Laura Delgado Lobete

Laura Delgado Lobete is a Professor in the Department of Social Health Care at the University of Murcia, affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences in Lorca. She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the Universidade da Coruña (2021), with a thesis on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and its interrelation with daily performance in school-aged children. Her academic roles include being a Collaborative Professor at the University of Oviedo (2021-2022) and a Doctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Murcia (2022-2024).

Her research focuses on developmental disorders, particularly DCD, motor performance, sensory processing, and health promotion. Key interests include assessing how individual, environmental, and activity factors influence daily participation in children, as well as cross-cultural validation of diagnostic tools like the DCDQ-ES questionnaire.

Her publications analyze play performance in children, motor activities in adults with intellectual disabilities, and the relationship between burnout and teacher psychological capital. She has collaborated on studies involving occupational therapy’s role in health promotion and psychomotor development in preschoolers.

While no specific grants or awards are mentioned, her work emphasizes clinical applications and public health interventions, with recent studies focusing on Spain’s neurodevelopmental disorder prevalence and activity limitations.