ISPO Short Course on Amputation, Surgery, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Iran

Date: 27/11/2011 - 28/11/2011

Place: Teheran, Iran Organizers: ISPO International, ISPO-Iran, the Undersecretary General of Health, Treatment and Rehabilitation, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the Iranian Orthopedic Association (IOA) About the event: The event was composed of 2 days of instructional course and a 1 day workshop given by two representatives of the ISPO International delegation. Two additional workshop days were held by the local organization.

The ISPO team was composed of:

 Gert-Uno Larsson, orthopedic surgeon, Sweden;  Anton Johannesson, CPO, Sweden;  Jan Geertzen, MD P&RM, the Netherlands;  Marcel Conradi, CPO, the Netherlands;  Harmen van der Linde, MD P&RM, the Netherlands. Key topics covered included:

 The state of art methods on amputation surgery  Phantom pain and pain management  Physiotherapy and occupational therapy  Prosthetic fundamentals  Psychology on lower limb amputation  Biomechanics  Rehabilitation on society The first of its kind to be organized in the region, the course was well received by participants coming from various backgrounds: PO professionals (47.1%), Orthopaedic surgeons and general physician (GP) (36.1%), occupational therapist (6.4%), physiotherapy (3.2%) nurse (3.2%), first aid instructor, physical medicine, psychologist and architect (4%). Programme Download the programme.

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