Innovative Non-Surgical Therapies for Pain and Functional Recovery

Topic Innovation Speakers Areerat Suputtitada THAÏLANDE Non-surgical and non-invasive therapies are gaining increasing relevance in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, offering effective alternatives to surgery for managing pain, restoring function, and improving quality of life. This session will highlight innovative approaches such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy, ultrasound-guided procedures, therapeutic education, vibration training, and kinesio-taping. Through clinical…

Electrodiagnosis and diagnostic nerve blocks in lower extremity spasticity assessment and treatment. From toxin to cryoneurolysis. From Egypt to Canada.

Id 7 Topic Spasticity Speakers Paul Winston Canada, Naglaa Gadallah Egypt, Eve Boissonnault Canada, Mahdis Hashemi Canada Attendees 60 Extra Fees – Experts from Egypt and Canada will present. 1. The use of electrophysiological measurements in lower extremity spasticity. 2. The use of diagnostic nerve bocks in muscle selection in spasticity. 3. The use of…

Obesity, Rehabilitation, and Lymphedema: Challenges and Advances in Comprehensive Management

Id 116 Topic Global Approache Speakers Astrid Teixeira Taborda Spain, Marta Supervia Polo spain, Judith Sanchez Raya spain, Helena Bascuñana spain Obesity is a complex chronic disease its prevalence has significantly increased in recent decades, making it a global public health issue. In addition to its well-known association with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, obesity has…

Non traumatic spinal cord Injury: An overview of causes, treatments and outcomes for adults and children

Id 122 Topic Neurorehabilitation Speakers Ronald Reeves USA, Cristina Sadowsky USA, Brittany Snider USA Non traumatic diseases and conditions affecting the spinal cord are caused by a wide range of conditions: arthritis, inflammation, infections, tumors, nutritional disorders, toxins, ischemia and vascular lesions. The conditions affecting children differ from those typically seen in adults, and the…

Introduction to the “ABCD ISPRM spasticity curriculum”: a novel educational program to enhance international spasticity education

Id 46 Topic Spasticity Speakers Mary Elizabeth Nelson-Biersach USA, Rajiv Reebye Canada, Stefano Carda Switzerland, Rita Pane Indonesia, Chloe haldane Canada, Klemen Grabljevec Slovenia Attendees 60 Extra Fees – In 2021, an international needs survey led by Dr’s Gerard Francisco and Thierry Deltombe (55 spasticity experts from 25 countries) revealed that there is an important…

Advancing Stem Cell Therapy: A New Frontier in Neurological Disorder Treatment

Id 6 Topic Research Speakers Xiaofeng Jia USA, Johannes Atta GERMANY, Toshiya Osanai JAPAN, Abdulrahman Shudifat JORDAN A review of the exciting frontier of stem cell therapy for acute neurological injuries including brain injury after cardiac arrest, global anoxic injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, and peripheral nerve injury. Attendees will learn the basic science involved…

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Individuals with Other Disabilities: Opportunities to Enhance Outcomes.

Id 67 Topic Cardiopulmonary Speakers Matthew Bartels USA, Areerat Suputtitada Thailand, Johnathan Whiteson USA, Gerold Ebenbichler Austria As the population treated in rehabilitation settings becomes older with increasing medical complexity, it is important for rehabilitation practitioners to be able to treat individuals with more than one disability. Among the most common conditions to present with…

Novel Insights in the rehabilitation of unilateral visuospatial neglect

Speaker Gilles Rode France Chairs FRANÇOIS RANNOU FRANCE, FOURTASSI MARYAM MOROCCO Deficits in spatial cognition secondary to right brain injury are a poor prognostic factor for motor and functional recovery. The most severe of these deficits is visuopatial neglect. This is a multifaceted syndrome whose deficits and productive manifestations can affect the different dimensions of…