Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain

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To promote and facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge and consensus on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic lumbopelvic pain

Geschiedenis

PROGRAM CHAIRS:

Andry Vleeming, The Netherlands/Belgium/U.S.A
Dinesh Verma, Singapore
Ted Dreisinger, U.S.A


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Andry Vleeming, Colleen Fitzgerald, Jaap van Dieën, Britt Stuge, Maurits van Tulder, Lieven Danneels, Paul Hodges, Jeffrey Wang, Bengt Sturesson, Robert Schleip, Jan Hartvigsen, Hanne Albert,


LOCAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Hee Hwan Tak, Pinnacle Spine & Scoliosis Centre and Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
Alex Yeo Sow Nam, The Pain Specialist Singapore and World Institute of Pain South East Asia.
Yue Wai Mun, Singapore General Hospital and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
BACKGROUND



The World Congress Series on Low Back and Pelvic Pain was initiated to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge and consensus on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic lumbopelvic pain.


MISSION AND INVITATION

We would like to invite you to join us in October 2016 in Singapore for the 9th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Girdle Pain. Held every three years and attracting 1000 to a maximum of 1500 participants, it is the only truly multidisciplinary conference on lumbopelvic pain.
This global congress invites practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers from all continents and from clinical areas as wide ranging as medicine, orthopedics, neuro-surgery, physiotherapy, chiropractic, biomechanics, osteopathy, manual therapy, exercise therapy, myotherapy, and sports medicine. The content of this educational program is determined by rigorous assessment, medical practice, literature and chart review. All programs so far presented have been accredited internationally and by all professional organizations endorsing the programs.



This 4-day congress will be held between October 31 – November 03 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands, Expo and Convention Center, Singapore.

IN COOPERATION WITH:

Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau
North American Spine Society (NASS) U.S.A
University of New England Main, U.S.A.
Dept. of Rehabilitation, Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Ghent, Belgium
Vert Mooney Spine and Sport Foundation, U.S.A.