Dystonia Europe held its second board meeting of the year in Stockholm Sweden last weekend, alongside the 18th International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Congress. On the agenda was the upcoming D-Days and General Assembly 2014 in Paris in October, the D-Days in Rotterdam 2015, the future partnership with the Dystonia Europe Research Network and many…
Dystonia Europe Attends EFNA General Assembly 2014 in Istanbul
EFNA, the European Association for Neurological Association, held its General Assembly 2014 alongside the EFNS & ENS joint congress of neurology in Istanbul last weekend. Dystonia Europe is a member of EFNA together with 19 other patient associations within neurology. President Audrey Craven opened the meeting by welcoming the delegates. After the formal business meeting…
Merz Austria gathers Neurologists and Dystonia Europe at Annual Expert Meeting “Science on Top” in Kitzbühel
Merz Austria’s annual meeting “Science on Top” took place last weekend in Kitzbühel, Austria. CEO of Merz Austria Karsten Schlemm opened the 2-day meeting on Friday evening, and welcomed the 50 participants to a weekend of presentations, sharing best practice and a workshop in hands-on-training of ultrasound. Opening speakers were Professor Jörg Müller from Berlin…
Dystonia Europe Attended Physiotherapy Training in Norway
Last year NDF – the Norwegian Dystonia Association – received a grant of approximately € 55 000 to run workshops in physiotherapy for cervical dystonia. The launch of the three-year project took place last Thursday in Bergen, Norway. About 20 physiotherapists from the region had come to the FFO centre to learn about how to…
Happy Easter from Dystonia Europe
Dystonia Europe wishes all its members, sponsors and partners a Happy Easter!