Final Scientific Program

There will be simultaneous translation in Portuguese and English during the plenary, parallel and free paper sessions of the Congress only.

Once maximum seating capacity has been attained in the main auditoriums, the sessions will be transmitted via video conferencing to smaller auditoriums.

Distribution of Delegate Packets will begin on September 24th at:
- 8:30 am for individuals registered for the workshops
- 2:30 pm for all other registered participants


SEPTEMBER 24 / Pre-Congress Activities

 

There will be no simultaneous translation during the Workshops.

8:30 – 06:00     Pick-up of Registration Materials:
Distribution of Delegate Packets will begin on September 24th at:
- 8:30am for individuals registered for the workshops
- 2:30pm for all other registered participants


9:30 – 11:00     WORKSHOPS A (1 – 4)

1

Botulinum Toxin and Spasticity Anthony Ward, UK

2 Neurologic Music Therapy – Michael Thaut, USA
3 Cerebral Palsy and TBI - a Family-based Approach to the Rehabilitation of the Child – Lucia W Braga, Brasil
4 Dysphagia & Facial Oral Tract Therapy – Kay Coombes, UK; Amanda McLeod, UK

11:00 – 11:30     Coffee Break

11:30 – 1:00     WORKSHOPS B (5 – 8)
5

Quality of Life after Brain Injury – Klaus von Wild, Nicole von Steinbüchel, Germany; Jean-Luc Truelle, France

7 Auditory Cognitive Functions – Stephanie Clarke, Switzerland 
8 Robotics – Leopold Saltuari, Austria and Igo Krebs, USA

2:00 – 3:30      WORKSHOPS C (9 – 12)

9

Poststroke Pain Management – Leonard Li, China and Martin Grabois, USA

10 Memory Rehabilitation – Barbara Wilson, UK
11 Case Management Maggie Sargent;  Jo Clark-Wilson, UK
12 Neuroethics – Sabahat Asim Wasti, UAE

3:30 – 4:00     Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30     WORKSHOPS D (13 – 16)
13

Challenging Behaviour – Timothy Feeney, USA

15 Intrathecal Baclophen – Leopold Saltuari, Austria
16 ICF – Matilde Leonardi, Italy

4:00 – 5:30      SPECIAL MEETING:

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION of YOUNG NEUROLOGISTS and TRAINEES (YNT) MTG

  • Barbara Hess (A) Introduction: YNT as a Board for Neurologists in Training and Neurorehabilitation Training in Europe;
  • Michael Barnes (UK): Current Role of Neurorehabilitation in the Practice and Training of Neurology;
  • Michael Selzer (USA): Neurorehabilitation Training: Visions for the next 5 Years;
  • Heinrich Binder (A) and Volker Hömberg (G): Neurorehabilitation Training in Central Europe;
  • Franz Gerstenbrand (A): Ethics and Medical Laws in Neurorehabilitation;
  • Leonard Li (China): Neurorehabilitation in Hong Kong, China - Training Curriculum and Current Situation.

5:30        SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS
Traumatic Brain Injury - Alessandro Giustini, Italy
Neuropathic Pain - Martin Grabois, USA
Robotics - Igo Krebs, USA
Mild Brain Injury - Amanda McLeod, UK
Telerehabilitation - Paolo Tonin, Italy
ICF/MAC - Matilde Leonardi, Italy

6:30 Opening Reception

 


SEPTEMBER 25
/ Day I

8:00 – 8:45          POSTER DISPLAY Set-up

8:30-6:30 P.m.     Pick-up of Registration Materials

9:00                OPENING CEREMONY

Brazilian Government
WCNR Presidential Address Lucia W Braga
WFNR Presidential Address Michael Barnes
SARAH Network Welcome Aloysio Campos da Paz Jr.


9:40 – 10:00      OPENING SPEAKER:

James Fawcett, UK
Reactivating CNS Plasticity Opens a Window of Opportunity for Effective Rehabilitation Therapy


10:00 – 10:30     Posters and Coffee Break


9:00 – 12:10    Plenary Session:

INTERVENTION IN CNS INJURY: EXPERIMENTAL

10:30 – 10:50

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mate Dobrossy, UK
Environmental and Training Associated Factors in Transplant-mediated Brain Repair

10:50 – 11:10

Michael Selzer, USA
Intraneuronal Determinants of Axon Regeneration

11:10 – 11:30

Leonardo Cohen, USA
Brain Stimulation in Neurorehabilitation: Present and Future

11:30 – 11:50

Nick Ward, U.K
Cerebral reorganisation during ageing: insights from neuroimaging

11:50 – 12:10

John Steeves, Canada
Designing Valid Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials


12:10 – 1:30     Lunch


1:30 – 3:50      Parallel Sessions: Hall I & Hall II

INTERVENTION in CNS INJURY
Neuroimaging & Recovery

UPDATE LECTURES

1:30 – 1:50

Stephanie Clarke, Switzerland
Neuroimaging of Cognitive Functions: from Recovery to Rehabilitation

