Pre-program European Polio Conference – Nancy 2023

• 8:15 – 8:45 : welcome of the participants
• 8:45 – 8:55 : opening of the congress by the president of the Meurthe & Moselle Departmental Council : Ms Chaynesse Khirouni.

Facilitator of the day :……Ms Véronique Lorre (France Bleu radio journalist)…………..

• 9:00 – 9:40 am : « Networking Changes in Polio Survivors : A Corticomuscular Coherence Study » – Pr Orla Hardiman (Trinity College, Dublin) + discussion
• 9:30-10:00 : « Epidemiological Update and Vaccine Innovations » – Prof. Pierre Van Damme (University of Antwerp, Belgium) + brief address by Past-Governor Rotary District 1790 + discussion
• 10:00-10:30 : »A new concept of leg orthosis » – Pr François Genêt (AP-HP Hôp. Raymond Poincaré – Garches) + discussion

• 10:50-11:10 am : 2000-2020 : update on the IDF* network (Pr Alain Yelnik, AP-HP Lariboisière, Paris)
• 11:10-11:30 am : The 1 st Regional Center of Expertise, Resources and Support – Poliomyelitis sequelae (Dr Noël Martinet – IRR Nancy/Dr Laure PAIN – arS – Grand-Est**)
• 11:30-11:50 am : Organization of care in the Netherlands (Pr Frans Nollet, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• 11:50-12:10 am : Presentation of the PNDS*** – Poliomyelitis : (Dr Annie Verschueren – La Timone, Marseille)
• Global discussion : 30 mn
  (* IDF for Île-de-France : Paris’ Region – **Regional Agency for Health – ***Protocole National de Diagnostic et de Soins [National Diagnostic and Care Protocol])

• 2:00 – 2:20 pm : The peri operatory : preparation of the polio patient for surgery ; incl. the polio patient confronted with anesthesia (Dr Chawki Trabelsi – AP-HP Hôp. Raymond Poincaré – Garches)
• 2:20 – 2:40 pm : Total knee and hip arthroplasty in patient with poliomyelitis sequelae : a long-term functional follow-up in a French reference center (Dr Fabien Calé – AP-HP Hôp. R. Poincaré – Garches)
• 2:40 – 3:00 pm : Hip prostheses for patients with post-polio syndrome, an often misunderstood problem (Dr Axel Ruetz – Katholisches Klinikum – Koblenz – Germany)
• Discussion : 30 to 40 mn

• 4:15 – 4:35 pm : Obesity is not a fatality : Pr François Genêt – AP-HP Hôp. Raymond Poincaré – Garches
• 4:35 – 4:55 pm : Adapted physical activity : Léo Barassin – AP-HP Hôp. Raymond Poincaré – Garches
• 4:55 – 5:15 pm : Thermalism : The specific polios cure : Sylvain Bonnet, Les Thermes Lamalou-Les-Bains
• Global discussion of 30 mn