Video presentations from the 2nd European Conference “Post-Polio Syndrome – a condition without boundaries” are available on The Informed Scientist website and access from this page has been permitted.

Click a graphic below to go to the presentation on The Informed Scientist website that you are interested in viewing (each video shows the presenter speaking together with a display of the illustrative slides used).

Frans Nollet
Pathophysiology of Post-Polio Syndrome – New Avenues for Treatment?
(11 mins 44 secs)

Kristian Borg, MD, PhD
Treatment of Young Polio Survivors In and Outside Europe
(9 mins 50 secs)

Michael Gaytant, MD, PhD
Ventilatory Support in Patients with Post-Polio Syndrome
(19 mins 0 secs)

Christina Brogardh
How to Assess Walking in Persons with Late Effects of Polio
(15 mins 26 secs)

Deirdre Murray, PhD, et al
Exercise – From Theory to Practice
(10 mins 51 secs)

Eric Voorn
Cardiorespiratory Exercise
(12 mins 35 secs)

Merete Bertelsen
PTU’s Rehabilitation Centre
(26 mins 9 secs)

Jan Lexell, MD, PhD
Aging and Muscle Function Including Sarcopenia
(19 mins 58 secs)

Helena Burger, MD, PhD
Osteoporosis
(17 mins 33 secs)

Lise Kay, MD
Medication for Co-Morbidity
(13 mins 59 secs)

Dr Vincent Tiffreau
Managing Pain in Polio
(24 mins 15 secs)

Deirdre Murray, PhD
The Effects of a Home-Based Arm Ergometry Exercise Programme on Physical Fitness, Fatigue and Activity in Polio Survivors
(13 mins 14 secs)

Fieke Koopman et al
Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Improve Fatigue in Post-Polio Syndrome
(11 mins 33 secs)

Peter Arlien Soborg, MD
IVIG Treatment in Post-Polio Patients in Denmark
(9 mins 2 secs)

E Portell et al
Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Poliomyelitis
(11 mins 29 secs)

Merete Bertelsen
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
(56 mins 35 secs)

Matthias Schafroth
Orthopedic Surgery in Post-Polio Syndrome
(26 mins 13 secs)

Dr Jagdish Patwa
Orthopedic Surgery in Young Polio Survivors
(27 mins 53 secs)

Lise Kay, MD
Anesthesiology: A Risk in PPS?
(25 mins 44 secs)

Cecilia Winberg et al
Physical Activity in Persons with Late Effects of Polio
(10 mins 28 secs)

Lillian Festvaag et al
National Survey on Health and Living Conditions in Norwegian Polio Survivors – A 20-Year Follow-Up
(16 mins 43 secs)

Jan Lexell, MD, PhD
Future Outlooks for the Management of Polio Survivors
(15 mins 21 secs)

Kristian Borg and John McFarlane
Summary of Main Conference Results
(7 mins 56 secs)