Welcome

The organizing committee has a pleasure to invite you to the Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Hand Society in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting is organized by the Finnish Society for Surgery of the Hand and the Finnish Society of Hand Therapists. The congress venue is located at a comfortable seaside congress hotel just five kilometres from the city centre. The guest speakers represent the most innovative hand surgeons, scientists and hand therapists of recent years in Europe. The main topics are selected from the themes that have shown the most advancement and innovations or controversy. Instructional courses will be prepared with special reference to our resident members. A special afternoon for the workshops will be arranged on Wednesday afternoon before the get together party. We are sure that you will bring home lots of new ideas and warm memories from Helsinki.

Organizing committee

Jarkko Vasenius, chairman (jarkko.vasenius@kolumbus.fi)
Jouni Havulinna
Taneli Haapaniemi
Yrjänä Nietosvaara
Heidi Miettinen
Pasi Paavilainen
Tove Palmgren
Irmeli Parjo
Jorma Ryhänen
Hanna Uusitalo
Eero Waris
Anna Viinikainen

Scientific committee

Jouni Havulinna
Yrjänä Nietosvaara
Timo Raatikainen
Jarkko Vasenius
Martti Vastamäki
Simo Vilkki

Scientific committee (Therapists)

Kirsi Karjalainen
Riitta Keponen
Marisa Nikkonen
Pirjo Peurala
Tarja Rantala
Sanna Rautakorpi

Main Topics

Distal radius fractures
CMC I problems
CRPS
Microsurgery
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spastic hand
Surgery of the growing hand
Wrist instability

Guest speakers

Tim Davis, MD, UK
Jan Fridén, MD, Sweden
Marc Garcia-Elias, MD, Spain,
Maarit Gockel, MD, Finland
Lise-Lotte Hermansson, OT Sweden
Karin Holzer, OT, Austria
Rolf Habenicht, MD, Germany
Heli Lagus, MD, Finland
Marisa Nikkonen, OT, Finland
Tage Orenius, Psychologist, Finland
Margareta Persson, OT, Sweden
Francisco de Pinal, MD, Spain
John Stanley, MD, UK
Oili Tomminen, OT, Finland
Griet van Veldhoven, OT, OE, Norge
Simo Vilkki, MD, Finland

Dates to remember

Abstract submission: May 16
Early registration: April 30
Confirmation of accepted abstracts: May 31
Late registration: July 31