World Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference November 12-13, 2018 Istanbul, Turkey

Biography:

Relief International is a nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to reduce human suffering. It respond to natural disasters, humanitarian emergencies and chronic poverty. It is non-sectarian and non-political. It was founded in 1990 in response to the devastating.Relief international which is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Abstract:

Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any other country. As of May 2017, more than three million Syrian refugees were registered with the Government of Turkey. A large number of the refugees have settled in Turkey’s southeastern provinces of Åžanliurfa, Hatay and Gaziantep. The 2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) reports that trauma is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Syria: 30% of trauma cases result in a permanent disability requiring long-term rehabilitation care. Similarly, among 25,000 injured Syrians assessed, 67% had sustained injuries directly related to the crisis. Of these injuries, 53% were due to explosive weapons. Moreover, 15% of the victims of explosive weapons had undergone amputations. Relief International is supporting the National Syrian Project for Prosthetic Limbs in Reyhanli (Turkey) in terms of organizational capacity building funded by ECHO. Responding to the critical, lifesaving rehabilitation needs among all refugees eligible for services by the Government of Turkey, the center is providing 180 prosthetic devices to refugees with lower limb amputations with capacity of 12 devices. Nearly 90% of the beneficaries are war-related injuries, out of them 10% are females . Post rehabilitation impact on syrian refugess with lower limb amputation is seeking to collect and analysis of information provides a gathered from the beneficiaries through surveys and focus group discussions that includes quantity and quality indicators that aim to moniter the functional improvements by using functional independence measure and amputee mobility predictor during assessment, discharge and follow up session after 45 days of discharge date.

Biography:

Alqahtani has obtained his Post-Board training in Chronic Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine from McMaster University. He has unique contribution to the field of chronic pain both in Canada and Saudi Arabia. His specialty was recognized by Canadian Academy for Pain Management (CAPM) and by McMaster University as the most comprehensive and the first of its kind in Canada. He is a Member of CAPM credentialing faculties. He is leading a significant change in pain/MSK med services in KSA, through Saudi Ministry of Health. He is the Founder and Manager of Surgery Alternatives Chronic Pain Center in Riyadh.

Abstract:

In Six case reports representing common scenarios in this study. Worldwide situational analysis of musculoskeletal pain (MSK pain) and dysfunction incidence parallel the incidence of chronic pain costs exceeds the cost of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Chronic pain is the most complexed chronic disease. It is associated with physical, mental and social dysfunction, yet the chronic pain associated medical education, clinical services, research and legislations fall short of the right direction. Management of chronic pain/MSK pain/dysfunction is still based on outdated dissociated knowledge. Huge body of evidence have accumulated over the past 25 years, that revealed much cost-effective and saver treatment options, yet, most of it is not yet into practice and medical education leading to high rate of surgical interventions that are not scientifically indicated. Pharmacotherapy and other modalities focus on pain relief rather than treating underlying cause and dysfunction. NSAIDs increase risk of stroke and heart attack by 30%-50% according to recent strong evidence. 90 Americans die every day due to opioid overdose. By evidence corticosteroids work only in the short term and carry some risk. Treatment mostly is not based on adequate understanding of the nature and dimensions of chronic pain syndrome, therefore, patients usually fail to find effective and safe treatment. The solution is putting the dissociated knowledge together and bringing evidence into practice is essential step to improve the situation. Many barriers need to be addressed. The researches of the past 25-30 years on conventional pain medicine, complementary and regenerative medicine have revealed very effective and very safe treatment options that if put together will achieve great results. Prolotherapy is the rehabilitation of an incompetent structure due to disease or injury/failed healing using one of the following dextrose prolotherapy or platelet rich plasma or autologus stem cells or autologus blood or ozone. Meta-analysis, systematic reviews and hundreds of randomized controlled trials have revealed their cost-effectiveness and high safety profile. Other cost-effective treatment options include physiotherapy that is based on good functional assessment, conventional medications, approved herbs, supplements and mind-body medicine/chronic pain psychology.

Biography:

Bożena Czarkowska-Pączek is a Vice Dean for Nursing Division in Medical University of Warsaw and the head of Department of Clinical Nursing. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals.

