PODIATRYCONGRESS BIOMECHANICS AND PATHOMECHANICS OF THE LOWER LIMB

METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICE

NAPLES 27 - 29 APRIL 2018

BIOMECHANICS OF THE LOWER LIMB: Current trends in surgery and rehabilitation therapy, validated clinical diagnostic tests, foot orthoses and orthodigital therapy in children and adults

BIOMECHANICS OF RUNNING IN ATHLETES:Treatment of running injuries by means of surgical intervention, rehabilitation protocols, orthotic therapy and running shoe prescription. Minimal versus maximalist running shoes

BIOMECHANICS OF THE DIABETIC AND RHEUMATOID FOOT:Comorbidity evolution and deformity development: Gait pattern changes.Appropriate orthotic management therapy and surgical intervention

HONORARY CHAIRMANProf. Dr. CAMPITIELLO Ferdinando (Naples, Italy)Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli,Responsabile Centro di Eccellenza per lo studio ed il trattamento del piede diabetico e delle ulcere cutaneeUniversità Vanvitelli

CHAIRMAN

Prof.ssa Dna NOVEL Virginia (Barcelona, Spain) Podiatrist,Professor emeritus University of Barcelona

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

CoordinatorDr. DI STASIO Gaetano (Napoli)

Dr.ssa BANCHELLINI Elisa (Lucca) Dr. COLASANTO Giuseppe (Bari)

Dr. MAZZONCINI Maurizio (Lucca) Prof. Dr. PALLA Daniele (Pisa)

Dr.ssa PALMUCCI Maria (Milano) Prof. Dr. SERAFIN Antonio (Milano)

OPINION LEADERS

REHBOCK DennisPodiatristSenior lecturer at the University of JohannesburgClinician at the OR Tambo Hospital and the Alexander ClinicJohannesburg, Sud Africa

KIRBY Kevin A.DPM, Podiatrist Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Applied Biomechanics California School of Podiatric Medicine Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA, Stati Uniti d’America

PAYNE CraigPodiatrist Senior LecturerDepartment of Podiatry LaTrobe UniversityBundoora, Vic Australia

ARMSTRONG David G.DPM, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery and Director,Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Stati Uniti d’America

DANANBERG Howard J.DPM, PodiatristFellow American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine Stowe, Vermont, Stati Uniti d’America

BARTOLD Simon J.PodiatristFellow Faculty of Podiatric Medicine, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasg)Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia

BUS Sicco A.PhDAssociate Professor Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam Department of Rehabilitation, Amsterdam, Olanda

Friday 27th April 2018 morning session

07:30 a.m. Breakfast Fun Run (4km) Starting from the Ambassador Hotel and running along the waterfront of Naples. All welcome

8:30 a.m. Welcome breakfast

Parallel sessions from 9.00 to 13.00 HALL 1PARADIGM EVOLUTION IN BIOMECHANICS AND INTEGRATION OF OSTEOPATHIC AND POSTURAL MODELSHALL 2 NEW TECHNIQUES OF NAIL REHABILITATION BY MEANS OF UNGUAL ORTHOTIC DEVICESHALL 3 NEW ORTHOTIC MATERIALS FOR FOOT ORTHOSES AND ORTHODIGITAL APPLICATIONHALL 4NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR 3D FOOT CASTING, DIAGNOSIS AND GAIT ANALYSIS PATTERN IN THE ORTHOTIC AND ORTHODIGITAL LABORATORYHALL 5ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES AND RUNNING SHOES FOR ATHLETES IN THE PREVENTION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INJURIES IN ATHLETES WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC DISEASEHALL 6CURRENT THERAPIES IN REHABILITATION,PAIN MANAGEMENT AND TISSUE REPAIR 13:00 Lunch Break1:45 Opening ceremony and toast

Plenary Session

Friday 27th April 2018 from 14:00 to 18.00

BIOMECHANICS OF THE LOWER LIMB:Current surgery and rehabilitation therapies, validated diagnostic tests, foot orthoses and orthodigital therapy in children and adults

Validated diagnostic tests in biomechanics. Application: clinical tests, functional diagnosis and foot orthoses in children and adults

Sagittal plane facilitation model

Proprioceptive neurophysiological model

Biomechanics of the foot and lower limb

Paradigms and models integration in biomechanics: in clinical assessment, functional diagnosis and orthotic therapy

