Selected presentations from the  European Conference on Post Polio Syndrome – a challenge of today  are now available on  The Informed Scientist  website. 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).

			Australia’s polio health and wellness retreat 15 mins 21 secs Mary-ann Liethof National Program Manager Polio Australia
			Peer support 12 mins 46 secs Anne Shanahan Regional Support Officer Post Polio Support Group Ireland
			Handcycling across Canada 17 mins 38 secs Ramesh Ferris Ramesh Ferris Polio Foundation
			Anesthesia for post-polio patients 25 mins 26 secs Selma H Calmes, MD Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Retired) University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA, USA
			Respiration and sleep 20 mins 23 secs Michael Laub, MD, PhD, Dr Med Sc Respiratory Centre East, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark
			Pain in polio survivors 22 mins 17 secs Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, MD, PhD Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology University of Gothenburg, Sweden
			Impact of comorbidity, aging and lifestyle-related factors in polio survivors 16 mins 10 secs Irene Tersteeg, MD Janneke Stolwijk, MD, PhD Anita Beelen, PhD Frans Nollet, MD, PhD Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
			Voiding and bowel problems 21 mins 15 secs Lise Kay, MD Urologist and Surgeon The Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims
			Falls in polio survivors 19 mins 59 secs Alice Bickerstaffe, MD Anita Beelen, PhD Frans Nollet, MD PhD Department of Rehabilitation University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre
			Psychological aspects of polio survivors through their life experience 20 mins 56 secs Alain Yelnik, MD, PhD Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation GH Lariboisière F Widal, AP-HP Université Paris Diderot, Paris
			Participation in society 20 mins 46 secs Jan Lexell, MD PhD Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Lund University Hospital, Sweden Department of Health Sciences Lund University, Sweden
			Latest news in orthotics for polio survivors 19 mins 37 secs Barbara Bocker, MD UC Smolenski, MD Institute of Physiotherapy Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
			Designing and manufacturing light weight full contact carbon leg orthoses 40 mins 53 secs Kees Noppe, CPO OIM-Noppe Orthopedietechniek Noordwijkerhout The Netherlands
			Patient Journey - My life with polio 16 mins 36 secs Sylvi Salomonsson Secondary School Teacher and Polio Survivor
			Post polio syndrome policy in the EU 12 mins 03 secs Holger Kallehauge Retired High Court Judge President, The Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims
			Disability in the political arena 12 mins 58 secs John Richard McFarlane, PhD, FIMS, MBIM, WCIT Chair of Post Polio Support Group Ireland Unit 319, Dublin, Ireland Member of Board, European Polio Union