"Reclaim Function!": International Conference in Stockholm Aims to Improve Rehabilitation Medicine

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Danderyd University Hospital Stockholm

Mar 31, 2010, 10:00 ET

STOCKHOLM, March 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- New research and better methods in the rehabilitation medicine area gives injured people a chance to return to a meaningful life, including the capability of working. At the 'Reclaim Function!' conference in Stockholm, Sweden (14-16 April 2010), some 250 European scientists and practitioners within rehabilitation medicine will meet to exchange knowledge, discuss and debate. The aim is to increase collaboration in the rehabilitation medicine area.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Danderyd University Hospital is host to the first Baltic & North Sea Conference on Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine. Organised by the Baltic and North Sea Forum for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, the conference turns to scientists, students, decision makers and practitioners in the rehabilitation medicine area. The intention is to exchange knowledge and increase international collaboration.

Conference sessions will focus on rehabilitation medicine from many aspects, highlighting research where north European countries are world-leading. How do we assess, diagnose, prevent and treat different kinds of disabilities, and how rehabilitation can help people with disabilities become as active and independent as possible?

    Themes:

    - Vocational rehabilitation

    - Neuroplasticity: principles, imaging techniques and interventions

    - How to prevent chronic pain

    - Patient education programs in rehabilitation

    - Postpolio: a Northern European perspective

    - Research strategies in rehabilitation medicine

    - Innovative technology in neuro-rehabilitation

    Speakers:

    - Anne Chamberlain, Professor, Leeds University, United Kingdom

    - Eva Kosek, Ass Prof. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    - Angela McNamara, Professor, University of Dublin, Ireland

    - Bengt Sjolund, Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Odense,
      Denmark

    - Anthony Ward, Professor, University Hospital of North Staffordshire,
      United Kingdom

Baltic and North Sea Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine:

Founded in 2008, the forum aims to raise communication, education and science in the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine and related fields in the countries that border the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. http://www.bncprm2010.org

Partners

Danderyd University Hospital is a specialist hospital, including accident & emergency. http://www.ds.se.

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is one of the world's leading medical universities. KI accounts for over 40 per cent of medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country's broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. http://www.ki.se.

Hannover Medical School (MHH) is one of the highest-performing universities in Germany. http://www.mh-hannover.de.

SOURCE Danderyd University Hospital Stockholm

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