Webinars

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Upcoming Webinars

May 4, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CEST)

Chairpersons: Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Giovanni Morone

Lecture title: Wearable sensors in stroke rehabilitation

Lecturer: Paolo Bonato (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

The webinar has been accredited with one CME (ECMEC) by UEMS-EACCME. Attendance is free.

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June 2, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CEST)

Chairpersons: Mauro Zampolini, Nicolas Christodoulou

Lecture title:

Lecturer: Amy K. Wagner (Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA)

September 1, 2026 (15.00-16.00 CEST)

Chairpersons: Nikolaos Barotsis, Stephen Zammit

Lecture title: Orthobiologics and Regenerative Medicine: What PRM physicians need to know

Lecturer: Joanne Borg Stein (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

October 6, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CEST)

Chairpersons: Fary Khan, Wim Janssen

Lecture title: Telerehabilitation

Lecturer: Marcalee Alexander (University of Alabama School of Medicine, Department of PM&R, USA)

November 3, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CET)

Chairpersons: Farooq Rathore, Colleen O'Connell

Lecture title: The role of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in Disaster Response and Management

Lecturers: Fary Khan (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia), Bhasker Amatya ((Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia)

December 1, 2026 (17.00-18.00 CET)

Chairpersons: Maria Gabriella Ceravolo, Catarina Augiar Branco

Lecture title: The use of vagus nerve stimulation in rehabilitation

Lecturer: Gerard Francisco (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA)

January 5, 2027 (16.00-17.00 CET)

Chairpersons: Alessandro Giustini, Catherine Naughton

Lecture title: Community based inclusive development and the UNCRPD: A strategy for countries in search of development

Lecturer: Giampiero Griffo (European Disability Forum Board member; Disabled People's International World Council member)

February 2, 2027 (16.00-17.00 CET)

Chairpersons: Piotr Tederko, Iuly Treger, Martina Kovari

Lecture title: Post-Polio Syndrome: Rehabilitation Challenges and Strategies

Lecturer: Kristian Borg (Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)

March 2, 2027 (16.00-17.00 CET)

Chairpersons: Kristian Borg, Roberto Casale

Lecture title: What is Nociplastic Pain: Implications for rehabilitation

Lecturer: Eva Kosek (Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Past Webinars

April 7, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CEST)
Chairpersons: Aydan Oral, Levent Ozcakar
Lecturer: Alfonso Cruz Jentoft (Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria), Madrid, Spain)
Lecture title: Sarcopenia: Concepts and Definitions
March 3, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Richard Crevenna, Nikolaos Barotsis
Lecturer: Carolyn L. Kinney (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA) Lecture title: Exercise strategies in cancer, solid organ or bone marrow transplantation rehabilitation
February 3, 2026 (14.00-15.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Aydan Oral, Nikolaos Barotsis
Lecturer: Sabrina Paganoni (Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS & the Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA).
Lecture title: Rehabilitation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
January 13, 2026 (16.00-17.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Jorge Lains, Aydan Oral
Lecturer: Matthew N. Bartels (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Montefiore Health System, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA)
Lecture title: “Rehabilitation in lung transplant recipients”
December 2, 2025 (16.00-17.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Mauro Zampolini, Anda Nulle
Lecturer: Stefano Negrini (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, La Statale University, Milan, Italy. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy)
Lecture title: Evidence-based approach to rehabilitation of children with idiopathic scoliosis
November 11, 2025 (16.00-17.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Piotr Tederko, Markos Sgantzos
Lecturer: Giovanni Morone (Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; San Raffaele Istitute of Sumona, 67039 Sulmona, Italy)
Lecture title: Vestibular rehabilitation in neurological rehabilitation
October 10, 2025 (16.00-17.00 CET)
Chairpersons: Wim Janssen, Henk Stam
Lecturer: Ruth Van Der Looven (Child Rehabilitation, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)
Lecture title: Rehabilitation in neonatal brachial plexus injury
July 1, 2025 (16.00-17.00 CEST)
Chairpersons: Catarina Aguiar Branco, Iuly Treger, Stephen Zammit
Lecturer: Alessandro Giustini (San Raffaele Rehabilitation Research Institute - Roma Italy)
Lecture title: “Robotics in Rehabilitation - new technologies to improve functioning.”
June 3, 2025 (16.00-17.00 CEST)
Chairpersons: Klemen Grabljevec, Frane Grubisic
Lecturer: Mauro Zampolini (UEMS PRM Section President; USL Umbria 2, Hospital of Foligno, Perugia, Italy)
Lecture title: “Artificial Intelligence and Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine”
May 9, 2025 (12.30-13.30 CEST)
Chairpersons: Jan Ekholm, Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
Lecturer: Walter Frontera (Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Physiology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Lecture title: “Health Policy, Systems and Services Research for Rehabilitation”
April 15, 2025 (17.00-18.00 CEST)
Chairpersons: Jean-Michel Viton, Alvydas Juocevicius
Lecturer: Karen Kowalske (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA)
Lecture title: “Burn rehabilitation”