PROGRAM of the 11th WMS Satellite Teaching Course
Venue: Fred Farr Forum, Asilomar Conference Grounds
Sunday September 29, 2013Registered Course Participants with accommodations at Asilomar Conference Grounds:
Monday September 30 - Fred Farr Forum
| 8.00 | Learning from the history and examination, inherited and acquired muscle disease - David Hilton-Jones | |
| 9.00 | How do we perform a clinical examination on children? Systematic overview on patient's presenting with floppy infant syndrome, and diagnostic approach - Carsten Bonnemann | |
| 10.00 | Polyneuropathies and the usefulness of EMG – Peter van den Bergh | |
| 11.00 | Morning Stretch | |
| 11.15 | What can we learn from the muscle biopsy? - Anders Oldfors | |
| 12.00 | Molecular diagnostic testing and what does it mean? - Volker Straub | |
| 13.00 | Lunch - Box lunch provided | |
| 13.45 | Delegates are split into two groups (group A [Afterglow Living Room] and group B [Fred Farr Forum]) | |
| 14.00 | Group A1 - Guide to muscle examination in adults and children - Michelle Eagle Group A2 - Hands-on nerve conduction studies. The techniques for the performance of conduction studies on commonly examined individual upper and lower limb nerves will be illustrated with interpretation of the results - Peter Van den Bergh |
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| 15.00 | Coffee break | |
| 15.15 | Group B1 - Guide to muscle examination in adults and children - Michelle Eagle Group B2 - Hands-on nerve conduction studies. The techniques for the performance of conduction studies on commonly examined individual upper and lower limb nerves will be illustrated with interpretation of the results - Peter Van den Bergh |
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| 16.15 - 18:30 | Muscle biopsy session (Fred Farr Forum) - Caroline Sewry, Anders Oldfors, Marianne de Visser | |
| 18:45 - 19:30 | Reception in Kiln Patio for all course participants | |
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Buffet dinner in Kiln for all course participants | |
Tuesday October 1 - Fred Farr Forum
| 08.00 | Systematic overview on patients presenting with limb-girdle and distal muscle weakness,and diagnostic approach - Marianne de Visser | |
| 09.00 | Management of patients with inherited neuromuscular disorders – Volker Straub | |
| 10.00 | Coffee break | |
| 10.15 | Presentation of difficult, unusual or unsolved cases by participants | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | End of course and lunch in Crocker Dining Hall for participants with accommodations at Asilomar Conference Grounds | |
