Florence highlights from the ICS Physiotherapy Committee

The Physiotherapy Committee represents and supports ICS physiotherapy members worldwide. The committee contributes to various ICS committees, to encourage and maintain the multidisciplinary strength of the ICS. This year our hard work has come to fruition with an increase in PT participation within the ICS 2017 programme.

ICS 2017 Workshops

Physiotherapists were represented in 12 workshops this year and of these 6 chaired the session. These workshops were:

• W1 Pelvic floor physiotherapy for the patient with neurologic dysfunction, Chair Dr Carina Marie Siracusa
• W2 Lower urinary tract symptoms in paediatrics and dysfunctional voiding: a functional approach to treatment
• W16 Pelvic health in women affected by cancer, Chair Nelly Faghani
• W18 Implementation of pelvic floor muscle training programs in health services: challenges and strategies, Chair Helena C Frawley
• W21 Urinary retention in women
• W22 Management of fecal incontinence from bench to bedside
• W24 Pudendal neuralgia and other intrapelvic peripheral nerve entrapment- a neglected cause of pain and pelvic floor dysfunction
• W25 Collaboration of professionals: physiotherapy and nursing, networking to treat disorders related to the dysfunctional pelvic floor
• W28 Ics core curriculum (free): the ethics of female genital mutilation (fgm) and other urogenital interventions: an interactive workshop
• W30 ICS core curriculum (free): conservative management of adult pelvic floor dysfunction: a physiotherapy approach, Chair: Margaret Joy Sherburn
• W31 ICS core curriculum (free): wiki what? - be a part of the future of ICS and urology terms, Chair: Elizabeth Shelly
• W32 Pelvic floor defecatory dysfunction: management or cure? Chair: Paula Igualada-Martinez

You can also download the handouts and PowerPoint presentations via the links above.

We also held 2 Pelvic Floor Classes, one on Wednesday and one on Friday where delegates took part in a Pelvic Floor Muscle group therapy session aimed at treating urinary incontinence in women. The chairs for these classes were: Kari Bo and Siv Morkved; Chantale Dumoulin, Margaret Sherburn and Joanie Mercier

We had a full house at this year’s Physiotherapy round table, with more than 150 physiotherapists present!

Physiotherapists were also honoured with awards: Congratulations to Joceara Reis who won the the "Best in Category Prize: Paediatrics.

In other news

Last year’s lifetime achievement award winner, Kari Bo, attended the early career session as the physiotherapy expert. This session is free and open to all disciplines, members and non-members. It provides early career delegates with practical tips on abstract submission and presentation technique.

The ICS institute was inaugurated and the School of Physiotherapy has as Co-directors Cristiane Carboni and Rhonda Kotarinos. More information regarding this project will be available in due course.

On behalf of the Physiotherapy committee we would like to thank all of the physiotherapists who attended Florence and look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia next year.

Cristiane Carboni
Physiotherapist