Abstract:

Background & Aim: Return to productive employment after transplantation is not well understood process, which is influenced by various bio-psychosocial factors. The aim of present study was cross-sectional analysis of employment status in patients after kidney or liver transplantation.

Material & Methods: Sixty-four (64) patients after kidney or liver transplantation treated at the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, Poland, were surveyed, comprising 24 women (37.5%) and 40 men (62.5%). The period after organ transplantation was between 1 to 5 years and the age of patients were between 18 to 45 years old. The study was based on a self-prepared questionnaire developed by specialists in the field of medicine, rehabilitation, psychology and employment. The questionnaire contained 5 parts: Demographic data, professional factors, medical factors, physical factors and psychological factors.

Results: Most of the patients were kidney transplant recipients (79.7%) in relation to liver transplant recipients (20.3%). Sixty-seven percent (67%) of patients had a disability certificate at the time of the completion of the questionnaire. Eighty-four (84) of those patients were after kidney transplantation and forty-two percent (42%) of them were employed during the examination. Forty-eight percent (48%) of patients worked at the time of the completion of the questionnaire and 77 of those worked during 1 year before the transplantation.

Conclusion: The employment rate after kidney or liver transplantation is lower than the general population and it is lower than employment rate from the time before transplantation. Return to employment should be an important milestone in the rehabilitation process after solid organ transplantation.

Biography:

Amin Hosseini is a Psychoanalyst, Clinical Psychologist and Medical Acupuncturist. In 2015 he started research in Turkey as a Professor Robert Titzer’s Head Assistant and Research Team Manager. He has several books in psychology field which among them The Key to Dyslexia, Modern CBT, Story Therapy, IQ Therapy, Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, The Key to ADHD, The Key to Dysgraphia. He is the Director of Psychology at ACIKMAVI Solution Center, Turkey. He has published more than 20 books in psychology field.

Abstract:

There are so many children and adults available who are mentally behind their age and unfortunately, the system considers them as disabled. Although most of the people think intelligence is fixed and cannot be changed but recent studies provide new information which disapproves of the old idea. The new researches highly prove the intelligence quotient can be changed by special programs. According to new information and based on new researches on children with mental disabilities, interfering and increasing the function of the sensory system, neurons, dendrites, axons and other important parts of the brain connected to cognition, understanding and social abilities is possible and by the proper individual rehabilitation program for each person we can change intelligence level. There are two well-known approaches to IQ rehabilitation although each of them has a different point of view in therapy both of them are the same in the foundation. In my speech, I will try to introduce IQ Rehabilitation systems and therapy methods by using recent researched facts and samples.

Biography:

Dr. Moh'd Rami Al-Ahmar, MD JB (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation), Spinal Injury Senior Specialist. Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Fellowship, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK. He is the Vice President of the Jordanian Spinal Cord Injury Charitable Society (JoSCIS). He is Educational Committee Member of International Spinal Cord Injury Society (ISCoS). He is Executive Board member of Jordanian PM&R Society, (ISPRM Society Member). (SCI) Unit, Royal Rehab Centre, King Hussein Medical City.

Abstract:

The Spinal cord is the major conduit through which motor and sensory information travels between brain & body, and it extended from foramen magnum to the L1/L2 level.

Spinal cord injury has many causes: Trauma is considered as the most because which result from motor vehicle accident, violent injury such as gun shot and stab wound, fall down, sports accident and diving accident.

Rehabilitation of the individual with Spinal cord injury is lifelong process that requires readjustment to nearly every aspect of life using a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) approach, expected outcomes and rehabilitation program depend on the early and follow up examination.

The most difficult classification tasks in ISNCSCI is to recognize the motor levels (ML) and to classify the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS).  A primary point in the difficulty in ML determination is identified by the fact that motor testing is only performed in 10 key myotomes of the arms and legs while there are 28 dermatomes tested.

In Our workshop we are going to explain the ISNCSCI, discuss the last updates in ISNCSCI and practice some difficult cases.

Hints and clues to use E-learning for MDT will be presented.