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The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) is pleased to participate in RehabWeek 2025. We have an exciting program of 16 live and interactive presentations and over 100 posters by researchers, engineers and clinicians from 19 countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.
Our program of live presentations covers emerging areas of R&D that will have a substantial impact on rehabilitation outcomes for people with a variety of disabling neurological conditions and diseases.
Topics for live presentation include data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, chatbots, precision rehabilitation, fall management and prevention, health disparities, smart home technologies, remote physiologic/therapeutic monitoring (RPM/RTM), telehealth, functional electrical stimulation, assistive robots, and neuromodulation.
Special Symposium: Leadership Development at the Interface of Innovation and Technology
ACRM has invited guest speaker Dr. Linda Plano to kick off our special symposium on “Leadership Development at the Interface of Innovation and Technology.” Dr, Plano will talk about her “Perfect Pitch Framework for Rehabilitation Communications”, as a critical component for innovators in rehabilitation technology. Our 2-session special symposium includes presentations by R&D innovators and ACRM leaders. They will cover strategies for addressing leadership challenges throughout the arc of innovation in rehabilitation technology. We invite all RehabWeek attendees to join us for this engaging and informative discussion.
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Time: 11:15 am-12:45 pm
Title: Open engineering problems in spinal cord injury research: perspectives from people with lived experience, clinicians, and researchers.
Speakers:
- Monica Perez, PT, PhD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Douglas Weber, PhD – Carnegie Mellon University
- Argyrios Stampas, MD – UTHealth Houston
- Scott Imbrie – PLEX
Moderator: José Zariffa, PhD, PEng – KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehab – University Health Network
Session Agenda:
- Introductions (5 minutes)
- PLEX, clinicians and researchers will each present their perspective on the most important unsolved technical problems in SCI research. (1 hour)
- Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with the speakers. The moderated discussion will allow the audience to engage with panelists to explore how new entrants in the SCI space can effectively target relevant problems. (25 min)
Abstract: Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to paralysis and multiple secondary complications, substantially impacting independence and quality of life. To date, there has been limited success in developing approaches that can increase neurological recovery after SCI, motivating the need for new precision interventions and assistive strategies. A number of technology-based solutions have potential to improve long-term outcomes or independence, including for example neuromodulation, exoskeletons, AI-based telerehabilitation systems, and data science approaches to precision medicine. However, moving past proofs of concepts to practical solutions requires close collaboration of engineers, clinicians and people with lived experience (PLEX). The translational gap remains significant and presents rich opportunities for teams to exploit synergies between disciplines to improve outcomes for individuals living with SCI. To this end, the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) is presenting this session to foster new interactions and encourage engineers to get involved in solving problems of benefit to people with SCI, their caregivers and families.
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