1:30 – 1:50

David Good, USA
Randomized Clinical Trials in Stroke Rehabilitation

1:50 – 2:10

Klaus Willmes, Germany
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies on Aphasia Rehabilitation

1:50 – 2:10

João Eugênio G. de Medeiros, Brazil
Pupilometry in Cerebral Palsy

2:10 – 2:30

Nick Ward, U.K
Cerbral reorganisation after stroke: the role of fMRI

2:10 – 2:30

Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway
Post-polio; Pathogenesis and Consequences for Treatment

2:30 – 2:50

Alexandre Castro-Caldas, Portugal Going to School after 50: Evidence of Brain Plasticity for Learning, later in Life

2:30 – 2:50 

Georg Greitemann, Germany
Aphasia Syndromes Revisited

2:50 – 3:10

John Olver, Australia
The Effects of Aging on Outcome           

2:50 – 3:10

Dolores Claros-Salinas, Germany Assessment of Attention Decrement by Circadian Testing within Vocational Neurorehabilitation

3:10 – 3:30

Rob Forsyth, UK
Designing Studies of Drug Interventions to Promote Recovery after ABI

3:10 – 3:30 

Leopold Saltuari, Austria
Deep Brain Stimulation

3:30 – 3:50

Colin Smith, UK
APOE and Other Genetic Polymorphisms in Recovery

3:30 - 3:50

Leonardo Cohen, USA
Brain Computer-Interfaces: Application in Neurology and Neurorehabilitation


3:50 – 4:20     Poster and Coffee Break


4:30 – 5:30     Free Paper Presentations


5:30pm          WFNR General Assembly



SEPTEMBER 26
/ Day II

8:00 – 8:45      POSTER DISPLAY Set-up


8:00 – 9:00     Free Paper Presentations


9:00 – 12:30    Plenary Session:

ENVIRONMENT & RECOVERY: METHODS, PHYSICAL and NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL

9:00 – 9:20

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Barbara Wilson, UK
Rehabilitation of Cognitive and Emotional Consequences of Brain Injury

9:20 – 9:40   

Jennie Ponsford, Australia
Fatigue Following Traumatic Brain Injury

9:40 – 10:00

Lucia W Braga, Brazil
Humanistic Models of Rehabilitation

10:00 – 10:20

Anthony Ward, UK
Care Pathways in Rehabilitation


10:20 – 10:50     Posters and Coffee Break


10:50 – 11:10

Aloysio Campos da Paz Jr., Brazil
Spinal Cord Injury: from the 60s up to now

11:10 – 11:30

Gert Kwakkel, Netherlands
Impact of Rhythmic Cueing in Parkinson’s Disease: What is the evidence?

11:30 – 11:50

David Good, USA
New Approaches to Facilitate Motor Recovery in Stroke

11:50 – 12:10

George Prigatano, USA
Anosognosia and the Process and Outcome of Neurorehabilitation

12:10 – 12:30

Pam Enderby, UK
Communication and Environmental Control


12:30 – 2:00     Lunch


2:00 – 4:00

Parallel Sessions:

ENVIRONMENT & RECOVERY: METHODS, PHYSICAL and NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL

I

II

2:00 – 2:20 

David Johnson, UK
Can Virtual Reality Environments be Enriched Environments: a Decade on, Are We still Overlooking a Valuable Resource?

2:00 – 2:20 

Józef Opara, Poland 
Is Quality of Life an Indicator of Effectiveness of Post-Stroke Rehabilitation?

2:20 – 2:40 

David Man, Hong Kong
Application of Virtual Reality to Cognitive Rehabilitation

2:20 – 2:40 

Gunes Yavuzer, Turkey
Rehabilitation of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunctions

2:40 – 3:00 

Paolo Tonin, Italy
Development of Telerehabilitation: Problems, Results, and Challenges

2:40 – 3:00 

Raymond Rosales, Philippines Spasticity after Stroke: the Role of Botulinum Toxin Therapy as Early Intervention

3:00 – 3:20  

Paul Schönle, Germany
Neuropragmatics: an Action Theory Approach to Neurorehabilitation and the ICF

3:00 – 3:20  

Chetwyn Chan, Hong Kong
Mental Imagery: Neural Processes and Application to Neurorehabilitation

3:20 – 3:40

Giovanni Abbruzzese, Italy
Rehabilitation for Movement Disorders

3:20 – 3:40

Michael Thaut, USA 
Clinical Neuromusicology and Brain Plasticity

3:40 – 4:00 

Volker Hömberg, Germany Evidence Based Modular Motor Therapies

3:40 – 4:00 

Valentin Bohotin, Romania
The Effects of Cerebrolysin Treatment on Early
Neurorehabilitation after Ischemic Stroke of Middle Cerebral Artery: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study


4:00 – 4:30     Posters and Coffee Break


4:30 – 6:00     Free Paper Presentations


6:00                  SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

Rehabilitation for Movement Disorder - Giovanni Abbruzzese, Italy
Spinal Injury - Heinrich Binder, Austria
Neurologic Music Therapy - Michael Thaut, USA
Paediatric Neurorehabilitation - Volker Hömberg, Germany
Ethics in Neurorehabilitation, practical use and clinical trials - Sabahat Asim Wasti, UAE
Clinical Pathways - Thomas Platz, Germany
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation - Barbara Wilson, UK