Current surgical therapies

PROGRAMM

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Saturday 28th April 2018 from 9:00 to 18:00

BIOMECHANICS OF RUNNING IN ATHLETES:Treatment of running injuries by means of surgical intervention, rehabilitation protocols, orthotic therapy and running shoe prescription. Minimal versus maximalist running shoes

Running biomechanics

Running injuries

Rehabilitation of running injuries

Surgical treatment of running injuries

Biomechanical assessment of the runner and shoe prescription

Biomechanics and running technique

New technologies and materials in running shoes enhancing performance

Biomechanics of barefoot / minimal shoe running

Orthodigital functional and semifunctional therapy

Gait pattern and chronic back pain: functional diagnosis and therapeutic tools

Patellofemoral syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic classification with an osteopathic and orthotic approach

Sunday 29th April 2018 from 9:00 to 13:00

BIOMECHANICS OF THE DIABETIC AND RHEUMATOID FOOT:Comorbidity evolution and deformity development: Gait pattern changes. Appropriate orthotic management therapy and surgical intervention

Clinical guidelines of diagnostic and therapeutic pathways: territory-hospital-territory interaction at hospital and district level

Gait pattern evolution in RA and the Diabetic foot

From functional to semifunctional orthoses to accomodative therapy

Orthotic Therapy in Primary Prevention in Diabetic Foot

Orthotic Therapy in Secondary Prevention in Diabetic Foot

Orthotic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Functional and semi-functional orthodigital therapy in patients with chronic diseases

ALBERZONI Fabio (Milan)

ANDOLFI Renata (Monza)

ANDOLFO Salvatore (Naples)

AVAGNINA Luca (Imperia)

BARONTINI Veronica (Leghorn)

BELLINGERI Andrea (Pavia)

BERNABEI Riccardo (Rome)

BETTINELLI Andrea (Milan)

BOSCHETTI Paolo (Milan)

CAPITINI Takis (Rome)

CARIGNANO Daniela Noemi (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

CAU Gianpaolo (Verona)

CATRAMBONE Liliana (Catanzaro)

DE BENEDICTIS Giuseppe (Bari)

DI PALMA Sergio (Salerno)

DI PRESA Antonio (Pisa)

DONATI Lorenzo (Milan)

ESPOSITO Luca (Milan)

FENILI Riccardo (Lucca)

FREZZA Massimo (Naples)

GIGANTINO Alessio (Salerno)

GIORGI Gianluca (Frosinone)

GUERRINI Andrea (Pisa)

GULLACE Francesco (Rome)

IERI Matteo (Pistoia)

MACCIANTELLI Massimiliano (Bologna)

MAGGINI Elisabetta (Lugano, Switzerland)

MALGRATI Marta (Milan)

MANCA Efisio (Genoa)

MARCELLO Elisa (Caserta)

MASSIMIANI Stefano (Rome)

MAZZA Andrea (Rome)

MOLESE Filiberto (Naples)

MONTANELLI Mia (Leghorn)

MONTINI Gabriele (La Spezia)

MORONI Simone (Rome)

NAPPO Davide (Monza)

NAVANZINO Rosario (Palermo)

OFFER Flavio (Milan)

PAGLIARI Enrica (Fermo)

PARADISO Andrea (Turin)

PERCIAVALLE Bruno (Naples)

PIEROTTI Andrea (Lucca)

PREDA Andrea (Milan)

Prof. QUARTO Gennaro (Naples)

RISSO Daniela (Genoa)

Prof. RONCONI Paolo (Rome)

SCARAMUZZINO Lanfranco (Naples)

SEPE Fabrizio (Naples)

SPINELLI Tommaso (Leghorn)

Prof.ssa TIRRI Rosella (Naples)

TRAVERSONE Luca (Turin)

VARRIALE Dario (Naples)

Prof. VERGES SALAS Carles (Barcelona,Spain)

VIETRI Fabio (Foggia)

ZORTEA Rosita (Gorizia)

ORGANIZING COMMITEE

CONGRESS VENUE:Palazzo dei Congressi Napoli - Molo Angioino Stazione Marittima

CME PROVIDER: Italymeeting - no. 3897

CME EVENT FOR: PODIATRISTS, ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIANS, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, NURSEMEDICAL DOCTORS AND SPECIALIST SURGEONS for the following disciplines: physical medicine and rehabilitation, sports medicine, orthopaedics, Diabetology and metabolic diseases, rheumatologyIn order to obtain credits it is necessary that all candidates attend all lectures, complete the CME questionnaire and form, and sign the attendance register on entry and exit each day.

