Day 2: Tuesday 27 November 2018

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Session 1:  Time CONTRACTURE & MORE  – 9.00am-10.45am
Chairs:
Robert Herbert &
09:00 RICK LIEBER 
Mechanisms of contracture (Read abstract)
Glen Lichtwark 09:30 AMY ADKINS 
Early Evidence for a decrease in biceps optimal fascicle length based on in vivo muscle architecture in Chronic Hemiparetic stroke (Read abstract)
  09:45 ZEV RYMER
Changes in muscle architecture after hemispheric stroke can adversely affect efficiency of muscle contraction in pennate muscles (Read abstract)
  10:00 TAYLOR DICK
A speed-adaptive myoelectric ankle exoskeleton to improve post-stroke walking performance (Read abstract)
  10:15 PETER MALLIARAS
People with Achilles tendinopathy display greater force fluctuations than controls at low force levels (Read abstract)
  10:30 MORGAN EVELEIGH
A finite element method for integrated design and testing of 3D printed ankle and foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy and motor impairment (Read abstract)
Morning tea   10:45-11:15am
Session 2:  Time BRAIN STIMULATION & STROKE – 11:15am-12.45pm
Chairs:
Janet Taylor &
11:15 JOHN ROTHWELL 
Brain stimulation and treatment of motor impairments (Read abstract)
Irene di Giulio 11:45 ANN-MAREE VALLENCE 
Characterizing age-related changes in supplementary motor area-primary motor cortex connectivity. (Read abstract)
  12:00 IRENE DI GIULIO 
Effect of STN-DBS frequency on postural performance in Parkinson’s disease (Read abstract)
  12.15 CJ HECKMAN
Distortions in the synaptic organization of motor commands to proximal and distal muscles following hemiparetic stroke (Read abstract)
 

 

12:30 JULIUS DEWALD
Increased dependence on contralesional cortico-reticulospinal pathways a form of maladaptive plasticity post hemiparetic stroke? (Read abstract)
Lunch   12:45-end of day
    Sightseeing and enjoying Sydney followed by conference dinner.

 

Read more about the Conference Dinner at the Museum of Contemporary Art (6.30pm-10.30pm)