Page 10 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y December, 1959 * World Confederation of Physical Therapy Third International Congress R eport By M O L L Y LEV Y , m .c .s .p ., Official D e leg a te S.A .S.P. T h e T h ird In te rn a tio n a l C ongress o f th e W o rld C o n ­ fe d e ra tio n fo r P hysical T h e ra p y to o k p lac e in P a ris fro m th e 6 th — 12th Septem ber. T h e fifteen M e m b er c o u n trie s w ere all re p re se n ted a nd th e re w ere o ver tw o th o u sa n d delegates p re sen t. T hese in cluded p h y sio th e ra p ists fro m c o u n trie s all o ver th e w orld, as yet n o n -m em b ers o f th e W orld C o n fe d e ra tio n . M an y co u n tries, p a rtic u la rly th o se behind th e I r o n C u rta in , have re ce n tly b e co m e very in terested in the W orld C o n fe d era tio n , b u t have n o t y e t su b m itte d th e necessary p a rtic u la rs to the E xecutive C o m m itte e fo r c o n sid era tio n . O n e received the im pression, h ow ever, th a t, b e fo re th e n e x t M e eting o f the W o rld C o n fe d e ra tio n m a n y new c o u n tries w o uld be seeking pe rm issio n t o be co m e m em bers. T h e S o u th . A frica n Society o f P h y s io th e ra p y had seven m em bers p re se n t— a n im p ro v e m en t on the n u m b e r in N ew Y o rk b u t still n o t n e a rly e n o u g h i f we a re to get S o u th A frican P h y sio th e ra p y on th e m ap . T o d e m o n s tra te how little is k n o w n a b o u t o u r c o u n try , M iss B lair w as asked a t o n e o f th e re c e p tio n s w h e th e r she w as the o nly p h y sio th e ra p ist in S o u th A frica ! W e w ould like to a d d th a t th e S o u th A frican c o n tin g e n t w as a id e d a n d a b e tte d b y M iss L o is D y e r, w ho never failed to sieze an o p p o rtu n ity fo r fu rth e rin g o u r cause. T h e C ongress w as officially opened by M . C h e n o t the M in ister o f P u b lic H e a lth a n d P o p u la tio n , in th e U n e sc o B u ilding. T h is is a really m agnificent b u ild in g a n d we were extrem ely fo rtu n a te in being a b le to sp e n d th e first d a y o f th e C ongress th ere . T h e o p e n in g lec tu re w as given by P ro fe ss o r Seze, P re sid e n t o f the M e dical C o m m itte e a n d fo r his. subject he c hose the them e o f th e C ongress, “ Physical T h e ra p y : Its im p o rta n c e in H u m a n , E co n o m ic a n d S ocial D e v e lo p m e n t” . T h e F re n c h O rg a n isin g C o m m itte e had a rra n g e d a very full p ro g ra m m e , w ith several lec tu re sessions film s a n d visits ta k in g p la c e a t th e sam e tim e . I t w as q u ite im possible to a tte n d m o re th a n a fra c tio n o f these, b u t all th e lectures will be m a d e availab le a t a la te r d ate. T w o p a p e rs h a d b een accepted* fro m S o u th A fric a — o ne fro m M iss B la ir a n d o n e fro m M rs. W en h a m . T h ese w ere b o th extrem ely well received. M iss B la ir’s a d d re ss w as stim u ­ la tin g a n d p ro v o c a tiv e a n d ju d g in g by th e n u m b e r o f q u e stio n s sh e w as asked d u rin g th e rest o f th e w eek, one realised th e in te rest th a t her lec tu re h a d a ro u se d . M rs. W en h a m show ed tw o very inte restin g film s on b a b y gym ­ nastics a fte r w hich she w as offered d e m o n s tra tio n tim e a t a la te r sta g e d u rin g th e C o n g re ss. W e can indeed be p ro u d o f