SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
General Schedule of Scientific Program
Opening ceremony and following welcome reception will be held from l7:00, August 31 (Sun.).
Scientific programs start from September l (Mon.).
P1enary lectures wi11 be held every morning. Symposia, panels, courses, and other programs will begin each day after the plenary lecture and continue until the end of the day.
Free paper presentation and poster sessions will start from September 2 (Tue.).
Sidney Licht memorial lecture and following Licht luncheon, closing ceremony will be held around noon on the last day, September 4 (Thu.).
Main Topics
New Frontiers of Rehabilitation Medicine
Disability Prevention
Rehabilitation Strategies in the Aging Society
Cancer Rehabilitation
Biomedical Ethics and Rehabilitation Medicine
Advances in Management
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cerebral Pa1sy
Spinal Cord Injury
Peripheral Nerve Injury
Motor Neuron Disease
Degenerative Diseases of Bone & Joint
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Higher Brain Dysfunction
New Technologies
Locomotor training in paraplegic patients
Prostheses and Amputee Rehabilitation
Computer Techno1ogy for the Severely Disabled
Pain Management
Updates
Evaluation of Impairments and Disabi1ities
Prognosis of Disability
Diagnostic Electrophysiology
Muscle and Neurophysiology
Sports
Oriental Medicine in Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Psychology
Rehabilitation Nursing
International Programs
Community-Based Rehabilitation
Economics in Rehabilitation