Are you looking for a platform to interact and network, all while enhancing your knowledge about Health and Physical Activities?

Antonine University (UA) is proud to organize in partnership with the University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France, the Adapted Physical Activities (APA) and Health Scientific Day which will be a forum for researchers and students to meet and exchange knowledge and expertise.

As this is a first in terms of high-level mutual collaboration scientific between the two universities, the primary objective of the day will be to promote the cross-pollination of scientific ideas by connecting French and Lebanese researchers from diverse backgrounds, bringing their strengths and interests, and addressing national and international issues such as inter-university cooperation, as well as education and research experiences related to innovative technologies in relation to sports sciences, health, and biological sciences, with a global perspective and relevance.

In addition, Master's students from both UA and UFC will be given a space to present their research work during a session especially dedicated to their work.

Audience: Open to public
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM - 7:15 PM Beirut Time

Register now to know the ropes of Adapted Physical Activities and create new networks at national and international levels.

Full program

Opening Ceremony

2:00 PM Beirut Time | 1:00 PM French Time 

The following timetable represents local time in Lebanon; French time is one hour earlier.

Session 1: Neurosciences, Healthcare, and APA (presentations/Q&A)

• 2:15 – 2:45 PM
  Dr. Sidney Grospretre, UFC
  The Practice of “Parkour” and Its Benefits for Physical, Psychological, and Cognitive Health
• 2:45 – 3:15 PM
  Dr. Nicolas Gueugneau, UFC
  Perception-Action Coupling and Parkinson's Disease
• 3:15 – 3:45 PM
  Dr. Carla Matta Abi Zeid, USJ
  Efficacy of an “Adapted Physical Activity Program for People Living With Schizophrenia” at an Autonomy Level While Carrying Out Activities of Daily Living (Ms. Hala Homsy – Saint Joseph University (USJ), Lebanon)
• 3:45 – 4:15 PM
  Dr. Charbel Najem, UA
  Physical Activity for People With Chronic Pain: The Role of Physical Therapy and The Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change

Break

Session 2: Ageing and Diseases in APA (presentations/Q&A)

• 4:30 – 5:00 PM
  Dr. Danièle Peres, UFC
  Physical Activity and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• 5:00 – 5:30 PM
  Dr. Laurent Mourot, UFC
  Eccentric Aerobic Exercise: Promising Outcomes for the Cardiovascular System?
• 5:30 – 6:00 PM
  Dr. Julien Delezie, UFC
  Circadian Rhythms: Impacts on Metabolism and Health
• 6:00 – 6:30 PM
  Dr. Majed Moubarak, UA
  Physical Activities and Cardiac Pathologies: Possible Relationship between Long Covid and Sudden Cardiac Death?

Break

Student Exhibition Session (6:45 – 7:15 PM)

• Ms. Amanda Magalhaes Demartino, UFC
  Walking Endurance With Nordic Walking in People with Hemiparesis Following a Stroke
• Ms. Florine Maylié, UFC
  Benefit of an Adapted Physical Activities’ Program in Patients With
• Mr. Victorien Faivre Rampant, UFC
  Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Eccentric Exercise: The Gender Effect
• Ms. Magalie Chedid, UA
  Preliminary Study on the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Lebanese Population: Focus on Sports Persons and Athletes
• Ms. Aya Al Jurdi, UA
  Injury Prevalence in the Lebanese National Woman Football Team

Closing Ceremony