Please note that this is a draft programme and minor changes may be made due to unforeseen circumstances.
Wednesday 19th August
| 07.30 – 08.20 | Parallel breakfast sessions 1) Dr Russell Guire – Factors which influence an alteration in width of the epaxial musculature in the thoracic region. 2) Dr David Marlin – Has RICE had its day or is it still a valid technique in managing acute pain and injury? |
| 08.45 – 09.00 | Welcome |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Keynote Plenary Prof Renate Weller Expensive gadget or a diagnostic must: what is new in diagnostic imaging? |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Break |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | Dr Thilo Pfau Don’t look at the legs! The importance of whole body mechanics for quantifying lameness |
| 11.20 – 12.00 | Dr Sarah Jane Hobbs The functional consequences of uneveness |
| 12.00 – 13.15 | Lunch – Poster session |
| 13.15 – 13.45 | Dr Vanessa Peters Functional Anatomy and Diagnostic Imaging of the Cervical Spine |
| 13.45 – 14.15 | Dr Rachel Murray Clinical presentation of Cervical Spine Pathologies |
| 14.15 – 14.45 | Dr Heli Hyytiäinen Cervical spine related pathologies in horses -assessment and therapy suggestions |
| 14.45 – 15.15 | Break |
| 15.15 – 15.55 | Prof Erica McKenzie An update on muscular causes of poor performance in horses I |
| 16.05 – 16.40 | Prof Erica McKenzie An update on muscular causes of poor performance in horses II |
| 16.50 – 17.30 | Submitted papers x 3 |
Thursday 20th August
| 07.30 – 08.20 | Parallel breakfast sessions 1) Mr Lee Clark – Leg length discrepancy of horse and rider 2) Dr Maarten Oosterlinck – Biomechanical principles to make optimal use of therapeutic farriery (ECVSMR) |
| 08.45 – 09.45 | Keynote Plenary Prof Martin Fischer New Insights into dog’s functional morphology and horse’s kinematics and their importance for physical therapy |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | Break |
| 10.15 – 11.00 | Prof Tim Watson Tissue Repair – Can Therapy Make an Evidenced Difference? |
| 11.00- 11.30 | Keynote Plenary Speaker TBC Shared Decision Making |
| 11.30- 12.15 | Keynote Plenary Mr Nick Grantham and Dr Lesley Goff Exercise Prescription and how this can be applied to the quadraped |
| 12.15 – 13.45 | Lunch – IAVRPT meeting |
| 13.45 – 14.30 | Dr Anne Marie Hutchinson Achilles tendinopathy in humans – what happens when you put evidence based practice into practice? |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Dr Lesley Goff Implications of current research in tendon injury for the equine patient in rehabilitation. |
| 15.15 – 15.45 | Break |
| 15.45 – 17.15 | Home management/exercise recommendation panel Panel Members TBC |
| Evening | Gala Dinner |
Friday 21st August
| 07.30 – 08.20 | Parallel breakfast sessions 1) Sue Gilliat – Equine Mouth Moulding 2) Dr Annamaria Nagy – The sacroiliac joint region – the naughty and dangerous horse may be in pain (ECVSMR) |
| 08.45 – 10.00 | Keynote Plenary Prof Noel Fitzpatrick Integration or disintegration of surgery and rehab in 2020: Is it more ethical to give or deny choice? |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Break |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Prof Cathy McGowan Neuromotor control – where neuromuscular function and orthopaedics meet |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Mrs Nadine Ogden The cross-sectional area of musculus multifidus following surgical treatment in horses with impinging or over-riding dorsal spinous processes |
| 11.40 – 12.15 | Dr João Paulo Marques Manifestations of laterality in the horse |
| 12.15 – 13.15 | Lunch |
| 13.15 – 14.40 | Submitted papers x 6 |
| 14.40 – 15.05 | Break |
| 15.05 – 15.45 | Dr Rachel Murray and Miss Jo Spears Horse specific rehabilitation and training: tailoring techniques for the individual |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Dr Heli Hyytiäinen Outcome measures for orthopaedic and neurological equine patients |
| 16.30 – 17.15 | The Oxford Debate |
| 17.15 – 17.30 | Awards and Closure |
| End |