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About

Maura Seleme

  • PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ
  • Coordinator of the Specialization in Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions for Physiotherapists in Brazil - Faculdade Inspirar
  • Director of ABAFI-Holland and ABAFI–Brazil
  • Project leader – Application iPelvis
  • Chairperson of the Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Group – IUGA
  • Pelvic Physiotherapist in Brazil, France and Holland
  • Specialist in Pelvic Physiotherapy since 2000 with several international and national diplomas
  • Teacher in France, Brazil, The Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Colômbia
  • International speaker with lectures and courses in over 50 countries
About

Bary Berghmans

  • Associate professor, head research Pelvic Care Center Maastricht
  • Department of Urology, MUMC+
  • Department of Epidemiology, FHML - Maastricht University - The Netherlands
  • (Co -) promotor of PhD students and project leader for PhD projects at the Maastricht University Medical Center and Maastricht University
  • Visiting professor at the University of Campinas, Department of Surgery, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Visiting professor at Faculdade Inspirar - Brazil
  • International professor and speaker in more than 80 countries
  • Author of over 20 book chapters and over 100 scientific articles
  • Co-editor and author of the book Evidence-Based Physiotherapy for the Pelvic Floor. Authors: Kari Bo, Bary Berghmans, Siv Morkved, Marijke Van Kampen

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Physiotherapy Assessment For Female Urinary Incontinence

€49
Physiotherapy Assessment For Female Urinary Incontinence
19 Lessons 01:28:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the significance and structure of the different health care providers’s (medical doctors, pelvic physiotherapists, psychologists, etc.) assessment like history-taking, exam, classification, analysis & evaluation of female urinary incontinence.
  • 2. Discuss and understand the level of evidence for conservative, non-pharmaceutical interventions for female urinary incontinence.
  • 3. Discuss and understand the role of physiotherapy assessment in multidisciplinary models and algorithms for female urinary incontinence 
Pelvic physiotherapy for pelvic pain and female sexual dysfunction: an untapped resource?

€49
Pelvic physiotherapy for pelvic pain and female sexual dysfunction: an untapped resource?
25 Lessons 00:31:58 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the significance and structure of the different health care providers’s (medical doctors, pelvic physiotherapists, psychologists, etc.) assessment like history-taking, exam, classification, analysis & evaluation of CPP and sexual dysfunctions
  • 2. Discuss and understand the level of evidence for conservative, non-pharmaceutical interventions for CPP and sexual dysfunctions
  • 3. Discuss and understand multidisciplinary models and algorithms for CPP and sexual dysfunctions
Urine incontinence

€49
Urine incontinence
22 Lessons 00:53:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand (the different types of) SUI
  • 2. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of physiotherapy for these different types of SUI and theire prognostics for success or failure
  • 3. Insight and knowledge of the current level of evidence for physiotherapy and its place in the algorithm of treatment options
Urgency urinary incontinence and overactive bladder

€49
Urgency urinary incontinence and overactive bladder
17 Lessons 01:11:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand (the different types of) urgency and its relation with urinary incontinence and overactive bladder
  • 2. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of physiotherapy for these different types of urgency and overactive bladder, their prognostics for success or failure
  • 3. Insight and knowledge of the current level of evidence for physiotherapy for urgency, urgency urinary incontinence and overactive bladder and its place in the algorithm of treatment options
The 5Fs concept for pelvic floor disfunctions

€49
The 5Fs concept for pelvic floor disfunctions
9 Lessons 00:56:18 Hours English
To ensure an adequate sequence in pelvic floor muscle training the concept of the 5 Fs, i.e., Find-Feel-Force-Follow-through-Functional training of pelvic floor muscles was introduced by Bary Berghmans, PhD MSc RPT, associate profesor.
  • Understand the significance and structure of the 5Fs concept as an innovative and efficient physiotherapeutic training programme for pelvic floor dysfunctions
  • Discuss and understand the level of evidence for the 5Fs concept 3. Discuss and understand the role of clinical practice, based on the 5Fs concept to treat pelvic floor dysfunctions
Biofeedback and Pelvic Floor rehabilitation

€49
Biofeedback and Pelvic Floor rehabilitation
13 Lessons 01:13:16 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the significance and structure of the different types of biofeedback for pelvic floor dysfunctions
  • 2. Discuss and understand the level of evidence for biofeedback for assessment and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions
  • 3. Discuss and understand the role of biofeedback in pelvic physiotherapy
Pelvic organ prolapse

€49
Pelvic organ prolapse
12 Lessons 01:15:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand (the different types of) POP
  • 2. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of physiotherapy for these different types of POP their prognostics for success or failure
  • 3. Insight and knowledge of the current level of evidence for physiotherapy for POP and its place in the algorithm of treatment options
Anal incontinence

