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INTERNATIONAL

CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

UPDATE

Date:
6-8 April 2007
Venue:
Convention Centre, NIMHANS, Bangalore


    Supported by of IFCN

Supported by IAN

TOPICS

Scientific Program Schedule (Provisional) [PDF]

Didactic Lectures

  1. Nerve conduction studies
    • Basic electronics for clinical neurophysiologist
    • Clinical and electrophysiological evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
    • Uncommon entrapment neuropathies
    • Small fiber neuropathies : evaluation and management
    • Limitations of nerve conduction studies
    • Motor unit number estimation (MUNE)
    • Evaluation of neuromuscular junction disorders
    • Assessment of Autonomic nervous system
    • Imaging of nerve and muscle

  2. Needle EMG
    • Rapid EMG recognition and MUP quantitation
    • Motor neuron disease
    • Imaging and electrophysiological studies in the evaluation of radiculopathies
    • Nerve Injuries - Chronobiology of EMG abnormalities
    • Pitfalls of needle EMG

  3. Magnetic stimulation
    • Biophysical basis of magnetic stimulation of brain and peripheral nerves
    • Central motor conduction time - utility in neurological disorders
    • Cortical silent period: neurophysiological basis and relevance
    • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) - methodological and therapeutic aspects
    • Update on magnetic stimulation of brain

 

Demonstration Workshops

  1. Basics of nerve conduction studies
  2. Proximal stimulation studies and late responses
  3. Entrapment neuropathies
  4. Demyelinating neuropathies
  5. Basics of needle EMG
  6. Technique of painless needle EMG
  7. Limb girdle syndrome
  8. Myasthenia Gravis
  9. Radiculopathies and plexopathies
  10. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  11. Repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) test
  12. Neuronal plasticity - mapping the motor cortex
  13. Central motor conduction time
  14. Cortical silent period
  15. Evaluation of cortical excitability - paired stimulation technique
  16. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Platform & Poster presentations

Scientific papers dealing with nerve conduction studies, needle EMG, RNS test, and magnetic stimulation of brain, cervical and lumbar roots are invited for presentation at the conference. Few selected abstracts will be for platform presentation; others will be for poster presentation.

 

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