List Of Topics

Aging

• Gait and mental dysfunction: a geriatric epidemic
• Clinical significance of gait and mental dysfunction in the ageing population
• Risk assessment of falls and cognitive decline in the elderly
• Gait as a risk marker for dementia

Rehabilitation

• Cognitive rehabilitation for gait and balance disorders
• Cueing and parkinsonian gait
• Exercise to prevent falls and mental dysfunction
• The role of dancing and other leisure activities

Neuropharmacological issues

• Adverse effects of psychotropic and other drugs
• Pharmacological interventions to improve gait and balance

Clinical issues

• Psychogenic gait and balance disorders
• White matter lesions: differentiating the clinical effects
• Avoidance behaviour and secondary immobilisation
• Getting the priorities wrong: motor recklessness and careless gait
• “Apraxia” of gait

Basic research

• Fear of falling
• Gait and executive functions
• Mental aspects of freezing of gait
• Attention and locomotion
• Body perception and visual-spatial orientation

Psychiatric disorders associated with gait and mental dysfunction

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Depression and antidepressants
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic syndromes
• Gait and balance in mentally retarded people
• Acute confusionial states (delirium)

Practical workshops

• Clinical assessment of gait and balance (interactive video session)
• Cognitive evaluation (computerized and paper/pencil testing)
• How to perform dual tasking: the interaction between gait and cognitive tests
• Brain imaging for the evaluation of gait and balance disorders
• Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors as treatment for geriatric gait impairment
• Setting up a posturography or treadmill experiment
• The elderly patient with falls