Teaching Courses

We are organising three teaching courses in the margins of the RIMS Annual Conference. .

• Teaching course I:  Virtual Reality and Robotics to Restore Abilities in MS
• Teaching course II: Physical Activity and Sport in MS
• Teaching course III: Clinical and Instrumental Aspects in the Rehabilitation Management of Bladder and Bowel Disorders in MS.

Please note:

• The Teaching courses will take place on Thursday 4 May from 11:00 to 15:00.

• The Teaching Course Registration includes lunch.

• It is not obligatory to purchase an Annual Conference Registration to be able to register for a Teaching Course. Please follow the flow on the Registration module here.

Italian accreditation has been requested for the Italian participants to the Teaching Courses

CME credits will be assigned by the provider FISM n. 5599  and it is subject to the following:

• Correspondence profession/discipline for which the event is accredited
• The participant needs to attended for a minimum of 90% of the educational hours
• The participant needs to complete the event evaluation form
• The participant need to pass the learning test (a questionnaire, giving at least 75% of the answers correctly). 

Italian participants will need to sign in at the entrance and at the exit for ECM credits and must remember to hand in the personal information sheet, the evaluation form and the written test at the end of the meeting at the registration desk.

Teaching course I: Virtual Reality and Robotics to Restore Abilities in MS

CME Credits Assigned: 3 

• The event is accredited for: Medico Chirurgo (specializzazioni: Medicina fisica e riabilitazione; Neurologia; Psichiatria, Neurofisiopatologia); Fisioterapista; Terapista occupazionale; Psicologo (specializzazioni: Psicologia e Psicoterapia).

Course Coordinator: Giacinto Barresi

Venue: Italian Institute of Technology

The use of technologies in MS rehabilitation is continuously growing. In particular, the use of virtual reality, soft robotics (i.e. exoskeleton) and robotics has gained much and much more interest in the researchers and clinicians community. In this teaching courses we will have theoretical and “hands on” session that will cover “around the corner” ready to be used technologies and a look to the future for devices that will help healthcare professionals in delivering effective rehab to people with MS.

Programme:

10:45 - 11:00 | Registration

11:00 - 11:10 |Welcome and introduction - Venue presentation and activities (Prof. Barresi)

11:10 - 11:25 | Keynote 1

• Rehabilitation Technologies  (Prof. De Michieli)

11:25 - 11:40 | Keynote 2

• Virtual and Mixed Reality (Prof. Barresi)

11:40 - 11:55 | Keynote 3

• Wearable Soft Robotics (Prof. Ortiz)

11:55 - 12:15 | Discussion

12:15 - 13:00 | Lunch Break

Practical session with the demos:

13:00 - 13:30 | Practical Session 1

• Virtual and Mixed Reality (Prof. Boccardo, Prof Storchi)

13:30 - 14:30 | Practical Session 2

• Upper Limb Exoskeletons (Prof. Buccelli)
• Lower Limb Exoskeletons (Prof. Vassallo)
• Exosuits (Prof. Ortiz)

14:30 - 15:00 | Discussion

15:00 - 15:20 | Conclusions and Italian CME accreditation

Teaching course II: Physical Activity and Sport in MS

CME Credits Assigned: 3,6 

• The event is accredited for: Dietista; Fisioterapista; Infermiere; Medico chirurgo (specializzazione: Medicina fisica e riabilitazione; Neurologia; Neurofisiopatologia; Medicina generale -medici di famiglia)

Course Coordinator: Marco Bove & Ludovico Pedullà

Venue: Polo Didattico Biomedico (ex Saiwa), Corso Gastaldi 161 - Genova

Physical activity is a promising tool for treatment of several symptoms of MS, including motor, cognitive and psychosocial deficits. Moreover, it can have a neuroprotective action and induce brain plasticity, including structural and functional connectivity changes. Due to the early onset of MS, often affecting young people, physical and sports activity may play a crucial role to increase compliance, adherence, and overall efficacy of the intervention. In this teaching course, recent initiatives aiming at braking down boundaries limiting physical and sports activity in MS will be illustrated and theoretical and practical interactive sessions on methods to assess physiological outcomes and devise tailored interventions will be held.

