InternationalAcademy of

Manual/Musculoskeletalmedicine

INTE

RNATION DEMY OF M

AN

UA

L / MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDIC

INE

November 3rd & 4th 2017,Rovinj - Croatia

the 9th IAMMM Academy Conference

Under the High patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia

WELCOME

to this year’s IAMMM-meeting in Rovinj, Croatia.

Thanks to the invitation of the City of Rovinj, the J.J. StrossmayerFaculty of Medicine from Osijek and the

Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Hospital “Martin Horvat” Rovinj, theIAMMM is able to organize this yearly 2-day Scientific Conference as a

joint venture.

Dates

The 2-day Scientific Conference will be held on the 3rd and 4th of November. A science popularization day will be held on the 5th of November.

Objectives

The meeting provides for an international discussion platform for educationalists and scientists in the field of musculoskeletal medicine and itsrelated disciplines.

Member meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Academy will take place (for membersonly) on November the 3rd.Open policy of Conference participationThe IAMMM Science Conference is open to all colleagues from medicaland non-medical disciplines.

For Venue and Accommodation see

the last page.

Conference participants, who are no Academy member, automatically become Associate member till the end of

the year (2017).

Conference room

On the 3rd & the 4th of November 2017 from 08.00-17.00 the Conferencewill take place in the MMC Multi Media Centre, Trg Brodogradilišta 5,

52210. The meeting is in the centre of Rovinj.

Social Events

On November the 2nd you are invited to the Welcome party from

18.30 till 19.30.The Academy Dinner will be organized on the 3rd of November from20.00 till 22.30

3rdNovemberAcademyConference:morningprogramme 08.30-09.00 Registration

SESSIONI:

COUNTRY09.00-09.10 IntroductionScienceDirectorIAMMM Prof.JacobPatijn,MD,PhD UniversityMaastricht TheNetherlands

09.10-09.20 J.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Prof.RadivojeRadić,MD,PhD J.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Croatia

09.20-09.30 PresentandFutureactivitiesofIAMMM,AEBChairmanProf.OlaviAiraksinen,MDPhD UniversityofEasternFinland Finland

09.30-09.45 IAMMMSciencePolicy Prof.JacobPatijn,MD,PhD UniversityMaastricht Netherlands

09.45-10.00 IAMMMEducationPolicy Dr.JensFoell,MD ImperialCollegeofLondon UnitedKingdom

10.00-10.45 Keynotelecture:„Functionalanatomyofneuromuscularjunction“ Prof.RadivojeRadić,MD,PhD J.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Croatia

10.45-11.15 Coffee/TeaBreak

SESSIONII:

11.15-11.30

Vertebralendplatedefectasinitiatingfactorforintervertebraldiscdegenerationinthegeneralpopulation

Prof.MarinkoRade,MScOrthMed,PhD

KuopioUniversityHospitalandJ.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Finland/Croatia

11.30-11.45 EvidencebasednationalguidelinesonnonsurgicaltreatmentforlowbackpainProf.BeritSchiøttz-Christensen,MD,PhD AarhusUniversity Denmark

11.45-12.00 EvaluatingMuscleActivationPatternsinWomenwithLowBackPainSyndromes Prof.BrianDegenhardt,DO A.T.StillUniversityofHealthSciences UnitedStates

12.00-12.15Thebenefitsofrehabilitationandmanualtherapyofimpingementsyndromeundercontrolofsonofeedback AleksanderZagorski UniversityofRzeszow Poland

12.15-12.30Lessonsfromafailedrandomizedcontrolledtrialofadalimumabinjectioncomparedwithplaceboforpatientsreceivingphysiotherapytreatmentforsciatica Prof.NefynWilliams,MD,PhD BangorUniversity UnitedKingdom

12.30-12.45 PredictorsofapositiveoutcomeofMSKtreatmentinpatientswithlowbackpainDr.WouterSchuller,MD,MScEpidemiol FreeUniveristyofAmsterdam Netherlands

12.45-13.45 Lunch

AnnualCongressoftheInternationalAcademyofManual/MusculoskeletalMedicine(IAMMM)Rovinj,2017

3rdNovemberAcademyConference:afternoonprogramme

SESSIONIII:

