Events

World Parkinson Congress

Glasgow, Scotland

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Q&A: Physiotherapy and Parkinson's [12 - 17 May 2010]

Fiona Lindop, an internationally respected physiotherapist who specialises in Parkinson's and an APPDE Board member, was invited by Parkinson's UK to participate in our first web based discussion forum question and answer (Q&A) session. She has been answering questions on rehabilitation and physiotherapy for people with Parkinson's. Fiona will post answers to questions on the forum at midday on Tuesday 18 May.

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AGILE is the special interest group for members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy working with older people.

Topics included: Recent medical advances; Conductive education and PD; Outcome measures and the Lindop Scale; Falls and PD; Non medical prescribing in PD; Cueing; Compulsive behaviours.

APPDE Course Practical Approaches to Evidence-based Physiotherapy Practice in Parkinson’s Disease

Friday 31st October 2008

Organized by the APPDE in cooperation with Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology & Gerontology (CPNG)

Venue: St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin

The APPDE have presented two posters in 2008.

• 2nd International Congress on Gait and Mental Function, Amsterdam
• Southampton Neurorehabilitation Conference - Making the Evidence Work for your Patients and their Families: after diagnosis, after discharge, what do you tell people about living well with Parkinson's disease and stroke?

The poster, presented in Southampton by APPDE member Fiona Lindop, won the poster prize.

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APPDE course ‘Practical Approaches to Evidence-based Physiotherapy Practice in Parkinson’s Disease’, under the auspices of the Danish Parkinson’s Disease Association, Copenhagen, Denmark

APPDE course ‘Practical Approaches to Evidence-based Physiotherapy Practice in Parkinson’s Disease’, Zihlschlacht, Switzerland

APPDE course ‘Practical Implementation of Physiotherapy Guidelines in Parkinson’s Disease’, Edinburgh, UK

APPDE General Assembly in tandem with the Rescue conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joint Satellite Symposium, APPDE with the Occupational Therapists’ Network, European Parkinson’s Disease Association’s 5th Multi-disciplinary Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
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1st Scientific Conference of the APPDE. Physiotherapy and Parkinson’s Disease: Research to Practice, Southampton, UK
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Physiotherapy Treatment in the Overall Management of Parkinson’s Disease, in the 6th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Vienna, Austria
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First APPDE Conference, Leuven, Belgium