o u r S o u th A fric a n rep resen tativ es. A m o n g th e m o st inte restin g o f th e o th e r lectures w ere d e m o n s tra tio n s on th e e arly tre a tm e n ts o f severe hem iplegias by G re a t B rita in a n d a film on connective tissue m assage fro m W est G e rm a n y . T h e D a n is h p h y sio th era p ists offered som e new in trig u in g ideas by th e use o f h o rse b a c k rid in g as p a r t o f re h a b ilita tio n . H o m e visiting by p h y sio th era p ists n o w plays a larg e p a r t in th e re h a b ilita tio n schem e a nd m an y c o u n tries h a v e in tro d u c e d it— p a rt o f th e p h y sio th e ra p ist’s d u ty b eing th e a d a p tio n o f the everyday h o u se h o ld a pp lia n ce s to su it th e p a tie n t’s c o n d itio n . A lecture o f p a rtic u la r in te rest to u s a t th e p re se n t tim e w as o ne given by G re a t B rita in o n th e M isc o n c ep tio n s a b o u t, a n d th e P ro p e r U ses o f M a n ip u la tio n s . G re a t stress w as laid o n th e a b ility to ju d g e w hen m a n ip u la tio n w as su itab le a n d th e av o id a n ce o f ove r-e n th u siasm . P a tie n ts m u st b e fre q u e n tly exam ined by th e D o c to r. T h e re w as a lso a n e xtrem ely in teresting ta lk a n d film on G lo sso -p h a ra n g e a l B re a th in g by th e U n ite d S tates. T h ro u g h o u t th e C ongress e m p h a sis w as laid on th e necessity o f a com p le te re h a b ilita tio n p ro g ra m m e fo r all p a tie n ts . A n u m b e r o f lectures w ere given by F re n c h m edical m en. T hese w ere n o t alw ays easy to fo llo w as the in te rp re te rs fo u n d it h a rd to k e ep p ace w ith th e ra p id ra te o f delivery. T h e F o u r th G e n e ra l M e e tin g w as held o n W ednesday, 9th Septem ber. A t th is M eeting, a new M e m b e r o rg a n isatio n w as w elcom ed— th a t o f C o lo m b ia . I n the re p o rts th a t follow ed, g re at stress w as laid on the need fo r a se p a ra te S e c retaria t as th e v olum e o f th e w o rk had increased beyond the capa b ilitie s o f the p re sen t a rra n g e m e n ts. T h e A rticles o f A sso c ia tio n w ere accepted in th e ir a m e n d ed fo rm as circularised, except th a t it w as agreed th a t th e re tirin g P re sid e n t sh o u ld h o ld office u n til th e end o f th e C ongress a n d n o t till th e e nd o f th e G e n era l M eeting. T h e financial | p o sitio n h a d b een discussed a t length b y th e E xecutive C o m m itte e a n d a specially a p p o in te d F in a n c ia l C o m m itte e a n d the suggestion w as m a d e th a t M e m b er c o u n tries be a sk e d to p a y a p e r c a p ita su b s c rip tio n o f 2 /6 d . p e r pra ctisin g m e m b e r a n d 1 /6 d . p e r n o n -p rac tisin g m em ber. T h is will p ro b a b ly com e in to effect fro m th e next C ongress. I n the m eanw hile, th e a n n u a l su b s c rip tio n h as been increased to £16 p e r a n n u m a s fro m th e 1st Ju ly , 1960. I t w as a lso decided th a t th e C ongress sh o u ld be held every f o u r years. W ith re g a rd to re cip ro city , w e w ere u n fo rtu n a te ly n o t a b le to m a k e a n y headw ay. T h e A u s tra lia n P h y s io th e ra p y A ssoci­ a tio n h a d p u t fo rw a rd a re so lu tio n w o rd e d as fo llo w s:— T h a t the W o rld C o n fe d e ra tio n fo r Physical T h e ra p y be a sked to c o n sid er a n acc ep ta b le m in im u m sta n d a rd o f tra in