific conferences - active participation

• International Continence Society 2023, Madrid, Spain
  

• World Physiotherapy Congress 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  

• International Continence Society 2023, Toronto, Canada
  

• International Continence Society 2022, Vienna, Austria
  

• International Continence Society 2021, Melbourne, Australia, online
  

• International Continence Society 2020, Las Vegas, USA, online
  

• International Continence Society 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden
  

• International Continence Society 2018 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  

• International Continence Society 2017 - Florence, Italy
  

Professional courses

• Rehabilitation of children with infantile cerebral palsy (ICP/CP), Košice 1999

• Coccyx and pelvic floor syndrome within pelvic kinesiology, Monada, Prague 2008

• Deep stabilization system and McKenzie Method, 2009

• Mechanical diagnosis and therapy A, B, C, D Prague, 2009 – 2011

• Kinesiology – pathokinesiology of the lower limb and foot, Prague 2012

• Testing and training of functional dynamic stabilization, Prague 2012

• Functional dynamic stabilization of lower and upper limbs, Prague, 2014

• Podiatric minimum – examination on a podoscope and with the PodoCam system, Hradec Králové, 2017

• Autoreflexive prenatal, postnatal positions (APPP), Kováčová, 2019

• Yoga for women, PelvicFyzio, Košice, 2025

Significant book publications

• Hagovská, M. Prehľad neurológie pre fyzioterapeutov (Overview of neurology for physiotherapists). 1st ed. Košice : Knihy Hanzluvka, 2011. 139 p. ISBN 9788089546015.

• Hagovská, M., Mihalečková, N. Najčastejšie používané liečebné metodiky vo fyzioterapii (The most commonly used treatment methodologies in physiotherapy). 1st ed. Košice : Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2012. 215 p. ISBN 9788070979310.

• Hagovská, M. Konzervatívne možnosti liečby chronických bolestí chrbtice aplikáciou mechanickej diagnostiky a terapie (Conservative options for the treatment of chronic back pain by applying mechanical diagnosis and therapy). 1st ed. Košice : Reprocentrum, 2013. 185 p. peer-reviewed. ISBN 9788097143381. scientific monograph

• Hagovská, M. Prehľad neurológie a neurorehabilitácie pre fyzioterapeutov (Overview of neurology and neurorehabilitation for physiotherapists). 1st ed. Košice : Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2014. 363 p. ISBN 9788081521171.

• Hagovská, M. Fyzioterapia inkontinencie moču (Physiotherapy of urinary incontinence). 1st ed. Košice : Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2014. 243 p. peer-reviewed. ISBN 9788081521331. scientific monograph

• Hagovská, M. et al. Praktická kinezioterapia (Practical kinesiotherapy). 1st ed. Košice : Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2016. 492 p. ISBN 9788081523915.

• Hagovská, M. Aplikovaná kineziológia a fyzioterapia driekovej chrbtice a Aplikovaná kineziológia a fyzioterapia panvy (Applied kinesiology and physiotherapy of the lumbar spine and Applied kinesiology and physiotherapy of the pelvis). In: Aplikovaná kineziológia chrbtice. Košice : Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2017. ISBN 9788081524684. p. 83 – 123.

• Hagovská, M. Kognitívny a pohybový tréning u seniorov s miernym kognitívnym deficitom (Cognitive and movement training in seniors with mild cognitive deficit). 1st ed. Brno : Masaryk University, 2019. 172 p. [9 AH]. ISBN 9788021091795. scientific monograph

• Hagovská, M. Fyzioterapia v urológii, gynekológii a pôrodníctve (Physiotherapy in urology, gynecology and obstetrics), 1st ed. A-medi, management s.r.o, 2023, 180 p. [9 AH]. ISBN:978-80-89797-99-8. scientific monograph

Related research projects

• Measurement of intravaginal and intra-abdominal pressure during selected sports activities (SPORTVAGPRES) - cooperation with the University in New Zealand

• Evaluation of the effect of pelvic floor muscle training in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder treated with silodosin (SILODOSING)

• Evaluation of the effect of high and low frequency pelvic floor muscle training through functional status and pelvic floor muscle morphometry using 3D/4D USG in women with stress urinary incontinence (PELSTAB)

• Duloxetine and innovative pelvic floor muscle exercise in women with stress urinary incontinence (DULOXING)

• Balance disorders, risk of falls and urge urinary incontinence in senior women

• The effect of exercise on the reduction of abdominal obesity and on the symptoms of overactive bladder in overweight young women (PRAF)

• Evaluation of the functional state of the pelvic floor using the EMG Biofeedback method in patients after hysterectomy – dissertation

• The effect of early rehabilitation after radical prostatectomies – rigorosum thesis

• Prevalence of diastasis recti abdominis and pelvic floor muscle dysfunctions in women after childbirth

• Comparison of body composition and overactive bladder symptoms in overweight women

• The impact of professional sports on the lower urinary tract and quality of life

• The effect of the McKenzie method and classical rehabilitation in patients with chronic cervical and lumbar spine pain evaluated by surface EMG.

• The effect of cognitive and movement training in patients with mild cognitive deficit.