Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

On the way to find a treatment for contractures
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3676-19-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 01/10/2019

Date and time	29.10.2019, at: 08:30 - 31.10.2019, at: 15:00
Regular seats	15
Course fee	4,680.00 kr.
Lecturers	Jens Bo Nielsen
ECTS credits	2.40

Contact person	Maria Willerslev-Olsen E-mail address: mwo@elsassfonden.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Understand the neurophysiological basis of motor disorders following brain lesions. 2. Understand muscle physiology in relation to changes following inactivity 3. Have insight to the pathophysiology of contractures. 4. Understand and discuss the latest research on the pathology of contractures. 5. Discuss the clinical evaluation of contractures and new possibilities of obtaining objective measures of the function and anatomy of the muscle-tendon-joint complex. 6. Describe and discuss new ideas for prevention and treatment of contractures. Content The course will present the latest understanding of how the nervous system, muscles, connective tissue and joints adapt to lack of physical activity and changes in neural activation in relation to disorders of the nervous system. The course will start out with a basic description of the neurophysiology followed by the homeostatic interaction between muscles, nervous system, connective tissue, endocrine system and metabolism as a basis for the understanding of the pathophysiology of contractures. The latest research on the pathology of contractures will be presented by internationally leading experts in the field. The course will then put focus on the clinical evaluation of contractures and new possibilities of obtaining objective measures of the function and anatomy of the muscle-tendon-joint complex. New ideas for prevention and treatment of contractures will be presented. The course will end with a discussion between experts in the field and the course participants on future directions of research on the way to find an effective treatment for contractures. Participants Students (M.Sc., M.D, Ph.D.), who are interested in neuroscience, neurological disorders and neurorehabilitation. However the course is only free of charge for PhD students. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Neuroscience Clinical Research Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal and Oral Sciences Language English Form Lectures, group work, discussions, exercises Course director Jens Bo Nielsen Professor, DMSci., Ph.d., M.D. Department of Neuroscience University of Copenhagen Denmark & Elsassfonden Holmegårdsvej 28 2920 Charlottenlund jbnielsen@sund.ku.dk Teachers Jakob Lorentzen, Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Copenhagen Denmark jlorentzen@sund.ku.dk Jessica Pingel Assistant Professor, PhD Department of Neuroscience University of Copenhagen Blegdamsvej 3 DK-2200 Copenhagen N & Guest Researcher at the Karolinska Institute Stockholm Department of Women's & Childrens Health Division of Pediatric Neurology Solnavägen 1 jpingel@sund.ku.dk Kat Desloovere Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Weligerveld 1 blok 2 - box 7001 3212 Pellenberg kaat.desloovere@kuleuven.be Lynn Bar-On Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Weligerveld 1 blok 2 - box 7001 3212 Pellenberg lynn.baron@kuleuven.be Annika Kruse PhD Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Department of Sports Sciences annika.kruse@edu.uni-graz.at Eva Ponten Division of Pediatric Neurology Department of Women's and Children's Health (KBH), K6 Eva.Ponten@ki.se Ferdinand von Walden Division of Pediatric Neurology Department of Women's and Children's Health (KBH), K6 Ferdinand.VonWalden@ki.se Lee Barber Honorary Senior Lecturer Child Health Research Centre l.barber@cqu.edu.au Glen Lichtwark Associate Professor School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences g.lichtwark@uq.edu.au Martin Gough Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Department of Paediatric Neurology martin.gough@gstt.nhs.uk Adam Shortland Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Department of Paediatric Neurology adam.shortland@kcl.ac.uk Siobhan Reid Senior Lecturer Faculty of Science, School of Human Sciences siobhan.reid@uwa.edu.au Jean-Michel Gracies MD, PhD Morton hospital, Paris jean-michel.gracies@aphp.fr Sudarshan Dayanidhi Assistant Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences sdayanidhi@northwestern.edu Dates 29-31 October 2019 Course location Elsass Institute Holmegårdsvej 28 2920 Charlottenlund Registration Please register before 1 October 2019 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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