8:30               Gala Dinner



SEPTEMBER 27
/ Day III

8:00 – 8:45     POSTER DISPLAY Set-up


8:00 – 9:00     Free Paper Presentations


9:00 – 12:10    Plenary Session:

9:00 – 9:20

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Stanislas Dehaene, France
Brain Changes Induced by Learning to Read


CHILD AND FAMILY

9:20 – 9:40

James Malec, USA
Self-awareness, Self-appraisal, and Depression after Brain Injury

9:40 – 10:00

François Gaillard, Switzerland
Neuropsychological Cues of Writing Readiness


10:00 – 10:30     Posters and Coffee Break


10:30 – 10:50

Timothy Feeney, USA
Co-occurring Disabilities

10:50 – 11:10

Marc A. Forman, USA
Family of the Child with Brain Injury

11:10 – 11:30

Georges Dellatolas, France
Neuropsychological Difficulties in Children with Cerebellar Pathologies: Empirical Evidence, Rehabilitation, and Theories on Cerebellar Function

11:30 – 11:50

Mark Ylvisaker, USA
Reconstructing Identity after Brain Injury

11:50 – 12:10  

James Malec, USA
Family Issues and Intervention after Brain Injury    


12:10 – 2:00     Lunch


2:00 – 6:30      Plenary Session:

LESSONS FROM HISTORY

2:00 – 2:20

Walton Schalick, USA
Through a Glass Darkly: History and Ethics of Pediatric Disability

2:20 – 2:40

Anne-Lise Christensen, Denmark
Luria, Russia and Neurorehabilitation

2:40 – 3:00

Nirmal Surya, India
History and Ancient Techniques of Rehabilitation

3:00 – 3:20  

João Filgueiras Lima (Lelé), Brazil
The Integration of Architecture and Rehabilitation


3:20 – 3:50     Posters and Coffee Break


NEUROETHICS

3:50 – 4:10

Matilde Leonardi, Italy
Human Rights Legislation and Rehabilitation

4:10 – 4:30 

John Stein, UK
Public Sympathy for Neurorehabilitation

4:30 – 4:50 

Luiz Garcia, Brazil
Media, Society and Neuroscience


4:50               Panel and Audience Discussion

This discussion session is designed for audience – panel participation.  The audience is welcome and encouraged to debate, discuss and pose questions to the panel of experts.

5:50               Michael Selzer, USA WFNR Closing Address

 

FREE PAPER AND POSTER SESSIONS, BY DATE AND TIME:

 

SEPTEMBER 25 Day I

4:30 – 5:30

Free Paper Presentations

 

 

Auditorium A - 4:30 - 5:30

4:30 – 4:40

Cortical Excitability in Chronic Stroke and Modulation by Training, a TMS Study - JørgenFeldbæk Nielsen

4:40 – 4:50

Cortical Plastic Changes in Wrist Muscles Induced by Paired Associative Stimulation in Stroke Patients - Philippe Marque

4:50 – 5:00

Migration of Type A Botulinum Toxin in Vivo is not Related to the Size of the Toxin Complex - Andrew Pickett

5:00 – 5:10

Neural Correlates of Voluntary Purposeful Actions – an fMRI Study - Son Preminger

5:10 – 5:20

The Influence of APOE and COMT Polymorphisms on Acute Rehabilitation Outcome following TBI - Barry Jordan

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium B - 4:30 - 5:30

4:30 – 4:40

Impact of Interdisciplinary Intervention on Rehabilitation of Patients with Stroke Sequelae - Marcio Venturini

4:40 – 4:50

Impact of Lokomat Training on Gait Rehabilitation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial in Stroke Patients - Andreas Mayr

4:50 – 5:00

Independent Influence of Visuospatial Hemineglect on Postural Control in the Acute Phase of Stroke - Alexander Geurts

5:00 – 5:10

Prediction of Functional Outcomes by Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Persons with Stroke - Chi Kong Yip

5:10 – 5:20

The Effects of Playstation II Eyetoy Games on Gait Pattern after Stroke - Gunes Yavuzer

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium C - 4:30 - 5:30

4:30 – 4:40

Early Intensive Rehabilitation Improves IQ and School Reintegration of Children with Severe TBI - Maria Flávia Dorrego

4:40 – 4:50

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attention Process Training Post-Stroke: Rationale, Design and Preliminary Findings of the Start Study - Suzanne Barker-Collo

4:50 – 5:00

Does Effectiveness of Aphasia Rehabilitation after Stroke Differ between Acute and Chronic Stage? - Sehim Kutlay

5:00 – 5:10

Return to Work after Brain Injury and Predicting Factors - Ann Björkdahl

5:10 – 5:20

Severity of Aphasia according to Aphasia Type and Lesion Location after Left Hemispheric Stroke - Nam-Jong Paik

