Founded in 1973
v/Jens Tryde
Frugthaven 11
DK-7000 Fredericia
Denmark
phone (+45) 61 68 11 80
eMail: jensblichertryde
live.dk
Internet homepage: www.bechterew.dk
v/Jens Tryde
Frugthaven 11
DK-7000 Fredericia
Denmark
phone (+45) 61 68 11 80
eMail: jensblichertrydelive.dk
Internet homepage: www.bechterew.dk
| Landsformand (Chairman) | Jens TRYDE, Frugthaven
11, DK-7000 Fredericia, phone
(+45) 61 68 11 80, eMail: jensblichertrydelive.dk |
| International contacts | Dr. Jon ERLENDSSON
(consultant rheumatologist), Grønningen 10, DK-8700 Horsens, phone
(+45) 75 65 78 98, eMail: jon.erlendsson stofanet.dk |
| Office Staff | One part-time employed secretary, Susanne GØTTSKE, s.goettske@eriksminde.dk |
| Membership 1. Jan. 2012 | Approximately 1050 paying members, including 95% people with ankylosing spondylitis |
| Local branches | 10 local branches with regular exercises. |
| Medical advisor | Dr. Jon ERLENDSSON
(address as given above) Lis Smedegaard ANDERSEN, consultant rheumatologist, King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Nygade 29, DK-6300 Gråsten, phone (+45) 7365 4000, Fax (+45) 7365 4090, eMail: kcg gigtforeningen.dk |
| Newsletter | «MB-Bladet» |
| Period of appearance | 4 per year |
| Editor and Editorial Board |
Jens
TRYDE, Frugthaven 11, DK-7000 Fredericia, phone
(+45) 61 68 11 80, Niels VOUS, Stine VOIGT, Susanne PEDERSEN, Dr. Jon ERLENDSSON, Susanne GØTTSKE, Per SCHWARTZ |
| Further publications | «Morbus Bechterew»(new
patient guidebook, December 2009) «Bilkørsel og Bechterew»(Car Driving with Ankylosing Spondylitis) Personal Morbus Bechterew identification card provided with a picture in profile Video (6 min) for general practitioners and physiotherapists produced with the help of K. STENGAARD-PEDERSEN, professor of rheumatology, demonstrating signs of early AS in order to reduce the time delay between onset and the diagnosis. This video can also be seen in our website under www.bechterew.dk |
| Important events
in past and coming year |
May 2011: Annual
meeting in Havnsø May 2012: Annual meeting in Aarhus |
| Membership fee | Fee to the local branch approx. 175 Danish kroner per year |
| Remarks | The
Bechterew Prize 2011 was awarded to Lisbeth MOGENSEN, cand.scient.san.,
chief physiotherapist, The Danish Rehabilitation Institution Montebello,
Malaga, Spain and consultant physiotherapist Jens Ole RASMUSSEN, Odense.
They have conducted an investigation into the effect of three weeks' intensive
supervised exercises for AS patients with six months of follow-up.
In order to highlight the
specific problems of spinal fractures in AS an article on the subject
has been published in a magazine targeting genral practitioners, (Erlendsson
J. Columna frakturer ved morbus Bechterew, Månedsskrift for almen
praksis, 12, 2011, 1017-1020. |
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