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Myo News 2-24 XII IIM - Myology Meeting, October 1st to 4th 2015 - Reggio Emilia (), Abstracts Myo News 25-28 2016Spring PaduaMuscleDays, February 16th – Padova, (Italy) Program and Abstracts Myo News 29-36 2016Spring PaduaMuscleDays, April 13th to16th - Terme Euganee, Padova (Italy) Program, Call for Attendants and General Information European Journal of Translational Myology - eISSN 2037-7460 – BAM On-Line

Interdepartmental Research Center of Myology Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of , Italy

2016Spring PaduaMuscleDays April - 13 to 16

Muscle Decline in Aging and Neuromuscular Disorders Mechanisms and Countermeasures Terme Euganee, Padova (Italy), April 13 - 16, 2016 Hotel Augustus, Viale Stazione 150 - 35136 (Padova), Italy & Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano di Torreglia (Padova), Italy Phone +39 049 793 200 - Fax +39 049 793518 - http://www.hotelaugustus.com/english/pages/hotel_augustus.php - E-mail: [email protected] Organizers: Ugo Carraro, Helmut Kern, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Werner Lindenthaler, Francesco Piccione, Carlo Reggiani, Marco Sandri

Hotel Augustus, Terme Euganee (Padua), Italy Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano (Padua), Italy April 14 and 16, 2016 April 15, 2016

WEDNESDAY April 13, 2016 - Hotel Augustus, Montegrotto Terme (Padova), Italy 17.00 Exercise and ES in premature aging and aging: Tutorial and get-together, H Kern, U. Carraro, Chairs 17.00 FES in Aging, Helmut Kern, Vienna, Austria 17.30 Bed-Gym and FES: Fighting muscle weakness by take-home strategies, Ugo Carraro, et al., , Italy 18.00 Experiences and suggestions of compliant co-participants, To be announced

THURSDAY April 14, 2016 - Hotel Augustus, Montegrotto Terme (Padova), Italy 9.00 Workshop “Neuromuscular adaptations to exercise and ES in aging – I”, C Leeuwenburg, S Schiaffino, Chairs 10.45 Workshop “Diaphragm, structure and function” – C Leeuwenburgh and C Reggiani, Chairs 14.15 Workshop “Neuromuscular adaptations to exercise and ES in aging – II”, L Sweeney and Marco Sandri, Chairs

FRIDAY April 15, 2016 Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano (Padova), Italy 09.00 Openings - Marco Sandri, CIR-Myo, Head, Rosario Rizzuto, University of Padua, Rector, Italy Annalena Venneri, IRCCS Fondazione San Camillo Hospital, Science Director, Venice-Lido, Italy 11.30 Workshop “Rehabilitation strategies for neuromuscular disorders” – H Kern, U Carraro, Chairs 15.00 Workshop “Mobility in elderly”: Molecular approaches – H Kern, A Musarò, Chairs 17.10 Muscle Imaging – F Protasi, P Gargiulo , Chairs

SATURDAY April 16, 2016 Hotel Augustus, Montegrotto Terme (Padova), Italy 09.40 Workshop: Functional Rejuvenation in Aging, W Lindenthaler, W Mayr, Chairs 14.30 Workshop: ES in Neuromuscular Disorders, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Feliciano Protasi, Chairs 16:30 Vagus stimulation and other ES managements Jonathan C. Jarvis, Francesco Piccione, Chairs 18.00 Biomarkers and functional tools correlations in aging and neuromuscular disorders, S Masiero, M Patruno, Chairs 19.00 U. Carraro - Arrivederci, Auf Wiedersehen, See You to 2017 PaduaMuscleDays

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Basic Applied Myology Vol. 26 (1), 2016

BAM On-Line http://www.bio.unipd.it/ bam/bam.html ISSN 2037 – 7452 http://www.ejtm.eu http://www.bam-online.org www.pagepress.org Organizing Secretariat: Ugo Carraro, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Padua University Via Ugo Bassi 59/B, I-35131 Padova, Italy - phone +39 049 8276030; mobile +39 338 1575745; fax +39 049 8276040; E-mail: [email protected]