Symposium Program
Tuesday 20 June 2023
09:00
09:15 - 09:55
10:00 - 10:40 (Parallel session)
11:00 - 11:40
11:40 - 12:20
13:10 - 13:50
13:55 - 14:35 (Parallel session)
14:55 - 15:35 (Parallel session)
15:50 - 16:20
16:20 - 17:00
A warm welcome by Erik Hulzebos, the Chairmen of this year's symposium
Raymond Ostelo – “Evidence-based clinical guidelines of lower back pain, staying active”
Maureen Ros – “Hoe laten we mensen meer bewegen? Een interactieve workshop”
Annerieke van Groenesteijn - "Aerobic exercise therapy for ALS-patients"
Rob Wüst – “The impact of bed rest on human skeletal muscle metabolism"
Coffee/Tea Break
Erik Scherder - "The physical inactivity pandemic - the effects of physical (in)activity on cognitive functioning, mood, and the immune system"
Panel discussion I
Lunch Break
Thijs Eijsvogels - "The extreme exercise hypothesis"
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Mirjam Stuij – “Social standards and inequalities in exercise”
Boy Sanders – “Health Gains or Performance Enhancement: individulalising the Exercise Plan”
Coffee/Tea Break
Baukje van den Heuvel - "The era of man-made and degenerative diseases"
Martin Stevens - "Exercise = Medicine in an orthopedic context"
Marjolein Snaterse – “Exercise on prescription?"
Anne May - "Physical activity, exercise and cancer"
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Panel discussion II
Closing and network drinks
Symposium Themes
Exercise as preventive measurement
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One of our core themes of the symposium will be exercise as prevention. Most people know that regular physical activity helps improve overall health and quality of life. We can experience this ourselves, when we go for a run and feel better and energetic. Next to our overall health and fitness, physical activity also significantly reduces the risk of many diseases. The preventive impact of exercise is evident in almost all sorts of disease from stroke to cancer and even infectious diseases.
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Exercise is medicine
‘Exercise is medicine is a well-known adage, and it also happens to be one of the main pillars of the American College of Sports medicine (ACSM). Not only does exercise help in preventing disease, it can also have a noticeable impact on the severity of symptoms and even significantly improve the prognoses of some conditions.
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(P)rehabilitation
An obviously important role for physical activity is set aside for medical rehabilitation, when mental and/or physical abilities are lost due to injury or disease. Exercise therapy is the most applied therapy form within multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs for almost all chronic health conditions. After surgery, medical rehab will speed up your recovery in many ways. Interestingly, researchers are starting to advocate not only rehabilitation, but also prehabilitation. Prehabilitation is a process of improving your physical capacity beforehand, instead of only afterhand.
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Fundamental research
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Results from epidemiological and clinical trials clearly show us that exercise is positively linked with better health outcomes. However, these studies don’t answer the question on what the exact underlying mechanisms are that explain these beneficial effects of physical activity. During our symposium, some speakers will elucidate the complex processes set in motion in our muscles and brain by being active.
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Extreme exercise hypothesis
Although the main goal of our symposium is to highlight the beneficial side of exercise, we will also focus on the other side of the coin: the potential adverse effects of extreme exercise. The ‘extreme exercise hypothesis’ is a hot topic, especially among cardiologists. During our symposium, you will find out whether this hypothesis is true or not.
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A challenging solution
Last but certainly not least, we want to focus on how we can promote these lifestyle changes. Physical activity has a lot of positive effects on our body. However, activity data from all over the world shows that it is not as easy to get ourselves moving as we would wish. During our symposium, it will become clear why exercising can be so difficult and why it is so normal for other people. In addition, we will have speakers to provide hands-on training on motivating patients to get more active.