PROGRAMME

Saturday, September 14th, 2024

14.00-15.00 Welcome address

Arturas Razbadauskas, Klaipeda University Rektor

Juozas Olekas, Past Health Minister

Alvydas Juocevicius, President BNFPRM Lithuania

14.15 – 16.15 Session 1: Introduction to the UEMS Section and Board of PRM

Chairs: Mauro Zampolini (Italy), Aydan Oral (Turkey), Nikolaos Barotsis (Greece)

The UEMS PRM Section: overview on activities (Mauro Zampolini, Italy)

The European survey on PRM education (Aydan Oral, Turkey)

European PRM Examination: the reform and UEMS appraisal (Nikos Barotsis, Greece)

Ethical dilemmas in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Henk Stam, The Netherlands)

16.15-16.30 Discussion

16.30-16.45 Coffee break

16.45 -18.20 Session 2: Special issues in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (1)

Chairs: Christoph Gutenbrunner (Germany), Aydan Oral (Turkey)

Decision making in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine – why and how (Christopher Gutenbrunner, Germany)

Rehabilitation in armed conflicts – learning from experience (Olexander Volodymyrov, Ukraine)

Teamwork in rehabilitation – state of the art and scientific evidence (Aydan Oral, Turkey)

Dysphagia management in rehabilitation Medicine (Lagle Lehes Ronald Rätsep, Estonia)  

Evidence based update on children rehabilitation (Minna Stahl, Finland)

18.20 18.30 Discussion

18.30-20.00 Workshop. From theory to practice, applying participation in clinical practice.

Moderators: D Vande Velde, G.Vanderstraeten

Speakers: D Vande Velde, S. Debaets,  M.Coussens

20.00 Welcome evening “Get together”

Sunday, September 15th, 2024

09.00-10.20 Session 4: Evidence-based clinical updates (1)

Chairs:  Anda Nulle (Latvia), Tomas Aukštikalnis (Lithuania)

Evidence based update on rehabilitation of hand osteoarthritis (Fitnat Dincer, Turkey)

Evidence based rehabilitation after limb amputation (Svetlana Sļadza, Latvia)

Rehabilitation in armed conflicts – learning from experience (Olexander Volodymyrov, Ukraine)

Evidence based update on children rehabilitation (Minna Stahl, Finland).

10.20-11.40    Session 5: New technologies and concepts in rehabilitation

Chairs: Mauro Zampolini (Italy), Gabor Fazekas (Hungary)

Artificial intelligence in Rehabilitation Medicine (Mauro Zampolini, Italy)

Advances in robotic rehabilitation (Gabor Fazekas, Hungary), (Alessandro Giustini, Italy)

Scientific background and concepts of pre-habilitation (Henk Stam, The Netherlands)

11.40-11.50  Coffee break

11.50 – 12.45  Session 6: Interactive discussions on social participation. Inclus ion of the different social groups: roles and the competencies of professionals

Chair: Nijolė Petronėlė Večkienė (Lithuania), Alvydas Juocevičius (Lithuania)

Empowerment as strategy for social participation at Kaunas Third Age University: psychosocial rehabilitation (Nijolė Petronėlė Večkienė, Lithuania)

The concept of empowerment in Social Work: Implications for Staff and Professional Practice (Virginija Kondratavičienė, Lithuania).

Strengthening physical and mental health in the MC Uuniversity of the Third Age (Viktorija Montvilienė, Lithuania)

Enlightening invisible: remarks from the living with diabetes experience (Vilma Ražanauskaitė, Lithuania)

Holistic approach to social rehabilitation process: different professionals’ input (Salomėja Karasevičiūtė, Lithuania)

12.45- 13 .00  Discussion

13.00- 14.00  Session 7: Special issues in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2)

Chairs: Mauro Zampolini (Italy), Aet Lukman (Estonia)

Modern Diagnostic and Treatment of the Spasticity (Mauro Zampolini, Italy)

Artificial intelligence (AI) in rehabiltiation technologies: a tool for therapists and doctors (Luca D-Ambrosio,  Italy)

The Prototypes of mobility trainers ans possible applications in rehabilitation (Karolis Tuska, Milda Žukauskienė, Lithuania).

