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On behalf of the RIMS Board, it gives us the greatest pleasure to invite you to join us at our 2nd RIMS Workshop 'Rehabilitation in Progressive MS', to be held at the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation in Milan (IT), on Friday 13 December 2019.

It will be a one-day workshop filled with interesting lectures and 2 practical sessions in the beautiful city of Milan. Visit the workshop website to find out more about the preliminary programme and confirmed speakers.

Registrations should be done online via the registration tool available on the website. RIMS members can register at a reduced rate.

We hope to meet you in Milan!

Yours sincerely,

Daphne Kos, Prof, Belgium
Giampaolo Brichetto, Dr, Italy
Davide Cattaneo, Dr, Italy

On behalf of the RIMS Board,

Vincent de Groot, Prof, The Netherlands
Anders Skjerbaek, MSc, Denmark
Jenny Freeman, Prof, United Kingdom
Jaume Sastre Garigga, Prof, Spain
Piet Eelen, RN MSc, Belgium
Christian Dettmers, Prof, Germany 

 

 

Topic: Communication disorders in MS

Monday the 6th of February 2023 4-5 pm CET

Programmes & Speakers

  • Uncovering Communication Changes In Multiple Sclerosis - Sarah El-Wahsh (Speech Pathologist, PhD, Researcher; The University of Sydney, Australia)
  • What we do in the SIG Communication and Swallowing - Leena Maria Heikkola (Speech Pathologist, PhD, Research Leader; Åbo Akademi University, Finland)


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Topic: The Gut and MS

Monday the 30th of January 2023 4-5 pm CET

Programmes & Speakers

  • The Gut and Multiple Sclerosis - Marie D’hooghe (Neurologist, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)


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Monday the 12th of December 2022 4-5 pm CET

Programmes & Speakers

  • Giampaolo Brichetto, Medical Doctor Director of the Italian MS Society, Italy
  • COVID 19 and its impact on healthcare professionals and rehabilitation center: the RIMS international survey - Andrea Tacchino, Researcher, Italy)
  • The impact of covid-19 pandemic on physical activity and association technology use in persons with multiple sclerosis: an international RIMS-SIG mobility survey study - Lousin Moumdjian, Physiotherapist, Postdoc, Belgium


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Do not forget to apply for the RIMS Grant Programme and RIMS Fellowship Programme by December 1st!

Discover more about the Grant Programme and Fellowship Programme and apply by clicking to the links below!

RIMS Grant Programme - APPLY NOW!

RIMS Fellowship Programme - APPLY NOW!

Topic: Vocational rehabilitation in MS

Monday the 21st of November 2022 4-5 pm CET

Programmes & Speakers

  • Engaging employers in vocational rehabilitation interventions for people with MS - Blanca De Dios Perez (Psychologist, research fellow; UK)
  • Vocational rehabilitation at NMSC Melsbroek - Evi Vijverman (Belgium)
  • Vocational rehabilitation at MS-Senteret Hakadal - Jeanette Richwood (Occupational therapist, Head of multidisciplinary team; Norway)


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Topic: Cognitive-motor interaction in MS

Monday the 3rd of October 2022 4-5 pm CET

Speakers & Programme

  • Cognitive-motor assessment & dual task training effects. Summary of the RIMS multi-center studies - Peter Feys (Physiotherapist, Professor; Belgium)
  • Sustained attention changes during prolonged walking, and patient perception - Zuhal Abasiyanik (Physiotherapist; Turkey/Belgium)
  • New instruments for measuring cognitive-motor interference: the fNIRS experience – Ludovico Pedulla (Physiotherapist/Bioengineer, PhD)

Wednesday September 14th 2022 @ 4-5 pm CET

Speakers & Programme

  • Pitfalls in the interpretation of endurance exercise interventions in pwMS - Marit Schlagheck (Exercise Physiologist, PhD student; Germany)
  • Endurance exercise as Kynurenine pathway modulator – Implications for pwMS - Philipp Zimmer (Exercise Physiologist, Professor; Germany)

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Dear colleagues,

The RIMS Board is closely monitoring the developments related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, and will decide in the coming weeks if and how to reschedule the upcoming RIMS events. As this unprecedented situation is changing every day, we remain watchful but also focused on delivering what is an important event for the community.

