Scientific and social programme

9.30
Registration opens 

10.30-11.00
Opening Ceremony

11.00-12.00 
Plenary Lecture, Dr Anjali Forber-Pratt (USA)
“Research about Disability Identity, Perceptions of Disability and Empowerment”
Chair: Markku Poikela

12.00-13.30
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

12.30-13.30 
Poster Walk, Chair: Henrik Hagen Poder

13.30-15.00
Three Parallel Workshops

1. An Interactive, Multidisciplinary Workshop on Pressure Ulcer Management in People with SCI
   Knaerke Soegaard
2. Paired Associative Stimulation in Rehabilitation After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
   Anastasia Shulga, Kirsi Holopainen, Piia Haakana, Anna Nätkynmäki
3. On Equal Terms – How Can Participation in Everyday Life When Using Personal Assistance After Spinal Cord Injury Be Supported? 
   Hanna Gabrielsson, Lisa Holmlund

15.00-16.00
Coffee, Exhibition and Posters

16.00-16.45
Presentation of Recent Nordic Dissertations on SCI

16.45-17.45
Oral Presentations in Three Parallel Sessions

1. Parallel session 1, Chairs: Eerika Koskinen and Anna-Leena Heula

   16.45-17.00 
   Facilitators and Barriers in the Rehabilitation Process Described by Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries
   Susanna Tallqvist

   17.00-17.15 
   Association of Self-Efficacy on Problems with Secondary Health Conditions in the Finnish Population with Spinal Cord Injury 
   Vesa-Matti Kuittinen

   17.15-17.30 
   Experiences of Social and Health Care Services are Positive Among Finnish People with Spinal Cord Injury, FinSCI-Study
   Kristiina Puranen

   17.30-17.45 
   The Swedish’s Needs Assessment Project: Prerequisites, Research Priorities and Knowledge Translation Gaps to Enhance Life for People Living with SCI
   Johanna Wangdell

    

2. Parallel session 2, Chair Piia Haakana

   16.45-17.00
   Investigating the Therapeutic Efficacy of the CRP-Treatment after Spinal Cord Injury: Histological and Functional Analysis in a Large Animal Model
   Sigrún Jarlsdóttir

   17.00-17.15 
   High-Frequency Ultrasound in Pressure Ulcer Assessment in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: a Pilot Study 
   Maria Suong Tjønnås

   17.15-17.30 
   Telemedicine Follow-Up and Prevention of Pressure Injury Post-Discharge from Acute Care Rehabilitation.
   Ingebjørg Irgens

   17.30-17.45 
   Spinal Cord Injury Registry in Tampere University Hospital
   Miia Koskinen

    

3. Parallel session 3, Chair Anna Nätkynmäki

   16.45-17.00 
   Spinal Cord Injury in War Zones in Past and Present 
   Yorck B. Kalke

   17.00-17.15 
   Self-Rated Life Satisfaction among Older Adults Aging with Long-Term Spinal Cord Injury: Changes over Six Years
   Mikael Waller

   17.15-17.30 
   Community Peer-Based Programs in Sweden for People with Spinal Cord Injury Improve Physical Independence, Felf-Efficacy and Wheelchair Skills
   Anestis Divanoglou

    

18.00
Welcome Reception at Marina Congress Center

9.00-10.00
Plenary Lecture, Dr Ines Bersch-Porada (Switzerland)
“Functional Electrical Stimulation: Research, Clinical Practice, and Future Perspectives”
Chair: Anastasia Shulga

10.00-10.30
Coffee, Exhibition and Posters

10.30-12.00
Three Parallel Workshops

1. Eating Well to Manage Neurogenic Bowel: Unpacking the Dietary Elements
   Priya Iyer, Hanne B Slettahjell, Line Trine Dalsgaard, Anna Wahl, Anna-Carin Lagerström, Erika Nilsson
    
2. Navigating Acceptance and Grief in Spinal Cord Injury: A Collaborative Workshop organized by Nordic SCI Psychologists 
   Anders Aaby, Naja Bøje Casupei, Irene Christiansen
    
3. The Importance of Consumer Engagement and Different Ways to Implement it in SCI Rehabilitation Development and Research
   Nora Sandholdt, Erika Nilsson, Emelie Axwalter, Tom Atle Steffensen, Cathrine Guldberg, Line Trine Dalsgaard, Markku Poikela, Anna Pasanen

12.00-13.30
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

12.30-13.30 
Poster Walk, Chair: Henrik Hagen Poder

13.30-14.30
Plenary Lecture, Dr Pentti Tienari (Finland)
“Spectrum of Diseases Affecting the Spinal Cord”
Chair: Jari Arokoski

14.30-15.00
Coffee, Exhibition and Posters

15.00-16.45
Three Parallel Workshops

1. Healthy and Sustainable Aging with Spinal Cord Injury
   Sophie Jörgensen, Ulrica Lundström, Mattias Hill, Mikael Waller
    
2.  Lifetime Care - Review and Discussion of Existing Monitoring and Management Guidelines and Research Opportunities by Clinicians and Caregivers of Children and Adults Living with Spina Bifida
   Hanna Gabrielsson, Martina Bendt, Dorothee Riedel Ratzka, Åsa Eriksson, Alette Halvor Jensen, Petra Aden, Antoinette Botman
    
3. Intimacy and Sexuality, When, How, Who 
   Henriette Kirkegård Rask, Maria Moschovou, Lars Varnerud

17.45-18.45
NoSCoS General Meeting

19.00
Dinner at Wanha Satama (next building to Marina Congress Center) 

9.00-10.30
Professional Group Meetings (chairs):
Physicians (Marie Thodén and Wolfram Antepohl), nurses (Line Trine Dalsgaard, Maria Moschovou, Malin Nordin), nutritional therapists (Hanne Bjørg Slettahjell, Anna Wahl), physiotherapists (Henrik Poder, Sanna-Kaisa Luja), occupational therapists (Lisa Holmlund and Hanni Leskinen), social workers and rehabilitation counsellors (Kaarina Eskola), psychologists (Irene Christiansen, Naja Bøje Casupei), consumers and peer instructors (Markku Poikela, Nora Sandholdt, Cathrine Guldberg). 

10.30-11.00
Coffee, Exhibition and Posters

11.00-12.00
NoSCoS Award and the NoSCoS Award Lecture
Chairs: Randi Steensgaard and Wolfram Antepohl

12.00-13.15
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

13.15-14.45 
Three Parallel Workshops

1. How Do We Involve the Patient in the Choice of Bladder Emptying Method? 
   Malin Nordin, Tina Albrektslund Schwennesen, Line Trine Dalsgaard, Mariann Forsström
    
2. A Structured Assessment Model for Syringomyelia as a Base for Conservative Activity-Based Interventions – Experiences from Patients and Team Members. 
   Line Olsson, Wolfram Antepohl, Ulrica Lundström
    
3. Support for family and friends. 
   Sebastian Forsén, Katarina Braunerhjelm

14.45-15.30
Closing Ceremony and Coffee