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium D - 4:30 - 5:30

4:30 – 4:40

An Italian Qualitative Study on TBI ICF Core Sets - Alessandro Giustini

4:40 – 4:50

Competency in Activities Predicts Participation One Year after Traumatic Brain Injury - Unni Sveen

4:50 – 5:00

Functioning after Severe Multiple Injuries Comprising TBI: A 5-Year Follow-up - Helene L. Soberg

5:00 – 5:10

Investigating the Impact of Differing Diagnostic Criteria for Dysautonomia and ‘Paid’: Determining Caseness - Ian Baguley

5:10 – 5:20

Psychiatric Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury - Jennie Ponsford

5:20 – 5:30

Quality of Life Four Years after TBI - A Quantitative and Qualitative Research Study - Vivi Nielsen

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium E - 4:30 - 5:30

4:30 – 4:40

Clinical Outcome of Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation in Subjects with Multiple Sclerosis: A Prospective and 3-Month Follow-up Study - Paolo Rossi

4:40 – 4:50

Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Muscle Strength and Functional Activities on Patients with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy: A Pilot Study - Sibel Aksu

4:50 – 5:00

Impact of Fatigue on Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis Patient - Elda Judica

5:00 – 5:10

Outcome of Inpatient Intensive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis - Filippo Martinelli Boneschi

5:10 – 5:20

Posterior CT-guided Botulinum Toxin Injections for Spastic Hip Flexor Muscles - Angus Graham

5:20 – 5:30

The Effects of Age, Gender, Pain, Mobility Level and Falls History on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of the Patients with Neuromuscular Disease - Muhammed Kilinc

Discussion/Questions

 

SEPTEMBER 25 Day II

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
9:00am – 5:00pm

01

Myelomeningocele and Driving: Neuropsychological Aspects - Jan Stubberud

02

Evidence that Song Facilitates Memory in an Amnesic Patient - Maria Letícia Alberti

03

A Comparison of the Physical, Functional and Psychosocial Level of Two Monozygotic Twin Subjects with Myotonic Dystrophy: A Case Study - Sibel Atay

04

A Novel Electromechanical Device for Finger Training: Preliminary Experience - Andreas Mayr

05

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in South-East England: a Population-based Study [South-East England Register for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Seals) Registry] - Mohamed Sakel

06

Apparatus for the Induction of Deterministic Passive Wrist Movements for Neurophysiological Studies - Stefan Mina

07

Assessment of Motor Development and School Yield among Children between 6 and 9 Years from Curitiba Public School - Paola Luma Cruz

08

Assessment of the Gait Parameters in Individuals with Peripheral Neuropathies - Ana Carolina Souza Moura Da Silva

09

Balance Disability and Stroke Patient Profile in a Rehabilitation Program - André Luís Uhdre

10

Changes in Activity of the Resting-State Motor Network during Stroke Recovery - Yun Hee Park

11

Cognition, Activity and Health after Hyperbaric Oxygen for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, an Explorative Outcome Study in a Regional Swedish Patient Population - Birgitta Renström Linde

12

Correlation between the Upper Limb Function and the Sensory Motor Parameters in Active Elderly Individuals - Angélica Cristiane Ovando

13

Correlation of Serum Uric Acid Concentration and Neurologic Impairment in Patients with Acute Stroke - Levent Özgönenel

14

Decline in Manual Dexterity in Active Aged Individuals from South of Brazil - Mavie Amaral Natalio

15

Effect of Skilled and Not Skilled Training on Forelimb Rehabilitation after Focal Brain Ischemia - Aline Pagnussat

16

Effect of Specific and Unspecific Training on Functional Recovery and Nerve Regeneration after Brachial Plexus Crushing - Aline Pagnussat

17

Effect of the Noninvasive Ventilation and the Hidrotherapy in Ventilatory Mechanics in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Talita Verona

18

Effect of Treadmill Training in Functional Independence and General Health in Spinal Cord Injury Patients - Luciana Bezerra

19

Effects of Cognitive Rehabilitative Treatment using Computerized Program (Rehacom) in Stroke Patients - Yong Kyun Kim

20

Effects of Creatine and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Morphology of Skeletal Muscle Tissue - Vinicius Cestari Do Amaral

21

Encoding Strategies Improve Memory for Context in Older Adults with Depressive Symptoms and High Cortisol Levels - Joana Balardin

22

Endurance Training Accelerates Functional Recovery after Sciatic Nerve Transection in Rats - Arthiese Korb

23

Enhancement in Performance of the Paretic Upper Limb Following Biofeedback Relaxation Training of the Unaffected Upper Limb - Cláudia Mendes Guimarães

24

Evaluation of an Informatic Mean in the Rehabilitation of Speech Pathologies - Giorgio Maggioni

25

Evaluation of Dynamic Contractions by Using Two Different Approaches of the Surface EMG Signal - Marco Antônio Garcia

26

Evaluation of Vital Capacity and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease): A Family Study - Rafaela Okano Gimenes