FEES AND REGISTRATIONUNTIL FRIDAY 2nd MARCH 2018, BEFORE 12:00 p.m.The registration fees include: welcome breakfast on Friday morning, three coffee breaks (one on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday) two lunches (one on Friday and one on Saturday) social dinner with disco and live music on Friday night, simultaneous translation headsets, CME credits, conference folder and educational material. eur 300,00 + VAT (22%) = eur 366,00eur 150,00 + VAT (22%) = eur 183,00 for those who attended the World Congress held on April 2017 in Naples, or the SIPEP Congress on February 2018, or the Master of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics and Podiatry congress organised by the University of Florence / Università degli Studi di Firenze.

STUDENTS AND ACCOMPANYING PERSONS The registration fees include: welcome breakfast on Friday morning, three coffee breaks (one on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday) two lunches (one on Friday and one on Saturday) social dinner with disco and live music on Friday night, conference folder and educational material.eur 100,00 + VAT (22%) = eur 122,00 eur 50,00 (22%) = eur 61,00 for the students who attended the World Congress held on April 2017 in Naples, or the SIPEP Congress on February 2018.

Please Note a student is someone enrolled in 2018 in a graduate degree programme at University - Faculty of Medicine and Surgery or Faculty of Sports Science. Someone enrolled in 2018 in a PhD at a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery or a Faculty of Sports Science. Someone who is enrolled in the years 2017 - 2018 to attend a Master or a Postgraduate course at a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, or a Faculty of Sports Science and who has not yet completed the frontal lessons in May 2018. A certificate dated 2018 must be provided by the Chief Master of the Faculty.

FEES AND REGISTRATIONFROM SATURDAY 3rd 2018eur 600,00 00 + TVA (22%) = euro 732,00 No deferred paymentPayment to be made by Bank Credit Transfer without charges to the beneficiary, To: ITALYMEETING srl Current account: IT 05 G 02008 40261 000003932981 UniCredit, Corso Italia, 259, 80067 Sorrento (NA)C.ABI 02008 - CAB 40261 - BIC Swift number UNCRITM162M

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GENERAL INFORMATION

PAPERS AND POSTERS Guidelines for ORAL Presentations (a speech of 15 minutes) or Posters for the Podiatry Congress - Naples 2018.

Dear Colleague if you are going to submit an oral presentation (Paper) or a Poster our Scientific Committee will be glad to give you some useful tips in order to help you design your presentation.

TOPICSBy using the online submission form, you will be able to select ONE (1) of the following categories of topics that best fits your submission. These categories will be used by the Committee to place papers and posters in session streams and assign them to the reviewers.Topics:

Biomechanics

Podiatric Surgery

Diabetology

Diagnostics

Physiatrics

Sports Medicine

Osteopathy

Pediatrics

Public health policy

Rheumatology

Rehabilitation treatment

Analgesic and tissue repair therapies

Orthotic Therapy: materials and techniques

Authors may indicate whether they prefer to submit their document as “PAPER” or “POSTER”.Presenting a paper at the Annual Congress in Naples is a great opportunity to showcase new research findings and innovations, stimulate debates and improve one’s career prospects. The best works will be included in the A4 volumes of Podiatry by Podos Logo Italia.Each document, either Paper or Poster, shall consist of one “A4 sheet” / has to be in A4 format; with no more than /no longer than 2,000 (two thousands) characters. We recommend 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced and 2cm margins. All presentations may include graphics and figures and are to be made in EnglishFollowing the structure of the 5 paragraphs listed below:

1. Title, Authors, affiliation

2. Introduction (practical context and state of the art)

3. Innovation (innovations or innovative practices highlighted)

4. Impact (podiatric practice relevance and its impact on patient/ services)

5. Essential bibliography

In this edition, all scientific contributions must be submitted not later than January 2nd 2018. In case of papers of similar quality priority will be given to papers by colleagues registered in the Congress. The presentation, if accepted, will be made by the first signatory. Based on the judgement of Opinion leaders and Scientific Committee. The Scientific committee and the Opinion leaders will award the authors for the best Presentation and the best Poster. The Scientific Committee and opinion leaders invited will award the best presentation and the best poster.

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT AND PROVIDER ECM: