4th International EVIDENCE BASED Physical Therapy Conference & Exhibition
Tutor: conference speakers
Duration: 1 day(s)
Course Description:
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08.00 - 09.00 Registration, Refreshments & Trade Exhibition viewing
09.00 - 09.05 Welcome & Introduction
Session 1
09.05 - 09:15 Leonardo da Vinci, Parachutes and Evidence Based Practice.
Dr Jeremy Lewis PhD MSc (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) MCSP MAPA MMACP MMPA, Consultant Physiotherapist–St George’s Hospital, Visiting Reader-St George’s University of London, Research Lead-Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Foundation NHS Trust
09:15 – 09:55 'Treatments for musculoskeletal conditions: current state of play and what is on the horizon?
Dr Nadine E Foster DPhil- Senior Lecturer (Pain Management) and DoH Primary Care Career Scientist Primary Care Sciences Research Centre,Keele University, UK- Keynote Lecture
09:55 – 10:00 Questions and discussion
10.00 - 10.40 Food supplements for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Does supplementation improve outcome?
Professor Ron Maughan- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
10:40 – 10:45 Questions and discussion
10:45- 11:15 Refreshments and Trade Exhibition viewing
Session 2
11.15 – 11:55 Joint manipulation. Is it all that its ‘cracked’ up to be?
Dr David Evans PhD BSc (Hons) Ost - Researcher and Registered Osteopath School of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University and Research Centre, British School of Osteopathy
11:55 - 12:00 Questions and discussion
12:00 – 12:25 Outcome measures for LBP. What should we be using?
Elaine Maughan MSc MMACP MCSP. Head of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Lambeth PCT, London, UK
12:25 – 12:30 Questions and discussion
12:30- 13:45 Lunch and Trade Exhibition viewing
Session 3
13:45 – 14:25 The neurological examination in musculoskeletal assessment; Is it reliable, is it valid?
Dr Mark Roberts MBBS. –Consultant Neurologist Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK
14:25 – 14:30 Questions and discussion
14.30 – 15:10 Achilles tendinopathy: aiming for the best outcome- tendon loading and clinical reasoning.
Dr Jill Cook PhD –Keynote Lecture
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
15:10 - 15:15 Questions and discussion
15:15- 15:45 Refreshments and Trade Exhibition viewing
Session 4
15:45– 16:15 Exercise therapy for the conservative management of full thickness tears of the rotator cuff: Is there any point? A systematic review
Dr Jeremy Lewis PhD Consultant Physiotherapist–St George’s Hospital, London.
16:15 – 16:45 Patient presentation
Assessment and management of a patient with a massive rotator cuff tear
Bobby Ainsworth MSc Consultant Physiotherapist– Torbay Hospital, South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust
16:45 - 16:50 Questions and discussion
16.50 - 17.00 Concluding remarks - Dr Jeremy Lewis PhD Consultant Physiotherapist
17:00 Conference closed
Who Can Attend:
The Conference is a multi-disciplinary event particularly targeted at physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, as well as sport scientists, sports therapists and all medical and healthcare professionals working or having an interest in physical therapy.
The conference will bring together expert clinicians and researchers to present evidence based lectures that are pertinent and relevant to all clinicians working in the area of musculoskeletal health. The presentations will either support or challenge current practice but will remain true to the aim of the conference, that being to provide a review of the current evidence in the area relevant to the lecture.