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Focused Symposia

Each focused symposium was organised by a convenor who is a recognised expert/authority in the field.  The convenor had the responsibility for inviting/leading a group of international researchers through a series of linked presentations.

You can access some of the presentations from Congress here.

Title

Speakers

Breast Cancer and Exercise

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Harris

Binkley 1 and 2

Convenor

Susan R. Harris, Canada

Contributors

Kristin Campbell, USA

Margaret McNeely, Canada

Jill Binkley, USA

Moving Electrophysical Agents Forward in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment

Convenor

Ah-Cheng Goh, Japan

Contributors

Luther Kloth, USA

David Baxter, New Zealand

Val Robertson, Australia

FES Therapy after SCI: Functional, Physiological, Psychosocial, Bioengineering Outcomes

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Field-Fote

Johnston and Prochazka

Convenor

Edelle Field-Fote, USA

Contributors

Janis Daly, USA

Therese Johnston, USA

Arthur Prochazka, Canada

Gait Analysis and Training: Stepping from Mechanistic Research to Practice

 

Access the pdfs of the presentations here: http://www.icord.org/wcpt.html

Convenor

Janice Eng, Canada

Contributors

Meg Morris, Australia

Sandra Olney, Canada

Diane Damiano, USA

The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health

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Convenor

Elizabeth Dean, Canada

Contributors

Armele Dornelas de Andrade, Brazil

Rik Gosselink, Belgium

Saud Al-Obaidi, Kuwait

Gloria Umerah, Nigeria

Randomized Trials in Common Musculoskeletal Problems: Challenges and Future Directions

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Foster, Dziedzic, van der Windt and Fritz

Convenor

Nadine Foster, UK

Contributors

Krysia Dziedzic, UK

Danielle van der Windt, Netherlands

Julie Fritz, USA

Promoting Effective Interventions for Upper Extremity Recovery in Neurological Conditions

Convenor

Mindy Levin, Canada

Contributors

Steven Wolf, USA

Carolee Winstein, USA

Conservative Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Convenor

Erik Witvrouw, Belgium

Contributors

Christopher Powers, USA

Kay Crossley, Australia

Suzanne Werner, Sweden

Physiotherapy Management and Organisational Arrangements, is there a "Best" Model?

Convenor

Robert Jones, UK

Contributors

Fiona Jenkins, UK

Rosalie Boyce, Australia

Janice Mueller, New Zealand

Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Peripheral and Respiratory Muscle Adaptations

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Convenor

Dina Brooks, Canada

Contributors

Richard Debigare, Canada

W.Darlene Reid, Canada

Rik Gosselink, Belgium

Download a copy of the Call for Focused Symposia and Workshops.

Programme subject to change




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