Saturday 12 May 2012

Vision at the European Stroke Conference 2012

There are a couple of visual rehabilitation related sessions at the European Stroke Conference this year (see below).

Visit the conference web site by clicking here.  For more information, click here to see the programme e-book.

Thursday 24 May 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Oral Session. Rehabilitation and reorganisation after stroke A Auditorium III/IV
8:40 - 8:50
Recovery from Post-Stroke Visual Impairment: Evidence from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA)
9:10 - 9:20
Microscopic damage to the left hemisphere contributes in determining neglect in patients with right hemispheric stroke.


Friday 25 May 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Academic Symposium 5 Auditorium VIII
Joint Symposium WFRN and ESC.  Does functional imaging help to plan stroke rehabilitation?

Early changes are relevant for recovery
R. Seitz, Germany
White matter tract changes and recovery
H. Chabriat, France
Brain organisation and reorganisation to understand neglect and extinction
C. Weiller, Germany
Alternative approaches to aphasia
G. Schlaug, USA

No comments:

Post a Comment

FEATURED

Try Eye-Search, free web-based visual search training from University College London (funded by the Stroke Association).
Listening Books is a UK charity providing audiobooks for people with reading difficulty. Books can be posted on CD, downloaded, or streamed online. There is a membership fee, but it is apparently heavily subsidised.