🎉 Celebrating Women's Health: A Tribute to Kari Bø

Join us for an inspiring seminar honoring Professor Kari Bø, renowned for her exceptional contributions to women's health!

📅 Date: 12–13 March 2026
📍 Location: Clarion Hotel Oslo, Dronning Eufemias gate 15, 0191 Oslo, Norge

✨ Event Highlights:
The Women's Health Group of the Norwegian Physiotherapists Association proudly invites both national and international guests to participate in a dynamic seminar featuring esteemed speakers on various topics in women's health.

Seminar Program

Thursday 12 March 2026

• 09:00 - 10:00 Registration ☕
• 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome by Signe Stafne
• 10:15 – 10:30 Siv Mørkved: Women's health, physical therapy, and research
• 11:00 - 11:30 Jorunn Sundgot Borgen: Identifying and Managing Athletes with REDs
• 11:30 – 11:45 Break ☕
• 11:45 – 12:30 Brita Stanghelle: Osteoporosis, vertebral fractures, and exercise in women
• 12:30 - 13:00 Rakel Gabrielsen: Pelvic Floor Exercise and Physical Activity in Women with Endometriosis and Pain: Helpful or Harmful?
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 - 14:45 Chantalle Dumolin: Pelvic Floor Forward: Latest Advances
• 14:45 – 15:30 Gráinne Donnelly: Sports Medicine and the Pelvic Floor: Returning to Exercise Postpartum
• 15:30 – 15:45 Break ☕
• 15:45- 16:30 Patricia Mota: Biomechanical Perspectives on Maternal Health
• 16:45 – 17:30 Annual Meeting
• 20:00 Celebration Dinner in Honor of Professor Kari Bø

Friday 13 March 2026

• 08:30- 09:00 Kristina Skaug: The Pelvic Floor in Sport and Exercise
• 09:00 – 09:45 Helena Frawley: Physiotherapy for Pelvic Pain
• 09:45 - 10:00 Break ☕
• 10:00 - 10:45 Bary Berghman: Title to be announced
• 10:45 - 11:30 Cristine Homsi: Building Evidence in Women’s Health Physiotherapy
• 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 13:15 Jeanette Risløkken: Second-Degree Perineal Tears
• 13:15 - 13:45 Exhibitors Presentation
• 13:45 - 14:00 Break ☕
• 14:00 - 14:15 Ingeborg Hoff Brækken: National Clinical Guidelines for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• 14:15 - 14:45 Kari Bø: 40 Years of Research in Women's Health
• 14:45 - 15:00 Closing Summary by Signe Stafne

🌟 Registration is open! All are welcome — come join us in honoring the remarkable work of Professor Kari Bø!
For more information, visit the event page.