ISARP will be holding its 14th annual meeting in scenic Bristol, UK, this fall at the Mercure Holland House Hotel & Spa
(See below under ACCOMMODATIONS to make a reservation using the preferential ISARP rate code.)

Workshop 1 – Hyperventilation and Asthma

Setting the scene: Is there a place for adjuvant breathing therapy within a modern health service?
David Beales (co-ordinator) .

The effect of emotion on respiratory function in asthma
Omer Van den Bergh

The evidence for the effectiveness of heart rate variability feedback in ast hma management.
Paul Lehrer

Research findings in asthmatic subjects using the Buteyko technique
Gill McGowan

Practical applications of breath training within NHS general practice
James Oliver

The role of self-management within asthma and respiratory techniques as an adjuvant therapy
A panel discussion

WORKSHOP 2: Novel measurements of dynamic hyperi nflation and breathing patterns

Lung mechanics and principles of dynamic hyperinflation
Adrian Kendrick

Methodology of measurements of dynamic hyperinflation
Sandy Jack

Opto-Electronic Plethysmography; The “gold standard for measuring dynamic hyperinflation.
BTS

Practical demonstration of the use of OEP in measuring breathing patterns.

09:20     Opening remarks from Conference Chair

09:30 – 11:00     Panic Fear vs Hyperventilation – A Pro-Con debate

9:30 – 10:00   Bristol Psychopharmacology group

10:00 – 10:30   Hyperventilation during wake and sleep
S. Jack and Ms. S. Lowe

10:30 – 11:00   Disentangling anxiety from panic in self reports of fear
M. Pappens.

11:00 – 11:15     Coffee

11:15 – 12:45     Perception of Asthma: Past, Present and Future

11:00 – 11:45    Perception of asthma: Past and present
M. Thomas

11:45 – 12:15    Perception of asthma: Present
J. Upton

12:15 – 12:45 Perceptions of asthma: Future Body mass index and symptom perception in children with as thma
Sheryl Kopel

12:45 - 13:45     Lunch

13:45 – 15:45     Psychophysiological Impacts of Lung Disease

13:45 – 14:15    Attentional distraction reduces the unpleasantness of dyspnea during exercise in patients with COPD
A. von Leupoldt

14:15 – 14:45    Parental Perceptions of Asthma Control in Children: The Role of Parental Fear
E.L. McQuaid

14:45 – 15:15    Psychophysiological aspects of lung diseases
C. J Warburton

15:15 – 15:45    Heart rate variability biofeedback for panic disorder with COPD: preliminary data
N. Giardino

15:45 – 16:00     Coffee

16:00 – 16:45        Research symposium: Breathing Patterns

16:00 – 16:15    Respiratory changes as a funct ion of flight task difficulty among experienced pilots in a Boeing 737B flight simulator
P Lehrer

16:15 – 16:30    Relationship of heart rate variability to resting breathing pattern
R Courtney

16:30 – 16:45    Respiratory variability and sighs
E. Vlemincx

19:00     Conference Dinner – venue to be announced