Abstracts

1st Scientific Conference of the Association of Physiotherapists in Parkinson's Disease Europe

Physiotherapy and Parkinson’s Disease: Research to Practice

Southampton Friday, July 4, 2003

Professor Meg Morris, La Trobe University, Australia
Gait and Balance Disorders in Parkinson’s disease: Role of the Basal Ganglia
Dr Alice Nieuwboer, University of Leuven, Belgium
The Effects of Different Auditory Cueing Frequencies on Gait: Implications for Therapy Goal Setting
Dr Lynn Rochester, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, England
Attending to the Task: Factors which Influence Gait, Functional Activity and Cue Use in the Home
Dr Gert Kwakkel, University Medical Centre de Boelelaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Showing the Effects of Cueing in Patients' Home Environment: Planning the RESCUE-RCT
Dr Emma Stack, University of Southampton, England
Identifying Dysfunctional Turning in Parkinson's Disease: Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications
Professor Ann Ashburn, University of Southampton, England
Methodological Issues: Exercise Trial for Repeat Fallers
Dr Marten Munneke, University Medical Centre St Radboud and Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Dutch Guidelines for Managing Movement Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Bas Bloem, University Medical Centre St Radboud, The Netherlands
PROMISE-NL: Preparatory Studies
Professor Ann Ashburn, University of Southampton, England
PROMISE-UK: Development & Organisation
Kerckhofs E, and Coene M. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dept. Physical Therapy
The predictive value of balance and walking tests on risk-to-fall in Parkinson patients: preliminary results
Keus SHJ¹, Bloem BR³, Verbaan D¹, De Jonge PA¹, Hofman AM¹, Van Hilten JJ², Munneke M^1,3
Departments of ¹Physical & Occupational Therapy and ²Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands. ³Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s disease: utilisation and patient satisfaction.
Mann G.E. and Finn S.M.Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust, England
A Pilot Study to investigate the effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation on gait in Parkinson’s Disease.
Brown, M National Institute of Conductive Education, Birmingham
An investigation into the teaching of external cueing in conductive education for people with Parkinson's
Ramaswamy, B Walton Hospital, Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield, S40 3HW, UK
An exercise programme for people with Parkinson's