International Whiplash Trauma Congress June 2 and 3 Agenda

[Guest guest]

Dear Docs,

For those of you who are still possibly interested in coming to the IWTC 2 weeks

from today, below is the agenda of plenary and abstract speakers. You can see we

will run the gamut from diagnostic and epidemiologic aspects of whiplash to disc

replacement and stem cell therapy for post-traumatic pain. The centrally

mediated pain talks will be given by the foremost experts in the world, and are

amazingly relevant to chiropractic. The IWTC will be a rare opportunity for

Oregon DCs, and we have just made it easier to get to the Congress. If a doc is

signed up for the Congress at the regular registration fee, an associate doc can

come for $130. CAs can come to the Congress for the same price, but the doc does

not have to be registered for the CA to get the discounted registration fee.

Call 503-586-0127 or visit www.spinalinjuryfoundation.org to register.

Freeman

2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress Tentative Agenda*

Friday June 2, 2006

7:00 - 8:00am Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom

258

8:00 - 8:15am Welcome to the 2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress -

Portland Ballroom 253

Freeman, PhD DC MPH and Centeno, MD

8:15 - 8:40am Keynote Address: Reducing harm from traffic crashes (0:25 CME) -

Portland Ballroom 253

Leonard , D.Phil. (Oxford University)

8:40 - 10:10am Plenary Session I (1:30 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Central sensitization in chronic musculoskeletal pain

Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Prof., Dr. Med. Sci., PhD

Mechanical & physiological pathologic mechanisms of painful cervical facet

capsule injury

Beth A. Winklestein, PhD

Clinical and biomechanical aspects of rear impact induced trauma

Narayan Yoganandan, PhD

Panel Q & A Session

10:10 - 10:40am Break/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 252

10:40 - 11:55pm Abstract Presentations I (1:15 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

The effect of head restraint type on injury complaints of occupants in low

speed rear impact collisions

Terence Fischer, MS CPE ACTAR

Potentially injurious lengthening contractions of the neck muscles during

whiplash

Anita Vasavada, PhD

Limitation of computer models used in accident reconstruction programs

, MSEE MSBMT

Kinetic/weight bearing MRI: What’s the difference?

Sana Khan, MD

Abnormal static sagittal cervical curvatures following motor vehicle

collisions: literature review,

original data and conservative management strategies

Deed on, DC

Written Q & A Session

12:00 - 1:15pm Lunch/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 258

SPEAKER: Dwight Whynot, DC - Evidence based clinical practice and research

(12:30-12:45pm)

1:15 - 3:10pm Plenary Session II (1:55 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

A startling perspective on whiplash

Gunter Siegmund, PhD P.Eng.

Why do not all recover after a whiplash injury? A hypothesis from an

otoneurologic viewpoint

Carsten Tjell, MD PhD

A surgical approach to upper cervical instability in late whiplash:

considerations & outcomes

Abbas Montazem, MD

Recent advances in disc replacement surgery & its application to whiplash

injury

Kitchel, MD

Panel Q & A Session

3:10 - 3:40pm Break/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 252

3:40 - 4:55pm Abstract Presentations II (1:15 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Neurological and neuro-otological features of whiplash trauma

J. Grimm, MD FACP

The importance of an early positive change in neck function in predicting

improvement following a

tailored cervical strengthening program for chronic neck pain

Harding, MHSc.(Osteo) BSc.(Clin.Sc) BAppSc.(HMvt)

Hearing loss and tinnitus in patients with whiplash associated disorders

Carsten Tjell, MD PhD

Non -fusion technology for the lumbar spine

Noonan, MD

MyoBloc as a potential therapeutic intervention in chronic whiplash

Centeno, MD

Written Q & A Session

5:30 - 6:30pm Cocktail Reception - Portland Ballroom 258

2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress Tentative Agenda*

Saturday June 3, 2006

7:30 - 8:15am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 258

8:15 - 10:10am Plenary Session III (1:55 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Central hypersensitivity in whiplash: mechanisms and clinical implications

Michele Curatolo, MD PhD

Appraisals and emotional reactions as mediators of recovery following whiplash

injury

Jim , MD PhD

Biopsychosocial perspective on whiplash - beyond forces, facets and fractures

Dennis Turk, PhD

Making sense from non-sense: eight misleading interview behaviors of whiplash

patients with TBI

Nils Varney, PhD APBB

Panel Q & A Session

10:10 - 10:40am Break/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 252

10:40 - 11:55am Abstract Presentations III (1:15 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Cluster randomized trial of two implementation strategies for whiplash

guidelines

Trudy Rebbeck, PhD Candidate PAppSc BAppSC

Incidence, care-seeking behavior, health care consumption, and sick leave

after whiplash injuries -

A five year follow-up

Carsten Tjell, MD PhD

The specificity and inter-tester reliability of cervical motion x-ray studies

for the detection of instability

D. Freeman, PhD DC MPH

Whiplash associated disorders and patient traumatic history – A

multi-variable correlation & its

clinical significance

Philippe Souvestre, MD

A prospective cohort of health outcomes following whiplash associated

disorders in an Australian

population

Trudy Rebbeck, PhD© PAppSc BAppSC

Written Q & A Session

12:00 - 1:15pm Lunch/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 258

SPEAKER: Greg Howell, DC - Evidence based electronic medical records

(12:30-12:45pm)

1:15 - 3:10pm Plenary Session IV (1:55 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Surgical Triggerpointectomy in Chronic Whiplash

Ake Nystrom, MD PhD

Whiplash injury epidemiology - effectiveness of whiplash prevention systems

Krafft, PhD

Human volunteer testing in simulated rear-end impacts: historical and current

biomechanical

perspectives

Lawrence S. Nordhoff, DC QME ACTAR

Forensic medical findings in the cervical spine of road traffic crash

fatalities – a microscopical view

Lars Uhrenholt, DC PhD©

Panel Q & A Session

3:10 - 3:40pm Break/Exhibits - Portland Ballroom 252

3:40 - 4:55pm Abstract Presentations IV (1:15 CME) - Portland Ballroom 253

Instability of the cranio-cervical junction - a patient’s experience

Juergen Annuss

Relationship between findings at surgery and functional magnetic resonance

imaging (fMRI) after

injuries in the upper cervical spine

Bengt Johannson, MD

Case studies in autolygous mesenchymal stem cell therapy for post-traumatic

disc and joint pain

associated with degenerative joint and disc disease

Centeno, MD

Effectiveness of repeat radiofrequency neurotomies for cervical facet joint

pain

Jerome Schofferman, MD

Functional outcome after percutaneous plasma-mediated radiofrequency-based

disc decompression

Olson, MD

Written Q & A Session

4:55 - 5:00pm Summary Remarks - Portland Ballroom 253

Freeman, PhD DC MPH and Centeno, MD