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Week 1
Tuesday 2 July 2019 : Official welcome & visit of the Faculty
AM :
8h : Registration at the Van Der Valk Hotel
9h30 : Official welcome by Prof. Laurent GILLET at the Faculty (Vice-Dean for the Research) – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h : Campus Tour
PM :
14h : Shot guns : Presentation of participants’ PhD projects – Chairman Stefan DELEUZE – – Salle Polyvalente B45
Presentation of the program of the French-German Summer School – Salle Polyvalente B45
Wednesday 3 July 2019 : Respiratory day – Comparative physiology (Dog – Horse – Human)
AM :
State of the art :
9hoo : European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: definition and objectives – Dominique GRANDJEAN – Salle Polyvalente B45
Use of dogs in sport and work : scientific knowledge on physiology and physiopathology – Dominique GRANDJEAN – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h00: Respiratory adjustment to exercise and training in horses and dogs – Tania ART, Cécile CLERCX – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h30 : Respiratory dysfunctions and pathologies limiting performance in the athletic horse – Irene TOSI – Salle Polyvalente B45
PM :
How to :
14h:
Half-group: Upper airway function in horses and dogs: how to assess ? Tania ART, Cécile CLERCX
Half-group: Lower airway subclinical problems in horses: how to assess ? Eve RAMERY
Thursday 4 July 2019 : Muscular day – Comparative physiology (Dog – Horse – Human)
AM :
State of the art :
9h: Muscular adjustments to exercise and training – Tania ART – Salle séminaires B41
10h : Medical follow-up of equine athletes on the field – Anne COUROUCE – Salle séminaires B41
11h30 : Assessing skeletal muscle mitochondrial function with video demo (the microbiopsy technique) – Dominique VOTION – Salle séminaires B41
PM :
How to :
14h :
Half group Demo: The microbiopsy technique on cadavers & muscular anatomopathology – Dominique CASSART
Half group Demo : How to assess mitochondrial respiration on muscular tissue. Center of Oxygen – Dominique VOTION
Friday 5 July 2019 : Cardiac day – Comparative physiology (Dog – Horse – Human)
AM :
State of the art :
9h : Biosecurity – Claude SAEGERMAN – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h : Effect of training on cardiac morphology and function in humans, horses and dogs – Hélène AMORY – Salle Polyvalente B45
11h : Echocardiography as a tool to evaluate the athletic heart – Anne-Christine MERVEILLE – Salle Polyvalente B45
11h45 : Role of exercise testing and exercise echocardiography for evaluation of the human athlete’s heart – Elena DULGHERU RALUCA – Salle Polyvalente B45
PM :
How to :
13h30 : How to assess cardiac function during exercise in humans (video-based) – Elena DULGHERU RALUCA
14h : Echocardiography demonstration on a horse and a dog by half groups – Hélène AMORY, Anne-Christine MERVEILLE
Experimental protocol
15h30 : Literature search – Sandrine VANDENPUT, Catherine DELGUSTE – Salle séminaires B41
Saturday 6 July 2019 : Guided Tour
AM :
9h45 : Departure from the Hotel Van DER VALK to the Cynodrome
15h30 : Free time
Sunday 7 july 2019
AM :
Experimental protocol
9h30 : Drafting a protocol on the basis of evidence-based medicine and literature review – Room « Léonard » at the Hotel Van DER VALK
PM :
15h : Guided tour of the city of Liège
Week 2
Monday 8 July 2019 : Kinematics
AM :
8h30 : Departure from the hotel Van DER VALK to Linalux
9h30 : Visit of Linalux : Center for Reproduction and the European Center for Horses in Mont-Le-Soie
State of the art :
11h : Regenerative medicine and tendinopathy in horses – Didier SERTEYN
PM :
How to :
13h :
Demo: The Lameness locator
Wetlab : The « connected horse » – Jean-Philippe LEJEUNE
16h : Departure form Linalux
Tuesday 9 July 2019 : Trial day / imaging
AM :
State of the art :
9h : Large animal orthopedics (horse) & imaging – Valeria BUSONI, Geoffroy DE LE REBIERE DE POUYADE
10h : Imaging wet lab
PM :
How to :
14h :
Dog : demonstration of a treadmill test
Horse : demonstration of a treadmill test
Experimental protocol
15h30 : Exercice tests on Human : Walk test to predict aerobic fitness on healthy volonteers (among participants) – Stéphanie HODY
Wednesday 10 July 2019 : Small animal orthopedics & imaging
AM :
State of the art :
9h : What the physiotherapist wants to know from an ultrasonographer in small animal practice – Giliola SPATTINI – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h : Conservative treatment of partial cranial cruciate ligament tears – a preliminary study – Invited speaker – Salle Polyvalente B45
11h30 : Patellar tendinopathy after TPLO – Treatment strategies in Tendinopathies – Philipp WINKELS – Salle Polyvalente B45
PM :
How to :
14h : Wetlab at the LAHM : Lameness evaluation with force plate in dogs and human – Marc BALLIGAND, Philipp WINKELS, Cédric SCHARTZ
Experimental protocol
16h : Maximal oxigen consumption (VO2 max) determination on healthy volunteers (among participants) – Stéphanie HODY
Thursday 11 July 2019 : Nutrition day & Physiotherapy & Summer School party
AM :
State of the art :
9h : Sport dog nutrition – Marianne DIEZ – Salle Polyvalente B45
10h : Myths and Realities about Nutrition for Sports Horses – Nicolas GALINELLI – Salle Polyvalente B45
11h30 : Visit of the SHIME- B43 bis
PM :
Experimental protocol
14h : Results : presentation & discussion (all participants) – Johann DETILLEUX, Catherine DELGUSTE – Salle Polyvalente B45
19h : Summer School BBQ
Friday 12 July 2019 : Debate day
AM :
9h : Debate : Cultural context, interactional frame and the perception of animal suffering – Véronique SERVAIS – Salle Polyvalente B45
Introduction to the debate by Véronique SERVAIS
Chair: Marc VANDENHEEDE
Open discussion with the group about animal welfare in research
PM :
Departure