27

Evoling 2: Computerized Therapy in Speech Pathologies - Caterina Pistarini

28

Functional Independence of Individuals with Paraplegia in a Rehabilitation Program: Results and Associated Factors - Gelson Aguiar da Silva

29

Gait Training Combining Partial Body-Weight Support, a Treadmill, and Functional Electrical Stimulation: Effects on Poststroke Gait - Ana Lindquist

30

Hand Rehabilitation in Carpal Tunnel Surgery Patients using Short A Surgical Incision and an Early Program of Physical Therapy - Yuko Fujii

31

Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy – Analysis of 388 Brain Imaging Examinations - Alexandre Araujo

32

Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type IV - A Case Report - Fernanda Thomaz

33

Influence of Using the Sony Playstation 2 with a Dance Platform at the Sensorimotor Capacity after ACL Reconstruction: a Case Report - Marcela Moreira

34

Integrated Care Pathway for Peg/Rig in MND Patients in East Kent, UK – A Pilot Evaluation - Mohamed Sakel

35

Is the Lokomat Robotic Assistive Device Capable of Objectively Measuring Muscle Tone? - Andreas Mayr

36

Joubert´s Syndrome: Imaging Features - Márcia Sousa

37

Kinematics of Reaching and Grasping in a 3D Immersive Virtual Reality Environment in Patients with Hemiparesis - Eliane C. Magdalon

38

Loss of the Inter-segmental Spinal Reflexes Coordination during Arm Movement in Hemiparetic Post-Stroke Patients - Mariano Serrao

39

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Thrombosed Developmental Venous Anomaly Associated with Cerebral Venous Infarct - Rômulo Gama

40

Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Rheumatologic Diseases - Matildes Lucas Diniz

41

Motor Speech and Voice Deficits (Disartrofonías) Profiles in an Argentine Population with Multiple Sclerosis - Paola Susana Pastorini Gayol

42

Motor Speech and Voice Deficits (Disartrofonías) Profiles in an Argentine Population with Multiple Sclerosis. Preliminary Data - Mariana Beltramini

43

Motor Speech and Voice Deficits in an Argentine Population with Multiple Sclerosis. Specific Assessment Battery - Paola Pastorini Gayol

44

Multidisciplinary Care Enhances the Survival Rate in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Lucie Novakova

45

Neural Basis of Apraxia: a Review - Livia Penna

46

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Interventions for Patients with Hemineglect - Adriana Koutsandréou

47

New Aspect in Neurorehabilitation - Transcranial Electro Encephalo Stimulator® /Tees/ Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation /Tdcs/ - Michal Riha

48

Obstetric Brachial Paralysis – Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Program - Lika Kumamoto

49

Outcomes of the Late Hemispherotomy due to Rasmussen Encephalitis in Term of Pre- and Post-Surgery Plasticity for Cognitive and Motor Functions - Eugenia Agranov

50

Perceptual and Acoustic Analysis of Speech in Three Individuals with Spinocerebellar Ataxia - Fernanda Chapchap Martins

51

Preliminary Results of the Reliability of Rey Visual Design Learning Test to a Brazilian Sample - Shirley Silva Lacerda

52

Priming Human Motor Cortex with Anodal TDCS for Robotic Wrist Therapy in Chronic Hemiplegia - Dylan Edwards

53

Prognostic Significance of Visual Evoked Potentials in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Unilateral Spatial Neglect - Sam-Gyu Lee

54

Protective Effect of 2,4 Dinitrophenol against Sciatic Nerve Degeneration Following a Crushing Injury - Rodrigo Costa

55

Pulmonary Function in Post-Poliomyelitis: Preliminary Results - Rogério Canuto

56

Quality of Life, Sports and Rehabilitation: Analysis of the Discourse of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury - Daniel Lopes

57

Recovering the Power of the Voice: a Case Study - Erika Nobre Duarte

58

Rehabilitating Communication: Using the Group Setting to Foster New Skills and Strategies - Ingrid Gil

59

Rehabilitation and Visuo-spacial Agnosia: a Case Report - Adriana Manso Melchiades

60

Rehabilitation Program in Sporadic Encephalitis Lethargica : Case Report - Fabiana Francischetti

61

Satisfaction Assessment in Post-Stroke Patients Exposed to a Telerehabilitation Trial - Lamberto Piron

62

Technology Supported Task-oriented Arm Training in Chronic Stroke Patients - Annick A.A. Timmermans

63

The Acute Behavior of the Proprioception in Response to Proprioceptive Training - Felipe de Souza Stigger

64

The Effects of Neurologic Music Therapy on Gait Disturbance in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients - Mutsumi Abiru

65

The Effects of Swimming and Wheelchair Basketball on HDL - Cholesterol: an Investigation into Persons with Spinal Cord Injury - Fábio Rodrigues

66

The Impact of Aging and Chronic Stress on Memory in a Sample of Older Caregivers - Bromberg Elke

67

The Lokomat Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Neurological Disorders. Experiences and Results after 5 Years of Clinical Practice with 630 Patients - Peter Grieshofer

68

The Use of the Tonic Vibratory Reflexes for Posture Recovery of the Patients with Complete Paraplegia of Lower Extremities - Nina G. Konovalova

