Practical Approaches to Evidence-based
Physiotherapy Practice in Parkinson’s Disease
[A one day course]
Friday 31st October 2008
Organized by the APPDE in cooperation with Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology & Gerontology (CPNG)
St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin
Main speaker: Mariella Graziano, President of APPDE
PLACES LIMITED TO 40 PARTICIPANTS
Preference given to CPNG members
Who we are
The mission of the APPDE is to initiate
and support knowledge transfer between physiotherapy clinicians,
researchers, educators and managers, members of the multidisciplinary team,
people with Parkinson’s, families, policy makers and healthcare providers to
promote best practice physiotherapy for people with Parkinson’s across
Europe.
The APPDE has four aims:
- To facilitate networking to promote best practice within the context of individual healthcare systems
- To enable educational initiatives to be developed and supported
- To provide a forum for discussion of potential research programmes, in addition to facilitating and supporting collaborative networks in their pursuit of appropriate research funding
- To raise the profile of the contribution of physiotherapy to the multidisciplinary team management of Parkinson’s.
CONTACTS
The following individuals form the current APPDE Administrative Board:
- President – Mariella Graziano, Luxembourg ⓘ
- Vice President – Fiona Lindop, United Kingdomⓘ
- Treasurer – Dr Anna Jones, United Kingdomⓘ
- Membership Secretary – Bhanu Ramaswamy,
United Kingdomⓘ
- Board Member – Marcelle Hubert, Belgium ⓘ
- Board Member – Marten Munneke, The Netherlands ⓘ
The APPDE is registered as an international non-profit making, non-religious and non-political organisation registered in Belgium.
To contact the APPDE, please email info@appde.eu