PROGRAMME
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
A.I.O.T. Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale
Via Prati, 29 - 65124 Pescara, Italy
Ph. +39 085 4170732
Fax +39 085 4172587
[email protected]
www.aiot.edu
EBOM European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine
C.so Europa, 29 - 66054 Vasto, Italy Ph./Fax +39 0873 380520
[email protected]
www.ebom.it
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
ATHENA CONGRESSI
Via Passo Lanciano, 78 - 65124 Pescara, Italy
Ph. +39 085 4214343 - Fax +39 085 4213788
[email protected]
www.athenacongressi.it
The Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale (AIOT), in
collaboration with the European Institute for Evidence-Based
Osteopathic Medicine (EBOM) is honoured to present the
International Conference of Osteopathy “Neural Aspects of
Osteopathic Medicine”
As evidenced by several scientists, medicine is facing a
change. The deterministic view is overcome by a complex
vision of the pathophysiology and the use of therapies is
becoming more holistic. This leads to a wider use of nonconventional theories and practices.
Non-conventional medicine theories and medical art
principles share the same theoretical ground. However
we need a scientific breakthrough to better understand the
mechanisms of action and to test the effectiveness and safety
of medical treatments.
The purpose of the Conference is to follow up with the
new way of thinking about the application of osteopathic
treatment, based mainly on the cooperation between clinical
specialists, in particular neurologists, and clinical osteopaths.
The common language is high quality scientific research.
Neuroscience and osteopathy will merge at the light of latest
evidence. The Conference will be organized sessions about
input and output neural processing, central elaboration and
tools for measuring nervous system activities. The principle
and the clinical application of osteopathic medicine will
be constantly referred to. The words of Starling give the
Conference message milestone:
“... only understanding the wisdom of the body
that we can comprehend the mystery of diseases
and pain. This can allow us to discharge from any
responsibility toward the genus Homo”
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Gina Barlafante, Italy
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy (Chair)
Gina Barlafante, Italy
Marco Verzella, Italy
Lucia Cardinali, Italy
Marta Martelli, Italy
Luca Cicchitti, Italy
Gianfranco Pizzolorusso, Italy
Brian Degenhardt, USA
Paul Standley, USA
Gary Fryer, Australia
Rafael Zegarra-Parodi, France
Sander Kales, The Netherlands
Patrick van Dun, Belgium
Steven Vogel, UK
Christian Fossum, Norway
Stephen Tyreman, UK
Florian Schwerla, Germany
Christian Lunghi, Italy
Marco Petracca, Italy
Chiara Arienti, Italy
Nicola Vanacore, Italy
Zachary Comeaux, USA
Vito Adragna, Italy
Cinzia Renzetti, Italy
Vincenzo Cozzolino, Italy
Jorge Esteves, UK
SPEAKERS
Gina Barlafante
Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale, Italy
Nicola Barsotti
SIPNEI, Italy
Francesco Cerritelli
European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine, Italy
Pietro Cortelli
University of Boulogne, Italy
Vincenzo Cozzolino
Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale, Italy
Brian Degenhardt
A.T. Still Research Institute, USA
Jorge Esteves
British School of Osteopathy, UK
Antonio Ferretti
University of Chieti, Italy
Gary Fryer
Victoria University, Australia
Alberto Gallace
University of Milan - Bicocca, Italy
Kostantin Korotkov
Saint Petersburg Federal Research Institute of Physical Culture, Russia
Meng Liang
University College London, UK
Giulia Pierangeli
University of Boulogne, Italy
Cinzia Renzetti
Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale, Italy
Charles Spence
University of Oxford, UK
Paul Standley
The University of Arizona, USA
Liborio Stuppia
University of Chieti, Italy
Armando Tartaro