69

The Use of Virtual Reality in Cognitive Rehabilitation: an Exploratory Study - Artemisa Rocha Dores

70

There Is no Evidence of an Association between the Apolipoprotein E Ε4 Allele and Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Teenagers - Eliana Valverde Magro Borigato

71

Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Sensorial Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients - Geovana de Salvo

72

Writer's Cramp: the Influence of the Use of Splints in Handwriting Improvement - Flávia Waissman

 

SEPTEMBER 26 / Day II

8:00 – 9:00

Free Paper Presentations – Morning Session

 

 

Auditorium A - 8:00 - 9:00

8:00 – 8:10

Ambulatory Activity Level in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Relationship with Muscle Strength and Clinical Mobility Measurements; and Short-term Effects of Physical Training - Peter Feys

8:10 – 8:20

Apparatus and Methodology for the Measurement of Voluntary and Maximal Forces of the Upper Extremity - Stefan Mina

8:20 – 8:30

Motor Unit Properties in the Biceps Brachii of Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke Patients Assessed with High-density Surface Electromyography - Laura Kallenberg

8:30 – 8:40

Psychometric Properties and Application of a Computerized Cognitive Assessment System (CCAS) for Patients with Stroke - Chi Kong Yip

8:40 – 8:50

Using Psycbite to Improve Evidence-based Clinical Practice in Neurorehabilitation - Robyn Tate

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium B - 8:00 - 9:00

8:00 – 8:10

Adaptive Plasticity following Botulinum Toxin-A Injection in Upper Limb Spasticity due to Stroke - Esteban Fridman

8:10 – 8:20

Association of the Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Cerebral Palsy in Children - Eliana Borigato

8:20 – 8:30

Clinical and Neurophysiological Prediction of Consciousness Recovery from Post-traumatic Vegetative State - Francesco Piccione

8:30 – 8:40

RTMS to Improve Anomia? A Controlled Proof of Concept Pet Study - Xavier de Boissezon

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium C - 8:00 - 9:00

8:00 – 8:10

Cellular/Molecular Processes & Particular Therapeutic Targets, in Neuroprotection and Recovery, after Spinal Cord Injury - Gelu Onose

8:10 – 8:20

Improved Post-traumatic Acquisition of a Place Learning Task after Repeated Administration of a Serotonergic Agonist 8-OH-DPAT - Hana Mala

8:20 – 8:30

Neuropsychological Support and Intervention to Adult Relatives of Patients with Severe Brain Injury - Lars Siert

8:30 – 8:40

Preliminary Analysis of Skin Conductance Response in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness - Derar Badwan

8:40 – 8:50

Rurability – A Multiple Family Group Intervention for People with Acquired Brain Injury, and their Families, in Rural Australia - James Huntley

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium D - 8:00 - 9:00

8:00 – 8:10

A Completed Audit Cycle of the Process of Measuring Disability in Patients with Brain Injury in a Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit - Mohamed Sakel

8:10 – 8:20

Computer-assisted Errorless-Learning-based Memory Training Program for Persons with Early Dementia: Pilot Study - G.Y.Y. Lee

8:20 – 8:30

Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Impairs Language Production in Parkinson’s Disease: Evidence from Homophone Meaning Generation - David Copland

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium E - 8:00 - 9:00

8:00 – 8:10

Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) for Persons with Stroke: Protocol Development - Chi Kong Yip

8:10 – 8:20

Robotic in Hand Rehabilitation after Stroke – A New Opportunity to Improve the Functional Outcome? Preliminary Functional and fMRI Results with 11 Patients - Peter Grieshofer

8:20 – 8:30

Stroke Clinimetric Core Sets - Ronald Meijer

8:30 – 8:40

Validation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS II) for the Assessment of Disability in Chronic Post-Stroke Patients - Ayse Kucukdeveci

8:40 – 8:50

Validity and Reliability of the Stroke Impact Scale in Brazilian Stroke Patients - Francisco Javier Carod-Artal

Discussion/Questions

 

 

4:30 – 6:00

Free Paper Presentations – Afternoon Session

 

 

Auditorium A - 4:30 - 6:00

4:30 – 4:40

An Application of Process Mining Techniques to Stroke Care - Giorgio Maggioni

4:40 – 4:50

Estimating Exercise Execution Quality from Garment-integrated Sensors - Oliver Amft

4:50 – 5:00

Technology-supported Task-oriented Arm Training in Stroke Patients: Which Skills Do Stroke Patients Prefer to Train On? - Annick A.A. Timmermans

5:00 – 5:10

Use of Autoambulator for Mobility Improvement in Patients with Central Nervous System (CNS) Injury or Disease - Stanley Fisher

5:10 – 5:20

Virtual Environments in Balance Rehabilitation: Ecotrain Motor - Carolina Colomer

5:20 – 5:30

Virtual Rehabilitation - Implications for Persons with Stroke - Jurgen Broeren

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium B - 4:30 - 6:00

4:30 – 4:40

Energy Cost, Walking Habits and Physical Activity Late after Stroke - Anna Danielsson

