• A short workshop (1.5h) within the program of the annual conference
• An interactive 2-day meeting in-between two annual conferences
  (sponsored by RIMS and via contacts of local organizer).

During the “in-between” SIG meetings hosted by one of the member centers at Europe, three main parts can be differentiated:

• Scientific and clinical presentations about a chosen topic (see “meetings” for an overview) as well as free presentation.

• Clinical or practical session (f.e. patient cases, demonstration of technology; visit to a center)

• Collaborative session during which members may discuss a publication, ideas for Multi-center studies or other. Workgroups are now defined for several subjects. See also projects below, and on the homepage.

The organization of SIG Mobility meetings is aimed to strengthen networks between therapists, clinical centers and researchers and to lead to implementation and extension of evidence-based rehabilitation. The overall goals of the meetings are, within the mobility domain, to:

• Share clinical expertise around a specific topic.

• Discuss the value of new therapeutic approaches.

• Assist in the performance of research and interpretation of findings.

• Improve the management of the PwMS.

• Collaborate in international publications and multi-centre studies.

SIG Mobility meetings started in 1998 and have since worked around following topics: 

• Spasticity, Botulism (Montana CH, 1998, n=15) Spasticity, measuring mobility (Montana CH, 1999,n=1)
• Upper extremities assessment (Montana CH, 2000, n=19)
• Wheelchair, Functional nerve stimulation (Berg G, 2001, n=21)
• Cognitive Impairment effect on Mobility (Montana CH, 2002, n=15)
• The trunk (Brussels B, 2003, n=45)
• Spasticity (Barcelona ES, 2004, n=50)
• Sensorimotor Control (Montana CH, 2005, n=18)
• What does improvement mean in rehabilitation of PwMS (Masku F, 2006, n=38)
• New Technologies for rehabilitation strategies in MS(Genoa I, 2007, n=33)
• Daily-life oriented evaluation and therapy (Kôge D, 2008, n=28)
• Repetitive training programs and rehabilitation technology (Hasselt, B, 2009, n = 52)
• Content of physical rehabilitation in MS (Prague, CR, 2010, n = 59)
• Treatment of Balance and Gait in MS (Barcelona, ES, 2011)

We invite you to participate actively to the coming SIG Mobility meetings. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you would have any questions or suggestions.

Peter Feys, PhD, PT    Paul Van Asch, PT     
Chair                        Co-chair