Program

MOVEMENT – TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH

23. September
11.00 - 12.00: Registration, Sandwich lunch
12.00 - 12.30: Congress opening

12.30 - 13.15: Claude Bouchard: Movement towards better health
13.15 - 13.45: Break
13.45 - 15.10: Parallel sessions 1
15.10 - 15.30: Break

15.30 - 16.15: Rolf Moe-Nilssen: Scientific approach to movement
16.15 - 16.45: Break
16.45 - 18.15: Parallel sessions 2
18.30 - 19.30: Physical activity and discussion

20.00 Get together - dinner

24. September
9.00 – 9.45: Christina Opava: Management of chronic diseases in the new millennium. From therapeutic exercises to lifestyle interventions
9.45 – 10.15: Break
10.15 – 11.45: Parallel sessions 3
11.45 -12.45: Lunch

12.45 - 13.30: Arja Häkkinen: Facts and beliefs about effects of exercises for people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions
13.30 – 13.45: Break
13.45 – 14.30: Poster presentations
14.30 – 14.45: Break

14.45 – 15.30: Eline Thornquist: Movement and communication
15.30 – 16.00: Break
16.00 – 17.20: Parallel sessions 4
17.45 – 18.45: Physical activity and discussion

20.00: Congress dinner

25. September
9.00 – 9.45: Anne Leseth: Cultural differences in perceiving movement
9.45 – 10.00: Break
10.00 – 11.30: Parallel sessions 5
11.30 – 11.45: Break
11.45 - 12.45: Symposium with panel debate: Physical activity; treatment or training. Challenges for the physiotherapy profession in extending the scope of physiotherapy. Introduction by Professor Sigmund A. Anderssen (Exercise Physiologist), Norwegian University for Sport medicine and Associate Professor Hans Lund (Physiotherapist), University of Southern Denmark. Panel debate with representatives from the Nordic countries.

12.45 – 13.00: Congress closing

With reservations for minor changes