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Falk Workshop on Innovations in Neurorehabilitation1,2:Future Possibilities for Technology-AssistedNeuromotor Assessment and Movement TherapySummary: This workshop brings rehabilitation clinicians and engineering scientists together to address possibilities for paradigm shifts in the practice of neurorehabilitative healthcare. The specific focus is on R&D activities (scientific insights, new technologies) that could lead to new therapeutic technologies that directly impact on the continuum of healthcare within the next five years. While the primary target will be stroke neurorehabilitation, also of special interest are healthcare strategies for persons with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury. A secondary aim is to involve academics and clinicians from the Milwaukee area and the expert consultants in a brainstorming process that targets directions for the new Falk Neurorehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Falk NeuroRERC). Another secondary aim is to use the workshop as a mechanism to explore possible collaborative activities between groups and institutions, including consideration of vehicles for multi-site funding (e.g., VAMC, NIH, NIDRR), joint product development and evaluation, and joint publications. Participants: An invited collection of expert consultants, plus local/regional clinicians, scientists, engineers and students. Limit of 40 participants (including ~12 external consultants and ~10 students). Registration fee: $25 ($5 for students). This will cover an afternoon coffee break on Friday, and a light self-serve breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Logistics: The Workshop will start at 2:00 PM on Friday, then end at 2:00 PM on Saturday. Format: Targeted presentations followed by two break-out groups and general discussion. Breakout groups will identify key clinical needs and barriers to optimal patient outcomes, scientific knowledge gaps, and emerging technologies. Then with one group focusing on lower extremity (e.g., mobility, posture) and the other on upper extremity (e.g., reaching, manipulation), groups will identify strategic opportunities and make recommendations. The outcomes of this Workshop will be subsequently disseminated through the Falk Center website and other forms of publication. Pre-Workshop Survey -- participants, please complete and email by Oct 30! Contributed Pre-Workshop Bullets of Clinical Needs & Barriers, Knowledge Gaps, Emerging Technologies Workshop Report: Summary Findings 1 This builds on various ad hoc discussions that started in the mid-1990's when various neurorehabilitation engineering teams started targeting stroke research, and shared ideas at meetings such as the Engineering Foundation Conference on Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, which led to several cooperative publications. It also builds on recent growth in neurorehabilitation activities within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. The time is right to pursue R&D activities aimed at scientifically addressing various possibilities for therapeutic intervention. 2 Supported by the The Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Trust Foundation |
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