Program

September 16

Program Wednesday

09.30 – 09.45

Welcome and course outline

Jeroen Venhovens

09.45 – 10.15

Demo: scanning median and ulnar nerve

Gérard Leijtens

10.15 – 10.30

Demo: scanning radial and musculocutaneous nerve

Roy Beekman

10.30 - 11.00

Break

11.00 - 11.30

Demo: scanning lateral/medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm, palmar branch of the median nerve & dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve

Johan Telleman

11.30 - 12.30

Hands-on: scanning upper limb nerves - Part 1

All

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Case-examples: median & ulnar nerve

Jermo van der Scheur

14.00 - 14.30

Case-examples: radial, musculocutaneous & small cutaneous nerves of the upper-limb

Juerd Wijntjes

14.30 – 15.00

Break

15.00 – 16.30

Hands-on: scanning upper limb nerves - Part 2

All

September 17

Program Thursday

09.30 – 09.45

Welcome second day of the course

Jeroen Venhovens

09.45 – 10.15

Demo: scanning the brachial plexus

Nens van Alfen

10.15 – 10.30

Demo: scanning the small neck nerves (phrenic, vagus, accessory & long thoracic nerve)

Nens van Alfen

10.30 – 11.00

Break

11.00 – 11.30

Case-examples: brachial plexus (traumatic laesions & neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome)

Johan Telleman

11.30 – 12.30

Hands-on: scanning the brachial plexus

All

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Demo: scanning sciatic, fibular and tibial nerve

Christiaan Saris

14.00 - 14.15

Demo: scanning sural nerve & Mortons neuroma

Gérard Leijtens

14.15 – 14.45

Case-examples: fibular, sciatic, tibial nerve & Mortons neuroma

Jeroen Venhovens

14.45 – 15.15

Break

15.15 - 16.30

Hands-on: scanning lower limb nerves

All

September 18

Program Friday

09.30 – 09.45

Welcome third day of the course

Jeroen Venhovens

09.45 – 10.15

Theory: general introduction ultrasound guided injections (hygiène, in & out of plane techniques)

Roy Beekman

10.15 - 10.45

Theory: ultrasound guided lumbar puncture & treatment of Meralgia paresthetica

Jeroen Venhovens

10.45 – 11.15

Break

11.15 - 11.30

Demo: scanning lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh and obturator nerve

Gérard Leijtens

11.30 - 12.30

Hands-on: scanning all nerves (à la carte) & injection phantoms

All

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Theory: basic principles muscle ultrasound (quantative & qualitative analysis)

Camiel Verhamme

14.00 - 14.30

Theory: ultrasound for (inflammatory) polyneuropathies

Johan Telleman

14.30 – 15.00

Case-examples: muscle ultrasound for muscular dystrophies and motor neuron disease

Christiaan Saris

15.00 - 15.30

Break

15.30 - 15.45

Demo: diaphragm & other respiratory and bulbar muscles

Christiaan Saris

15.45 - 16.00

Plenary course closure & certificates

All