Conference Program (subject to change)
 
 
  Sunday, 20 APRIL 2008
8:00 Conference Registration Open
 
9:00 Venue: AlRas I
Official Opening 
Opening Addresses: H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
EPS Chairperson 
World Confideration of Physical Therapy Speech
Exhibition Opening
  SESSION : WOMEN'S HEALTH
Chairperson : Shereen Sam
10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Diane Lee
Peripartum Pelvic Stability: The Role of Fascia 
10:40 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Alain Bourcier
Pelvic floor dysfunction, physical activities and sports in wome
11:00 Morning Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
  SESSION:  NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL
Chairperson : Sally-Ann Spencer 
11:25 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Mark Jones
"Physiotherapy Diagnostic Reasoning:  Pathology versus Physical Impairment"
 
Workshop
Optimising Cardiac & Pulmonary Function 
David Smith
Venue: AlRas II 
12:05 KEYNOTE LECTURE : Michael Shacklock 
Clinical Neurodynamics in Musculoskeletal Medicine.
12:45 Immediate effect of neutral positioning, positional release and muscle energy technique in Neck pain: a RCT - Subhash khatri 
13:00 Lunch 
  SESSION : WORK RELATED
Chairperson: Semir Bakija
   
14:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Leon Straker
Musculoskeletal disorders, computer use and children
Workshop
Application of normal/typical movement to the neurological physiotherapist
Margaret Mayston
Venue: AlRas II
14:40 Prevalence of occupational back problems among nurses in Saudi Arabia - Hani AlAbbad
14:55 Studying the changes in postural stability and balance in postural hyperkyphotic patients compared with healthy subjects - Minoo Khalkhali Zavieh
15:10 Chronic pelvic pain among a group of Iranian occupied women - Farideh Dhghan Manshadi
15:25 Afternoon Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
16:00 Indicators of adherence to physical therapy treatment - Jawaher AlAqeel  
16:15 Increased muscle activity in Low back pain patients during trunk rotation- Soraya pirouzi
16:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Are  clinical reasoning considerations different for acute versus chronic pain 
MODERATOR:
Sayed AlFaraskori
Panel members:
Mark Jones, Michael Shacklock, Kay Crossely, Leon Straker, Diane Lee, Vert Mooney , Thomas Dreisinger
17:30 End of Day One
  MONDAY, 21 APRIL 2008
  SESSION: NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL 
Chairperson: Mohamed Fawzi
   
8:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Margaret Mayston 
Normal movement/ Typical movement/Finding a neurophysiological basis
Workshop
Taping /Anterior Knee pain for the running athlete 
Kay Crossley
Venue : AlRas II
9:10 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Vert Mooney 
Development of Functional Measure in Physiotherapy
9:25 Clinical correlates of inflammation in lumbar disc herniation with associated radiculopathy - Omar Kaddour
9:40 Prevention and Treatment of Low Back Pain-Thomas E. (Ted) Dreisinger 
9:55 Interventional management of handicapping spacticity - Abdul Karim Mussadi
10:10 Morning Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
  SESSION: CARDIORESPIRATORY
Chairperson: Mustafa AlSayed
  
10:40 KEYNOTE LECTURE: David Smith 
First contact Physiotherapy - a Natural Evolution or a dangerous Revolution
11:20 Professional Development - Muhsen AlSayed
11:35 The effects of different methods of load carrying on respiratory volumes- Ali Ghanbari
11:50 The effectiveness of low intensity cardiac rehabilitation program using the six minute walk test in assessing VO2 max in reducing movement dysfunction- Paul V Goerge
  SESSION: MUSCULOSKELETAL 
Chairperson: Beverly Strathearn
   
12:15 To investigate the effect of verbal encouragement on the grip strength in health young individuals- Ebtisam Alsammak
12:30 Effect of repeated end range lumbar extension with lateral shift, on centralization monitored by Soleus H reflex- Raghda Farhan
12:45 A comparison of neck range of motion between patients with headache and matched controls - Farahnaz Ghaffarinejad 
13:00 Lunch and Poster & Exhibition Viewing
  SESSION: SPORT & FITNESS
Chairperson: Zaid AlHabashneh
  
14:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Kay Crossley
Patellofemoral pain: Advances in physiotherapy management
14:40 The effect of whole body vibration training on knee muscular strength, proprioception, postural stability, and lower limb function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Gholamreza Olyaei
14:55 The effect of increasing the instability of weight bearing surface on the activity of periarticular shoulder muscles during close chain activities - Simin Ardestani
15:10 Afternoon Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
15:30 Workshop1                          Venue: AlRas I  Workshop 2                          Venue: AlRas II
  Dynamic Stability of the Shoulder Complex-Assessment and Management
Mark Jones
The Role of the Pelvic Floor in Musculoskeletal and Urogynecological Function 
Diane Lee
17:30 End of Day One
  Tuesday, 22 APR 2008
  SESSION : WORK RELATED
Chairperson: Daniel Fischer
8:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Leon Straker"Musculoskeletal disorders, manual tasks and risk management" Workshop
Can Physiotherapy Help Patients with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ?
Alain Bourcier
Venue: AlRas II
9:10 Effectiveness of ultrasound in identification of tibial stress fractures - Subhash Khatri
9:25 The influence of neural mechanosensitivity on symptom response, performance, risk of reinjury in professional footballers - Grete Homstøl
9:40 The comparison of static stretch and muscle energy techniques on extensibility of short hamstring muscles - Azadeh Shadmehr
10:00 Morning Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
10:30 Workshop 1                          Venue: AlRas I Workshop 2                          Venue: AlRas II
  Systematic progression of neurodynamics for musculoskeletal disorders
Michael Shacklock  
Physical activity and office workers
Leon Straker
12:30 Lunch and Poster & Exhibition Viewing
  SESSION : MUSCULOSKELETAL
Chairperson:  Veena Laxman
13:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Mark Jones
"Physiotherapy Narrative Reasoning:  Understanding the Person behind the Problem"
 
14:10 Is there a difference in graft choice and function after ACL reconstruction? - Sonja Helbs  
14:25 Investigation into the effect of Ice immersion on ankle joint position sense - Farahnaz Ghaffarinejad
14:40 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Kay Crossley 
Consequences of knee pain and injury on muscle function: Implications for rehabilitation
15:20  CONCLUDING REMARKS : Amal AlShamlan
15:30  Appreciation Ceremony
16:00 Afternoon Coffee & Exhibiton Viewing


* Program is CME Accredited


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