Monday October 27, 2025: When Mind Meets Movement: Understanding Functional Gait Disorders and Mental Health
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Greetings and Introduction
Dr. Neta Yitzhak (moderator), PI at The Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, ALYN Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Mind in motion: Lived experiences, systematic review and meta-analysis on how anxiety and/or depression changes the way we move
Dr. Alexandra Birn-Jeffery, Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (SRES), University of Essex, UK
Clinical application of the Polyvagal perspective in body-mind orientated rehabilitation
Dr. Gadi Bartur, The Rehabilitation Psychobiology Lab and Biofeedback unit, "Reuth" Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
Biomechanical, Neuromuscular, Physiological and Psychological characteristics in Functional Gait Disorders
Yemimah Kedar, Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, ALYN Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
General discussion
Moderated by Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, Clinical Research and Development Lead, Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory, ALYN Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel