ICSET - 3rd International Congress of Shoulder & Elbow Therapists - Edinburgh 2010
5th-8th September 2010
Dr Jeremy Lewis, ICSET Keynote speaker.
The EUSSER board and members had an opportunity to meet at the 3rd International congress of shoulder and elbow therapists in association with the surgical society this year in Edinburgh. It was a hugely successful scientific meeting with an opportunity to hear international speakers as well as networking and developing links with our colleagues across the Atlantic and Pacific.
EUSSER were invited to open the session with a Rotator Cuff Symposium which included speakers, Olivier Gagey (France), Prof Andy Carr (UK), Dr Jeremy Lewis (UK), Phillipe Favre (Switzerland), Valentina Spunton (Italy) and Tania Douglas (UK). Lectures included the current theories in Rotator Cuff disease and management.
Dr Jeremy Lewis was also invited to give the ICSET keynote lecture “Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: A Musculoskeletal Condition or a Clinical Illusion?” Jeremy argued that subacromial impingement syndrome is unlikely to be caused by the acromion and should be called subacromial pain syndrome. His lecture focussed on the shift away from mechanical, extrinsic models of rotator cuff irritation towards an intrinsic tendinopathy model. He illustrated the lack of robust evidence for subacromial decompression surgery and the cost effectiveness of conservative treatment in comparison.
ICSET conference room.
47 abstracts were submitted for the ICSET Congress – 24 (51%) were accepted for podium presentation. The Ian Kelly Best Paper Award for ICSET2010 was to Takayuki Muraki, Japan For his paper on:- “Relationship between Scapular Position and Subacromial Contact Behavior: A Cadaveric Study” Takayuki Muraki1,2, Nobuyuki Yamamoto1,2, Kristin D Zhao1, Sperling W John3, Scott P Steinmann3, Cofield H Robert3, Kai-Nan An1 (1Mayo Clinic, Biomechanics Laboratory, Rochester, United States, 2Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 3Mayo Clinic, Orthopedic Surgery, Rochester, United States).
Edinburgh provided both a cultural and lively city to entertain delegates, the opening ceremony welcomed delegates with a superb band of bagpipes and a fantastic firework display in the city centre to mark the end of the Edinburgh festival and tattoo.
We look forward to the next International meeting to be held in Kyoto, Japan in 2013.