in g a t g ra d u a tio n level, w ith in th e m em ber c o u n tries, so th a t th ere m a y even tu ally be a re c ip ro c a l agree m e n t fo r m em b e rs w o rk in g a b ro a d .” T h e m o tio n w as lost because it w as generally agreed a m o n g th e delegates th a t the d a n g ers o f a m in im u m s ta n d a rd w o u ld b e g re ater th a n th e privileges gained in in te rn a tio n a l re cip ro city as a low tra in in g a n d g ra d u a tio n agreem ent w o uld be retrogressive a n d n o t progressive. O u r delegates w ere a w are o f th e d iscussions th a t h ad ta k e n p lace by the E x ecutive C o m m itte e o f the W o rld C o n fe d e ra tio n a n d at th e M eetings convened fo r teachers, th e re su lt o f w hich w as th a t a m in im u m s ta n d a rd w o uld ten d to je o p a rd is e the p ro fessio n al s ta tu s a lre a d y a tta in e d in m a n y o f the countries.^ W hilst desiring reciprocity, th is Society d e p rec ate s a low ering! o f its ow n sta tu s a n d th ere fo re o u r delegate w as fo rced to a b sta in fro m vo tin g on this issue. M iss B la ir a n d [ h ad had pre v io u s p riv a te d iscussions w ith M iss N e ilso n on this su bject a n d it w as realised th a t as f a r as G re a t B rita in was c o n ce rn ed o u r p re sen t p o sitio n is th e fa ire st th a t can be ob tain e d . I t h a d a lso been suggested th a t the re g io n a l zo n in g o f m em b e r c o u n trie s be considered w ith a V ice-P resident elected fro m e ach zone, b u t th e g e n era l o p in io n w as th at we w ere n o t re a d y fo r such a step yet. T h e S o u th A frican S ociety o f P h y s io th e ra p y w as in fa v o u r o f a n increased re p re se n ta tio n o f m em b e r c o u n trie s o n th e Executive C o m m itte e b u t th is m o tio n w as a lso lost. A s a re su lt o f th e D e le g a te s’ m eetings th a t w ere held p rio r to th e G e n e ra l M eeting, it w as n o te d th a t M e m b er co u n tries w ere given little o p p o rtu n ity to discuss th e ir' ow n c o u n tries policies befo re th e vo tin g to o k p lace a t th e G e n e ra l M eeting. O u r delegates h a d b een a sk e d to ra ise c e rta in issues a t the G e n e ra l M e eting u n d e r “ G e n e ra l” — b u t w e w ere inform ed th a t th is w as im possible as all th e item s on th e A genda h a d to b e c irc u la ted a t least six m o n th s p rio r to th e C ongress. I t w as, in fa ct, evident th a t th e G e n e ra l M e e tin g w as m erely a fo rm ality . R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. ) December, 1959 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y Page 11 N E U R O M U S C U L A R F A C IL IT A T IO N T E C H N IQ U E S T h e B oston U n iv e rsity S a rg e n t C ollege, D e p a rtm e n t o f physical T h e ra p y a n n o u n c e s a n I n tro d u c to ry C o u rse in N e u r o m u s c u la r F a c ilita tio n T e c h n iq u e s to be given u n d e r the direc tio n o f M iss M a rg a re t K n o tt, P h y sic a l T h e ra p y D ir e c to r, C a lifo rn ia R e h a b ilita tio n C e n tre , fro m Ju n e 13 to Ju n e 24, 1960. T h e c o u rse w ill include in stru c tio n in th e th e o ry a n d practice o f technics, a n d a n a n alysis o f m uscle fu n c tio n in p a tte rn s o f fa c ilita tio n . O p p o rtu n ity will be given fo r p ractice u n d e r su pervision a n d o b se rv a tio n o f tre a tm e n t p rocedures. T h e c o u rse m ay