13.45-14.15Keynotelecture:NoveltherapeuticApproachforNeuroregenerationintheAUVATraumaResearchCenter Prof.HeinzRedl,Ph.D

LudwigBoltzmannInstituteforExperimentalandClinicalTraumatologyintheAUVAtraumaresearchcenter,AustrianClusterforTissueRegeneration,Austria Austria

14.15-14.30AreproducibilitystudyofalumbartestaccordingtotheMarsmanmethod:Asecondtryaftercorrectionofpitfalls Dr.AlainCoiffard,MD

France

14.30-14.45 Neuralmovementduringdischerniation-oneyearfollowup Dr.JannePesonen UniversityofEasternFinland Finland

14.45-15.00Evaluationofkinematicsofthecervicalspineandtemporo-mandibularjointsinhealthysubjects.Dosome“clinicalnorms”needtobeupdated? Prof.AdrianKużdżał,PhD,PT UniversityofRzeszow Poland

15.00-15.151-yearfollowupafteramultimodalinterventionfocusedonM/MMedicine:preliminarydata Dr.KayNiemier,MD,PhD

Germany

15.15-15.30 AssessingtheAccuracyofDeterminingPelvicLandmarkAsymmetrybyPalpation Prof.BrianDegenhardt,DO A.T.StillUniversityofHealthSciences UnitedStates15.30-16.00 Coffee/TeaBreak

SESSIONIV:

16.00-16.15

Chroniclowbackpain–definingsubgroupstosolvetheproblem:ascientificprotocolproposal Dr.KayNiemier,MD,PhD

Germany

16.15-16.30 MODICDisordersandMusculoskeletalMedicine Dr.Marc-HenriGauchat

Switzerland

16.30-16.45 Evolutionofaconsensualapproachtoaclinicalresearchproblem Dr.JohnTanner

UnitedKingdom16.45-17.00 Thefunctionalsystemofbehaviour–amodelfordysfunctionandpain Prof.LotharBeyer,MD,PhD UniversitätJena Germany

17.00-17.15

PreliminaryFindingsontheUtilizationofOsteopathicManipulativeMedicine:OutcomesDuringtheFormationofthePractice-BasedResearchNetwork,DO-Touch.NET Prof.BrianDegenhardt,DO A.T.StillUniversityofHealthSciences UnitedStates

17.15-17.30 Pause 17.30-18.00 AcademyAnnualGeneralMeeting:onlyforAcademyMembers

20.00 AcademyDinnerforallAcademyConferenceparticipants

4thNovemberAcademyConference:morningprogramme

SESSIONV:

08.30-09.00 Keynotelecture:NewfrontiersinMedicalRobotics Prof.DejanPopović,PhD

UniversityofBelgradeandSerbianAcademyofArtsandScience Serbia

09.00-09.15DryNeedlingasanAdjuvanttoPhysicalTherapyforAnteriorKneePaininSoldiers:AProposalforaRandomizedControlledTrial

Prof.AharonFinestone,MD,PhD TelAvivUniversity Israel

09.15-09.30 Theneuromuscularefficiencyoftrunkmuscles–sexandage-relateddifferences.Prof.CristophAnders,MD,PhD UniversityofJena Germany

09.30-09.45Samplesizeinreproducibilitystudiesusingkappastatistics:preliminaryresultsofaexploringstudy Prof.JacobPatijn,MD,PhD UniversityMaastricht Netherlands

09.45-10.00ArandomizedcontrolledtrialforUrinaryIncontincewithinteractiveSeriousgames”-theprotocol

Prof.OlaviAiraksinen,MDPhD UniversityofEasternFinland Finland

10.00-10.15 Reproducibility:whatisanacceptableoverallagreement?Dr.SjefRutte,MD,MScM/MMedicine

Netherlands

10.15-10.45 Coffee/TeaBreak

SESSIONVI:

10.45-11.00

CharacterizingAdverseEventsReportedImmediatelyAfterOsteopathicManipulativeTreatment Prof.BrianDegenhardt,DO A.T.StillUniversityofHealthSciences UnitedStates

11.00-11.15 Musclesofthespine:fromanatomytorehabilitation Prof.DominiqueBonneau,MD,PhD UniversityHospitalofMontpellier France

