Paediatric EMG 2017
 
Preliminary PROGRAM

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Conference @ Thagaste Monastery "Augustijnenklooster" Ghent

As the Conference is held in a Monastery, you can daily be part of the "original" chants of the monks of the Abbey at 7:00, 12:00 or 17:30 at the Principal Church. The daily Eucharist is at 18:00.

An applicaton for accreditation has been submitted,
including 3 hours ethics



  PAEDIATRIC EMG TECHNIQUES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Dr. Ruth Van der Looven and Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten
07.30 Registration
08.30 Welcome Word Vander Straeten Guy (BE)
09.00

Techniques and pitfalls in paediatric
EMG
Matthew Pitt (UK)

09.30

EMG waveform and recruitment
analysis     
Sanjeev Nandedkar (USA)

10.00

The problem of normative data in paediatric electrodiagnostic studies Joe Jabre (USA)                                       
10.30 Coffee break  
11.00  Autonomic testing  Nancy Kuntz (USA)
11.30  Use of SEP in children Karin Eeg-Olfson (SE)
12.00
Exploring the diaphragm Frederic Nicot (FR)
12.30 Lunch break   



13:30 POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey
     
MYOPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten an Prof. Dr. De Muynck
14.00 Overview Rudy Van Coster (BE)
14.30

Predicting muscle biopsy results from quantification of the EMG
Matthew Pitt (UK)

15.00
MRI appearance of muscle disease Nele Herregods (BE)
15.30 Coffee break  
     
16:00  WORKSHOPS (option of choosing 2)  
  1: Waveform and recruitment analysis - MONICA ROOM Sanjeev Nandedkar (USA)
  2: Autonomic testing - CARTHAGO ROOM    Nancy Kuntz (USA)
  3: SEP in children - NICOLAS ROOM Karin-Eeg-Olfson (SE)
  4: How to produce normative data using E-norms - HIPPO ROOM
Joe Jabre (USA)


5: Presplinting techniques in Rehab - AUGUSTINUS ROOM Wim Sevenants (BE)
17.30 End of Conference Day 1  
     
18.00 RECEPTION - TOWN HALL GHENT  
19.00 SALSA COURSE - CLUB CENTRAL  


Thursday 28 September 2017

  CHANNELOPATHIES / NMJ DISORDERS - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Dr. Pitt and Dr. Van der Looven
09.00 Overview Patrick Verloo (BE)
09.30 Staying current with CMS genetics David Beeson (UK)         
10.00

 
Measuring Jitter in children with SPACE
(demonstration)                                               
Matthew Pitt (UK)

                       
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Results of SPACE in myasthenia Jacquie Deeb (UK)
11.30 Short and long excercise testing Yann Péréon (FR)
12.00


Other techniques for analysis of
myotonia

Dick Stegeman (NL)
                                                
12.30 Lunch break  
     
13.15  POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey  
     
  NEUROPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten and Dr. De Cock
14.00  Several pediatric mononeuropathies  Ioannis Karakis (USA)                 
14.30 Acute and chronic acquired neuropathies
Hugh McMillan (CA)
15.00 Sensory neuropathies in childhood Cyril Gitiaux (FR)
15:15 Ultrasound techniques in nerve pathology Lina Van Brabander (BE) 
15.30 Coffee break
     
16:00 WORKSHOPS (option of choosing 2)
1: Stimulation Single Fibre - MONICA ROOM Matthew Pitt (UK)
2: Short and long exercise testing - NICOLAS ROOM Yann Péréon (FR)
3: Stimulation Single Fibre - HIPPO ROOM Jacquie Deeb (UK)
  4: Neurostimulation for central and functional rehabilitation -  CARTHAGO ROOM Laurent Baranzelli (FR)
17.30 End of Conference Day 2   
 

GALA DINNER AND DANCING - SINT PIETERS ABDIJ


Friday 29 September 2017

  SMA - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Dr. De Cock and Dr. Van der Looven
09.00 Overview Nicolas Deconinck (BE)
09.30
  

Following Outcomes with EDX in SMA:
the pros and cons of different techniques

Peter Kang (USA)
                     

10.00

Bulbar SMA syndromes

John McHugh (IE)

10.30 Coffee break
11:00 Bulbar EMG in babies Francis Renault (FR)
     
  PLEXOPATHIES - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Prof. De Muynck and Dr. Pitt
11.30 OBPL: its continued fascination to EMG'ers Ruth Van der Looven (BE)
Matthew Pitt (UK)
12.00


What a surgeon wants to know from
EMG (interactive pannel session)

Wim Vanhove (BE)
Jörg Bahm (DE)
Willem Pondaag (NL)
12.30 Lunch break
     
13.15  POSTER SESSION or Guided tour in Abbey  
     
MISCELANEA - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Dr. Pitt and Prof. Dr. Vanderstraeten
14.00

Genetics today: all-seeing eye or partner in crime?

Olivier Vanakker (BE)

14.30


Standardising electrodiagnostic techniques across an   international 
paediatric EMG network                   
Matthew Pitt (UK)
Joe Sabre (USA)                                          
15.00 Looking to 2019 John McHugh (IE)
     
CLOSING SESSION - AUGUSTINUS ROOM
MODERATOR: Dr. Decock and Dr. Van der Looven
15:30

Difficult cases: Clinical - ethical -
diagnostic decision making
Board members
Matthew Pitt (UK)
16:45 Closing Martine De Muynck (BE)
17.00 End of Conference Day 3