Featured Symposia
Monday, June 25
Update on neurological gait disorders: a step into the future
Speakers: Bas Bloem (organizer), Nir Giladi, Jacqui Close, Elena Moro
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Arm movements and gait
Speakers: Jacques Duysens (organizer), Yuri Ivanenko, Jaap van Dieën, Alice Nieuwboer, Sarah Vercruysse, Pieter Meyns
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Axial disability and compensatory strategies in Parkinson’s disease
Speakers: Evzen Ruzicka (organizer), Bastiaan Bloem, Alice Nieuwboer
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Physical and neuropsychological risk factors for falls in older people with no, mild and moderate cognitive impairment
Speakers: Stephen R Lord (organizer), Kim Delbaere, Morag E Taylor, Jacqueline CT Close
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Ambulatory assessment of posture and gait in Parkinson’s: why and how?
Speakers: Walter Maetzler (organizer), Anke Snijders, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Arash Salarian
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
How modeling contributes to understanding postural control
Speakers: Robert J. Peterka (organizer), Ian D. Loram, Thomas Mergner, Sukyung Park, Herman van der Kooij
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Physical activity monitoring in daily life: validity and validation issues
Speakers: Kamiar Aminian (organizer), Ulrich Lindemann, Hans Bussmann, Wiebren Zijlstra
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Tuesday, June 26
Exergaming to influence walking
Speakers: Eling de Bruin (organizer), Joyce Fung, Anat Mirelman
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
What can we detect by vestibular function test?
Speakers: Kazuo Ishikawa (organizer), Kyu Sung Kim, Sung Huhn Kim, Toshiaki Murofushi, Aoki Mitsuhiro, Min Yin
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Neuroimaging of Gait
Speakers: Nir Giladi (organizer), Jahn Klaus, Martijn Muller, Sarah Vercruysse, Frank-Erik de Leeuw
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Wednesday, June 27
Cognitive therapy as a complementary way to improve gait and reduce fall risk
Speakers: Manuel Montero Odasso (organizer), Oliver Beauchet, Anne Felicia Ambrose, Jeffrey Hausdorff
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
The use of wearable inertial sensors to identify falls and estimate the risk of future fall events
Speakers: Dr. Mirjam Pijnappels (organizer), Dr. Stephen Redmond, Prof. Dr. Nigel Lovell, Sietse Rispens, Dr. Alan Bourke, Dr. John Nelson, Dr. Victor Cionca, Dr. Aner Weiss
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Why instrument the TUG test?
Speakers: Fay B. Horak, Lorenzo Chiari (co-organizers), Barry Greene, Benoit Mariani
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Falls after stroke – underlying mechanisms and novel options for intervention
Speakers: Dr. Vivian Weerdesteyn (organizer), Prof. Ann Ashburn, Dr. Avril Mansfield, Dr. Melvyn Roerdink
Time: 14:30 - 16:00