Podiatry

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Prof Jim Woodburn, Professor in Rehabilitation Studies, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
Dr Eamonn Delahunt , Lecturer School of Physiotherapy & Performance Science, UCD. Ireland.
John Weir MSK Podiatrist, Ennis. Ireland
Lee Short ESP MSK podiatrist NHS Leeds. UK.
Greg Halford. Prosthestist & Orthotist. Galway, Ireland
Dr Jorge Serrador SFI Walton Visiting Professor NUI Galway from Harvard medical school. USA
Martin McGeogh MSK Podiatrist, Sligo. Ireland.
Dr Paul Breen IRCSET NUI Galway

Limited number of places available. Book early to avoid disappointment

09.00 - 09.30	Registration
09.30 - 09.45	Welcome and introductions Conference Opening Prof G Loftus Dean of Medicine, Nursing & Health sciences
09.45 - 10.45	Prof Jim Woodburn Prof Rehabilitation studies Glasgow Caledonian University. The approach to managing foot problems in Rheumatoid Arthritis: the Glasgow and Scottish-wide approach
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee
11.15 - 11.45	Mr Greg Halford Prostetist & Orthotist. Energy Costs: an examination of Transtibial Amputee Gait
11.45 - 12.15	Mr John Weir 'Gait analysis tools what do they really tell us?'
12.15 - 13.00	Dr Eamon Delahunt Lecturer in Physiotherapy & performance science University College Dublin 'Overview of chronic ankle instability'
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH
14.00 - 14.45	Prof Jim Woodburn GCU. Foot problems in rheumatoid arthritis: inflammation, biomechanics or both?
14.15 - 15.00	Lee Short Gait Rehabilitation in Haemophilia patients
15.00 - 15.20	Coffee
15.20 - 15.40	Dr. Jorge Serrador Peripheral sensory improvement
15.40 - 16.00	Dr Paul Breen. The foot pump- anatomy and physiology
16.00 - 16.40	Mr Martin McGeogh 'Implementing Functional AFO's in Podiatric Practice'
16.40 - 17.00	Closing remarks

Please download the Conference registration form and send with payment to Fiona Lowry, Department of Podiatry, Áras Moyola, NUI Galway, Galway.

Details of poster submissions the closing date is 19 ^th May 2009. Conference timetable is available to download.

To plan your journey to Galway, visit http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/ and for detailed campus map in the university.

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Discipline of Podiatry
Áras Moyola, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 91 495814; Fax: +353 91 495540 E-mail: podiatry

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