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Programme



Main Topics

Spasticity

Chairs: Anthony Ward (UK), Thierry Lejeune (Belgium)

 

Aim of the session:

Spasticity after stroke – A session dedicated to the trainees

We would present the conclusions of a European Working Group.

The programme will follow the algorithm designed by this group.

Each talk will focus on one branch of the decision tree.

 

- Physiopathology (M. Barnes, UK)

- Clinical and instrumented assessment (Anthony Ward, UK)

- Conservative treatment: Oral drugs

- Conservative treatment: Physical therapy

- Usefulness of nerve block and sedation to detect contracture (Thierry Deltombe - Belgium)

- Treatment of focal spasticity: Chemodenervation (J. Wissel)

- Treatment of focal spasticity: Orthopaedic surgery (Frank Plasschaert - Belgium)

- Treatment of diffuse spasticity: ITB (L. Saltuari)

- Clinical case – Questions and answers

 

People with amputation and prosthetics

 

Chair: Franco Franchignoni (Italy)

Aim of the session:

Assessment and treatment in upper and lower limb amputations and prosthetics. Outcome measures for people with limb amputation and prosthesis. Manufacturing techniques in prosthetics (socket design, prosthetic knees and feet, new materials, etc.). Prosthetics in childhood and in elderly. Gait in people with lower limb amputations. Body image and quality of life in people with limb prosthesis.

  

R. Branemark (Sweden)

J. Geertzen (The Netherlands)

C. Marincek (Slovenia)

F. Franchignoni (Italy)

V. Neumann (UK)

G. Devecerski (Serbia)

  

Learning and neuroplasticity

Chair: Jörgen Borg (Sweden)

Aim of the session:

Learning and relearning are key issues in most rehabilitation programs. A number of new methods have enabled dramatically new insights into the adaptive and maladaptive processes in the brain in response to new experiences such as ordinary learning, relearning after injuries or pain.

The aim with this session is to highlight some of the recent achievements, which have clinical significance for the rehabilitation/relearning process in subjects with speech motor, executive and emotional disorders.

 

A network approach to recoveryface=Arial>Cornelius Weiller, Freiburg University (Germany)

New insights into the pathophysiology of spasticity

Pavel Lindberg, PhD, Uppsala University/Karolinska Institutet/Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Sweden)

  

Learning and re-learning of executive functions
face=Arial>Lars Nyberg, Umeå University (Sweden)

Training of working memory

Erika Dahlin, PhD student, face=Arial>Umeå University (Sweden)                                             

Emotional dysfunction/anxiety

Mats Fredriksson, Uppsala University (Sweden)

 

Neuroplasticity and chronic pain

D. De Ridder (Belgium)

 

Management of chronic pain

  

Chair: Bengt Sjölund (Sweden)

Aim of the session:

size=3 face=Arial>Traditionally, physical medicine modalities have constituted the main treatment methods for PRM physicians when encountering patients in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Recently, our understanding of some of these methods has increased considerably, both with respect to biological mechanisms and effectiveness. Professor Han has long been the international authority on acupuncture mechanisms and neuropeptides but has expanded his research into various form of electro-stimulation, also in man. By introducing cognitive psychology into pain assessment and management, Prof. Turk has contributed significantly to both the understanding and the rehabilitation of persons with chronic pain. From an ICF perspective, physical medicine methods and cognitive therapy can be integrated into an interdisciplinary rehabilitation process as will be delineated by professor Sjölund.

 

The biological basis of electro-stimulation therapy

Han Ji-Sheng, face=Arial> Beijing Medical University and visiting professor in complementary medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA)

  

Dysfunctional cognitions & behaviours

Dennis Turk face=Arial>, University of Washington, Seattle.(USA)  

From physical medicine to interdisciplinary rehabilitation - An ICF perspective

Bengt H. Sjölund face=Arial>, University of Southern Denmark and Director General, RCT Copenhagen (Denmark) 

  

Role of strong opioids in the treatment of chronic low back pain

J. De Vulder (Belgium) 

  

L. Plaghki (Belgium)

 

Urogenital dysfunction and sexual disability

  

Chairs: Martine De Muynck, Karel Everaert (Belgium)

  

Jean-Jacques Wyndaele (Belgium)

Karel Everaert (Belgium)

Rachel Valero (Spain)

Kari Bo (Norway)

Sports in elderly and in people experiencing diseases

Chairs: Guy Vanderstraeten, Zafer Hasçelik

 

Aim of the session:

What is the effect of sport activities in elderly people? What kind of sports are possible in patients with arthrosis? The possibilities of sport activities in patients with total hip or knee prosthesis. Meniscal and ligamentary lesions in elderly people. Influence of physical activities in osteoporosis.

The aging muscle and conditional aspects eg muscle atrophy and muscle wasting.

Physical activities for patients with diabetes,renal insufficiency, COPD, cardiac pathology.

 

Sports activities in elderly people: Courage and questions

Zafer Hasçelik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Aging musculoskeletal system - Sarcopenia

Dirk Cambier, Gent University, Belgiu

Physiological implications of aging: From the perspective of applied physiology

Jan Bourgois, Gent University, Belgium

Assessment of strength & structure: Isokinetic testing & sonography

Levent Özçakar, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Integration of ICF in rehabilitation management

Chair: Gerold Stucki (Germany)

Aim of the session:

Description: This session will provide a comprehensive overview regarding the development of international standards including ICF Core Sets and ICF Core Measures and the application of the ICF in service management, practice and in European countries, ICF-based rehabilitation management and the WHO strategic plan in relation to functioning, disability and rehabilitation.

 

WHO priorities for disability and rehabilitation

E. Krug (Germany)

 

ICF-based international standards for the classification and measurement of functioning in physical and rehabilitation medicine

G. Stucki (Germany)

From ICF core sets to ICF core measures

R. Hilfiker (Switzerland)

Application of the ICF in rehabilitation service management in Belgium

C. Kiekens (Belgium)

 

ICF-based: Case studies in rehabilitation

A. Rauch (Germany)

 

Physical capacity evaluation in PMR or in patients with pain and chronic diseases

H. Nielens (Belgium)



Rehabilitation from the acute hospital to community integration, including financial implication

Chairs: Christoph Gutenbrunner (Germany), Anthony Ward (UK)

 

Acute rehabilitation in Neurological Disorders – Definition and outcomes

Anthony Ward (UK)

Acute rehabilitation after trauma – Concepts and outcomes

Jean-Jacques Glaesener (Germany)

Payment systems for rehabilitation in acute settings in Europe

Hermina Damian (Slovenia)

 

Peripathetic rehabilitation teams in acute hospitals – Advantages and limitations

Gerold Küther (Germany)

Integration of rehabilitation of different postacute phases

Kristian Borg (Sweden)

 

Vocational rehabilitation – Concepts and outcomes

Charles Gobelet (Switzerland)

Rehabilitation in chronic conditions

Heiner Raspe (Germany

 

Community based Rehabilitation – Concepts and outcomes

Paul Calmel (France)