Programme:

10:45 -  11:00 | Registration

11:00 - 12:00 | Keynotes and discussion (AULA 7, Polo Didattico)

• 11:00 - 11:05 | Welcome and Introduction (P. Ruggieri, M. Bove)
• 11:05 - 11:20 | Keynote 1: Neurorehabilitation, physical activity and brain connectivity (E. Tavazzi)  
• 11:20 - 11:35 | Keynote 2: Aerobic activity and neuroplasticity: implication for MS (A. Bisio)
• 11:35 - 11:50 | Keynote 3: Monitoring physical activity in MS across the disability spectrum (E. Gervasoni)
• 11:50 - 12:05 | Discussion (Chair: M. Bove, L. Pedullà)

12:00 - 12:45 | Interactive Lunch (Living Hub, Centro di servizio di Ateneo di simulazione e formazione avanzata- SIMAV)

13.00 – 15.00 | Rotating Session

13:00 - 13:50 | Practical Session 1

• GROUP A: Metabolic function and VO2max: from assessment to training (M. Panascì)
• GROUP B: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to evaluate physical activity biomarkers (M. Biggio)

14:00 - 14:50 | Practical Session 2

• GROUP A: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to evaluate physical activity biomarkers (M. Biggio)
• GROUP B: Metabolic function and VO2max: from assessment to training (M. Panascì)

14:50 - 15:00 | Final Discussion (Chair: M. Bove, L. Pedullà)

15:10 - 15:20 | Italian CME accreditation (AULA 7, Polo didattico biomedico)

Teaching course III: Clinical and Instrumental Aspects in the Rehabilitation Management of Bladder and Bowel Disorders in MS.

CME Credits Assigned: 3,6 

• The event is accredited for: Infermiere, Fisioterapista, Medico chirurgo (con Specializzazione: Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Neurologia, Ginecologia e ostetricia, Urologia, Medicina generale – medici di famiglia)

Course Coordinator: Margherita Monti Bragadin, Marco Della Cava, Sara Rinaldi

Venue: Servizio di Riabilitazione AISM, Via Operai 30 - Genova

Pelvic floor disorders are among the most common symptoms in MS patients. The treatments evolved in recent years, especially by introducing the use of new technologies (biofeedback and the use static platform, like the WII balance Board, in order to reproduce an ecological environment). Early and specific treatments of these disorders are crucial in order to increase quality of life , facilitate social interaction, being MS mostly a disease of young adults. In this teaching course we will have the opportunity to understand theoretically and with practical sessions how, in a multidisciplinary approach, we can deliver effective rehabilitation treatments using also new technologies.

Programme:

10:45 -  11:00 | Registration

11:00 - 11:10 | Welcome and Introduction (M. Monti Bragadin, M. Della Cava, S. Rinaldi)

11:10 - 12:10 | Urodynamics in MS, (G. Canepa)

Transanal irrigation in MS, (G.Frasca)

12:10 - 12:25 | Discussion

12:25 - 13:25 | Practical session 1

• GROUP A: Urodynamics: Study interpretation and Rehabilitation Implications in MS, (G. Canepa)
• GROUP B: Transanal Irrigation and Ultrasound Evaluation of Effectiveness, (G. Frasca) 

13:25 - 14:15 | Lunch

14:15 - 15:15 | Practical session 2

• GROUP A: Transanal Irrigation and Ultrasound Evaluation of Effectiveness, (G. Frasca)
• GROUP B: Urodynamics: Study interpretation and Rehabilitation Implications in MS, (G. Canepa )

15:15 - 15:20 | Conclusions and Italian CME accreditation