P01: Pre-Congress: Movement Disorders

This pre-congress course introduces neurophysiology as an objective tool to enhance clinical assessment in movement disorders and guide participants through the main techniques and their clinical applications. It covers essential methods, basic laboratory setup, and signal processing, followed by focused applications in tremor, jerky movements, and functional movement disorders. Through expert-led lectures and case-based discussions, participants will learn how to use surface EMG, accelerometry, and EEG to improve diagnostic accuracy and guide clinical management in patients with movement disorders.

Designed for clinicians, trainees, and researchers, the course emphasizes clinically relevant applications of neurophysiological techniques in the evaluation and management of movement disorders.

Neurophysiology: An Extension of Clinical Assessment to Categorize Movement Disorders
Robert Chen (Canada)

How to set up a Movement Disorders Neurophysiology lab: Which equipment do I need and how to do initial signal processing?
Felipe A. Vial (Chile)

Clinical Neurophysiology to differentiate Tremors syndromes
Panagiotis Kassavetis (USA)

Break

Clinical Neurophysiology to differentiate Jerky Movements and Myoclonus
Shabbir Merchant (USA)

Clinical Neurophysiology of Functional Movement Disorders
Talya Grippe (Canada)

Case Discussions
All faculty