RESCUE CONFERENCE
Friday, 18th March 2005
RESCUE CONFERENCE
REHABILITATION
IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE:
STRATEGIES FOR CUEING
Morning Session
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 – 09:35 | Welcome
and introduction to the day Dr Diana Jones, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 09:35 – 10:20 | Optimising
the biomechanics and motor control of gait and balance in people with
Parkinson’s disease Professor Meg Morris, La Trobe University, Sydney, Australia |
| 10:20 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:10 | Understanding
cues in the laboratory and the home: planning for the Rescue trial Dr Alice Nieuwboer, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium |
| 11:10 – 11:35 | Does
optimised cueing therapy make a difference to gait-related mobility
in Parkinson’s disease? - the Rescue trial key results Dr Gert Kwakkel, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | The
effect of cueing therapy as measured by activity monitoring in the
Rescue trial Dr Erwin van Wegen, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 12:00 – 12:25 | Measuring
the effect of rhythmical cues: Do the effects of cues generalise to
dual task conditions? Dr Lynn Rochester, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 12:25 – 13:30 | Lunch, poster viewing and preview of Rescue therapy guidelines CD-Rom |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 13:30 – 13:35 | Introduction to oral presentations (Chair Dr Diana Jones) |
| 13:35 – 13:55 | Intensive
treadmill training as an ‘external cue’ in Parkinson’s
disease: immediate and long-term effects on gait rhythm and quality
of life J Hausdorff et al, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Trunk
impairment in Parkinson’s disease G Verheyden et al, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | The validity
and inter-rater reliability of a new Parkinson’s disease mobility
scale: preliminary study M Pearson et al, University of Nottingham, UK |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Self-reported
strain by informal caregivers of persons with Parkinson’s disease E Kerckhofs, Vrije University, Belgium |
| 14:55 – 15:20 | Break |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Recruiting
people with Parkinson’s disease from clinical data bases A Ashburn et al, University of Southampton, UK |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Referral
to non-pharmacological interventions in Parkinson’s disease M Nijkrake et al, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Efficacy
of physical therapy in Parkinson’s disease: a feasibility study
of a randomized controlled trial S Keus et al, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Efficacy
of a physical therapy program in patients with Parkinson’s disease:
a randomised controlled trial C de Goede et al, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Questions to the Rescue Team |
| 17:00
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Drinks/borrel |
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