Symposium

Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Stroke

Digital Rehabilitation Technologies

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Moderator(s)

Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM

Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai and California Rehabilitation Institute
Valley Village, California, United States

Presenter(s)

Karen J. Nolan, PhD

Assistant Director Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Slides
Gail A. Eskes, PhD, R Psych

Professor
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Slides
Swathi Kiran, Ph.D CCC-SLP

Professor of Neurorehabilitation,Founding Director, Center for Brain Recovery
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Slides
Steven Cramer, MD

Professor of Neurology and Medical Director Research
UCLA and California Rehabilitation Institute
Los Angeles, California, United States

Slides

There has been a transformation within the global healthcare industry. Technology enables rehabilitation practitioners to improve a clients’ quality of life, allowing clients to do tasks that they cannot do because of certain disabilities or degenerative diseases. Digital technologies contribute to value-based healthcare including improving patient outcomes while being cost effective. This symposium will discuss digital technologies in gait and balance, cognitive rehabilitation, aphasia rehabilitation and stroke rehabilitation, and future directions for integration of digital technologies.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how different digital rehabilitation technologies are use in rehabilitation
Describe novel digital technology approaches used in rehabilitation for gait, communication, cognition and upper extremity.
Be able to identify strengths and weaknesses of this growing field in digital technologies and their potential contribution to improving outcomes in neurological rehabilitation.