Our best wishes,

Daphne Kos, RIMS President
On behalf of the RIMS Board

The call for new RIMS Executive Board Members is now open!
  • Application deadline December 9, 2019 (23:59 Brussels time)
  • Application documents: CV and motivation letter
  • Elections: General Assembly at Annual Conference 2020 (June 5, 2020)
  • Period: from Annual Conference 2020 (June 2020) until Annual Conference 2023

Executive Board

According to the by-laws, the Organisation is managed by an Executive Board of eight members, one of which is of Belgian nationality.

The Executive Board is nominated by the General Assembly for a period of three years and may be re-nominated and re-elected for a maximum period of an additional three- year term. After a period of absence from the Executive Board of one full term (three years), a member of the Organisation can be re-nominated and re-elected to the Executive Board.

Dear RIMS members
Dear colleagues with an interest in MS

Seasons are changing again, so it is about time to update you on activities, programs and conferences within RIMS, as well as decisions of the executive board.

RIMS Meetings and Conferences

In autumn 2011, two Special Interest Groups organize their 'in-between conferences' meetings.

  1. SIG Mobility. Meeting in Barcelona, Spain on September 30th and October 1th with topic "Treatment of Balance and Gait". Local organizer is Carme Santoyo.
  2. SIG Communication & Swallowing, SIG Integration & Participation, SIG Occupation and SIG Psychology & Neuropsychology. Joint meeting in Melsbroek, Belgium on November 18-19th with topic "The multidisciplinary approach for assessment and management of cognitive disorders in people with MS". Local organizer is Daphne Kos and the Melsbroek team.

Attendance to SIG Meetings and part of accommodation and catering costs are free for RIMS members. For more information on content, please consult the SIG webpages of RIMS.

Next (17th) annual conference of RIMS will take place in Hamburg, Germany on 31 May-2 June 2012 and is organised by Prof. Dr. Christoph Heesen and Prof. Dr. Thomas Henze.

  • Primary topics are "Shared-Decision Making in MS Rehabilitation" and "Towards Evidence-based Motor System Regeneration".
  • Secondary topics are "concepts of trial designs" and "patient-reported outcome measures"

The full program is available on www.rims2012.org. We would like to encourage active participation and interaction of clinicians and researchers, and therefore invite you to submit your abstract for poster or platform presentation before December 23th. All abstracts will be published in Multiple Sclerosis journal.Poster presenters will also be provided with short time to present themselves to the audience.

 

RIMS fellowship and grant programs

We very much wish to encourage persons to experience other member centers through the RIMS fellowship program. Recently, Maria Esperanza Rubio (PT) from the MS Foundation Madrid, Spain has visited the MS Center in Haslev, Denmark. She reports that this fellowship was very informative both regarding organization as well as concept and content of care. A special appreciation also for Hans van Tongeren (PT, Haslev). New applications can be made continuously throughout the year, and are discussed at next executive board meeting.

As announced before, applications can now be made for the new RIMS grant program. This program aims to stimulate and facilitate collaboration between members regarding shared best practice networks, implementation of innovation, research projects, multi-center studies, etc. Applications can be made when members from different countries participate, for a maximum amount of 5,000 Euros (submission rules and procedure can be found on this website). The submission deadline has been extended to November 21th at noon. Feedback will be provided by February 2012.

 

News from the Executive Board

Functions of executive board members have been clarified and transferred from previous to current members, during a board meeting in Brussels, Belgium on July 14th. As well, an inventory of action points was identified and will be elaborated in coming months. The next meeting of the executive board takes place in Milan, Italy on November 28th. Requests or proposals can be discussed if received by November 21th at noon.

The executive board has decided to be assisted regarding administrative duties such as membership communication and inventory, website monitoring and other duties. We welcome administrator Mrs. Grace Donovan from Southampton (UK), who will closely collaborate with the membership and SIG officer, as well as web editor, Vicki Matthews.

 

News from partners

The International Journal of MS Care (www.mscare.org) informed us that a special issue will be published in summer 2012 regarding "Novel Approaches for Assessing and Facilitating Cognition in MS". Guest editors are R.H.B. Benedict and K. Fuchs. You are invited to submit your original research, case reports, and reviews on this topic of critical importance to all clinicians caring for MS patients before February 1th, 2012.

 

Other RIMS activities

Two articles reporting on previous multi-center studies on walking ('effect of time of day' and 'differential value of short and long walking tests') that were performed by members of the SIG Mobility group, are (about to be) published in Multiple Sclerosis journal.

A new multi-center study on effects of different rehabilitation programs on balance and walking in general, and responsiveness of walking measures in specific, is currently being performed in quite many centers or community settings across Europe. More information can be found on this website ('projects').

