During the 5th International Posture Symposium was held a special workshop oriented on "Rehabilitation of Human Balance Impairment and maintaining independent mobility in elderly".



4th Posture symposium:
The 4th Posture symposium was organized in June 25th - 28th 2006 in Smolenice castle.




5th International Posture Symposium
Translation of posture mechanisms for rehabilitation


The subgroup topics - sessions:
- Long-Term, Wearable Monitoring of Posture, Balance and Movement
- Training Neurological Patient’s Postural Control
- Therapies of Axial Motor Disability
- Control Mechanisms in Posture and Gait
- Attention and Anxiety in Postural Control
- Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation: New Approaches for the Study of
   Human Balance and Spatial Orientation
- Free Presentations

Keynote lecture:
How Can Understanding of Posture Control Inform Rehabilitation?
Fay B. Horak, USA

organized by
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology,
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia


Scientific Committee:
Lorenzo Chiari, Italy
James Frank, Canada
Jeff Hausdorff, Israel
František Hlavačka, Slovakia
Fay Horak, USA
Thomas Mergner, Germany

Organizing Committee:
František Hlavačka
Diana Abrahamová
Peter Valkovič
Smolenice castle:
The Smolenice castle, surrounded by a beautiful park, is towering above the village of Smolenice in the eastern foothills of Male Karpaty (Small Carpatians). Castle was rebuilt in the romantic style and now it offers full accommodation and conference comfort.