The All-Russian public organization “Russian Society of Physicians of Restorative Medicine, Medical Rehabilitation, Balneology and Physiotherapy” (ROV VMMRKF), together with the Russian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (Russian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine), took part in the XXIII International Symposium “Current Problems of Restorative, Sports and Physical Medicine, Therapeutic Exercise, Balneology and Physiotherapy,” which was held on October 5, 2015 in Fiuggi, Italy.
The event was held with the support of ANO “International University of Restorative Medicine,” FSBI “A.N. Sysin Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene” of the Russian Ministry of Health, FSBI “State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation ‘Institute of Biomedical Problems’ of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” and JSC “Concern for Radio Engineering ‘Vega’.”
The scientific directors of the symposium were the president of the Russian Society of Physicians of Restorative Medicine, Medical Rehabilitation, Balneology and Physiotherapy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.N. Razumov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu.A. Rakhmanin, and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences I.B. Ushakov.
The program committee was headed by Academician of the Italian Accademia di Storia dell’Arte Sanitaria, chief editor of the “Russian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine,” MD, Professor I.P. Bobrovnitsky.
The symposium’s topics included discussion of fundamental problems of restorative medicine and human ecology, new technologies for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of environmentally dependent diseases, innovative medical devices, and advances in non-drug therapy and medical rehabilitation.
The plenary session opened with a report by the president of ROV VMMRKF, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation A.N. Razumov, “Modern International and Russian Trends in the Development of Restorative and Sanatorium Medicine.”
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Professor Yu.A. Rakhmanin, in his presentation, demonstrated the relationship between environmental medicine and restorative medicine. MD O.M. Manko, who presented the report of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Professor I.B. Ushakov, clearly showed the implementation of space technologies in practical healthcare.
Reports were presented by Russian scientists on restorative technologies for environmentally dependent diseases, urolithiasis, noninfectious chronic hepatitis, post-traumatic joint conditions, Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, and depression.
The Society’s chief specialist expert, PhD L.V. Tatarinova, together with Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences A.G. Odintsov, highlighted advanced Russian achievements in the synthesis and prospects for the use of biogenic amines.
On the Italian side, notable reports included Professor Giovanni Broggi on the latest advances in modern biotechnology for rehabilitation, the President of the “High Tech for Peace” foundation, Professor Daniel Levi, who demonstrated a new generation of open MRI, Professor Luca Gianaroli on advanced technologies in reproductive medicine, and specialist Giuseppina Anna Di Lauro with a presentation of a robot for autonomous feeding of people with upper-limb functional limitations.
The direction of mobile medicine was presented by Dr. Michelangelo Chasseur and Dr. Davide Tacconi from “Touchware” in the report “New Technologies for Smartphones and Tablets for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, without Excluding PC Technologies.”
The symposium aroused great interest among Italian colleagues and is a continuation of Russian-Italian cooperation in the field of restorative, physical and thermal medicine.