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IFKB meeting

On November 19, 2004, the IFKB organizes a new IFKB meeting. The purpose of the IFKB meeting is to keep IFKB members informed on current and new research, conducted within the IFKB. Several PhD students and two keynote speakers will give presentations. Also posters of IFKB members will be presented.

The meeting will take place in 'de Griffioen' (Uilenstede, Amstelveen).

programme

9.30 Coffee / tea
10.00 Opening IFKB-meeting
10.15 Sietske Aalbersberg, MD, MSc (TA1, FBW)
Knee tendon orientations with and without muscle contraction (abstract)
10.45 Mark Smeulders, MSc (TA3, AMC)
Introducing Myofascial force transmission in tendon transfer for cerebral palsy (abstract)
11.15 Poster session (posters)
12.30 lunch
13.15 Coen Ottenheijm, MSc (TB3, RU)
Dysfunction of single diaphragm muscle fibers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
13.45 Kerry Mills, MD, PhD (King's College Hospital, London, UK)
The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in monitoring excitability changes in the human motor system in health and disease
14.15 Coffee / tea + poster session (posters)
15.00 Martin Truijens, MSc (TC3, FBW)
Altitude training for the improvement of sea-level performances: an effect of acclimatization to altitude or hypoxic exercise (abstract)
15.30 Andreas Daffertshofer, PhD (TC1, FBW)
Neural information transfer in the timing and stabilization of rhythmic movement (abstract)
16.00 Drinks


registration
Please send an email to: ifkb@fbw.vu.nl.