Symposium Announcement   

National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research Symposium
January 4-5, 2001 

Medical Rehab on the Move: Spotlight on Bioengineering 

Natcher Conference Center, Natcher Building 
National Institutes of Health 
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bethesda, MD

This medical rehabilitation meeting will address current status and future
directions in medical rehabilitation engineering sciences and technology
related to mobility to benefit persons with disabilities.  

Key topics include: 

*  Mobility Disorders 
*  Efferent Signals and Sensory Feedback 
*  Movement Generation and Control 
*  Motion and Balance: Modeling and Simulation 
*  Prosthetics and Assistive Technologies 

Who should attend: 

This conference will bring together specialists in physical medicine and
rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, physical and occupational
therapy, bioengineering, biomaterials, information systems, and other related
disciplines, as well as representatives from the consumer, general public,
legal, ethical, and industrial communities. Registration for the meeting
(which has no registration fee) is open on a first-come-first-served basis.  

Registration/Information:  
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/ncmrr/symposium0101.htm
or call NCMRR at 301/402-2242.