TEACHING COURSE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS ST-LUC, UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ENMG and Electrodiagnostic Medicine Training Course – 16-17 February 2017 Course Director :

Prof. Dr. Peter Van den Bergh

Faculty :

Prof. Dr. Peter Van den Bergh (Department of Neurology, Director of the Neuromuscular Reference Centre UCL St-Luc) Prof. Dr. Thierry Lejeune (Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Programme :

DAY 1 Dr. Vinciane Van Parijs (Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre UCL St-Luc) Prof. Dr. Gaëtan Stoquart (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) Part 1 – Anatomical and Physiological Basics of Electrodiagnosis 08.30 - Functional Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System –

P. Van den Bergh

09.30 - Physiology and Pathophysiology of Peripheral Nerve - Principles of Nerve Conduction Studies -

P. Van den Bergh

10.30 - Coffee Break 10.45 – Physiology of Skeletal Muscle - Principles of Electromyography –

T. Lejeune

11.45 – Anatomy and Physiology of the Neuromuscular Junction – Principles of Repetitive Nerve Stimulation and Single-Fibre Electromyography -

P. Van den Bergh

12.30 – Lunch Part 2 – Electrodiagnosis : Instrumentation and Clinical Practice Part I 13.30 - Principles of Electrodiagnostic Instrumentation –

T. Lejeune

14.30 – Workshop 1 : Basics of Nerve Conduction Studies in normal subjects –

P. Van den Bergh, V. Van Parijs

16.00 – Workshop 2 : Basics of Electromyography in normal subjects –

T. Lejeune, G. Stoquart

17.30 – End of Day 1

DAY 2 Part 3 – Neuromuscular Disorders and Peripheral Nerve Lesions 10.45 - Neuromuscular Junction Disorders –

V. Van Parijs

08.30 - Peripheral Neuropathies : Polyneuropathies, Mononeuritis Multiplex, and Motor neuropathies –

P. Van den Bergh

09.30 - Peripheral neuropathies : Radiculopathies, Plexopathies, Mononeuropathies –

T. Lejeune

10.30 – Coffee Break 11.30 - Myopathies (Dystrophic, Myotonic, Congenital, Metabolic, Inflammatory) –

P. Van den Bergh

12.30 – Lunch Part 4 – Electrodiagnosis : Clinical Practice Part II 13.00 – Workshop 3 : Polyneuropathy –

P. Van den Bergh, V. Van Parijs

14.00 – Workshop 4 : Facial Paralysis –

V. Van Parijs, P. Van den Bergh

14.30 – Workshop 4 : Muscle Weakness –

T. Lejeune, G. Stoquart

15.30 – Coffee break 15.45 – Workshop 5 : Myasthenia Gravis –

P. Van den Bergh, V. Van Parijs

16.30 – Workshop 6 : Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ulnar Neuropathy, Peroneal Neuropathy –

G. Stoquart, T. Lejeune

17.30 – Workshop 7 : Radiculopathy and Brachial Plexus –

T. Lejeune, G. Stoquart

18.30 – End of Day 2

Target audience

Residents and specialists in neurology, neurophysiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurophysiology technicians.

Objectives of the course

Learn how to evaluate the patient with suspected peripheral nervous system disease Anatomy and physiology of the peripheral nervous system Disordersof the peripheral nervous system (e.g., muscular dystrophy, inflammation of muscle or nerve, entrapment of nerves, ALS, myasthenia gravis, neuropathies) Learn the physical principles of biomedical instrumentation Acquire the skills to conduct nerve conduction studies and electromyography : Appropriate use of equipment and study protocols; Correct application of recording electrodes and nerve stimulation electrodes; Recognize waveforms associated with clinical findings

About the Course Lecturers Peter Van den Bergh

, MD, PhD, is an American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) board certified neurophysiologist and Professor of Neurology at the University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium. He is director of the Neuromuscular Reference Centre and head of the Neurology Department ENMG laboratory at the University Hospitals Saint-Luc in Brussels. He is a founding member of the Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (Peripheral Nerve Society), he is a member of the programme committee of the World Muscle Society, and he chairs the Sub-Specialty Scientific Panel Neuropathies of the European Academy of Neurology. Working with him is

Vinciane Van Parijs

, MD, a neurologist with a DIU (Diplôme Inter-Universitaire) in Myology (Paris, France). She is working in the Neuromuscular Reference Centre and has a longstanding experience in ENMG and has been training neurology residents since many years.

Thierry Lejeune,

MD, PhD, is head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University Hospitals Saint-Luc in Brussels. He and his collaborator,

Gaëtan Stoquart

neurophysiology. They have led a lot of research projects , MD, PhD, are Professors in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Performing hundreds of ENMG examinations each year, they have vast experience in clinical Peter Van den Bergh Thierry Lejeune