be ta k e n fo r th ree sem ester h o u rs c red it a t a c o s t o f $75.00. R o o m s will be available in a B o ston U n iv e rsity D o rm ito ry fo r a m in im u m o f $15.00 a week. T h e closing re g istra tio n d a te will b e J u n e 1, 1960. R e g is tr a tio n will be lim ited to th irty (30) qualified physical th era p ists w h o a re m em b ers o f th e A m e ric an P hysical T h e ra p y A sso c ia tio n , o r o f m em b e r a sso c iatio n s o f the W o rld C o n fe d e ra tio n fo r P h y sic a l T h e ra p y . S tu d e n ts will be selected as a p p lic a tio n s a re received, b u t th e right to select stu d e n ts o n a g e o g rap h ica l basis is reserved. T h o se in terested sh o u ld ap p ly to P ro fe sso r A d e laid e L. M c G a rrett, Physical T h e ra p y D ire c to r, B o sto n U n iv e rsity S argent C ollege, U n iv e rsity R o a d , B o sto n 15, M a ssac h u ­ setts. Please in d ic a te w h e th er a ro o m is desired. (C ontinued fr o m previous page.) T h e follow ing Office B earers w ere e le cte d :— President: D e n m a rk (M rs. A gersnap). I.?/ Vice-President: C a n a d a (M iss G ow er-R ees). 2nd Vice-President: A u s tra lia (M iss M ack ). 3i d V ice-President: F in la n d (M iss H o n k e ). E xecutive C o m m ittee M e m b ers: Sw eden, U .S .A ., G re a t B ritain, W est G e rm an y . A p a rt fro m th e lectu res a n d th e m eetings, th e delegates were su b jected to a rig o ro u s e n te rta in m e n t p ro g ram m e w hich included a visit to th e illu m in a ted galleries a t th e L ouvre follow ed b y a re ce p tio n , a n e la b o ra te B a n q u e t a t th e P alais de C h a illo t, a re c e p tio n a n d a d d re ss by th e V ice-P resident o f F ra n c e a t th e H o te l d e Ville, follow ed by a visit to the O p era. A ll th is to o k p lace d u rin g o n e o f th e h o tte st weeks o f th e sum m er. W e w o uld like to ta k e th is o p p o rtu n ity o f th a n k in g the S outh A frica n Society o f P h y s io th e ra p y fo r th e help given e n abling u s to a tte n d th e C o n g re ss. I t w as a n u n fo rg e tta b le experience a n d it m a d e us realise h o w im p o rta n t it is fo r us to be p a r t o f th e W o rld C o n fe d e ra tio n a n d to a im a t gaining re co g n itio n in th e w o rld o f p h y sio th era p y . A s it seem s a lm o st im possible to h o ld a C o n g re ss in S o u th A frica, it w as suggested th a t p e rh a p s w e m a y be a b le to have an E xecutive C o m m itte e M e eting here som etim e. W e feel th a t this sh o u ld b e o u r aim a n d th a t as m a n y m em b e rs o f o u r Society as p ossible sh o u ld try to go to C o p e n h a g e n in 1963, the next m eeting o f th e W orld C o n fe d e ra tio n fo r Physical T h era p y . This hygienic Physiotherapist Uniform has so many good points! S a nforise d, M e rce rise d w h ite tw ill A d ju sta b le n e c k lin e ..... to the specification o f the U n iv e rs it y P h y sio th e ra p y Section Bre a st p o c k e t - " ' " L o n g sleeves - D e ta cha b le belt • T w o hip pocke ts, o ne w concealed inside p o c k e t . Bu tto n fro n t .. DELILAH GARM ENT O F Q U A L IT Y A N D STYLE by T H E H O U S E O F E N S I G N M a n u f a c tu r e d by The AFRICAN CLO TH ING FAC TO R Y f ^ ^ L t d . P.O. B O X 1098 CAPE T O W N a n d o b ta in a b le f r o m good clo th in g sto res e v e r y w h e r e R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )