Joint Congress on Mechanical Vibration and Technological
Innovations in Health
(MEVITIH-2023)
Chairman – Mario Bernardo-Filho, Brazil
Co-chairman –Joern Rittweger, Germany
September 13-15th 2023
The 4th Congress of the World Association on Vibration
Experts
(WAVex-2023)
Chairman – Mario Bernardo-Filho, Brazil
Co-chairman – Redha Taiar, France
The 2nd Congress of the Brazilian
Association of Mechanical Vibration in Biosciences (VIBMECBIO-2023)
Chairman: Ana Cristina Lacerda, Brazil
Co-chairman: Alessandro Sartório, Italy
The 2nd International Congress on
Technological Innovations in Health
(ICTIH-2023)
Chairman: Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo,
Brazil
Co-chairman: Adérito Seixas, Portugal
Program
September 13th,
2023
10:00 am-
Registration
2:00 pm- 3:00
pm- Opening Ceremony
Round Table
1: Perspectives and challenges in whole-body vibration
Coordinators: Aderito Seixas, Portugal; José Alexandre
Bachur, Brazil; Ana Carolina Coelho, Brazil
3:00 pm-
Exercise as a Countermeasure for Deep-Space Missions: Rationale, Evidence and
Perspectives – Joern Rittweger, German Aerospace Center, Germany
3:20 pm-
Fundamentals of the applications of WBV in humans: examples and reflections –
Redha Taiar, Université de Reims, France
3:40
pm- Pain
mediation and Human Cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents response after Whole
Body Vibration – Anelise Sonza, Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina. Brazil
Round Table
2: Neurological approaches involving whole-body vibration
Coordinators:
Joern Rittweger, Germany; Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Brazil; Luélia Teles
Jaques de Albuquerque, Brazil
4:00 pm-
Effect of whole-body vibration on cognitive tasks – Maria Lúcia Machado Duarte,
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
4:20
pm- Impact of
orthosis and graded sensory-motor rehabilitation on gait improvement in
functional neurologic disorder: perspectives on the impact of WBV protocol –
Redha Taiar, France
4:40
– 5:00
pm-
Questions/Comments
and invitation for the welcome cocktail
5:00 pm-
Cocktail with Brazilian songs
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September 14th,
2023
Round Table
3: Technologies associated with health
Coordinators: Joern Rittweger, Germany; Anelise Sonza, Brazil; Márcia Cristina Moura-Fernandes,
Brazil
9:00 am- Predictors of ulceration in diabetic foot patients:
the role of skin temperature and plantar pressure – Adérito Seixas, Escola
Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
9:20 am- The
applications of biomechanics in the analysis of the impact of WBV effects –
Redha Taiar, Université de Reims, France
9:40
am: Spinal
posture and mobility of the spine and hip in obesity: a novel approach –
Alessandro Sartorio, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
10:00 am- Contributions of the Laboratório
de Cinesioterapia e Recursos Terapêuticos Manuais (LACIRTEM) of Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco on whole-body vibration – Maria das Graças Rodrigues de
Araújo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil
10:20
-10:40
am- Questions/Comments
Room A
11h20 – 11:50 am – Assembly of the Associação Brasileira
de Vibrações Mecânícas em Biociências. VIBMECBIO Assembly
11:00 am –
12:30 pm- Coffee-break and Poster Presentation
12:30 pm –
2:00 pm – Lunch
Round Table
4: Research involving whole-body vibration
Coordinators: Adérito Seixas, Portugal; Ana Cristina Lacerda,
Brazil; Ana Gabriellie Valerio Penha, Brazil
2:00 pm- Effects
of Whole-body vibration on tissue repair – Thais Porto Amadeu, Universidade do
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2:20 pm-
Comparison of phisiotherapeutic treatment traditional kinesiotherapy and WBV in
recovery of gait and balance disorders – Alessandro Pin, UNICERRADO, Brazil
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm- Questions/Comments
3:00 pm – 3:20
pm- Coffee-break
Round Table
5 – Approaches in chronic diseases
Coordinators: Redha Taiar, France; Vanessa Amaral, Brazil; Aline
Reis Silva, Brazil
3:20 pm- Whole-body vibration in clinical, functional, and
biomarkers in chronic disease, Ana Cristina Lacerda, Universidade Federal dos
Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil
3:40 pm-
Respiratory muscle training in obese patients: integrative interventions to
improve exercise tolerance. Alessandro
Sartorio, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
4:00 pm-
Whole-body vibration in obese individuals: facts and perspectives. Danúbia da
Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
4:20 pm – 4:40
pm – Questions/Comments.
Room A
4:40 pm – 5:10
pm: The Fourth “Experts research Meeting – WAVex” – A group of research group
leaders from Brazil and abroad will be discussing future scientific
collaborations. Everyone is welcome.
7:00pm-
Social Dinner (optional) (Oliva Restaurant – Shopping Boulevard, Vila Isabel,
RJ)
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September 15th,
2023
Round Table
6: Whole-body vibration on bone and muscle tissues
Coordinators: Alessandro Sartório, Italy; Paulo César Handam,
Brazil; Luiza
Carla Trindade Gusmão, Brazil
9:00 am- Acute
and chronic effects of aging, disease, injury, resistance exercise and
whole-body vibration on muscle quality: a look at muscle echo-intensity – Paulo
Sergio Chagas Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9:20
am- Approach to
mechanotransduction in the joint environment and the whole-body vibration
exercise in patients with osteoarthritis: a review – José Alexandre Bachur,
Universidade de Franca, Brazil
9:40 am- Functional evaluation on degenerative articular
disease – Liszt Palmeira de Oliveira, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
10:00 am –
10:20 am- Questions/Comments
Coffee break
10:30 am – 10:50 am
Round Table
7: Systemic vibratory therapy in health promotion
Coordinators: Aderito Seixas, Portugal; Liszt Palmeira de
Oliveira, Brazil; Daniel Batouli Santos, Brazil
10:50 am- On
the importance of acceptance and feasibility for planning physical intervention
studies – Joern
Rittweger, Germany, German Aerospace Center, Germany
11:10 am- Systematic
reviews and meta-analysis about whole-body vibration in musculoskeletal rehabilitation
– trends and critical appraisal – Adérito Seixas, Escola Superior de Saúde
Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
11:30 am-
Systemic vibratory therapy in post-Covid respiratory symptoms: new perspectives
for a multidisciplinary approach – Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos, Universidade
Federal da Bahia, Brazil
11:50
am– 12:10 pm-
Questions/Comments
12:10 pm –
2:00 pm – Lunch
Round Table
8: Rehabilitation with different approaches in elderly
Coordinators: Joern Rittweger, Germany; Mario Bernardo-Filho;
Rosane da Silva Rodrigues, Brazil
2:00 pm- Immediate
Effects of Whole-Body Vibration in Sarcopenic Older People – Vanessa Amaral,
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil
2:20 pm- Risk of fractures due to
the falls in elderly – Liszt Palmeira de Oliveira, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2:40 pm- Whole-body vibration as a
tool for healthy aging – Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3:00 pm – Isokinetic response in
patients with knee osteoarthritis underwent
Viscosupplementation – Paulo César Handam, Universidade Federal do Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm – Questions/Comments
3:40
pm– 4:00 pm Coffee
break
Round 9:
Facts and challenges in systemic vibratory therapy
Coordinators: Redha Taiar, France, Danúbia de Sá-Caputo and Ana
Carolina Coelho, Brazil
4:00 pm- Laboratory results modulated by whole-body
vibration – Luis Cristóvão Porto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
4:20 pm- How
to Assess Adverse Events in Whole Body Vibration Studies – Proposal for a Study
Protocol, Joern Rittweger, German Aerospace Center, Germany, Germany
4:40 pm- Mechanobiomodulation as a possible mechanism to
justify the systemic vibratory therapy, Mario Bernardo-Filho, Universidade do
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5:00 pm – 5:20
pm- Questions/Comments
5:20 pm- Closing
Ceremony, announcements, awards (poster presentation).
7:00pm- Social Dinner – Barbecue (optional) (Carretão Restaurant,
Copacabana, RJ)