IMPORTANT DATES
November 28, 2026 / Congress Start Date November 29, 2026 / Congress End Date 15 September 2026 / Early Registration Deadline 25 October 2026 / Last Call For Abstract
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

*Simultaneous interpretation services (Turkish-English and English-Turkish) will be provided during the scientific sessions in Hall A (Main Hall).
*Consecutive interpretation support will be provided to participants throughout the course program.
*Course participants will receive a TPA-approved Certificate of Attendance.

28 November 2026, Saturday

TIME
HALL A
Simultaneous Translation
HALL B HALL C HALL D
08:30–09:00 Registration & Welcome
09:00–09:30 Opening Ceremony
Kenan Zafer Aksungur
Hayri Baran Yosmaoğlu
09:30–10:00 The Future of Physiotherapy in the World and Türkiye
Michel Landry (President of the World Physiotherapy Confederation)
10:00–10:30 Current Management of Low Back Pain: From Evidence to Clinical Practice
Bart Staal
10:30–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–11:15 Inspiratory Muscle Training in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Rik Gosselink
Workshop: Headache Rehabilitation in Practice: Clinical Reasoning, Manual Therapy and Exercise
Mohammad Javaherian
Oral Presentation Session
11:15–11:45 Myofascial Pain: Current Evidence and Clinical Approach
Jan Dommerholt
11:45–12:15
12:15–13:15 Lunch
13:15–13:45 Clinical Neurodynamics: From Neural Mobilization to Clinical Decision-Making
Michael Shacklock
Workshop: Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation: From Assessment to Clinical Practice
Ute Schneider-Milo
Workshop: Assessment and Training of the Inspiratory Muscles
Rik Gosselink
Oral Presentation Session
13:45–14:15 New Findings on Freezing of Gait and Rehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease
Alice Nieuwboer
14:15–14:45 Three-Dimensional Rehabilitation in Scoliosis: The Schroth Approach
Axel Hennes
14:45–15:15
15:15–15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30–16:00 Psychosocial and Osteopathic Approaches to Chronic and Complex Conditions
Torsten Liem
Workshop: Management of Gait Problems in Parkinson’s Disease
Alice Nieuwboer
Workshop: Myofascial Pain Management
Jan Dommerholt
Oral Presentation Session
16:00–16:30 Fifty Years of the Biopsychosocial Model in Pain Management: Has It Come to an End Before It Even Began?
Ezdeşir Kemali
16:30–17:00 Accessing Evidence-Based Information with the Pedro Database
Gül Öznur Başarı
17:00–17:15 SHORT BREAK
17:15–18:45 Workshop: Schroth-Based Assessment and Exercise Strategies
Axel Hennes

29 November 2026, Sunday

TIME
HALL A
Simultaneous Translation
HALL B HALL C
09:30–10:00 Temporomandibular Disorders: Current Assessment and Rehabilitation
Harry J. M. von Piekartz
Workshop: Clinical Neural Mobilization: Assessment, Neural Differentiation and Treatment
Michael Shacklock
Workshop: Assessment of Rectus Abdominis Diastasis and Pubic Symphysis in Pregnancy
Snjezana Schuster
10:00–10:30 Dizziness-An Introduction to Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy
Fırat Kesgin
10:30–11:00 The Role of the Cervical Spine and Temporomandibular System in the Treatment of Somatosensory Tinnitus
Daan Bredewout
11:00–11:15 Coffee Break
11:15–11:45 Beyond the Neck: A Clinical Reasoning Approach to Cervicogenic Headache
Mohammad Javaherian
Workshop: Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Tinnitus: Cervical and Craniomandibular Approach
Daan Bredewout
Workshop: Spinal Mobilization and Manipulation Techniques
Kenan Zafer Aksungur, Duygu Aktar Reyhanioğlu
11:45–12:15 How to Apply Bracing in Scoliosis: Clinical and Biomechanical Principles
Fabio Zaina
12:15–12:45 Current Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
Ute Schneider-Milo
12:45–13:15 Exercise in Pregnancy: Applications and Effectiveness
Snjezana Schuster
13:15–14:45 Lunch
14:45–16:15 The Treatment of Secondary Lymphedema in the Head and Facial Area Following Oncological Therapies
Sebastian Magnus Wagner
Workshop: Diagnosis and Treatment of Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Fırat Kesgin
Workshop: Clinical Rehabilitation and Manual Therapy for Temporomandibular Disorders
Harry J. M. von Piekartz
16:15–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–17:00 Is It Possible to Reduce Postoperative Arthrogenic Inhibition with the PressFit Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgical Technique?
Yavuz Kocabey
Workshop: The Treatment of Secondary Lymphedema in the Head and Facial Area Following Oncological Therapies
Sebastian Magnus Wagner
Workshop: An Introduction to Interoception: Reading and Regulating Psychosocial Stress Signals in the Body
Ezdeşir Kemali
17:00–17:30 Knee Rehabilitation
17:30–18:00
18:00–18:20 Closing Ceremony