Vestibular Rehabilitation
 09:30 - 11:30 Advanced Therapy Course                                                         Room 105
                        Chair : Helen S. Cohen

09:30 - 09:50 Virtual reality and vestibular rehabilitation
                        Susan L. Whitney, PhD, PT, University of Pittsburgh
09:50 - 10:10 Care of soldiers and marines after blunt and blast head injuries
                        Kim R. Gottshall, PhD, PT, Naval Medical Center San Diego
10:10 - 10:30 Cervical vertigo and vestibular rehabilitation
                       Eva-Maj Malmstrom, PhD, PT, University of Lund
10:30 - 10:50 Current assessments of functional performamce
                        Margaret Sharpe, PhD, PT, Private practice, Australia
10:50 - 11:10 Care of migraine-associate dizziness
                       Sharon Polensek, MD, PhD
11:10 - 11:30 Current findings about treatment of BPPV
                       Helen S Cohen, EdD, OTR, Baylor College of Medicine

11:30 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 18:15 Local Therapist Course                                                                  Room 105
                      Chair : Helen S. Cohen

13:00 - 13:15 Functions of the vestibular system
                      Hannes Petersen, PhD, MD, University of Iceland
13:15 - 13:45 Peripheral vestibular system anatomy and physiology
                       Eva-Maj Malmstrom, PhD, PT, University of Lund
13:45 - 14:15 Central pathways and balance symptoms, clinical tests of balance
                       Sue Whitney, PhD, PT
14:15 - 14:45 Central pathways vestibulo-ocular and spatial symptoms, clinical tests
                        Kim Gottshall, PhD, PT
14:45 - 15:05 Central pathways: vestibulo-auotonmic, vasovagal symptoms, perceptual and psychosocial problems
                        Helen S Cohen, EdD, OTR, Baylor College of Medicine
15:05 - 15:55 Medical conditions
                      Sharon Polensek, MD, PhD
 
15:55 - 16:10 Coffee Break

16:10 - 16:30 Functional problems, assessment of activities of daily living, practical interventions
                       Marjorie Sharpe, PhD, PT
16:30 - 17:00 Treatments for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
                        Margaret Sharpe, PhD, PT
17:00 - 17:30 Vertigo habituation exercises, gaze stabilization, cervical concerns
                       Kim Gottshall and Eva-Maj Malmstrom
17:30 - 18:00 Balance therapy
                       Mariella Graziano, PT
18:00 - 18:15 Questions and answers
18 :15             Closing