On October 7-8 at the Italian MS Society Center "I Girasoli" of Lucignano, Italy, there is the third investigators' meeting of the AutoMS Project (www.automsproject.org). Participants will be psychologists, physicians and other SIG Education and Participation professionals from Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Italy and Serbia. The main theme of the meeting will be the quality of the MS consultation, and the measurement of patient involvement in decision-making tasks.

We very much look forward to further working and collaborating with you; on research projects, sharing expertise and exchanging experiences in MS rehabilitation.

Peter Feys,
President of RIMS

On behalf of the executive board.

Dear RIMS members
Dear colleagues with an interest in MS

The XVI annual conference 2011 took place in Turku, Finland and enjoyed great success in terms of numbers of delegates (300), quality of presentations and interactive networking. The 20th anniversary of RIMS was celebrated with a historical overview by one of its founders; Dr. P. Ketelaer. The Finnish MS Society was also celebrating its 40th anniversary, so it was a very special occasion.

We thank the local organizing committee, lead by Dr. J. Ruutiainen, for the tremendous efforts made to make this conference memorable. Prizes for the best poster and platform presentation were given to:

  • Munia Vereecken (OT, Melsbroek, Belgium), ‘In search of an instrument to assess wheelchair driving skills in persons with MS: adaptation and evaluation of “the wheelchair circuit’’.
  • Rita Bertoni (PT, Milan, Italy), ‘Validity of scales rating upper limb in people with MS’

2011 has been the election year for the executive board.
Eija Luoto (Masku, Finland) stepped down after 6 years of presidency which has seen the development of many new activities including the fellowship program and the recent RIMS grant program (see also below). Together with the outgoing President, Claudio Solaro (MD / Genoa, Italy), Judith Lutz (MD / Zurich, Switzerland), Ingrid Galan (MD / Barcelona, Spain) and Brita Løvendahl (director / Copenhagen, Denmark) completed their final terms. We thank them for having served for six years, taking care of RIMS and guiding this network for best practice and research in new routes. Vicky Matthews (nurse / London, UK), Thomas Henze (MD / Regensburg, Germany) and Peter Feys (PT / Hasselt, Belgium) continued as executive board members, while 5 others were elected:

  • Vincent de Groot (MD / Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • Christoph Heesen (MD / Hamburg, Germany)
  • Allessandra Solari (MD / Milan, Italy)
  • Païvi Hämäläinen (Psychologist / Masku, Finland)
  • Ulrik Dalgas (Sport Scientist, Aarhus, Denmark).

We would like to invite you to view the ‘administration’ webpage to find out more about your new executive board members.
Peter Feys was appointed as president, Païvi Hämäläinen as secretary, Vincent de Groot as treasurer and Vicky Matthews as SIG and membership coordinator.

RiReGra is the new RIMS grant program.
This program aims to stimulate and facilitate collaboration between members regarding shared best practice networks, implementation of innovation, research projects, multi-center studies, etc.
Applications can be made when different members from different countries participate, for an amount of 5000 euro maximally. The application process will soon be available on the website with guidance on submission deadlines for grant applications; October 11th and successful application notification before mid February 2012.

We also very much wish to encourage persons to experience other member centers through the RIMS fellowship program, and to continue strong support for in-between meetings of the special interest groups. Please consult the website of the different SIG’s for information on upcoming events.

We also have great pleasure in inviting you to view the preliminary program of the 2012 RIMS conference which will take place in Hamburg, Germany on 31 May-2 June 2012. The local committee is Dr. Christoph Heesen and Dr. Thomas Henze. Key themes for the conference are to be “Application of shared decision making in different domains” and “Neurophysiology underlying motor rehabilitation”.

Check our website for regular updates of the program.

We very much look forward to working and collaborating with you; on research projects, sharing expertise and exchanging experiences in MS rehabilitation.
For the coming months, we wish you a great summer with good weather and some enjoyable free time for fun and relaxation.

Peter Feys,
President of RIMS

On behalf of the executive board.

Dear Members

RIMS2011 conference is “round the corner”.

This year, we have been very happy to receive a record number of abstracts for posters and oral presentations. At this phase, we have altogether 50 abstracts listed. The titles include a wide range of topics related to MS. Also, we will have two interesting Satellite Sessions: on Friday New Strategies in Drug Treatment in MS and on Saturday The safety profile of current and emerging MS drugs. In addition to the scientific program, we surely will take some time to have fun together to celebrate RIMS 20-years anniversary.

