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New Heart, New Horizons: Exercise in the journey after heart transplant
Conference / Exhibition
Event details
This one-day meeting will be focused on the heart transplant recipients’ journey from pre- to post-transplant, through initial rehabilitation to the potential for optimising health, through exercise and competition opportunities such as the British Transplant Games.
Thus, the event brings together leading researchers and practitioners to facilitate discussion in the field of heart transplantation, rehabilitation and sport and exercise science.
More specifically, the initial presentation will provide overview of the reasons for heart transplant and the multidisciplinary process behind transplant surgery (Paul Lincoln, Lead Nurse Transplant / Transplant Coordinator, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) followed by an overview of the initial rehabilitation process (Emma Watson, Team Lead Physiotherapist for Transplant & Cardiac Surgery Services, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) and current research in heart transplant rehabilitation (Laura McGarrigle, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust).
Following these sessions there are presentations on exercise in transplant recipients facilitating the introduction to transplant sport (Tom Hames, Sports Therapist, Coventry University) and the involvement of organisations such as Transplant Active (formerly Transplant Sport) within this (Alison, Bloxham, Transplant Active) and early career researcher presentations. The meeting will culminate with a round table / open discussion with heart transplant recipients of their experiences.
The aims of this meeting are; (1) to present state-of-the-art research talks from leading UK researchers and practitioners on the topics of the reasons for heart transplants and patient rehabilitation and (2) the development of exercise and sport in the heart transplant recipient population, (3) to enable a forum for knowledge exchange between primary health and applied practitioners involved in the heart recipient journey, and (4) to provide a rich and stimulating environment for future research collaborations to be developed.
The meeting will be particularly targeted at early career researchers and postgraduate research students with an interest in exercise rehabilitation and transplant sport. Additionally, we will target practitioners volunteering and supporting competitors at national and international transplant events as well as hearing from heart recipients themselves. The meeting will provide invaluable and unique CPD, applied practice and showcase research for both experienced and novice practitioners. Although a key focus of the meeting is heart transplant recipients, those with interests across the spectrum of organ transplants (e.g. Liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, stem cells), will find the meeting of interest.
