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The XIth International Symposium on Posture & Gait will be held in Portland,
Oregon from May 23rd to 27th. I've outlined some of the scientific and social
happenings for the meeting below. Great program - should be very exciting!
For more information, please contact:
Joy Freytag, Coordinator
Posture & Gait Symposium
Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center
1015 N.W. 22nd Avenue, N300
Portland, OR USA 97210-5198
Phone: 503-229-7348
FAX: 503-790-1201
OR by E-mail:
Heidi Sveistrup: HEIDISV@oregon.uoregon.edu
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XIth INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POSTURE AND GAIT:
CONTROL MECHANISMS
__________
Saturday, May 23
RECEPTION
Keynote Address: V.S. Gurfinkel (Moscow)
The scientific heritage of N.A. Bernstein
__________
Sunday, May 24
Breakfast & Welcome: Fay Horak (Portland)
Marjorie Woollacott (Eugene)
MORNING SESSION 1: NEURAL CIRCUITRY
Chair: J. Smith (Los Angeles)
S. Mori (Tokyo)
Speaker: K. Pearson (Edmonton)
Neural mechanisms generating the motor pattern for walking.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neural Circuitry, Sensorimotor Integration, and Vestibular
Function
AFTERNOON SESSION 2: SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION
Chair: A. Berthoz (Paris)
F.O. Black (Portland)
Speaker: J. Lackner and P. DiZio (Boston)
Sensory-motor calibration processes constraining the perception of
force and motion during locomotion
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neural Circuitry, Sensorimotor Integration and Vestibular
Function
SOCIAL: !!! STERNWHEELER CRUISE ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER !!!
__________
Monday, May 25
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 3: VESTIBULAR FUNCTION
Chair: M. Igarashi (Tokyo)
K. Taguchi (Matsumoto)
Speaker: A. Berthoz (Paris)
Path integration during locomotion.
Oral Presentations
AFTERNOON FREE: Excursions planned to Cannon Beach and Mt. Hood
__________
Tuesday, May 26
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 4: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Chair: J. Massion (Marseille)
M. Schieppati (Milan)
Speaker: T. Brandt (Munich)
Falls in vestibular and neurological disorders.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
AFTERNOON
#### SPECIAL WORKSHOP ####
Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Approaches to Posture and Gait
Research: What can each tell us about control mechanisms?
Marjorie Woollacott (Eugene): Introduction
D. Winter (Waterloo): How biomechanical variables reveal the net integrated
strategy of the CNS in balance control in human gait.
J. Smith (Los Angeles): Predictions for the neural control of locomotion based
on limb kinetics.
G.J. van Ingen Schenau and R. Jacobs (Amsterdam): Coordination of mono-
and bi-articular muscles in the control of external forces.
J. Macpherson (Portland): Why biomechanics?
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Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
LATE AFTERNOON SESSION 5: BIOMECHANICS
Chair: D.A. Winter (Waterloo)
Oral Presentations
M. Schieppati (Milan)
Speaker: T. Brandt (Munich)
Falls in vestibular and neurological disorders.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
Business Meeting & Tour of R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute
__________
Wednesday, May 27
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 6: EFFECTS OF AGING
Chair: W. Bles (Soesterberg)
Speaker: M. Tinetti (Connecticut)
Predicting and preventing falls in the elderly.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Aging, Development, and Rehabilitation
AFTERNOON SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENT
Chair: B. Amblard (Paris)
Speaker: A. Bekhoff (Denver)
Development of locomotion: Patterns and trends.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Aging, Development, and Rehabilitation
SOCIAL: !!! BANQUET AT TIMBERLINE LODGE, MT HOOD !!!
************************************************** ***
Other Information:
Conference Hotel & Meeting Place: Marriot Hotel
1401 S.W. Front Avenue
Portland, OR 97201 USA
Phone: 800-228-9290
FAX: 503-221-1789
Registration Fees: Payment in US $ only
US dollars and checks are accepted
No credit cards
Members US $430.00
Non-members US $460.00
Students US $330.00
Accompanying Persons US $100.00
Registration fee includes:
Two-volume book: Posture and Gait: Control Mechanisms 1992
Continental breakfast (x4)
Coffee, fruit, and cookies
Welcome reception at Marriot (Saturday)
Sternwheeler cruise (Sunday)
Tour of R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute (Tuesday)
Banquet at Mt. Hood (Wednesday)
Oregon from May 23rd to 27th. I've outlined some of the scientific and social
happenings for the meeting below. Great program - should be very exciting!
