D-97421 Schweinfurt
Tel (+49-9721) 22033
Fax (+49-9721) 22955
e-mail: dvmb
bechterew.de
Internet home page: http://www.bechterew.de
Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus
Bechterew e.V. (DVMB)
Founded in 1980
bechterew.de
| Vorsitzender (Chairman) | Franz GADENZ, Ainring |
| Stellvertretende Vorsitzende (vice chairman) | Rüdiger SCHMIDT, Luhden |
| Geschäftsführer (director) | Ludwig HAMMEL, DVMB office (address see above) |
| Justitiarin (legal advice) | Meike SCHOELER, Fritzlar |
| Medizinischer Berater (medical advisors) | Dr.
med. Martin RUDWALEIT, Endokrinologikum, Berlin(Germany) Dr. med. Heinrich BÖHM, Chefarzt der Klinik für Orthopädie und Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, BAd Berka Prof. Dr. med. Stephan THURAU, Arbeitsgruppe Immunbiologie, Augenklinik der Universität München |
| International contacts | Prof.
Dr. Ernst FELDTKELLER Michaeliburgstr. 15, D-81671 München, Tel. (+49-89) 49 33 76, Fax (+49-89) 49 00 38 36 |
| Members 1. Jan. 2012 | 15 764 members, including 14 641 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (15505 paying members & 259 free from paying due to unemployment) |
| Local branches | 397 local branches with weekly at least one occasion for group exercises and with regular informative or social meetings |
| Newsletter | «Morbus-Bechterew-Journal» (from 1980 to June 2003: «Bechterew-Brief») |
| Period of appearance | 4 per year |
| Further publications | Schriftenreihe
(Booklet Series) der Deutschen Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew:
Heft 1: Morbus Bechterew – Ein Leitfaden für Patienten (guidebook for patients, 107 pages) Heft 2: Morbus Bechterew – Die Krankheit und ihre Diagnose (the disease and its diagnosis) Heft 3: Fremdwörter einer Krankheit (explanation of medical technical terms) Heft 6: Morbus Bechterew – Langzeitprotokoll (for collecting individual medical data) Heft 9: Alters- und geschlechtsspezifische Probleme beim Morbus Bechterew (age and gender specific problems of AS sufferers) Heft 10: Autofahren mit Morbus Bechterew (car driving with AS) Heft 11: Medikamente bei Morbus Bechterew (drug therapy for AS) Heft 12: Morbus Bechterew in 100 Fragen (AS in 100 questions) Heft 13: Morbus Bechterew – Messwerte für den Krankheitsverlauf, Klassifikations- und Diagnosekriterien Heft 14: Gesunde Ernährung bei MB und verwandten Spondyloarthritiden (cook book for AS patients) Heft 15: Jeder ist ein wenig anders - gut so! - Lebensgeschichten von Frauen mit MB Morbus Bechterew Gymnastikkalender (exercise program for 4 weeks in wall calendar format) DVD Bechterew-Recht (legal advice for AS sufferers) DVD Wassergymnastik-Programm für Patienten mit Morbus Bechterew DVD Aktiv-Programm für jeden Tag - Morbus Bechterew Audio-CD Atem- und Bewegungsübungen (audio CD and booklet with AS exercises) Morbus Bechterew Notfall-Ausweis (emergency card for AS sufferers) |
| Important events in past and coming year | 2011:
Annual delegates meeting 25.-26. June 2011 in Frankfurt Seminars as in other years 2012:Annual delegates meeting 16.-17. June in Oberhof, Seminars as in other years. |
| Membership fee | 36 Euro minimum per year, 30 Euro for second person in same family or members being likewise member in a society for a related disease |
| Remarks | For the 10th time, DVMB invited tenders for their research prize. Contributors had to submit their scientific results in German language before 1 February 2012. |
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