Continence and Women’s Health Saturday 3 October 7.30 onwards
Registration Joint Plenary Session (ALL GROUPS) 8.30 Conference welcome Speaker: Cris Massis, CEO Australian Physiotherapy Association 8.35 Welcome to country
8.30 - 10.00
8.45 Opening address Speaker: Marcus Dripps, President, Australian Physiotherapy Association 9.00 Ministers address Speaker: The Hon. Sussan Ley MP (TBC) 9.20 Physical inactivity: The biggest public health problem of the 21st Century International Keynote: Professor Steven Blair Chair: Marcus Dripps
10.00 - 10.30
Room: Arena 2
Morning Tea – Exhibition Hall Session 1 Current trends in pelvic floor muscle training and exercise 10.30 The Cochrane systematic review and Mrs Q: applying summary findings about pelvic floor muscle training for particular patients International Keynote: Associate Professor Jean Hay-Smith
10.30 - 12.00
11.15 Abdominal pressures, exercise and the pelvic floor Invited Speaker: Dr Jenny Kruger 11.45 Transabdominal ultrasound to assess pelvic floor muscle performance during abdominal curl in exercising women Speaker: Chloe Serrao Chair: Helena Frawley and Lauren Locke
12.00 - 1.00
Lunch – Exhibition Hall
1.00 – 2.30
Session 2
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CWHG: Professional issues forum The session will commence with a short introduction followed by an interactive round table discussion on pertinent topics for CWHG around the country
Chair: Heather Pierce and Julienne Moore 2.30 – 3.00
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Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Hall Joint Plenary Session (ALL GROUPS) 3.00pm Q & A The journey to Olympic Gold Keynote Speaker: Sally Pearson
3.00 – 5.00
4.00 pm The relationship between physical, mental and emotional health Keynote Speaker: Craig Harper Chair:
5.00 – 7.00
Room: Arena 2
Welcome Reception – Exhibition Hall
Sunday 4 October 7.30 onwards
Registration Joint Plenary Session (ALL GROUPS) The challenges for ‘pain’ clinicians: An interdisciplinary discussion
9.00 - 10.00
The session will commence with short presentations from our three experts followed by an interactive question and discussion session moderated by Physiotherapist and Neuroscientist, Professor Lorimer Moseley. Invited Speakers: Professor Phil Siddall, Dr Blake Dear, Professor Jo Nijs Facilitator: Lorimer Moseley Chair:
10.00 - 10.30
Room: Arena 2
Morning Tea – Exhibition Hall Session 3 Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and pelvic pain disorders 10.30 Does pelvic floor muscle training help female sexual function? National Keynote: Associate Professor Helena Frawley
10.30 - 12.30 11.00 Maternal birth trauma Invited Speaker: Associate Professor Clara Shek
11.30 Perineal muscle stiffness in women with and without vulvodynia: reliability of measurement and differences in muscle stiffness Speaker: Associate Professor Helena Frawley 11.45 Outcomes of physiotherapy management of pelvic muscle pain: results of a practice audit. Speaker: Lauren Locke 12.00 Correlation between muscle stiffness and pain in women with vulvodynia Speaker: Associate Professor Helena Frawley 12.15 Interactive computer game-based biofeedback in childhood functional outlet obstruction. Speaker: Stephanie Hart Chair: 12.30 - 1.30
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Lunch – Exhibition Hall Session 4 ADNG/ CWHP: Acupuncture, respiration and the pelvic floor 1.30 Acupuncture for Urinary Urgency and Incontinence International keynote: Jennie Longbottom
1.30 – 3.00
2.10 Understanding the relationships between urinary incontinence, respiratory problems and back pain Invited Speaker: Dr Michelle Smith 2.40 Web-based pelvic floor muscle education for primiparae women: A pilot randomised controlled study Speaker: Anne – Marie Hill
Chair: Dr Judith 3.00 – 3.30
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Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Hall Session 5 Musculoskeletal issues in women’s health 3,30 Diastasis Rectus Abdominis Invited Speaker: Dr Paul Hodges
