Dear colleagues,
I am honored to invite you to attend the world conference on Movement sponsored, in part, by the
Harvard University School of Medicine’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the
M.I.N.D. Institute at M.I.T., the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the
Wingate Institute for Sports and Exercise Science, the
National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel, the
Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, the
University of the Medical Sciences Facultad ‘Manuel Fajardo’ Havana, the
School of Public Health of the University of Havana, and
Bielefeld University in Germany.
The purpose of the conference is to share knowledge of all those whose interests lie in the nature of human movement. The conference will address issues related to
gait,
motion,
kinesiology,
disorders of movement,
movement rehabilitation,
motion and balance,
movement and cognition,
human factors and ergonomics, as well as
optimized movement in elite athletes, developmental issues of
movement and coordination. Workshops on physiotherapy of movement impairment will also be provided.
The abstracts of the conference as well as selected principal papers will be proceedings and will be published in the journal
Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics published by Nova Scientific publishers.
We welcome your participation in this event that addresses the relationship between movement and cognition and I personally welcome your enquiries and suggestions. In the meantime, please check out our website at:
www.movementis.net (Our mail:
office@movementis.com)
Should you have any questions about the nature and form of the abstracts or pertaining to the larger papers, please connect with me at:
g.leisman@alumni.manchester.ac.uk
I hope to meet each of you at Oxford University in July 2017
Wish very best wishes,
Gerry Leisman
Chair Scientific Committee, MOVEMENT 2017
Director, The National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel
Professor, Human Factors and Rehabilitation Sciences
O.R.T.-Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel
Profesor de Neurología restaurativa
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana
Facultad Manuel Fajardo, Havana, Cuba