€49
Anal incontinence
57 Lessons 01:25:16 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the functional anatomy and pathophysiology related to anal incontinence.
  • 2. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of physiotherapy for anal incontinence, their prognostics for success or failure.
  • 3. Insight and knowledge of the current level of evidence for physiotherapy for anal incontinence and its place in the algorithm of treatment options.
Avaliação Funcional do Assoalho Pélvico

€49
Avaliação Funcional do Assoalho Pélvico
11 Lessons 00:54:00 Hours Portuguese
  • Este webinar nos ensina a entender melhor a avaliação funcional do assoalho pélvico baseado em evidências científicas. Você verá em 3 capítulos uma avaliação estruturada e em tempo real com uma paciente no consultório de fisioterapia pélvica. Um ótimo guia de estudo e reflexão da avaliação, levando a ideias de tratamento mais estruturadas para fisioterapeutas que trabalham com as disfunções do assoalho pélvico
Functional Assessment of the Pelvic Floor

€49
Functional Assessment of the Pelvic Floor
11 Lessons 00:54:00 Hours English
  • This webinar teaches us to better understand pelvic floor functional assessment based on scientific evidence. You will see in 3 chapters a structured and real-time evaluation with a patient in the pelvic physiotherapy office. A great assessment study and thought guide leading to more structured treatment ideas for physical therapists working with pelvic floor disorders
Évaluation fonctionnelle du plancher pelvien

€49
Évaluation fonctionnelle du plancher pelvien
11 Lessons 00:54:00 Hours French
  • Ce webinaire nous apprend à mieux comprendre l’évaluation fonctionnelle du plancher pelvien fondée sur des preuves scientifiques. Vous verrez dans 3 chapitres une évaluation structurée et en temps réel avec un patient dans le bureau de physiothérapie pelvienne. Une excellente étude d’évaluation et un guide de réflexion menant à des idées de traitement plus structurées pour les physiothérapeutes qui travaillent avec des troubles du plancher pelvien
O conceito 5Fs para disfunções do assoalho pélvico

€49
O conceito 5Fs para disfunções do assoalho pélvico
8 Lessons 00:57:00 Hours Portuguese
  • Compreender o significado e a estrutura do conceito 5Fs como um programa de treinamento fisioterapêutico inovador e eficiente para disfunções do assoalho pélvico
  • Discutir e compreender o nível de evidência para o conceito 5Fs
  • Discutir e compreender o papel da prática clínica, com base no conceito 5Fs para tratar disfunções do assoalho pélvico
Male urinary incontinence

€49
Male urinary incontinence
13 Lessons 01:34:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the pathophysiology of male urnary incontinence and the functional anatomy of the pelvic floor.
  • 2. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of physiotherapy for male urinary incontinence, their prognostics for success or failure
  • 3. Insight and knowledge of the current level of evidence for physiotherapy for male urinary incontinence and its place in the algorithm of treatment options
Anatomy of the pelvic floor

€49
Anatomy of the pelvic floor
10 Lessons 01:07:00 Hours English
  • 1. Understand the functional anatomy and structure of the pelvic floor and the pelvic organs
  • 2. Discuss and understand the pathophysiology of pelvic floor dysfunctions
  • 3. Discuss and understand the biological rationale of the development of pelvic floor dysfunctions
Avaliação fisioterapêutica para incontinência urinária feminina com a prática de caso clínico

€49
Avaliação fisioterapêutica para incontinência urinária feminina com a prática de caso clínico
18 Lessons 01:28:00 Hours Portuguese
  • 1. Compreender o significado e a estrutura da avaliação dos diferentes prestadores de cuidados de saúde (médicos, fisioterapeutas pélvicos, psicólogos, etc.), como fazer a história, exame, classificação, análise e avaliação da incontinência urinária feminina
  • 2. Discutir e compreender o nível de evidências para intervenções conservadoras e não farmacêuticas para incontinência urinária feminina
  • 3. Discutir e compreender o papel da avaliação fisioterapêutica em modelos e algoritmos multidisciplinares para incontinência urinária feminina Nível sugerido: conhecimento básico, alguma experiência aconselhável
Idealized Integrated Pelvic Care

€49
Idealized Integrated Pelvic Care
36 Lessons 06:48:00 Hours English
The Symposium focus on the ideal approach to integral care for the bladder and pelvic floor dysfunctions in a unique way. Besides anatomy and neurophysiology of the pelvic floor, the pathophysiology of a number of important pelvic floor and bladder dysfunctions, the symposium also pays attention to the interaction between the relevant (para)medical disciplines.
  • More informations about the program https://www.baryberghmans.com
  • 1. Understand the significance and structure of the different health care providers’s (medical doctors, pelvic physiotherapists, psychologists, etc.) assessment like history-taking, exam, classification, analysis & evaluation of pelvic floor dysfunctions.
  • 2. Discuss and understand the level of evidence for conservative, non-pharmaceutical interventions for pelvic flor dysfunctions .
  • 3. Discuss and understand the role of physiotherapy assessment in multidisciplinary models and algorithms for pelvic floor dysfunctions
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