Eighth International conference
“Improving the use of electromyography in paediatrics”
In collaboration with
la Société d’Electromyographie Clinique
Provisional programme
Monday 3rd October 2011
EMG techniques
9.00-9.30
EMG waveform analysis
Kerry Levin
9.30- 10.0 a.m.
Fiber conduction velocity in children with myopathy, using surface EMG.
Yann Pereon
10.00- 10.30 a.m.
Autonomic testing
Nancy Kuntz
10.30 – 11.00 a.m Coffee
Channelopathies
11.00 -11.30 a.m
Nerve and muscle excitability studies
Hugh Bostock
11.30-12.00 a.m.
Interpretation of myotonia in children
Peter Kang
12.00-12.30 am
Short and long exercise testing in myotonia
Yann Pereon
12.30 -2.00 p.m. lunch
Myopathies
2.00 -2.30 p.m.
Whole body MRI in myopathies and acquired neurogenic changes
Susanna Quijano-Roy
2.30 -3.00 p.m.
Neonatal myopathy with diaphragmatic palsy
Maria Kinali
3.00 -3.30 p.m.
Continuous muscle activity
Nancy Kuntz
3.30 -4.00 p.m. Tea
4.00 p.m.
Case studies relating to myopathy
5.00 p.m. Close
5.00 -6.30 pm Wine and canapés in the winter garden
Tuesday 4th October.
Studies in hereditary neuropathies
9.00 -9.25 a.m
NCV data vs Peds Neuropathy scoring system in children with CMT
Gyula Acsadi and Monique Ryan
9.25-9.50 a.m.
Clinical trials, the challenges they present and how we can hope to move forward with them., particularly for neuropathies/ rare NMJ disorders
Monique Ryan
9.50 -10.10 a.m.
Tips for the electromyographer working in a specialised peripheral nerve clinic.
Julian Blake
10.10- 10:30 a.m
Case studies in HNPP.
Ai Sakonju
10.30 -11.00 a.m Coffee
Acquired nerve palsies
11.00 -11.25 a.m
Autoimmune neuropathies or congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy
Peter Kang and Hugh McMillan
1.25-11.50 a.m
Paediatric sciatic nerve palsy is associated with neoplasm.
The Boston group
11.50-12.10 a.m.
Experience of sciatic nerve palsy at GOSH
TBA
12.10-12.30
Current Surgical Strategies in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy'
Mike Fox
12.30 -2.00 p.m Lunch
Spinal muscular atrophy
2.00-2.25 p.m.
Role for electrical impedance myopathy in paediatric neuromuscular disease, longitudinal control study in SMA
Basil Darras
2.25 -2.50 pm
Ulnar CMAP and MUNE in SMA: evolution over time in prospectively identified cases, and correlation with other outcome measures
Kathy Swoboda
2.50 pm – 3.10 pm
Five newborn babies with SMA on days 2 to 45, showing typical clinical and EMG signs but normal muscle biopsy.
Francis Renault
3.10 -3.30 pm
Anterior horn cell disease as a manifestation of metabolic disease. Potential for treatment.
Peter Clayton
3.30 -4.00 p.m. Tea
4.00 p.m.
Case studies in neuropathy and anterior horn cell disease
5.00 p.m.
7.00 -11.00 pm Course Dinner
Wednesday 5th October
Less common uses for neurophysiology in children
9.00 -9.30 a.m
Facial, lingual and pharyngeal EMG in babies with congenital syndromic dysphagia: diagnostic and prognostic value.
Francis Renault
9.30 -10.00 a.m.
Is a restricted examination of bulbar function still valuable in management of dysphagia?
Kayal Vijayakumar
10.00 -10.30 a.m.
Neurophysiologic methods for studying respiratory muscles strength in children with neuromuscular disorders
Frederic Nicot
10.30-11.00 a.m Coffee
The value of paediatric EMG in the developing world
11.00 -11.30 a.m
What role does EMG have in the developing world?
Karin Eeg-Olfson
11.30-12.00 a.m.
Experiences in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Selina Banu and Matthew Pitt
12.00 -12.30 a.m.
EMG studies in snakebite victims and organophosphate poisoning in Sri Lanka
Mike Sedgewick,
12.30 -2.00 p.m. lunch
Neuromuscular transmission disorders
2.00 -2.20 p.m.
MuSk Myasthenia in children
Feza Deymeer
2.20- 2.40 p.m.
The Mayo experience
Michel Harper
2.40 – 3.00 p.m.
Lambert eaton myasthenic syndrome
Royden Jones
3.00 -3.20 p.m.
Structural myopathies with neuromuscular transmission disorder
Francesco Muntoni
3.20 – 3.30 p.m
Introduction to SPACE
Matthew Pitt
3.30 -4.00 p.m. Tea
4.00 -4.45 p.m.
Objectivity in paediatric EMG. Seeing what you expect to see.
Royden Jones
4.45 p.m.
Plans for 2013
Matthew Pitt
5.00 p.m.