International Confederation of Cardiorespiratory
Physical Therapy Newsletter
www.ICCrPT.org
SEPTEMBER 2014
ICCrPT WCPT Submissions Successful
ICCrPT will present both a Focussed Symposia and
Pre and Post Congress Course at WCPT Singapore
Relevant WCPT
2015 Congress
Courses
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The ICCrPT Executive Team have had a Focused Symposium and a
Congress Course accepted for WCPT Singapore 2015! The ICCrPT
Focused Symposium is titled “Exercise Training and Rehabilitation for people
with Special Health Needs” and will be delivered by speakers from Australia,
Canada, South Africa and Japan.
The objective of the symposia is to
update contemporary evidence-based guidelines and recommendations
Airway Clearance Techniques
in the Treatment Of Chronic
Respiratory Disease by
Maggie McIlwaine (Canada)
and Brenda Button (Australia)
for Exercise Prescription for people with Special Health Needs (including
The Future Of Respiratory
those with obesity, cardiovascular dysfunction, and patients following and
Muscle Training In Health
during critical illness.
And Disease by the ICCrPT:
Participants will also be exposed to ways of
Shane Patman (Australia),
5 of the 25 Symposia during WCPT Singapore 2015 will
be related to Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy
Themes, including the ICCrPT delivered program
“Exercise Training and Rehabilitation for people with
Special Health Needs” see
http://www.wcpt.org/congress/fs for details.
David J Berlowitz (Australia),
Lawrence P Cahalin (United
States of America), Pedro Dal
Lago (Brazil) and Yoshimi
Matsuo (Japan).
Exercise: The Secret To
Successful Aging For The
NCDs - Cardiovascular
delivering these programs to maximize the clinical benefits from available
Disease, Diabetes, And Obesity
resources.
by Marilyn Moffat (United
The ICCrPT Congress Course will explore
“Respiratory
Muscle Training in Health and Disease” and feature Shane Patman
States of America), Karen
(Australia), David Berlowitz (Australia), Lawrence Cahalin (United States
Kemmis (United States of
of America), Pedro Dal Lago (Brazil), and Yoshimi Matsuo (Japan). The
America), Danille Parker
course is currently scheduled for Tuesday 5 May 2015 and will describe
(United States of America),
established and novel methods to assess and train the respiratory muscles,
Kerry Walsh (United States of
including new computerized and smartphone technologies. The evidence
America)
base for respiratory muscle training in athletes and a variety of clinical
populations such as the frail elderly, those with heart or lung disease,
http://www.wcpt.org/congress/
spinal cord injury, or the obese will be explored. For more information on
courses for details
this course and others see http://www.wcpt.org/congress/fs.
COMING EVENTS
See below for educational opportunities ar ound the world in our Physiotherapy
Specialty!
European Respiratory Society
Congress 2014
6-10th September 2014
Munich, Germany
http://www.erscongress.org/co
ngress-highlights
Optimization of Patient
Function in the ICU: A
Collaborative Approach
Oct 4, 2014
UCSF Parnassus Campus, Cole
Hall, San Francisco CA. USA
wallaces@ptrehab.ucsf.edu
International Tracheostomy
Symposium 2014
8th October 2014
Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre
http://www.thoracic.org.au/event
.asp?pid=90&id=442
CHEST 2014
The American College of Chest
Physicians Conference
25 - 30th Oct 2014
Austin, Texas
http://www.chestnet.org/Educati
on/CHEST-Meetings/CHEST2014
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Course (F. Franssen, S.J. Singh,
M.A. Spruit)
23 - 25th Oct, 2014
Horn - Netherlands
A comprehensive overview of
how to organize state-of-art
pulmonary rehabilitation for
patients with chronic respiratory
disease. Ffocus will be given to
patient-centered outcomes.
E-mail: school@ersnet.org
3rd Annual Johns Hopkins
Critical Care Physical Med &
Rehab Conference
Oct 24 – 25th , 2014
The John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
USA
http://bit.ly/ICUREHAB
2nd European Conference on
Weaning and Rehabilitation in
Critically Ill Patients: The
International Early Mobilization
Network.
Nov 7 – 8th , 2014
Athens, Greece
icurehab.athens2014@gmail.com
Noninvasive Ventilation: Basic
Concepts (N. Hart, R. Scala, B.
Schonhofer)
20 – 21st Nov 2014
Hanover – Germany
An overview of the basic
technical skills and clinical
information to enable safe use of
NIV.
school@ersnet.org
Exercise Prescription
21 – 22nd Nov 2014
Sheffield Hallam University
Robert Winston Building
Collegiate Crescent Campus
United Kingdom
cpdphysio@shu.ac.uk
http://www.shu.ac.uk/faculties/h
wb/cpd/anywhere/physiotherapy
-short-courses.html
Acute Non Invasive ventilation
14 Jan 2015
Hertfordshire University
Hatfield, United Kingdom
j.e.bartholomew@herts.ac.uk
http://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/a
cute-non-invasiveventilation?utm_source=icspweb
site&utm_medium=onlinecoursel
isting&utm_content=acutenoninv
asiveventilation&utm_campaign
=AHP%20Postgraduate%202014
Annual Scientific Meetings of
The Australia and New Zealand
Society of Respiratory Science
and The Thoracic Society of
Australia and New Zealand
(TSANZSRS) 2015
27 March – 1st April, 2015
Gold Coast Convention Centre,
Queensland
http://www.tsanzsrs2015.com/
Association of Chartered
Physiotherapists in Respiratory
Care (ACPRC) Conference 2015
“Walking in the Steps of the
Patient: Integrating Theory and
Practice”.
24 - 25th April, 2015
Cheltenham Park Hotel,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ac
prc-conference-2015-tickets10136987001#
OTHER NEWS
ICCrPT Membership
2013-2014
The following National
Organizations are now
Members of the ICCrPT
The Danish Society for
Cardiovascular and
Respiratory Physiotherapy.
The Hong Kong
Cardiopulmonary Speciality
Group (CPSG).
The Norwegian Group of
Cardiorespiratory
Physiotherapists.
The Iranian
Cardiopulmonary
Physiotherapy Association.
The Cardiothoracic Special
Interest Group of New
Zealand.
The Grupo de Interessa em
Fisioterapia CardioRespiratoria of Portugal.
AG Herz-Kreislauf im
physio-Deutschland ZVK
(Germany)
Cardiorespiratory
Physiotherapy Australia.
The Japanese Special Interest
Group of Physical Therapy in
Cardiovascular, Pulmonary
and Metabolic Disease.
The Association of Chartered
Physiotherapists in
Respiratory Care (ACPRC).
The Canadian Physiotherapy
Association Cardiorespiratory
Division.
The Republic of South Africa
Cardiopulmonary
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation
Group.
discount deadline 2nd
October 2014
http://www.wcpt.org/congress/
registration
Abstract submission
deadline 31st October
The Irish Respiratory
Physiotherapy Group (CPRC).
The Swedish
Cardiorespiratory
Association.
Registration early bird
2014
REGISTER OF
EXPERTS
http://www.wcpt.org/congress/
abstracts
Register your skills
on the Register of
Experts
8 Members have so far
registered as “Experts” on
the ICCrPT Experts Register
available through the
ICCrPT Website. This
register will help us to
connect members around
The International
Confederation of Cardio
the world interested in
Respiratory Physical
particular issues. Please
Therapists
consider joining the register
today, visit www.iccrpt.org .
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