Abstract submission deadline is prolonged until May 15th, 2008. We look forward to receiving your scientific contributions.
Kindly note that selected abstracts (about 185 with the highest score from the Abstract Committee) will be published in the Gait & Posture as a supplement. Other abstracts will be published in the Congress Abstract Book and congress participants will receive a copy of both together with the Final Programme.
If invited lecturers want their presentation publish as an abstract in Gait & Posture supplement, they can prepare the abstract according to the rules in the web site and submit online till May 15th. Abstract Committee will evaluate them together with the other abstracts submitted.
You will be invited by me and Edizioni Minerva Medica to publish your full text in the Proceedings Book of the Congress. The proposal to publish in this book comes from Edizioni Minerva Medica. Full text of invited lectures will be published for free but abstract presenters will be asked some contribution to publish (about 230 euro). I would like to point out that you are completely free to publish or not, there is no obligation at all.
The deadline for full texts has not determined yet. The Proceedings - with full papers - will be published as a book and as a CD by Edizioni Minerva Medica. The publication will be sent to ISI - Philadelphia - to be indexed by Current Contents.
Annual 17th ESMAC Meeting will be preceded by Gait Course and 4 half-day seminars. Both events will take place from 8 to 10 September 2008 at the conference venue, and will be parallel to each other.
Building on a tradition of well structured annual gait courses, this year's course offer a unique opportunity by combining expertise in the field of clinical gait analysis.
The ESMAC Gait Course will introduce the concepts of clinical gait analysis to non-experienced personnel. Concepts covered will include measurement and processing techniques, as well as data interpretation and clinical decision making. Clinical case studies will provide an essential part of the teaching program. A faculty of experts in the field covering the different disciplines involved in clinical gait analysis will interact with you during these three days.
The course program brings a balanced mixture of lectures and interactive small group sessions (max 20 pers). Total number of participants is approximately 60.
Number of places is limited, so the rule "first come - first serve" will be applied.
There will be four seminars on different topics. Each will last approximately 3,5 hours, with a coffee break in the middle.
Following is the list of the seminars, with the names of their directors:
- What can Gait Analysis offer Prosthetics? - James Robb, UK
- Quality of Life - Adam Shortland, UK
- Movement analysis of the upper extremity - Jaap Harlaar, The Netherlands
- Musculoskeletal Modelling - Andrew Roberts, UK
I sincerely hope to meet you in Antalya to wish you a warm welcome!
Gunes Yavuzer MD, PhD
Chairperson of ESMAC 2008 LOC