Date: 2012-12-02 to 2012-12-04

Venue:

Ruposhi Bangla Hotel and Shaheed Dr. Milon Hall,BSMMU

Slogan:

Medical Rehabilitation in Rural and Developing Regions

Information:

Wahed Memorial Lecture

Topic –

• Life sketch of Professor MA Wahed.

• PMR specialty in Bangladesh- Prof. Md. Quamrul Islam.

Plenary Session-1: rehab issues.

• The IRF’s Certificate Program in Global Rehabilitation: Training people to go Overseas- Haig A.

• International Networking and Innovation in Stroke Rehabilitation- Olver.

Plenary Session-2: Neuro rehab.

• Spinal cord injuries in the High and Low Resource Regions: A Tale of Two different Worlds- Rathore F.

• The multi- disciplinary team approach in the holistic rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury( SCI) cases in Bangladesh- Taylor V.

Special Parallel Session

• Indian scenario in neuro rehabilitation : an overview- Nirmal Surya.

• Application of conventional MRI and serum NSE predicting the prognosis of neonates with HIE-Huang.

Plenary Session-3: Disaster management.

• The disaster acute Rehabilitation team (DART) training program of the IRF and ISPRM – Haig A.

• Medical Rehabilitation after natural disaster- Rathore F.

Special topic: Talking and Interacting with the Media.

Plenary Session-4: Community Based Rehabilitation.

• Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) in Bangladesh, present perspective- Rahman S.

• The study of CBR in India with respect to SAARC nations for sustainable rehabilitation in P& O- Datta.

• Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims –AKM Salek.

Work group: White book on PMR.

Plenary Session-5: International perspectives.

• Are rehabilitation programmes enabling clients to return to work perspectives of individuals with mild to moderate TBI- Soeker.

• Rehabilitation in Cambodia, a personal account- Wu J.

• An overview of the of rehabilitation medicine training in Australia- Afreen R.

Plenary Session-6

• Critival issues in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation BSMMU and National Perspectives- Zaman.

• Success story of establishing Medical Rehabilitation services in a peripheral Hospital in Srilanka- Kasthuriratne.

• The nature and Prevalence of disability in a Ghanaian community as measured by the Language Independent Functional evaluation- Haig A.

Free paper session:

• Patients with Hemi-spatial neglect are more prone to limb spasticity – Sakel.

• Effects of TENS on patients with Acute Low Back Pain –Badrunnessa.

• Rehabilitation of Elderly people in My Community- Muhib.

• Assessment of knowledge of final year medical students regarding the basic facts and management of stroke: A questionnaire based study- Rathore F.

• Role of Aerobic exercise on Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome- Rashid.

• Presentation of painful musculoskeletal disorders a cross- sectional study at community level –Moinuddin.

Special topic: Interventional Physiatry.

Plenary Session 7: Musculoskeletal Medicine

• Cervical spondylosis – a soft target in India- Pramanik R.

• Measurement of Musculoskeletal Functions Goniometry- Uddin T.

• Incidences of Rheumatic & other musculoskeletal disorders in India- Halder RN.

Free paper session:

• Disease profile of indoor patients in the dept of PMR, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, 2011- Rahman M.

• Pattern of diseases and disabilities among patients attending , Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation dept, NITOR, Bangladesh- Monjur.

• Effects of Lumbar corset on the patients with Lumbar Spondylosis- Tariqul M.

• Salvation for the deserving (SFD) : A community rehab centre- Sinha.

• A study on disease pattern of admitted patients in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitaiton dept in Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh- Moniruzzaman M.

Special topic: Interventional Physiatry.

Plenary Session 8: Rehab issues.

• Are we neglecting neglect? - Sakel.

• Ethical issues in Rehabilitation Research-Shakoor A.

• Status of Medical Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka- Munidasa.

Free paper session:

• Experience of spinal cord injury rehabilitation at spinal injury rehabilitation centre, Nepal- Dhaka.

• Initiation of early rehabilitation and its effect on outcome of stroke patients – Khasru MR.

• Effects of Activities of Daily Living ( ADL) instructions on patient with Osteoarthritis of the Knee- Nabi G.

• Effect of locally made low cost heel pad in the management of heel pain –Habib.

• Role of Phonophoresis in the management of adhesive capsulitis of Shoulder- Kumar S.

• Treatment of OA knee with low cost locally constructed Unloading knee brace – Rahman.

Special topic: social and mainstream media on disability.

Free paper session:

• Cognitive skills re-training for the patient’s after stroke- Sarada.

• Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression in management of Neck and Back pain- Yakub A.

• Backpack palsy as a rare cause of shoulder weakness –Mansoor.

• Gestalt Psychotherapy to improve effectiveness of treatment procedure for head and neck Cancer patients-Bachher.

• The comprehensive treatment outcome in sexual function and activity of people with spinal cord injury and experience from Bangladesh- Zabbar.

• Dropped fingers in chronic RA: A case series- Rathore F.

Work group: IRF board meeting and future agenda.

Free paper session:

• Role of medical acupuncture in Rehabilitation Medicine – Sinha.

• A three year, single center, prospective survey of lower limb amputations in Pakistan-Rathore F.

• Effect of Night Splint in the management of Planter Fasciitis- Dilir J.

• Microdiscectomy and standard open lumbar discectomy for Lumber Disc Herniation: A comparative study- Arman DM.

• Effect of exercise modality to reduce pain and disability on patients with chronic Osteoarthritis of the knee joint –Azad AK.

• Scope of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation services at Corporate hospitals in Bangladesh- Araf MM.

Plenary Session 9:

• Musculoskeletal disorders among dentists working at a tertiary care dental institute –Mansoor.

• Zoledronic in updated rehabilitation of Osteoporosis – Khan A.

• Percutaneous vertebroplasty: Probable emerging intervention option in osteoporotic compression fracture treatment in Bangladesh – Rahman.

Plenary Session10:

• Challenges in management of Osteoarthritis in India- Pramanik.

• Cancer pain management- Akyuz G.

• Efficacy and safety of integrative pain management & rehabilitation in patients with chronic pain syndrome A pilot study-Polokhin E.

Special topic: creating Indian Disabiity Legislatin- Javed Abidi.