For more information, please contact:
Joy Freytag, Coordinator
Posture & Gait Symposium
Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center
1015 N.W. 22nd Avenue, N300
Portland, OR USA 97210-5198
Phone: 503-229-7348
FAX: 503-790-1201
OR by E-mail:
Heidi Sveistrup: HEIDISV@oregon.uoregon.edu
************************************************** *****************
XIth INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POSTURE AND GAIT:
CONTROL MECHANISMS
__________
Saturday, May 23
RECEPTION
Keynote Address: V.S. Gurfinkel (Moscow)
The scientific heritage of N.A. Bernstein
__________
Sunday, May 24
Breakfast & Welcome: Fay Horak (Portland)
Marjorie Woollacott (Eugene)
MORNING SESSION 1: NEURAL CIRCUITRY
Chair: J. Smith (Los Angeles)
S. Mori (Tokyo)
Speaker: K. Pearson (Edmonton)
Neural mechanisms generating the motor pattern for walking.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neural Circuitry, Sensorimotor Integration, and Vestibular
Function
AFTERNOON SESSION 2: SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION
Chair: A. Berthoz (Paris)
F.O. Black (Portland)
Speaker: J. Lackner and P. DiZio (Boston)
Sensory-motor calibration processes constraining the perception of
force and motion during locomotion
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neural Circuitry, Sensorimotor Integration and Vestibular
Function
SOCIAL: !!! STERNWHEELER CRUISE ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER !!!
__________
Monday, May 25
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 3: VESTIBULAR FUNCTION
Chair: M. Igarashi (Tokyo)
K. Taguchi (Matsumoto)
Speaker: A. Berthoz (Paris)
Path integration during locomotion.
Oral Presentations
AFTERNOON FREE: Excursions planned to Cannon Beach and Mt. Hood
__________
Tuesday, May 26
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 4: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Chair: J. Massion (Marseille)
M. Schieppati (Milan)
Speaker: T. Brandt (Munich)
Falls in vestibular and neurological disorders.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
AFTERNOON
#### SPECIAL WORKSHOP ####
Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Approaches to Posture and Gait
Research: What can each tell us about control mechanisms?
Marjorie Woollacott (Eugene): Introduction
D. Winter (Waterloo): How biomechanical variables reveal the net integrated
strategy of the CNS in balance control in human gait.
J. Smith (Los Angeles): Predictions for the neural control of locomotion based
on limb kinetics.
G.J. van Ingen Schenau and R. Jacobs (Amsterdam): Coordination of mono-
and bi-articular muscles in the control of external forces.
J. Macpherson (Portland): Why biomechanics?
#############################
Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
LATE AFTERNOON SESSION 5: BIOMECHANICS
Chair: D.A. Winter (Waterloo)
Oral Presentations
M. Schieppati (Milan)
Speaker: T. Brandt (Munich)
Falls in vestibular and neurological disorders.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Neurological Disorders and Biomechanics
Business Meeting & Tour of R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute
__________
Wednesday, May 27
Breakfast
MORNING SESSION 6: EFFECTS OF AGING
Chair: W. Bles (Soesterberg)
Speaker: M. Tinetti (Connecticut)
Predicting and preventing falls in the elderly.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Aging, Development, and Rehabilitation
AFTERNOON SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENT
Chair: B. Amblard (Paris)
Speaker: A. Bekhoff (Denver)
Development of locomotion: Patterns and trends.
Oral Presentations
Poster Session: Aging, Development, and Rehabilitation
SOCIAL: !!! BANQUET AT TIMBERLINE LODGE, MT HOOD !!!
************************************************** ***
Other Information:
Conference Hotel & Meeting Place: Marriot Hotel
1401 S.W. Front Avenue
Portland, OR 97201 USA
Phone: 800-228-9290
FAX: 503-221-1789
Registration Fees: Payment in US $ only
US dollars and checks are accepted
No credit cards
Members US $430.00
Non-members US $460.00
Students US $330.00
Accompanying Persons US $100.00
Registration fee includes:
Two-volume book: Posture and Gait: Control Mechanisms 1992
Continental breakfast (x4)
Coffee, fruit, and cookies
Welcome reception at Marriot (Saturday)
Sternwheeler cruise (Sunday)
Tour of R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute (Tuesday)
Banquet at Mt. Hood (Wednesday)