University of Chieti, Italy
Paolo Tozzi
CROMON, Italy
Giuseppe Vitiello
University of Salerno, Italy
Christine Wiebking
University of Ottawa, Canada
Filippo Zappasodi
University of Chieti, Italy
The feeling of what you feel
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAMME
8:00
Registration
8:45
Welcome
Gina Barlafante
Francesco Cerritelli
8:50
ROI President message
Edoardo Rossi, Italy
Morning session
Moderator: Paolo Tozzi
8:55
Introduction
Paolo Tozzi, Italy
9:00
Interoception: the sense of the physiological condition
of the body
Christine Wiebking, Canada
9:30
Body matrix: the dynamic neural representation of the body
Alberto Gallace, Italy
10:00
Pain matrix and organisation of senses
in the primary sensory cortex
Meng Liang, UK
10:30
Coffee break
10:50
Crossmodal correspondence: the essence of brain networks
Charles Spence, UK
11:20
Tools for measuring CNS responses:
neurophysiology: EP and EEG
Filippo Zappasodi, Italy
11:50
Tools for measuring CNS responses:
Neuroimaging funzionale: fMRI, DTI, MRS
Antonio Ferretti, Italy
12:20
Tools for measuring the VNS: practical applications
and clinical implications
Giulia Pierangeli - Pietro Cortelli, Italy
12:50
Discussion
13:15
Lunch break and visit to Poster session
Afternoon session
Moderator: Gina Barlafante
14:25
Introduction
Gina Barlafante, Italy
14:30
Mechanisms of adaptation: the muscle-skeletal system
Vincenzo Cozzolino, Italy
15:00
Mechanisms of adaptation: the immune-endocrine system
Nicola Barsotti, Italy
15:30
Mechanisms of adaptation: the epigenetic response
Liborio Stuppia, Italy
16:00
Coffee break
16:20
Tools for measuring tissue adaptions: the MRI
Armando Tartaro, Italy
16:50
Discussion
17:30
POSTER SESSION
18:30
End of session
Interoception and osteopathy
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Morning session
Moderator: Vincenzo Cozzolino
9:00 Introduction
Vincenzo Cozzolino, Italy
9:10 ROI Vice-President message
Paola Sciomachen, Italy
9:20 Touch as an epigenetic stimulus for the central nervous system
Jorge Esteves, UK
9:40 Electromagnetic adaptations in response
to osteopathic treatment
Konstantin Korotkov, Russia
10:00 EEG variations following osteopathic manipulation
Barlafante Gina, Italy
10:20 EMG changes associated to OMT
Gary Fryer, Australia
10:45 Coffee break
11:05 Motor neuron excitability and OMT
Gary Fryer, Australia
11:25 Vegetative nervous system adaptations following
the application of osteopathic maneuvers
Brian Degenhardt, USA
11:45 Hearth rate variability modifications associated
with osteopathic procedures
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAMME
12:05 Skin blood flow changes as ANS measure after manipulation
Brian Degenhardt, USA
12:25 Muscle-skeletal reactions to OMT:
evidence from in-vitro and in-vivo models
Paul Standley, USA
12:45 Immune-endocrine system rearrangements
following OMT session: state of the art
.
Cinzia Renzetti, Italy
13:00 Discussion
13:30 Lunch break and visit to Poster session
Afternoon session
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Francesco Cerritelli
14:55 Introduction
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy
15:00 Body awareness as a therapeutic dimension in complex or difficult
pain. Why fascial bodywork can be an important phenomenological
and interoceptive pathway
Joeri Calsius, Belgium
15:15 Interoception, body awareness and chronic pain: preliminary
results from a case-control study
Chiara Ribera d’Alcala, UK
15:30 Effect of HVLA Osteopathic manipulation of C0/C1 on vegetative
nervous system, measurement of heart rate variability and blood
pressure variability
Michael Gombert, France
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Osteopathic manipulative treatment and its relationship to
autonomic nervous system: comparison between HVLA on D1-D4
and HVLA plus soft tissue on primary osteopathic dysfunction area
Liria Papa, Italy
16:15 Postural and autonomic modifications following OMT.
