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| Session 1: | Time | MUSCLE – 8.45am-10.45am |
| Chairs: Simon Gandevia |
8:45 | SIMON GANDEVIA Opening remarks |
| & John Rothwell | 09:00 | ANTHONY BLAZEVICH Training-induced changes in muscles (Read abstract) |
| 09:30 | JAMES WAKELING Prediction of performance from muscle models. (Read abstract) |
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| 10:00 | BART BOLSTERLEE Regional hypertrophy in the human quadriceps following progressive resistance training (Read abstract) |
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| 10:15 | TREVOR ALLEN What can isometric contractions tell us about muscle injury and rehabilitation? (Read abstract) |
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| 10.30 | JOANNA DIONG Involuntary muscle activity reduces passive range of motion at known torque (Read abstract) |
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| Morning tea | 10:45-11:15am | |
| Session 2: | Time | RESPIRATION – 11:15am-12.45pm |
| Chairs: Jane Butler |
11:15 | BILL SHEEL The respiratory musculature: impairments and limitations in health and disease (Read abstract) |
| 11.45 | ANNA HUDSON Age-related adaptions in the neural control of the human diaphragm muscle (Read abstract) |
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| 12.00 | DAVID NGUYEN Neural drive to the diaphragm in cervical spinal cord injury (Read abstract) |
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| 12.15 | HANNA HENSEN Sleep apnoea in people with multiple sclerosis (Read abstract) |
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12.30 | JESSICA BEAMISH Transient, broad field, visual input strongly modulates reactive saccade latency (Read abstract) |
| Lunch | 12:45-1:30pm | |
| Session 3: | POSTERS 1:30-3:00pm See separate poster list |
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| Afternoon tea | 3:00-3:30pm | |
| Session 4: | Time | BALANCE – 3.30pm-5:00pm |
| Chairs: Stephen Lord & Daina Sturnieks |
3:30 | BRIAN DAY Am I the right way up? Disturbances of spatial orientation in variants of Alzheimer’s disease (Read abstract) |
| 4:00 | ELEFTHERIA GIANNOULI A novel group-based stepping exercise program to improve fall risk factors in older adults: first results of a pilot study (Read abstract) |
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| 4:15 | MIRJAM PIJNAPPELS Adaptive, reactive and daily life gait in older populations (Read abstract) |
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| 4:45 | MORAG TAYLOR The relationship between white matter hyperintensity clusters (size and location) and prospective falls in older adults across the cognitive spectrum (Read abstract) |
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| End of Day 1 | 5:00pm – followed by Welcome Drinks Reception. Read more about the Welcome Drinks. |