Congress 2008
17-18 October 2008
Manchester Central
Convention Complex
Main Congress sponsor
Other sponsors
Neurology Programme Strand
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Research presentations are denoted by asterisk*
Friday
- 8.45 - 9.00: Opening
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9.00 - 10.30:
Moving Neuro-physiotherapy forward
- Room 1
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Keynote Lecture: Translating balance research into evidence based clinical strategies
Professor Anne Shumway-Cook - Professor Emeritus , University of Washington
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Keynote Lecture: Translating balance research into evidence based clinical strategies
- Room 1
- 10.30 - 11.15: Morning break / ACPM AGM
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11.15 - 12.45:
Human movement and motor control
- Room 1
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The basis of treatment in multiple sclerosis
Professor Alastair Compston - Professor of Neurology , University of Cambridge -
Rehabilitation in MS; the evidence
Dr Jenny Freeman - Reader in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation , University of Plymouth, Devon and Institute of Neurology, London -
Evidence based practice; getting published
Professor Domhnall MacAuley - Clinical Editor , BMJ
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The basis of treatment in multiple sclerosis
- Room 1
- 12.45 - 14.00: Lunch
- 14.00 - 15.00: Session Three: Founders lecture
- 15.00 - 15.45: Afternoon break
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15.45 - 17.30:
Session Four
- Room 1
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Motor control in healthy individuals and people with neurological conditions
Dr Margaret Mayston - Senior Teaching Fellow , UCL -
Coordination of reach-to-grasp following stroke
Dr Paulette van Vliet - Research Fellow , School of Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham -
17.00 - 17.20:
A preliminary study investigating the effect of stretching the knee on knee joint contractures in people with MS *
Lynda Mason
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Motor control in healthy individuals and people with neurological conditions
- Room 1
- 17.30 - 20.00: Reception
Saturday
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9.15 - 10.30:
Oncology, community and ethnographic research
- Room 1
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Paediatric neuromuscular disorders: transitional care and the increasing caseload for adult physiotherapists
Marion Main - Superintendent Physiotherapist , Great Ormond Street -
Lean Thinking
Jakko Brouwers - Superintendent Physiotherapist , Specialist Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Team, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
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Paediatric neuromuscular disorders: transitional care and the increasing caseload for adult physiotherapists
- Room 1
- 10.30 - 11.15: Morning break
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11.15 - 12.45:
Paediatrics, management and service provision
- Room 1
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'What's the point?' Exploring the purpose of rehabilitation for
patients with primary brain tumours: an ethnographic study of patient's
perspectives
Diz Hackman - Superintendent Physiotherapist -
Lymphodoema research
Dr Jacquelyne Todd - Physiotherapst consultant in Lympodoema
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'What's the point?' Exploring the purpose of rehabilitation for
patients with primary brain tumours: an ethnographic study of patient's
perspectives
- Room 1
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11.15 - 12.30:
Research presentations
- Room 4
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11.15 - 11.30:
Walking in Charcot Marie Tooth Disease: The Role of Proximal Compensatory Strategies and the effects of Ankle Foot Orthoses *
Gita Rhamdharry -
11.30 - 11.45:
Without standardised measurements physiotherapy practice has a limited evidence base: A study of children referred with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) *
Judith Peters -
11.45 - 12.00:
Fighting Back and Taking Control: People with Cerebellar Ataxia Reflect on the Role of Exercise in Coping with their Condition *
Elizabeth Cassidy -
12.00 - 12.15:
What Changes Have Neurological Physiotherapists Experienced Since the Introduction of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (1992)? *
Frances Sapsford
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11.15 - 11.30:
Walking in Charcot Marie Tooth Disease: The Role of Proximal Compensatory Strategies and the effects of Ankle Foot Orthoses *
- Room 4
- 12.30 - 13.45: Lunch
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13.45 - 15.15:
Session Three
- Room 3
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Recovery of community ambulation following stroke
Professor Anne Shumway-Cook - Professor Emeritus , University of Washington -
14.30 - 14.45:
The physiological cost of walking in people with neurological conditions *
Lorna Paul -
14.45 - 15.00:
Somatosensory Recovery after Stroke *
Louise Connell -
15.00 - 15.15:
Assessment of somatosensory ability after stroke: can it be made more feasible? *
Louise Connell
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Recovery of community ambulation following stroke
- Room 3
- 15.15 - 16.00: Afternoon break
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16.00 - 17.00:
Session Four
- Room 3
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The National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke 2008: key messages for physiotherapists
Nicola Hancock - Member of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party (ICSWP) , Royal College of Physicians -
16.30 - 16.45:
A Cochrane Review of the effect of a lower limb orthosis on people with stroke *
Sarah Tyson -
16.45 - 17.00:
The effect of age and hand-dominance on the onset of muscle activity during an upper limb task *
Claire Bendrey
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The National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke 2008: key messages for physiotherapists
- Room 3
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