Meeting history
1984 Bad Ragaz - Switzerland“…every human being has hidden potential…” Dr Herman Kabat
1985 Frankfurt - Germany“…People Need Function…”
“…see the whole human being…”
1987 Genève - Switzerland“…treat the whole person…”
1988 Berlin - Germany“…don´t talk too much, just do it…” Maggie Knott
1989 Vallejo – U.S.A.“…mobilize reserves of the patient…”
1990 Basel SwitzerlandFoundation of the IPNFA
1st president: Louise Rutz LaPitz
1st vice-president: Hink Mangold
1991 London – Great Britain“…positive approach…”
1992 Hoensbroeck - Netherlands“…three-dimensional movement…”
1993 Vallejo - U.S.A.“…PNF Basic Principles & Procedures…”
1994 Giesen - Germany“…every movement is goal oriented…”
1995 Bad Ragaz - Switzerland“…rotation…”
1996 Göteborg - Sweden“…proprioceptors, exteroceptors, teleceptors…”
1997 Hamburg - Germany“…give self-confidence back to our patient…”
1998 Vallejo - U.S.A.“…repetitions without repetitions…”
1999 Mainz - Germany“…PNF Patterns…”
2000 Vienna - Austria“…stay in the groove…”
2001 Lausanne - Switzerland“…International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)…”
2002 Krakow - Poland“…practice makes perfect…”
2003 Vallejo - U.S.A.“…use of motor control principles…”
2004 Bad Nauheim - Germany“…PNF Techniques…”
2005 Tokyo - Japan“…the visual, verbal, and tactile stimulus…”
2006 Ljubljana - Slovenia“…functional approach…”
2007 Napa/Vallejo – U.S.A“…use your body mechanic…”
2008 Hoensbroek - Netherlands“…temporal & spatial summation of stimuli…”
2009 Rio de Janeiro - Brazil“…timing & timing for emphasis….”
2010 Graz - Austria“…three-dimensional resistance…”
2011 Vallejo – U.S.A.“…use of motor learning principles…”
2012 Budapest – Hungary“…neuroplasticity…”
2013 Seoul – South Korea“…irradiation…”
2014 Thessaloniki - Greece“…Muscle spindle, Golgi Tendon Organs…”
2015 Vallejo - U.S.A.“…postural control…”
2016 Munich, Germany“…long term potentiation (LTP), long term depression (LTD)…”
2017 Warsaw, Poland“…motivation, emotions…”
2018 Opatija, Croatia“…shaping…”
2019 Vallejo, USA“…function & structure, activity, participation…”
“…motivation…”
“…postural control…”
2022 Frankfurt am Main, Germany“…moblisation of reserves…”
2023 Sofia, Bulgaria“…back to the alignment & beyond…”
2024 Osaka, Japan“…life with motor control & learning…”