14.00-15.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.45     Session 8: Special issues in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (3)

Chairs: Nicolas Christodoulou (Cyprus), Helena Gapeyeva (Estonia)

Development of Sports Medicine in Europe (Nicolas Christodoulou, Cyprus)

Some aspects of movement analysis and data monitoring in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Helena Gapeyeva, Estonia)

Evidence-based clinical recommendations for supervised exercise training and rehabilitation in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients (Eglė Grigonienė, Lithuania)

The importance of the rehabilitation team and multidisciplinary rehabilitation for patients with Huntington’s disease. Clinical experience (Ieva Michailovienė, Lithuania)

Personalized Home-Based Trimodal Prerehabilitation forr Gastrectomy (PREFOG Study): Multi-Center, Open-Label Randomized Control Trial (Augustinas Baušys, Lithuania)

The Combined Care Aerobic Exercise Training Program and Changes in Motivation for Physical Activity among People with Metabolic Syndrome (Jūratė Zupkauskienė, Lithuania)

15.45-  17.05   Session 9: Special issues in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (4)

Chairs: Guy Vanderstraeten (Belgium), Nikolaos Barotsis (Greece)

Optimising Shockwave Therapy in MSK Disorders: The Importance of Ultrasonography.

(Nikolaos Barotsis, Greece)

Patellofemoral dysfunction: from biomechanics to treatment (1 hour and questions) Guy Vanderstraeten (Belgium)

Impact of laser irridation on blood for patients with chronic systemic diseases (Ugnė Zaveckytė, Lithuania)

Vibroacoustic Music therapy for health prevention and rehabilitation (Rimvydas Velykis, Lithuania)

17.05-17.20 Discussion

17.20-19.40  Session 10: Baltic meets Ukraine

Chairs: Henk Stam (The Netherlands),  Aivars Vetra (Latvia), Alvydas Juocevicius (Lithuania)

Features of Physical Rehabilitation in the Acute Phase of Burns (Kseniia Myslyvchuk, Ukraine)

Current Issues in the Rehabilitation of Military Patients During Full-Scale War (Andrii Shevchuk, Ukraine)
Difficulties in treatment and rehabilitation measures (Viacheslav Chernenko, Ukraine)

Rehabilitation in Ukraine in the Context of the Bio-psycho-social Model:  Evolution, Challenges and the Impact of War (Serhii Kolisnyk, Ukraine)

Latvian-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of military rehabilitation, the experience of Riga East University Hospital in the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers (Aivars Vetra, Latvia)

Surgeries for femur injuries acquired during military operations (Nataliia Semenova, Lithuania-Ukraine)

Implementation of the European PRM training program. Baltic Ukraine project (Alvydas Juocevičius, Lithuania)

19.40-20.00  Discussion

20.00  Gala Dinner

Monday, September 16th, 2024

8.00-8.45 Work shop. Ethical dilemmas in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Henk Stam, The Netherlands

8.45-9.45 A rare clinical case (Algirdas Konrodas Liekis, Lithuania)

Features of child rehabilitation (Tomas Aukštikalnis, Lithuania)

Botulinum toxin injecions for patiens with cervical dystonia. How to choose the right muscles. (Zaiga Kalnberza, Latvia)

 Does powered wheelchair delivery improve the chance for employment? An experience from Poland and metaanalysis. (Piotr Tederko, Konstancja Bobecka-Wesołowska, Poland)

9.45-11.00 Session 11: The WHA Resolution on Rehabilitation in Health Systems – Impact for the Baltic Nordic countres

PRM  in Estonia -Varje-Riin Tuulik,

PRM in Latvia – Anda Nulle,

PRM in Norway – Pavel Mustafin

PRM in Lithuania- Alvydas Juocevičius.

10.20-14.00 Session 12  : Multidisciplinary team members roles.

Speech Therapy in Lithuania: Development and Current Issues The Profession of Speech and Language (Daiva Kairienė, Lithuania)

Speech therapist’s role in acute care and intensive care unit (Tince Strazdina, Latvia)

Activities of a Clinical Speech-Language Pathologist in Neurorehabilitation (Rasa Almonienė, Sigita Kudakauskienė, Lithuania)

The effectiveness of subjective monitoring of a state and use of techniques allowing to return to the optimal window of tolerance in extreme stress with patients on physical rehabilitation. (Zhanna Parkhomenko, Ukraine)

Maintaining Mental Hygiene in the Period of COVID-19 as Precondition for a Quality Lifestyle of Medical Staff (Ina Valeckienė, Lithuania)

Past and present of Physiotherapy and collaboration within the Europe Region (Alma Cirtautas, Lithuania)

Assistive devices in rehabilitation programm (Eriks Švēde, Zoja Osipova, Latvia)

14.00 Closing