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As we draw near the end of 2009 West Midlands ACPIN can celebrate some successful events. Earlier in the year we held a very popular Parkinson’s disease study day at the University of Birmingham and Mary Lynch Bobath tutor gave a very well received study weekend. Our evening lectures continue to be popular with the GBS society giving a talk to a full lecture theatre. More recently we held an enjoyable and useful PNF study weekend with Nikki Rochford. This was also fully subscribed. Our last event of 2009 is an evening lecture on the management of the MND patient by Professor Morrison, Consultant Neurologist.
ACPIN membership in the West Midlands continues to be good. Our committee has seen some changes with Salu Fellows and Claire Jervis joining us and Marie Adams returning from maternity leave. Unfortunately our minutes secretary Ceri Jones leaves us for pastures new, we thank her for all her hard work and wish her the best if luck in her new job.
The West Midlands has seen some exciting research developments with committee member Trudy Pelton taking on the role of chief investigator for the stroke research GTABIT trial. (Grasp and Reach After Brain Injury Trial). She is investigating the specific problem of hand and arm co-ordination after parietal and cerebella stroke and the effects of specific targeted interventions for these two patient groups. Physiotherapists from University Hospital Birmingham, Heart of England Foundation Trust and South Birmingham primary care trust will be helping to recruit patients for this study.
West Midlands ACPIN is planning our event programme for 2010 and welcomes any suggestions you may have..
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