4:40 – 4:50

Long-term Effect of RTMS on Motor Recovery of Stroke Patients - Bohyun Joen

4:50 – 5:00

Outcomes of Early Rehabilitation after Neurosurgical Clipping of Patients with Aneurysm - Sevil Cuvalci Bilgin

5:00 – 5:10

Preliminary Evaluation of Reliability and Internal Consistency for the Arm Activity Measure (ARMA) - Stephen Ashford

5:10 – 5:20

Profile of Health-related Quality of Life in Nigerian Stroke Survivors - Mayowa Owolabi

5:20 – 5:30

Stepping Adjustments under Time-critical Situations are Impaired even in Mild Stroke Patients - Alexander Geurts

5:30 – 5:40

The Stroke Inpatient Rehabilitation Care Pathway: Program Description - Michael Weinstein

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium C - 4:30 - 6:00

4:30 – 4:40

Adaptive Locomotion during Obstacle Avoidance in Cerebral Palsy Children: Obstacle Height and Limb Effects - A Pilot Study - Ana Francisca Rozin Kleiner

4:40 – 4:50

Evaluation of a Task-oriented Client-centered Training Module aimed at Improving Arm Hand Skilled Performance in Persons with Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries - Annemie I.F. Spooren

4:50 – 5:00

External Cueing Facilitates Motor Imagery - Elke Heremans

5:00 – 5:10

Rehabilitation Effect of Stabilotraining in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury - Ludmila Zhavoronkova

5:10 – 5:20

Relationship between One-legged Bicycling Test and 6-minute Walk Test in Subject’s Post-stroke - Cristiane Carvalho

5:20 – 5:30

The Need for a New MESH Term: Motor Imagery – Preliminary Results of an Ongoing Systematic Literature Review - Corina Schuster

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium D - 4:30 - 6:00

4:30 – 4:40

Behavioral Outcome 23 Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Erik Hessen

4:40 – 4:50

Demographics, Injury Characteristics and Outcome of Traffic Accident Cases Presenting to Neurosurgery Rehabilitation Unit in Turkey - Nezire Kose

4:50 – 5:00

Evidence-based Clinical Guideline on Nutritional Screening and Treatment for Adult Patients with Acquired Brain Injury - Ingrid Poulsen

5:00 – 5:10

Post-acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Dundee: the First 10 Years - Douglas Gentleman

5:10 – 5:20

Prognosis of 6-Month Functioning after Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies - Els Husson

5:20 – 5:30

The Effect of Age on Long-term Cognitive and Emotional Outcome following Traumatic Brain Injury - Dawn Senathi-Raja

5:30 – 5:40

The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment on Cognitive Impairment in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients - Sam-Gyu Lee

Discussion/Questions

 

 

Auditorium E - 4:30 - 6:00

4:30 – 4:40

Hemiosteoporosis Following Stroke: Pathophysiologic and Functional Evidences - Alberto Giattini

4:40 – 4:50

Long-term Effect of RTMS on Motor Recovery of Stroke Patients - Bohyun Joen

4:50 – 5:00

Prediction of Mental Health after Stroke: A 2-5 Year Follow-up Study - Hilde Bergersen

5:00 – 5:10

Prognostic Value of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Relearning Gait in Patients with Acute Stroke - Sinikka H Peurala

5:10 – 5:20

Relationship of Gravity Direction and Body Orientation Misperceptions in Spatial Neglect - Arnaud Saj

5:20 – 5:30

The Relationship of Clinical Measures of Walking to Usual Walking Performance in Individuals Following Stroke - Suzie Mudge

5:30 – 5:40

Transcranial Galvanic Stimulation (TDCS) + Robor-assisted Therapy to Improve Upper Limb Impairment after Stroke: A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial: Preliminary Results - Cordula Werner

Discussion/Questions

 

SEPTEMBER 26 / Day III

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
9:00am – 5:00pm

01

A Case Report with Dual Disability of Hemiplegia and Amputation - Levent Özgönenel

02

Adaptive Locomotion and Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease Patients - Lilian Gobbi

03

Apolipoprotein E4 Gene Is not Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease - Wladimir Kummer

04

Aquatic Physioterapy and the Baropodometer in the Inquiry of the Symmetry and Corporal Balance in Hemiparetic Patients - Ana Paula Cunha Loureiro

05

Assessment of Burden of Chronic Stroke Patients on Caregivers - Luciane Coral

06

Associated Comorbidities in Stroke Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital - Daniele Stieven Trizotto

07

Auditory versus Visual Cues for Gait Rehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease: Gait-Analysis Evaluation - Giorgio Sandrini

08

Balance in Post-Stroke Patients: the Impact of Cognitive System as Dual Task Paradigm - Camila Torriani

09

Case Study in Rural Healthcare: Wetsuit Material Assists Management of Chronic Upper Limb Spasticity Following Stroke - Stacey Manfield

10

Clinical Stroke Syndromes and Neurological Recovery in Ischemic Stroke Patients - Daniele Stieven Trizotto

