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BIDDEFORD, Maine

College of Osteopathic Medicine is a sponsor of the 8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain

The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of the official endorsing organizations of the 8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain to be held in Dubai in October 2013.  

Other notable leaders in the field of spine and back pain that are also sponsoring this international event include the North American Spine Society, the University of Gent and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Held every three years, the four-day Congress gathers leaders from all specialties and disciplines involved in the treatment and research of musculoskeletal disorders around the globe to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge and consensus on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic lumbopelvic pain.

The Congress attracts practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers from all continents and from clinical areas as wide-ranging as medicine, physiotherapy, chiropractic, biomechanics, osteopathy, manual therapy, exercise therapy, myotherapy, orthopaedic, neuro-surgery and sports medicine.

For more information, visit the Congress website

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.