Among the social program, we have managed to organize a very special tour on Saturday 14 May , at 17.30 pm, namely a visit to the famous Turku “Kakola” prison. Kakola served as a prison until the new one was opened in September 2007. It was opened in summer 2008 for the general public. Guided tours take the visitors to gloomy segregation cells as well as to prison church. Don’t miss it!

You are able to find the program and all information regarding the registration and hotel reservation from http://congress.utu.fi/RIMS2011/

RIMS General Assembly is organised on Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 17.30-18.30 pm at the Congress Venue, Turku ICT House, Joukahaisenkatu 3. In case the quorum is not met, a new General Assembly will be held on Saturday 14th May at 8.00-9.00. The General Assembly on the second date, will be valid regardless of the number of members present or represented by proxy. This time, altogether five Executive Members will leave the board and the elections will take place.

I look forward to meeting you in Turku, May 13-14 2011. RIMS 2011 and Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011, surely offer the participants lots to see and experience. For me, it is a very special occasion: after two terms as RIMS President I am stepping down and welcoming the new one – who that will be , we´ll know in Turku!

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

Dear Members

I wish that the new year has started smoothly with you all.

RIMS2011 conference is approaching faster than we can imagine. The 16th Annual Conference will be held in Finland, Turku, 13-14 May, 2011. The theme for the conference is Lifelong perspective: Rehabilitation for MS patients with complex needs. You are able to find the program and all information regarding the registration and hotel reservation from http://congress.utu.fi/RIMS2011/

There will be opportunity to present and discuss original studies and posters and, as already for many years has been done, the best RIMS oral and best RIMS poster will be given awards.

Abstracts for poster and oral presentations deadline is January 31st 2011. The date for acceptance or rejecton of abstracts is February 28th 2011.

Registration Early Bird date is 15.2.2011

Note that a participant with an accepted abstract (poster or oral) will be able to get their registration fee with early bird fee.

Along the scientific program we have also listed some places of interest. What especially needs to be mentioned, is a guided tour to a very traditional old prison, Turku Kakola which was opened to the audience in summer 2008.

On Friday afternoon, 13 May, the General Assembly is organized. I am very happy to inform that the founder of RIMS, Dr Pierre Ketelaer from Belgium, will give a short “RIMS history” overview before the official Assembly matters. After that, we have elections for the new Executive Board members. We have altogether five “old” members leaving the Board after their two terms, including myself.

I am looking forward to meeting you in Turku, May 13-14, 2011. RIMS and Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011, together surely offer the participants lots to see and experience.

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

Dear Members

Very warm Christmas Greetings to you all.

The joint ECTRIMS-RIMS Conference is now behind and the next RIMS conference 2011 is approaching. In General Assembly, October 2010, in Gothenburg, it was decided that a member letter will be sent to all members in order to give the possibility to send comments regarding the decisions. Today, after one month from the letter, we have not received any complaints.

As you already know, the 16th Annual Conference of RIMS will be held in Finland, Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011. The date for the conference is 13-14 May, 2011. This time the conference has along the scientific program two major reasons to celebrate: the Finnish MS Society 40 year´s and RIMS 20 year´s anniversary. The theme for the conference is Lifelong perspective: Rehabilitation for MS patients with complex needs. There will be opportunity to present and discuss original studies and posters and, as already for many years has been done, the best RIMS oral and best RIMS poster will be given awards.

You are able to find the program and all information regarding the registration and hotel reservation from http://congress.utu.fi/RIMS2011/

Abstracts for poster and oral presentations deadline is January 31st 2011. The date for acceptance or rejecton of abstracts is February 28th 2011.

Registration Early Bird date is 15.2.2011. Note that a participant with an accepted abstract (poster or oral) will be able to get their registration fee with early bird fee.

I wish you all Merry Christmas and naturally, I am looking forward to meeting you in Turku, May 13-14, 2011. RIMS and Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011, together surely offer the participants lots to see and experience.

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

Dear Members

The 2010 RIMS Conference is approaching and as you already know, it is organised as a joint ECTRIMS-RIMS in Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-16 October, 2010. RIMS topics with two major RIMS sessions will be Progress in MS rehabilitation and Behavioural interventions in MS - update on trials and mechanisms . Also, RIMS will have a 90 min session for oral presentations. You will find the preliminary program from http://www.congrex.ch/ectrims2010/

While preparing my Greetings, nearly all of you have already done your plans regarding your participation. Still, I remind you of the following:

  • Abstract dead line is 27 May 2010
  • Early Bird registration dead line is 18 August 2010
  • RIMS members will get a reduced price for registration

At Gothenburg, all SIGs will have their core people´s meetings as well as Executive Board and SIG Chairs will have a meeting.