3.30 – 5.00
3:50 Pelvic Support Belt versus Compression Shorts: Which is superior in the management of Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) with reduced force closure? A pilot randomised controlled study Speaker: Julienne Moore 4.05 Face validity of a unique patient focused symptoms severity index for assessing inflammatory conditions of the lactating breast Speaker: Helen Lowe
4.20 How to assess and treat the upper torso musculoskeletal symptoms experienced by female patients with large breasts. Speaker: Deirdre McGhee 4.50 Does breast size affect measures of upper torso pain and musculoskeletal structure and function? Speaker: Deirdre McGhee Chair: Gen McGlashan and Anita Bir 5.30 – 7.30
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Continence and Women’s Health Group Cocktail Function Room: TBC
Monday 5 October 7.30 onwards
Registration Joint Plenary Session (ALL GROUPS) 8.30 Exercise ! But they just don’t ‘do it’ Invited Speaker: Prof Jeff Coombes
8.30 – 9.30
8.50 TBC Invited Speaker: TBC 9.10 What can physiotherapists do about prevention and treatment of obesity – individual and societal approaches. Invited Speaker: Jane Martin Chair:
9.30 – 10.00
Room: Arena 2
Morning Tea – Exhibition Hall Session 6 The male pelvic floor: same same but different!
10.00 – 12.00
10.00 The male pelvic floor Invited Speaker: Dr Paul Hodges 11.00 Connecting with Men: Giving the Evidence a Chance Invited Speaker: Craig Allingham 11.30 Teaching pelvic floor exercises for radical prostate surgery: what is the right approach? Invited Speaker: Trish Neumann
Chair: 12.00 - 1.00
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Lunch – Exhibition Hall Session 7 1.00 Instructions to stop the urine flow prior to radical prostate surgery produces quantifiable bladder neck elevation measured by transperineal ultrasound. Speaker: Dr Trish Neumann
1.00 – 2.30
1.15 Early stage prostate cancer radiotherapy with or without neoadjuvant androgen derived therapy treatment outcomes on pelvic floor muscle function Speaker: Peter Osmotherly 1.30 Exercise interventions for patients with gynaecological cancer: a systematic review and metaanalysis Speaker: Kuan-Yin Lin 1.45 Effects of a treadmill-based exercise intervention on symptoms associated with primary dysmenorrhea: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial Speaker: Priya Kannan Chair:
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2.30 – 3.00
Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Hall
3.00 – 4.35
Joint Plenary Session (ALL GROUPS) 3.00 – 3.35pm JoP Oration Speaker: Paul Hodges Unlocking health related worklessness: Do physiotherapists hold the key? 3.35 The problem and cost of health related worklessness Invited Speaker: Professor Deborah Schofield 4.05 Psychologically informed strategies for enhancing emotional health and supporting an improvement in work status Invited Speaker: Dr Blake Dear
4.20 The growing role of Physiotherapists in influencing work related outcomes Invited Speaker: Paul Coburn Chair: 5.00 – 6.00
College Graduation 2015 - Arena 1A
7.00 – 11.30
Gala Dinner – Halls 3 & 4
Room: Arena 2
Tuesday 6 October 7.30 onwards
Registration Session 8 9.00 Is pelvic floor muscle training a physical or behavioural therapy International Keynote: Associate Professor Jean Hay-Smith
9.00 - 10.00
9:45 Survey of Pregnant Women in Western Australia to Evaluate their Knowledge,Beliefs About and Engagement in Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises Speaker: Anne – Marie Hill Chair: Dr Nikki MIlne
10.00 - 10.30
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Morning Tea – Exhibition Hall Session 9 10.30 Rehabilitation following treatment for Pelvic Cancer National Keynote: Associate Professor Helena Frawley
10.30 - 12.30
11.15
Exercise and wellness throughout the cancer journey, from diagnosis to discharge, an oncologists perspective Invited Speaker: Dr Maree Collosimo Award Presentations Chair: 12.30 - 1.30