11.15-11.30Oral-healthrelatedqualityoflifeinpatientsinearlyandlong-termperiodfollowinginjuryoflowerface(LF) EwaSzelig UniversityofRzeszow Poland

11.30-11.45Reducedneuralmovementwiththestraightlegraisetestinpatientswithlumbarintervertebraldischerniation“

Prof.MarinkoRade,MScOrthMed,PhD

KuopioUniversityHospitalandJ.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Finland/Croatia

11.45-12.00Limitationsandproblemsinpainmedication(critictoparacetamol,NSAID,gabapentinoidsandespeciallyopiates Dr.KouriJukkaPekka,MD

Finland

12.00-12.15Depressionisassociatedwithlong-termoutcomeofLumbarSpinalStenosissurgery:a10-yearfollow-upstudy Dr.InkaTuomainen UniversityofEasternFinland Finland

12.15-12.30 Dynamometricmeasurementofhandgripinosteoporoticwomen Prof.JurajArbanas,MD,PhD UniversityofRijeka Croatia

12.30-13.30 Lunch

4thNovemberAcademyConference:afternoonprogramme

SESSIONVII:

13.30-13.45

DocumentingQuantifiableChangesandPressuresUsedforManualDiagnosisandTreatmentofCervicalSpineSomaticDysfunction

Dr.PreciousBarnes,DO,MS,MS UniversityHospitalRichmondMC

UnitedStatesClevelandOhio

13.45-14.00 ClinicalexaminationoftheSIjoint:whatdoestheliteraturetellusProf.Jean-YvesMaigne,MD,PhD UniversityHospitalHotelDieu France

14.00-14.15 Lowbackpain:fatrelatedcondition? Dr.AnđelaGrgić,MD,PhD J.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Croatia

14.15-14.30TheassessmentofAROMofthecervicalspineaftertheodontoidfracturesinrelationtothetimeofusingthePhiladelphiacollar,levelofpain,andageofpatients AndzelinaWolan-Nieroda UniversityofRzeszow Poland

14.30-14.45 Radiofrequencydenervationofzygapophysealjoints Prof.IvanRadoš,MD,PhD J.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Croatia

14.45-15.00 TheFAIRtestinthepiriformissyndrome Prof.JanVacek,MD,PhD UniversityofPrague CzechRepublic

15.00-15.30 Coffee/TeaBreak

SESSIONVIII:

15.30-15.45 Osteoporosis;preliminaryresults Dr.KayNiemier,MD,PhD

Germany

15.45-16.00MRI-ratesduringthelastdecadeinfivedanishregions-whendoweneedtheMRIinbackpainpatients?

Prof.BeritSchiøttz-Christensen,MD,PhD AarhusUniversity Denmark

16.00-16.15VertebralendplatedefectasinitiatingfactorforModicchangeinthegeneralpopulation

Prof.MarinkoRade,MScOrthMed,PhD

KuopioUniversityHospitalandJ.J.StrossmaymerUniveristyofOsijek Finland/Croatia

16.15-16.30 "WhatisthefutureforManualMedicine?" Dr.MichaelHutson,MD

UnitedKingdom

16.30-16.45 ClosingRemarksAcademyIAMMMScienceDirector Prof.JacobPatijn,MD,PhD UniversityMaastricht Netherlands

VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION

Arrival by plane

On November the 2nd buses will transport you for free from theairports of Ljubljana and Zagreb to Rovinj. Bus departures 14:00and 20:00. Please inform us at least 14 days in advance.

Departure by plane

On November the 5th buses will transport you back from Rovinj tothe airports of Ljubljana and Zagreb. Please inform us about yourdeparture time.There are some airports close to Rovinj; Pula and Rijeka (check connectionflights for November).

Hotels

We prebooked Hotel Lone, Rovinj 5* Ul. Luje Adamovića 31, 52210,Rovinj, Kroatië T +385 52 800 250You have the opportunity to book this luxury hotel for €110/p and€120/2p per night

Make the reservation by yourself in advance by informing Viktor Dvorak by mail: dvd7402@gmail.com (limited rooms).

The rate includes: Bed & breakfast service, Use of swimming pool,sauna and fitness center, Internet, Parking, VAT, Resident tax.

For registration go to: www.academylogistics.net

information conference go to iammm.net

Information conference go to IAMMM.net

bolnica.rovinj