Preliminary PROGRAM
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Conference @ Thagaste Monastery "Augustijnenklooster" Ghent
As the Conference is held in a Monastery, you can daily be part of the "original" chants of the monks of the Abbey at 7:00, 12:00 or 17:30 at the Principal Church. The daily Eucharist is at 18:00.
As the Conference is held in a Monastery, you can daily be part of the "original" chants of the monks of the Abbey at 7:00, 12:00 or 17:30 at the Principal Church. The daily Eucharist is at 18:00.
An applicaton for accreditation has been submitted,
including 3 hours ethics
| PAEDIATRIC EMG TECHNIQUES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Dr. Ruth Van der Looven and Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten |
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| 07.30 | Registration | |
| 08.30 | Welcome Word | Vander Straeten Guy (BE) |
| 09.00 |
Techniques and pitfalls in paediatric EMG |
Matthew Pitt (UK) |
| 09.30 |
EMG waveform and recruitment analysis |
Sanjeev Nandedkar (USA) |
| 10.00 |
The problem of normative data in paediatric electrodiagnostic studies | Joe Jabre (USA) |
| 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00 | Autonomic testing | Nancy Kuntz (USA) |
| 11.30 | Use of SEP in children | Karin Eeg-Olfson (SE) |
| 12.00 |
Exploring the diaphragm | Frederic Nicot (FR) |
| 12.30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey | |
| MYOPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten an Prof. Dr. De Muynck |
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| 14.00 | Overview | Rudy Van Coster (BE) |
| 14.30 |
Predicting muscle biopsy results from quantification of the EMG |
Matthew Pitt (UK) |
| 15.00 |
MRI appearance of muscle disease | Nele Herregods (BE) |
| 15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | WORKSHOPS (option of choosing 2) | |
| 1: Waveform and recruitment analysis - MONICA ROOM | Sanjeev Nandedkar (USA) | |
| 2: Autonomic testing - CARTHAGO ROOM | Nancy Kuntz (USA) | |
| 3: SEP in children - NICOLAS ROOM | Karin-Eeg-Olfson (SE) | |
| 4: How to produce normative data using E-norms - HIPPO ROOM |
Joe Jabre (USA) |
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| 5: Presplinting techniques in Rehab - AUGUSTINUS ROOM | Wim Sevenants (BE) | |
| 17.30 | End of Conference Day 1 | |
| 18.00 | RECEPTION - TOWN HALL GHENT | |
| 19.00 | SALSA COURSE - CLUB CENTRAL | |
Thursday 28 September 2017
| CHANNELOPATHIES / NMJ DISORDERS - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Dr. Pitt and Dr. Van der Looven |
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| 09.00 | Overview | Patrick Verloo (BE) |
| 09.30 | Staying current with CMS genetics | David Beeson (UK) |
| 10.00 |
Measuring Jitter in children with SPACE (demonstration) |
Matthew Pitt (UK) |
| 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00 | Results of SPACE in myasthenia | Jacquie Deeb (UK) |
| 11.30 | Short and long excercise testing | Yann Péréon (FR) |
| 12.00 |
Other techniques for analysis of myotonia |
Dick Stegeman (NL) |
| 12.30 | Lunch break | |
| 13.15 | POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey | |
| NEUROPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten and Dr. De Cock |
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| 14.00 | Several pediatric mononeuropathies | Ioannis Karakis (USA) |
| 14.30 | Acute and chronic acquired neuropathies |
Hugh McMillan (CA) |
| 15.00 | Sensory neuropathies in childhood | Cyril Gitiaux (FR) |
| 15:15 | Ultrasound techniques in nerve pathology | Lina Van Brabander (BE) |
| 15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | WORKSHOPS (option of choosing 2) | |
| 1: Stimulation Single Fibre - MONICA ROOM | Matthew Pitt (UK) |
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| 2: Short and long exercise testing - NICOLAS ROOM | Yann Péréon (FR) | |
| 3: Stimulation Single Fibre - HIPPO ROOM | Jacquie Deeb (UK) | |
| 4: Neurostimulation for central and functional rehabilitation - CARTHAGO ROOM | Laurent Baranzelli (FR) |
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| 17.30 | End of Conference Day 2 | |
| GALA DINNER AND DANCING - SINT PIETERS ABDIJ | ||
Friday 29 September 2017
| SMA - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Dr. De Cock and Dr. Van der Looven |
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| 09.00 | Overview | Nicolas Deconinck (BE) |
| 09.30 |
Following Outcomes with EDX in SMA: |
Peter Kang (USA) |
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10.00 |
Bulbar SMA syndromes |
John McHugh (IE) |
| 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Bulbar EMG in babies | Francis Renault (FR) |
| PLEXOPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Prof. De Muynck and Dr. Pitt |
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| 11.30 | OBPL: its continued fascination to EMG'ers | Ruth Van der Looven (BE) Matthew Pitt (UK) |
| 12.00 |
What a surgeon wants to know from EMG (interactive pannel session) |
Wim Vanhove (BE) Jörg Bahm (DE) Willem Pondaag (NL) |
| 12.30 | Lunch break | |
| 13.15 | POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey | |
| MISCELANEA - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Dr. Pitt and Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten |
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| 14.00 |
Genetics today: all-seeing eye or partner in crime? |
Olivier Vanakker (BE)
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| 14.30 |
Standardising electrodiagnostic techniques across an international paediatric EMG network |
Matthew Pitt (UK) Joe Sabre (USA) |
| 15.00 | Looking to 2019 | John McHugh (IE) |
| CLOSING SESSION - AUGUSTINUS ROOM MODERATOR: Dr. Decock and Dr. Van der Looven |
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| 15:30 |
Difficult cases: Clinical - ethical - diagnostic decision making |
Board members Matthew Pitt (UK) |
| 16:45 | Closing | Martine De Muynck (BE) |
| 17.00 | End of Conference Day 3 | |
