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FIRRI SYMPOSIUM

 Recent advances in rehabilitation of cardiorespiratory and internal diseases

The members of the FIRRI board kindly invite you to the 2024 symposium on “Recent advances in rehabilitation of cardiorespiratory and internal diseases”.

Theme: “May the power be with them: empowering patients before, during and after rehabilitation!”


When: Friday, April 26, 2024


Where: REVAL Research Centre, Campus Diepenbeek – Hasselt University, Wetenschapspark 7

Program:

9.20-10.20: Coffee and registration 

10.20-10.30: Welcome & introduction

10.30-11.20: Keynote: Prof. dr. Edgard Eeckman – chair vzw Patient Empowerment Belgium: Patient empowerment, lever of patient engagement

11.20-11.35: Short break 

Oral presentations part 1:

11.35-11.50: Manon Kinaupenne – UGhent: Active parent, active youth: exploring theassociation between parent and child physical activity in Youth with Cystic Fibrosis

11.50-12.05: Alexis Gillet – ULB: Effects of 3/7 vs 3X9 resistance training method combined with endurance exercise in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and heart failure: a randomized clinical trial

12.05-12.20: Dries Cops – UHasselt: Supramaximal high-intensity interval training in persons with COPD: superior for cognitive health? Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

12.20-13.00: Lunch

13.00-14.00: Poster presentations 

Oral presentations part 2:

14.00-14.15: Dr. Simon Helleputte – UGhent: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to body composition, estimated insulin sensitivity and arterial stiffness in adults with type 1 diabetes

14.15-14.30: Sarah Haesevoets – UHasselt: The impact of lung resection surgery, with or without (neo-)adjuvant therapy, on physical functioning in patients with lung cancer – a scoping review

14.30-14.45: Paulien Mellaerts – KU Leuven: The one-minute sit-to-stand test to measure functional exercise performance in patients with COPD following pulmonary rehabilitation

14.45-15.00: Short break 

15.00-15.50: Keynote: Prof. dr. Katrien De Cocker – UGhent: The role of healthcare professionals in enhancing patients’ motivation: How can theory and empirical evidence inform our practice?

15.50-16.05: Closing & award session 

FIRRI symposium 2024


When: Friday, April 26, 2024


Where: REVAL Research Centre, Campus Diepenbeek – Hasselt University, Wetenschapspark 7

Program:

9.20-10.20: Coffee and registration 

10.20-10.30: Welcome & introduction

10.30-11.20: Keynote: Prof. dr. Edgard Eeckman – chair vzw Patient Empowerment Belgium: Patient empowerment, lever of patient engagement

11.20-11.35: Short break 

Oral presentations part 1:

11.35-11.50: Manon Kinaupenne – UGhent: Active parent, active youth: exploring theassociation between parent and child physical activity in Youth with Cystic Fibrosis

11.50-12.05: Alexis Gillet – ULB: Effects of 3/7 vs 3X9 resistance training method combined with endurance exercise in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and heart failure: a randomized clinical trial

12.05-12.20: Dries Cops – UHasselt: Supramaximal high-intensity interval training in persons with COPD: superior for cognitive health? Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

12.20-13.00: Lunch

13.00-14.00: Poster presentations 

Oral presentations part 2:

14.00-14.15: Dr. Simon Helleputte – UGhent: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to body composition, estimated insulin sensitivity and arterial stiffness in adults with type 1 diabetes

14.15-14.30: Sarah Haesevoets – UHasselt: The impact of lung resection surgery, with or without (neo-)adjuvant therapy, on physical functioning in patients with lung cancer – a scoping review

14.30-14.45: Paulien Mellaerts – KU Leuven: The one-minute sit-to-stand test to measure functional exercise performance in patients with COPD following pulmonary rehabilitation

14.45-15.00: Short break 

15.00-15.50: Keynote: Prof. dr. Katrien De Cocker – UGhent: The role of healthcare professionals in enhancing patients’ motivation: How can theory and empirical evidence inform our practice?

15.50-16.05: Closing & award session 


Registration is open