2015 Conference Program

|| Friday, September 18 || Saturday, September 19 || Sunday, September 20 ||

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Pre-Conference Workshop and Registration THU, 17 SEPTEMBER 2015

12:30 --	Registration Desk Hours
13:30 -- 17:30	The Fascia Research Society Presents: Understanding Research Fundamentals for the Congress and Beyond* Jerrilyn Cambron, LMT, DC, MPH, PhD Lisa Hodge, PhD Eric Jacobson, PhD, MPH Ruth Werner, BCTMB Workshop Description

Day 1 FRI, 18 SEPTEMBER 2015

7:00 -- 8:30	Registration
8:30 -- 9:00	Welcome and Overview - Tom Findley, MD, PhD opens with Co-Chair Antonio Stecco, MD
9:00 -- 10:30	Anatomy Consensus in nomenclature - Carla Stecco, MD Description Innervation of Fascia - Siegfried Mense, MD, PhD Description Sensory Aspects of Fascia - Robert Schleip, PhD, MA Description
10:30 -- 11:00	Break
11:00 -- 12:30	Functional Anatomy - Can Yücesoy, PhD Description Fascia and Pain - Andreas Schilder, MSc Description Effects of scar tissue on force transmission - Peter Huijing, PhD Description
12:30 -- 14:00	Lunch and Posters/Exhibitors
14:00 -- 14:30	Moderated Plenary Discussion - Can Yucesoy, PhD • Andreas Schilder, MSc • Robert Schleip, PhD, MA • Carla Stecco, MD • Peter Huijing, PhD • Siegfried Mense, MD, PhD
14:30 -- 16:00	Concurrent Abstract Presentations
16:00 -- 16:30	Break
16:30 -- 17:30	Concurrent Abstract Presentations
17:30 -- 18:00	Break
18:00 -- 19:30	Welcome Reception
19:30 -- 21:00	In Search Of Our Interior Architectures - Jean Claude Guimberteau, MD Description

Day 2 SAT, 19 SEPTEMBER 2015

8:00 -- 9:00	How to Prepare an Abstract for FRC 2018 - Tom Findley, MD, PhD Pre-registration required by email. Contact info@fasciacongress.org to register. Description
9:00 -- 10:30	The Functional Coupling of the Deep Abdominals and Para Spinal Muscles - Andry Vleeming, PhD Description Fascia Sliding - Jean Claude Guimberteau, MD Description Hyaluronan- Preeti Raghavan, MD Description
10:30 -- 11:00	Break
11:00 -- 12:30	Extracellular Matrix - Boris Hinz, PhD Description Sports Medicine - Michael Kjaer, MD, DMSc Embryology and Genetics of Fascia - Mark Schuenke, PhD
12:30 -- 13:00	Plenary Discussion - Andry Vleeming, PhD • Jean Claude Guimberteau, MD • Preeti Raghavan, MD • Boris Hinz, PhD • Michael Kjaer, MD, DMSc • Mark Schuenke, PhD
13:00 -- 14:30	Lunch and Posters/Exhibitors
13:30 -- 14:30	Funding Opportunities & NCCIH Research Priorities - Partap S. Khalsa, DC, PhD, DABCO and Lanay M. Mudd, PhD, FACSM Free and open to the public Description
13:30 -- 14:30	FRC/FRS Interest Group Description
14:30 -- 16:00	Concurrent Parallel Sessions Veterinary Aspects - Vibeke Sødring Elbrønd, PhD and Rikke Mark Schultz, DVM Session Description Clinical Studies - Leon Chaitow, ND, DO • César Fernández de las Peñas, PT, PhD • Eric Jacobson, PhD, MPH Session Description Surgery and Fasciatherapy - Thomas Hausner, MD and Jean Claude Guimberteau, MD Session Description Research Studies/Animal Studies – Paul Standley, PhD and James Bishop Session Description Philosophical Aspects - Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD Session Description
16:00 -- 16:30	Break
16:30 -- 17:30	Posters / Exhibitors
18:00 -- 20:00	Awards Banquet*

Day 3 SUN, 20 SEPTEMBER 2015

9:00 -- 10:30	Observation, assessment & evaluation of fascial dysfunction Micro - Julie Ann Day, P.T. and César Fernández de las Peñas, PT, PhD Description Macro - Serge Gracovetsky, PhD Therapeutic Mechanisms - Leon Chaitow, ND, DO and Geoffrey Bove, DC, PhD Description
10:30 -- 11:00	Break
11:00 -- 12:00	Imaging & Measurement Technologies - Antonio Stecco, MD • Siddhartha Sikdar, PhD
12:00 -- 12:30	Summary Panel - Julie Ann Day, P.T. • César Fernández de las Peñas, PT, PhD • Serge Gracovetsky, PhD • Leon Chaitow, ND, DO • Geoffrey Bove, DC, PhD
12:30 -- 13:30	Lunch and Posters/Exhibitors
13:30 -- 14:00	Future Directions in Fascia Research - Tom Findley, MD, PhD Description
14:00 -- 14:30	Closing - Co-Chairs Serge Gracovetsky, PhD and Antonio Stecco, MD
14:30 -- 15:00	Break
15:00 -- 17:30	Post Conference Parallel Presentations* Manual Therapies - Leon Chaitow, ND, DO and César Fernández de las Peñas, PT, PhD Description Tool Assisted Therapies - Roptrotherapy: Andre Farasyn, PhD, PT, DO and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM): Warren Hammer, DC, MS, DABCO Description Visceral Manipulation – Peter Schwind, PhD, MA and Carla Stecco, MD Description Fascia in Sports and Movement Therapies - Robert Schleip, PhD, MA • Paul Grilley, PhD, MA • Stephen Gangemi, DC • Klaus Eder • Bernie Clark Description Ultrasonography and Ultrasound Elastography - Jouko Heiskanen, MD, Pt and Wolfgang Bauermeister, MD, PhD Description

Post Conference Workshops MON, 21 SEPTEMBER 2015

8:00 -- 17:00

Half and Full Day Workshops*

* Not included in conference registration fee

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