11

Cognitive Decline Associated with Posterior Cortical Atrophy: Case Report and Literature Review - Agostinho Guerra

12

Correlation of Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Fugl Meyer Assessment Scale (Fm) and Rankin Scores in Acute Stroke Patients on Hospital Unit Care - Maria Izabel Romão Lopes

13

Corticomotor Excitability in Chronic Cerebellar Infarcts - Conforto Adriana

14

Corticomotor Excitability in Subacute Ischemic Stroke Correlates with Arm Motor Function - Adriana Conforto

15

Determinants of Health-related Quality of Life in Nigerian Stroke Survivors - Mayowa Owolabi

16

Determinants of Quality of Life in Brazilian Stroke Patients - Francisco Javier Carod-Artal

17

Development of the Arm Activity Measure for Assessment of Activity in the Hemiparetic Arm - Stephen Ashford

18

Disability and Co-morbid Conditions in Brazilian Patients with Parkinson’s Disease - Antônio-Pedro Vargas

19

Early Onset Parkinsonism: a Clinical Study - Antônio-Pedro Vargas

20

Effect of Paretic Upper Limb Motor Training in Patients with Sequel of Chronic Stroke - Fabíola Albieri

21

Effect of Robot-assisted Gait Therapy on Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Subacute Stroke Patients - Minsu Kim

22

Effectiveness of Hippotherapy in Parkinson’s Disease: a Pilot Study - Auguste Tautscher-Basnett

23

End-to-side and Side-to-side Techniques in Brachial Plexus Palsy and Peripheral Nerve Lesion Repair: Systematic Review - José Mauro Couto

24

Etiology of Stroke in Stroke Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital - Luciane Coral

25

Evaluation of Inpatient Rehabilitation of Acquired Brain Injury Patients in East Kent (Uk)-2005-2007 - Mohamed Sakel

26

Falls in People with Parkinson’s Disease - David Fernandes Souza Neto

27

Feasibility of Collaborative Multi-center Trials in Neurorehabilitation - Prudence Plummer-D'amato

28

Gait Training after Stroke: to Restore Function or to Help the Person Compensate? - Gunes Yavuzer

29

Home Exercises and Movement Advice for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Multimedia Dvd - Erwin E.H. Van Wegen

30

Implementation of Neurological Music Therapy: an Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a Routine Setting of Neurological Rehabilitation - Simone Meier-Hanemann

31

Inter-ratter Reliability of Fugl-Meyer Assessment Using a Portuguese Version of the Manual Administration - Stella Maris Michaelsen

32

Intervention Models for Rehabilitation of Patients with Stroke Sequelae: Preliminary Study - Daniel Lopes

33

Intra-intestinal Levodopa Infusion Therapy Combined with Neurorehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease - Volker Tomantschger

34

Joint Range of Motion of Parkinson’s Patients Can Be Maintained or Improved by a Physical Activity Program - Claudia Teixeira-Arroyo

35

Locomotor Therapy of the Chronic Hemiparetic Patient Following the Treatment of an Equinovarus Deformity with Purified Botulinum Toxin A (Xeomin®) - Cordula Werner

36

Managing Diabetes Mellitus after Severe Acquired Brain Injury - Extending the Rehabilitation Approach - Douglas Gentleman

37

Modified Constraint-induced Therapy to Enhance Recovery after Stroke - Iwona Kasior-Szerszen

38

Motor Learning in Patient with Chronic Stroke Submitted to Bilateral Motor Training - Fabíola Albieri

39

Motor Signs and Disability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease - Sofia Ziomkowski

40

Neurological Findings and Etiology in Cerebral Anoxia Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital - Hudson Mourão Mesquita

41

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Dementia - Intervention Report - Ana Cristina Neri

42

Outcome One Year after Decompressive Craniectomy Was Performed to Prevent Brain Stem Herniation Following Traumatic Brain Injury or Cerebrovascular Disease - Ann Sörbo

43

Parkinsonism Unrecognized in the Rehabilitation Setting - Arun Aggarwal

44

Pattern for backward Walking in Patients with Hemiparesis and Controls - Stella Maris Michaelsen

45

Photography as a Creative Process: Report of Experience in Rehabilitation - Lelia Rodrigues

46

Pisa Syndrome in Parkinson's Disease - Arun Aggarwal

47

Playing Activities in the Rehabilitation Process: Integrating Educational, Cognitive and Motor Activities - Renata Klein

48

PMR Contribution to Stroke Unit (1 Year of Follow-up in Our Hospital) - Filipe Antunes

49

Post-surgical Physical Therapy Protocol for Pediatric Patient with Physical and Intellectual Disabilities S/P Brain Tumor Removal - Iwona Kasior-Szerszen

50

Prevalence of Mood Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease Patients - Sofia Ziomkowski

51

Prevalence of Vascular Risk Factors in Stroke Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital - Clarissa Menezes Moreira

52

Results of a Rehabilitation Program in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease - Guilherme Benetti Rojas

53

Self-awareness Deficit – an Exploratory Study - Sandra Guerreiro