Programme
Thursday, 12 May 2011 |
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| 12.00- | Registration |
| 13.00-15.30 | Pre-Satellite - Astra Tech (click the title to open the programme) Impact of Bladder Dysfunction in MS |
13.00-15.30
16.00-18.30 |
Pre-workshops
Workshop 1 (click the title to open the programme) |
| Registration at the conference site | |
| 19.30-21.00 | Welcome Party |
| Friday, 13 May 2011 | |
| 8.00-9.00 | Registration at the conference site |
| 9.00-9.15 | Opening remarks Juhani Ruutiainen, local organiser Tom Grönberg, President, Finnish MS Society Eija Luoto, RIMS President |
| 9.15-10.00 | Plenary lecture 1 Chair: Claudio Solaro (IT) Research in MS physiotherapy: Pitfalls and recommendations Jenny Freeman (UK) |
| 10.00-11.00 | SESSION 1 - MS today Chairs:Kari Majamaa (FI), Peter Feys(B) ●Improved survival in MS Nils Koch-Henriksen (DK) ●The Role of vitamin D in MS from fetus to oldest age Merja Soilu-Hänninen (FI) ●Falls in MS: frequency, risk factors & prevention Davide Cattaneo (IT) |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee & posters |
| 11.30-12.30 | Platform presentations 1 Chair:Thomas Henze (DE), Peter Feys (BE) 8 min + 2 min for questions ●When a rehabilitation team vibrates: how can we care for person with MS requesting Euthanasia - an explorative study, An van Nunen (BE) ●The effects of heat on cognition in patients with MS, Ikonen A (FI) ●Summary of eye exams of 284 patients wih MS, Roodhooft JM (BE) ●Validity of scales rating upper limb in people with Multiple Sclerosis, Bertoni R (I) ●Mobile accelerometry to assess mobility in outpatient MS patients - test-retest evaluation in a pilot study, Götze N (D) ●Small closed virtual communities. Case: Power and Support from the Net - Rehabilitation Courses for People with Multiple Sclerosis, Heikkinen M (FI) |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch & posters |
| 13.30-15.00 | SESSION 2 - Parallel sessions |
| parallel session1
13.30-14.00 14.00-14.30 14.30-15.00 |
The Role of Psychology and Neuropsychology in MS Rehabilitation Chair: L Vahter (EE) ●Psychological Interventions in MS - an update Liina Vahter, (EE) ●What works, why and for whom? Psychodynamic psychotherapy with PwMS in Denmark: Qualitative and quantitative outcomes Michael Nissen, (DK) ●Neuropsychological interventions in MS – an update Päivi Hämäläinen, (FI) |
| parallel session 2 13.30-14.05 14.05-14.30
| Physical rehabilitation for MS: assessment, content, education Chairs: Claudio Solaro (IT), Paul Van Asch (BE) ●Introduction & RIMS multi-center studies on walking Assessment in MS, Domien Gijbels (BE), Peter Feys, (BE) ●Towards an Inventory of the Content of Physical Rehabilitation in Europe Kamila Rasova (CR), Thomas Henze (DE) ●Promotion of Physical Activity Behaviour in persons with MS: a multi-level program in Flanders Paul Van Asch (BE) ●Treatment of Balance and Gait in MS: goals of SIG Meeting in 2011, Carme Santoyo (ES) |
parallel session 3
13.30-15.30
15.30 – 16.00 |
The Finnish MS Society - 40 years for a good life |
| 15.00-16.00 | Satellite symposium - Novartis Chair: Prof Risto Roine (FI) New Strategies in Drug Treatment in MS Prof Xavier Montalban (ES) |
| 16.00-16.30 | Coffee & posters |
| 16.30-17.30 | SESSION 3 - Challenges for Compliance and Patient Education Chairs: Helena Leino-Kilpi (FI), Vicky Matthews (UK) ●The role of PwMS in important desision making C Heesen (DE) ●The (potential) role of specialist MS nurses in patient information and decision support S Köpke (DE) ●Knowing is one thing Living is another; how to ensure people with MS can stay with treatments N MacLeod (UK) |
| 17.30-18.30 | RIMS General Assembly RIMS 20 year´s celebration – Dr Pierre Ketelaer (BE) Elections for Executive Board Members |
| 19.30 | Dinner at Turku VPK-talo / The Turku fire brigade convention house |
| Saturday, 14 May 2011 | |
| 8.00-9.00 | Reserved for General Assembly (for members only) |
| 9.00-9.45 | Plenary lecture 2 Age and Disability in MS Alan Thompson (UK) |
| 9.45-10.45 | SESSION 4 - From evidence to practise Chairs: Christoph Heesen (DE), Pierre Ketelaer (BE) ●National program to set standards for MS rehabilitation Tiina Suomela-Markkanen (FI) ●Recommendations for Neuropsychogical rehabilitation in MS Päivi Hämäläinen (FI) ●Using GAS for goal setting in MS Thamar JH Bovend'Eerdt (NL) |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee & posters |
| 11.15-12.15 | Satellite symposium - Biogen Idec Chair: Adjunct prof Merja Soilu-Hänninen (FI) The safety profile of current and emerging MS drugs Prof Jan Lycke (SE) |
| 12.15-13.15 | Platform presentations 2 Chairs: Judith Luzt (CH), Claudio Solaro (IT) 8 min + 2 min for questions ●SaGAS 20/10 a revised and simplified version of SaGAS (Short and Graphic Ability Score) as a complement to the EDSS for the moderately disabled patients with MS, Vaney C (CH) ●A teleconferecne-delivered program increases the use and effectiveness of fatigue management strategies among PwMS, Finlayson M (USA) ●Relationship between 10-meter timed walk test and community walking in MS, Kempen JCE (NL) ●Autonomy preferences, risk knowledge and decision making performance in MS (AutoMS): the control preference scale, Solari A (I) ●Influence of waterdimension of on cytokine response durimg 3 weeks standardized training on PwMS, Bansi J (CH) ●Heat stress worsens physical functioning in persons with MS, Romberg A (FI) |
| 13.15-14.15 | Lunch & posters |
| 14.15-15.30 | SESSION 5 - Are the mountains too high? Chairs: Claude Vaney (CH), Ingrid Galan (ES) ●Is physical activity reduced or not in MS? Anders Romberg (FI) ●Effects of exercise therapy on walking, fatique, and quality of life Peter Feys (BE) ●Community based exercise programmes for people with MS Susan Coote (IE) ●Case report: What happened in Mount Ventoux? Paul van Asch (BE) |
| 15.30-16.00 | Closing Remarks Eija Luoto, RIMS President RIMS Best Poster Award RIMS Best Platform Presentation Award Welcome to 2012 RIMS Conference |
| 16.00 | Refreshments |