Comparison between dog and CV4 techniques
Fabio Scoppa, Italy
16:30 Lymphatic pump treatment enhances immunity
and reduces solid tumour growth
Lisa Hodge, USA
16:45 Discussion
17:00 End of session
20:00 Concert “Inside Resonance Zones”
Teatro Comunale, Atri (Teramo)
21:30 Get-together
Auditorium Sant’Agostino, Atri (Teramo)
New insights in osteopathy
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAMME
Morning session
Moderator: Francesco Cerritelli
9:00
Introduction
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy
9:15
Implications of brain physical models in osteopathy
Giuseppe Vitiello, Italy
ORAL PRESENTATIONS in different medical fields
Moderator: Paul Standley
10:00
Osteopathic treatment of migraine without aura:
outcome research
Vito Adragna - Giulia Giannotti, Italy
10:15
Clinical effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative treatment versus
sham therapy and usual care in chronic migraine: 3 armed RCT
Francesco Cerritelli, Italy
10:30
Osteopathic treatment of patients with restless legs syndrome.
A randomized controlled trial.
Florian Schwerla, Germany
10:45
Discussion
11:00
Coffee break
11:15
Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on health
and on risk of depression in chronic LBP patients:
results from the esoqolio trial
Marco Verzella, Italy
11.30
Efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with
lumbar instability: a randomized controlled trial
Fulvio Dal Farra, Italy
11:45
Osteopathic treatment of patients with burnout syndrome
accompanied by chronic non-specific low back pain
Larisa Lasovetskaya, Russia
12:00
Discussion
12:15
The epigenetic brain : new insights in preterm infant therapies
Gennaro Castaldo, Italy
12:30
Randomized study of the effectiveness of osteopathic
treatment of neurological disorders in early infants suffering
from somatic dysfunctions
Irina Egorova, Russia
12:45
The effect of osteopathic treatment on the developmental
dynamics in children with sensory integration disorder
Gordana Vešligaj, Croatia
13:00
The impact of osteopathic treatment on gross motor function
and functional ability in children with multiple disabilities:
a pilot study
Jelena Spionjak, Croatia
13:15
Discussion
13:30
Closing ceremony
Gina Barlafante
Francesco Cerritelli
13:45
End of the Conference
POSTERS
NEUROLOGY
1 Osteopathic hypothesis of the treatment of glandular and nervous
stress disfunction: narrative review
Daniela Cancemi, Italy
2 Osteopathic management of tension-type headache associated with
hypertonicity of the tongue. A case report
Cédric Garcion, France
3 Osteopathic manipulative treatment and chronic tension-type
headache: outcome research
Riccardo Desideri, Italy
4 Osteopathic manipulative treatment reduces gait impairment in adult
patients with Prader-Willi syndrome
Luca Vismara, Italy
5 Osteopathic treatment helps with reducing pain of primary
dysmenorrhea
Zvonka Tomasovic, Croatia
6 Using thrust and recoil techniques in an osteopathic manipulative
treatment for complex regional pain syndrome type I: a case report
Elsa Tavernier, France
OSTEOPATHY
7 Shape variability of the sacrum : clinical and research implications.
A literature review
Elsa Tavernier, France
8 The 2 dimensional skin motion test and its integrative application in
visceral osteopathy
Jean Marie A.T. Beuckels, Germany
9 The osteopathic treatment of adults who experienced war as children
Janet Tait, Canada
DENTISTRY
10 The role of epigenetics in craniofacial growth and development
Gennaro Castaldo, Italy
11 Somatic dysfunctions as consequences of wisdom teeth extraction in
patients with temporomandibular disorder: a retrospective study
Marina Lemay, France
ORTHOPEDICS
12 The effects of osteopathic manipulative treatments on a runner
suffering from chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a case report.
Katy Baron, France
PHYSIOLOGY
13 Change of blood glucose levels in healthy subjects: a comparison of
osteopathic methods
Gianvito Iacovelli, Italy
PSYCHIATRY
14 Influence of general osteopathic treatment over alexithymia
expression in anesthesiologists of intensive care units suffering with
Professional Burnout Syndrome (a prospective study)
Larisa Lasovetskaya, Russia
POSTER SESSION
Contributed abstracts selected as posters have to be displayed by 10.00
hrs on Friday 27th and collected by 12.00 hrs on Sunday 29th.
The visit to the poster session is planned during lunch time. Oral
presentation for posters is on Friday 27 from 17:30 to 18:30. During
the poster session the presenting Author is requested to stand by his/her
poster and be available for poster presentation and any questions.
A single board, 70 cm wide and 100 cm high is available for each poster.
