BSSD 5th Symposium – 07 December 2019

SAVE THE DATE : 07 December 2019.

In association with the “Brugmann Dysphagia Day” (December 6th 2019) !

Place: Reine Astrid Military Hospital ( Brussel).

Preliminary Program

8.00 Coffee & check-in

9.00 Welcom

9.10 Everything you ought to know about oral health and dysphagia (Barbara Janssens, UGent)

9.55 Everything you ought to know about the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (Maggie-Lee Huckabee, University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

10.35 In addition: TOMASS in old-old people (Hanneke Kalf, Radboud University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

10.50 Coffee break

11.20 Free paper session I

Comparing a fatigue-inducing paradigm on maximum isometric pressures and perceived effort of the tongue in healthy elderly versus Parkinson’s disease patients
Isabelle Raskin – Thomas More University College

IDDSI flow test characterization of commercially available breakfast shakes at different IDDSI levels and analysis of tongue strength used while swallowing
Marthe Haesen & Marthe Vandenbergh – Thomas More University College

11.50 Everything you ought to know about the velum (Prof. Aude Lagier, CHULiège)

12.20 Everything you ought to know about cough reflex testing in stroke (Maggie-Lee Huckabee, University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

13.05 Lunch

13.50 Everything you ought to know about the oesophagus (Prof. Hubert Louis)

14.35 Free paper session II

Is there a real effectiveness in introducing a non-instrumental bed-side screen in stroke units? Gan-el Eyal – Erasmus Hospital

Utensils for safe drinking: raising awareness for nursing staff during mealtimes of hospitalized elderly people
Louise Ghys – Artevelde University College

The Mendelsohn manoeuvre reviewed. Descriptive research on the use of the Mendelsohn manoeuvre in deglutologists’ general practice.
Katrien De Brouwer – Artevelde University College

15.20  IDDSI – a very quick update (Jan Vanderwegen & Hanneke Kalf)

15.35 Coffee Break

16.05 Skill an strength training using visual feedback in patients with dysphagia. Live Demo (Maggie-Lee Huckabee, University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

17.20 Closing ceremony