“Science in motion: A tribute to Kari Bøs contributions to womens health”
We are proud to announce a special seminar in honor of Professor Kari Bø, taking place in Oslo, Norway, on March 12–13, 2026.
Faggruppen for kvinnehelse i Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund inviterer til spennende kvinnehelseseminar for å hedre Professor Kari Bø.
Nasjonale og internasjonale samarbeidspartnere av Kari Bø inviteres til å forelese i forskjellige tematikker innen kvinnehelse.
Derfor hedres Kari Bø: Hun har lang CV. Hun er professor ved Norges idrettshøgskole og har vært veileder for i alt 23 doktorgrads-stipendiater. Hun er æresmedlem i Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund, æresmedlem i Faggruppen for kvinnehelse og har mottatt Mildred Elson Award av World Physiotherapy.
Seminaret arrangeres på Clarion Hotel Oslo.
In English:
The Women's Health Group of the Norwegian Physiotherapists Association invites to an exciting women's health seminar to honor Professor Kari Bø.
National and international partners of Kari Bø are invited to lecture on various topics within women's health.
Why Bø is honored: Bø has a long CV. She is a professor at the Norwegian School of Sports and has supervised a total of 23 doctoral fellows. She is an honorary member of the Norwegian Physiotherapists Association, an honorary member of the Women's Health Group and has received the Mildred Elson Award from World Physiotherapy.
SEMINAR PROGRAM:
THURSDAY 12.03.26:
09.00 - 10.00 Registration coffe/tea
10.00 - 10.15 Signe Stafne: Welcome
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 coffe/tea
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 Pelvic and genital Pain: Helpful or Harmful?
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 Chantalle Dumolin: Pelvic Floor Forward: The latest Advances in Research and Rehabilitation
14.45 – 15.30: Gráinne Donnelly Sports Medicine and the Pelvic Floor: Returning to Exercise Postpartum
15.30 – 15.45 Break coffe/tea
15.45- 16.30 Patricia Mota: Biomechanical Perspectives on Maternal Health: Linking Movement Science to Pain, Incontinence, and Diastasis
16.45 – 17.30 Annual meeting
20.00 Celebration dinner Celebration dinner in honour of Professor Kari Bø
FRIDAY 13.03.2026:
08.30- 09.00 Kristina Skaug: The Pelvic Floor in Sport and Exercise: Historical perspectives and current evidence
09.00 – 09.45 Helena Frawley: Physiotherapy for pelvic pain: from guidelines to clinical practice
09.45 - 10.00 Break with coffe/tea
10.00 - 10.45 Bary Berghman: Title to be announced
10.45 - 11.30 Cristine Homsi: Building Evidence, Building Connection: A Shared Journey in Women’s Health Physiotherapy
11.30 - 12.30 Lunch
12.30 – 13.15 Jeanette Risløkken Second-Degree Perineal Tears and Their Consequences: Results from the PERINEUM STUDY
13.15 - 13.45 Exhibitors Presentation of Exhibitors
13.45 - 14.00 Break with coffe/tea
14.00 - 14.15 Ingeborg Hoff Brækken Updated National Clinical Guidelines for Assessment and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Norway
14.15 – 14.45 Kari Bø 40 years of research and development in pelvic floor and women’s health
14.45 - 15.00 Signe Stafne Summary and closing
The seminar will be held in Oslo, Clarion Hotel Oslo
🌟 Ready to join us?
Registration is open — national & international guests welcome!
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