The reference number on the poster board corresponds to the number
next to the poster title on the final programme.
The material to display the poster is provided by the Organising
Secretariat and available at the reception desk.
AUDIOVISUALS
Computer projection equipment is available at the Conference venue.
Speakers are required to hand in their CDs/pen drives to the technical
centre at least two hours before their contribution.
PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE
The certificate can be collected at the reception desk starting from
Sunday, September 29th.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official Conference language are English and Italian. Simultaneous
translation service will be provided.
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
The time allotted for each oral communication is 15 minutes: 12 minutes
for the presentation and 3 minutes for the discussion.
The presenting Author must be registered to the Conference. Only one
speaker is allowed to present the paper.
The preferred presentation format is powerpoint (.ppt)
GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE VENUE
Auditorium del Rettorato - Campus Università G. d’Annunzio, Chieti Italy
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
ATHENA CONGRESSI - Via Passo Lanciano, 78 - 65124 Pescara, Italy
ph. 0039 085 4214343 fax 0039 085 4213788
e-mail: [email protected] - internet: www.athenacongressi.it
Telephone number during the Conference: 349 4948766
The Organising Secretariat reception desk will be available at the
Conference venue for the whole period of the Conference starting from
8.00 on Friday, September 27th.
REGISTRATION
Conference registration fees (in Euros, 21% VAT included)
Member CSdO/FEO/FORE 450,00
Non member
550,00
Student
250,00
Accompanying person
60,00
CSdO (Consiglio Superiore di Osteopatia) includes: AIMM (Associazione Italiana di
Medicina Manuale), AMOI (Associazione Medici Osteopati Italiani), FeSIOs (Federazione
Sindacale Italiana Osteopati), ROI (Registro degli Osteopati d’Italia), UPOI (Unione
Professionale Osteopati d’Italia)
F.E.O. (Federation of European Osteopathes) includes the following 8 active members:
Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal. 2 delegations:
The Netherlands and Spain
F.O.R.E. (Forum for Osteopathic Regulation in Europe) includes national registers and
European delegates for osteopathy.
The Conference registration fees include
For participants: access to the scientific sessions, congress kit, working
lunches of September 27 and 28, coffee breaks and social programme.
For accompanying persons: social programme.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
Payments must be made in Euro. Registrants may pay by cash or credit
card.
CONFERENCE REPLACEMENTS
If you are pre-registered but unable to attend, you may be replaced by
another participant at no additional charge provided that a written request
has been addressed to Athena Congressi by July 31st.
Replacements cannot be accepted after that date.
CONFERENCE CANCELLATION POLICY
In case of cancellation received upon written request prior to July
31st, the full fee minus administrative expenses will be refunded.
Cancellations received after August 1st will not be refunded. All refunds
will be processed after the Conference.
COFFEE BREAKS AND LUNCHES
Coffee breaks and lunches will be served at the Conference venue.
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
20:00 Concert “Inside Resonance Zones”
Teatro Comunale, Atri (Teramo)
21:30 Get-together
Auditorium Sant’Agostino, Atri (Teramo)
The transfer will depart from Piazza I Maggio at 19.00 and will go
directly to Atri.
SHUTTLE SERVICE TO THE CONFERENCE VENUE
Pescara and the Conference venue will be connected with a shuttle.
Departure from Piazza I Maggio in front of Cascella fountain, stop at
Hotel Duca D’Aosta (5 minutes after departure). Arrival at the Conference
venue.
Shuttle schedule to the Conference venue:
- Sept. 27th departure from Piazza I Maggio at 8.00
- Sept. 28th departure from Piazza I Maggio at 8.30
- Sept. 29th departure from Piazza I Maggio at 8.30
Return at the end of the sessions.
Shuttle schedule to the social programme venue:
- Sept. 28th departure from Piazza I Maggio at 19.00, the transfer will
go directly to Atri.
Smoking is forbidden in all the Conference areas
Participants are invited to switch off their mobile telephones
during the working sessions
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND THE ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
DO NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OCCURRED
TO THE PARTICIPANTS DURING THE
CONFERENCE
Testa di ragazza, Leonardo da Vinci c.1483 (Biblioteca Reale - Torino)
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