Annual Scientific Congress Belgian Pain Society
"Sex, Gender and Chronic pain"
Program
Scientific program
08:00 – 08:30 Registration and coffee
08:30 – 09:00 General Assembly (Members only)
Plenary sessions (with simultaneous translations Dutch <-> French)
09:00 – 09:35 Considerations on the influence of genetic sex on tolerance and sensitivity to pain, Jean-Michel Wattier (Lille)
09:35 – 10:10 Chronic pelvic pain : gynaecological insights, Emilie De Smedt (Ghent)
10:10 – 10:45 Pelvic floor rehabilitation: first line treatment of provoked vestibulodynia, Alexandrine Close (Brussels)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:50 Neurophysiological mechanisms through which sex may modulate pain, Charlotte Cornil (Liège)
11:50 – 12:25 Inclusive minds: gender diverse care from a mental health perspective, Rick Roels (Leuven)
12:25 – 12:35 BPS Award Prize Giving, André Mouraux
12:35 – 14:00 Lunch
Workshops 14:00 to 16:00:
Workshop 1 : 14:00 - 15:00
Chronic pain centre and medical centre: a new insight into collaboration? Anne Berquin, Audrey Huysman & Florence Verhegghen (Brussels)
Workshop 2 : 15:00 - 16:00
Multidisciplinary treatment of endometriosis, Carla Tomassetti (Leuven)
Accreditation has been requested for medical doctors and physiotherapists.