State of the art in Chronic Low Back Pain

Bodrum, 4 – 6 April 2004

 Programme

 

 

Saturday, April 3rd

17:00 – 18:00                 Registration  (AZKA Hotel, follow signs)

 

 

Sunday, April 4th

08:00 –  09:00               Registration (AZKA Hotel, follow signs)                                     

09:00 – 10:30                   Introduction

Anatomy Biomechanics Aetiology                             Prof.dr.ir. C.J. Snijders

10:30 – 11:00                   Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30                 Epidemiology, incidence, costs                                   Prof.dr. B.W. Koes

                                            International clinical guidelines

 

12:30 – 14:30                 Lunch 

 

14:30 – 15:30                Neurobiology of pain                                                       Prof.dr. B.H.Sjφlund

15:30 – 16:30                   Assessment: Physical examination                           Dr. J.M.A. Mens

16:30 – 16:45                   Coffee break

16:45 – 17:45                   Psychological assessment                                         Prof.dr. L. McCracken

17:45 – 18:00                   Free presentation:

- Recurrent low back pain, a description of the phenomenon relapse from patients' perspective

 

 

Welcome cocktail

Welcome dinner

Bodrum by night

 

 

Monday, April 5th

09:00 – 10:15                 Imaging techniques                                                        Prof.dr. K. Verstraete

10:15 – 10:30                   Coffee break

10:30 – 11:30                   EMG                                                                              Dr. M. Kankaanpaa

11:30 – 12:30                   Corsets / braces                                                          Prof.dr. A. Oral

 

12:30 – 14:30                 Lunch 

 

14:30 – 15:30                   Exercises                                                                      M. Kankaanpaa 

15:30 – 16:30                   Manipulations                                                               Dr. J. van der Meij

16:30 – 16:45                   Coffee break

16:45 – 17:45                   Anesthesiological and algological

Techniques                                                                   Ass. Prof.dr. G. K.Talu

17:45 – 18:15                   Free presentations :

- Back extensor muscle fatigability in chronic idiopathic low back pain patients: Relationship between EMG power spectrum changes and body mass index

- MR aortography and serum cholesterol levels in patients with long-term non-specific lower back pain

 

20:00                                  Gala dinner

 

 

Tuesday, April 6th

09:00 – 10:15                 Hydro climatology, balneotherapy                  Prof.dr. M.Z. Karagόlle   

10:15 – 10:30                   Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30                   Surgery: neuro-surgical aspects                                Prof.dr. M. Zileli

11:30 – 12:30                   Surgery: orthopaedic aspects                                    Ass.Prof.dr. U. Talu

 

12:30 – 14:30                   Lunch

 

14:30 – 15:30                   Multidisciplinary programs                                          Prof.dr. L. McCracken

15:30 – 16:30                   Evidence based complementary medicine              Dr. M. Pittler

16:30 – 16:45                   Coffee break

16:45 – 17:45                   Free presentations:

                                            - Does Dynamic Sitting affect Trunk Kinematics or EMG?                               

- Effectiveness of Action Potential Simulation (APS) Therapy in the Management of Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Observation in JCRPO

                                            - Therapeutic Yoga for Back Pain: An Overview

- Low back pain in Spa centre

 

17:45                                  Certificate ceremony