2013 Neurorehabilitation Workshop

"I - TREAT" (Instruction in Techniques to Rehabilitate, Evaluate, and Assess in Stroke)

PROGRAM DETAILS

Saturday, June 22, 2013
 

7:30 – 8:00
Registration

8:00 – 9:15
“Being Deliberate in Post-Acute Stroke: The Importance of Repetition and Progression for Functional Improvement”
Dorian Rose, PhD, PT  

Objectives:
1. Maximize a treatment session to best redeem your patients’ time.
2. Monitor post-stroke patients to ensure safety while maintaining exercise intensity.
3. Implement strategies to extend “time on task” beyond the individual therapy session.

9:15 - 10:30
"A Sensorimotor Approach to Upper Extremity Assessment and Intervention Poststroke: Why and How”
Deborah Larsen, PhD, PT and Alex Borstad, PhD, PT

Objectives:
Discuss principles of sensorimotor treatment approaches and expected outcomes based on current evidence.
Choose clinical measures that reflect higher level sensorimotor processing.
Apply clinical interventions for sensorimotor rehabilitation of the upper extremity.

10:30 - 10:45
Break
      
10:45 – 12:00
“Management of the Hemiplegic Shoulder Complex”
Christine Griffin, MS, OTR/L, BCRP

Objectives:
1. Cite current evidence for treatment techniques such as NMES, McConell and Kinesio taping, application of traditional neurological treatment techniques, and identify current evidence for managing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and edema management.
2. State how to increase occupational performance of patients with hemiplegia through addressing underlying performance skills and motor skills.
3. List 4 educational topics to address with the patient and their caregivers.

            OR

“I-Treat upper extremity spasticity in stroke clients; the indications, rationale, and hands-on lab in casting methods”
Sharon Flinn, PhD, OTR/L, CHT and Kimberly Craven, BS, S/OT

Objectives:
1. The participants will recognize indications for casting based on evidence from the literature.
2. The participants will appreciate the rationale for the use of casting in stroke clients with upper extremity spasticity.
3. The participants will understand the different forms of casting and casting materials.
4. The participants will fabricate one cast on a healthy person.

12:00 – 1:00   
Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:15
"Electrical Stimulation for LE and Gait rehabilitation after Stroke"
Kari Dunning, PhD, PT

Objectives:
1. Summarize the evidence of LE electrical stimulation for persons with stroke
2. List potential mechanisms of electrical stimulation for persons with stroke
3. Develop an evidence based treatment plan involving electrical stimulation for persons with stroke
4. Describe clinical applications of electrical stimulation for persons with neurological diagnoses.

            OR

“Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI therapy) adapted for the outpatient clinical setting”
Lynne Gauthier, PhD

Objectives:
1. To learn the basic elements of CI therapy.
2. To become familiar with which patient populations/presentations are most likely to benefit from CI therapy.
3. To understand which key elements of CI therapy are critical for promoting brain plasticity and carry-over of in-clinic gains to daily activities.
4. To learn how standard CI therapy can be adapted to a typical clinical outpatient setting.

2:15 - 2:30
Break

2:30 – 4:00
“Using Stroke EDGE to Improve Your Assessment and Treatment of Individuals after CVA”
Anne Kloos, PhD, PT and Deb Kegelmeyer, PhD, PT, NCS

Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to determine best gait and mobility outcome measures based on stage of recovery and location of care after CVA utilizing Stroke EDGE.
2. Participants will be able to determine best gait and mobility interventions based on stage of recovery and assessment findings.
3. Participants will be able to analyze the newest gait and mobility outcome assessments and interventions after CVA based on the available research.

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“An Introduction Clinically Viable Stroke-Specific Upper Extremity Outcome Measures”
Peter Levine, BA, PTA

Objectives:
1. Incorporate appropriate outcome measures to promote patient outcomes and adhere to evidence-based practice
2. Implement stroke specific outcome measures as a clinical tool
3. Provide a hands on opportunity to practice a "gold standard" stroke civic outcome measure: the Fugl-Meyer