I also wish to point out the news regarding the 2011 RIMS conference:

The 16th Annual Conference of RIMS will be held in Finland, Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011. This time the conference has along the scientific program two major reasons to celebrate: the Finnish MS Society 40 years and RIMS 20 years anniversary. The theme for the conference is Lifelong perspective: Rehabilitation for MS patients with complex needs. There will be opportunity to present and discuss original studies and posters and, as already for many years has been done, the best RIMS oral and best RIMS poster will be given awards.

The dead line of abstracts for poster and oral presentations is January 15st 2011 and the abstracts will be published in International Journal of MS Care. The date for Acceptance or rejecton of abstracts is March 15st 2011.

Preliminary program will be launched at ECRTIMS 2010, October 13-16, 2010, Sweden.

Hoping to meet you in Gothenburg, October 2010!

Also, we are looking forward to meeting you in Turku, May 13-14, 2011. RIMS and Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011, together surely offer the participants lots to see and experience.

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

Dear Members

I wish that the new year has started smoothly for all our members.

As you already know, the 2010 RIMS Conference will be organised as a joint ECTRIMS-RIMS in Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-16 October, 2010.

RIMS topics with two major RIMS sessions will be Progress in MS rehabilitation and Behavioural interventions in MS - update on trials and mechanisms . Also, RIMS will have a 90 min session for oral presentations.You will find the preliminary program onhttp://www.congrex.ch/ectrims2010/

  • Abstract dead line is 27 May 2010
  • Early Bird registration dead line is 18 August 2010

Please note that RIMS members will get a reduced price for registration fee. You have to be able to show your membership at the time of filling up your registration form.

As RIMS annual conferences traditionally occur in May, it means that the following conference, the RIMS 16th Annual Conference will follow quite rapidly after Gothenburg. Please, make a note on your calendar that in 2011, RIMS conference will be organised 13-14 May 2011 in Finland, Turku, The European Cultural Capital of 2011. The local organisers will be Dr Tiina Leistevuo, Chief of Masku Neurological Rehabilitation Centre and Dr. Juhani Ruutiainen, Chief of Rehabilitation Services , Finnish MS Society. Also, as having its 40 years anniversary, the Finnish MS Society will act as a partner in organising the conference.

Enjoy this wonderful winter time!

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

Dear Members

The plans for the next year are now being done and as autumn greetings, you will find some issues that are important during 2010.

The next RIMS Conference will be organised as a joint ECTRIMS-RIMS Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-16 October, 2010. The RIMS topics with two major RIMS sessions will concern “progress in MS rehabilitation” and “cognitive and behavioral aspects in MS”. The preliminary program for ECTRIMS-RIMS 2010 was launched during this year´s ECTRIMS, Dusseldorf, September and the finalizing process regarding the program will be done by the end of this year.

  • Abstract dead line is 27 May 2010.
  • Early Bird registration dead line is 18 August 2010.

Please note that RIMS members will get a reduced price for registration fee. You have to be able to show your membership at the time of filling up your registration form.

It is a pleasure to inform that the first fellowship visits are just about to start. The first fellow in RIMS history will be an occupational therapist fromItalyand the center she will stay for one fellow week is Masku Neurological Rehabilitation Centre,Finland. Also, two physiotherapists fromSpainhave sent their applications wishing to stay one week at Masku in 2010, which naturally pleases me very much and we all are happy to have them.

In order to attain the fellowship, the fellow needs to fill in the Application form. In addition, the centre the fellow intends to visit should show that they willing to organize the visit for at least one week. RIMS naturally wishes to get more centres involved, just let us know.

All application forms can be downloaded from www.rims.be. So far the following centres are happy to meet fellows: MS Centre Ry andHaeslev,Denmark, Masku Neurological Rehabilitation Centre,Finland and Centre neurologique et de réadaptationFraiture,Belgium

As RIMS annual conferences traditionally occur in May, it means that

the following conference, the RIMS 16th Annual Conference will follow quite “rapidly” after Gothenburg. Already at this phase it might be useful to make a note on your calendar that in 2011, RIMS conference will be organised inFinland, 13-14 May 2011. The local organiser will be Dr. Juhani Ruutiainen from Masku Centre. Also, as having its 40 years anniversary, the Finnish MS Society will act as a partner in organising the conference.

Enjoy this colourful autumn time!

Eija Luoto
RIMS President

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