Dr. Jousse Lecture Series
Welcome to the new Dr. Albin T Jousse Lecture Series in collaboration with Best Practice Forum, which is sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, the Spinal Cord Rehab Program, the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team, and Toronto Rehab.
The purpose of this lecture series is to provide a venue for scientists, physicians and clinicians working in rehab settings as well as students, consumers and their caregivers to share knowledge, present the latest research findings and participate in a dialogue on what it means to live with disability. The lectures will be 45 minute long followed by 15 minutes of questions.
Coordinator of the Dr. Albin T. Jousse Lecture Series is Dr. Kristin Musselman . If you have any comments, concerns or would like to present please send us an email at kristin.musselman@uhn.ca.
The series is currently in its 11th season.
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Dr. José Zariffa – Measuring Upper Limb Function in the Community Using Novel Wearable Technology
May 11, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Abstract
After cervical SCI, a key objective is to maximize the functional use of the upper limb in activities of daily living (ADL). Currently, we lack the ability to directly measure how a person uses their upper limb to perform ADLs once they have been discharged to the community. Doing so would be of great benefit in gauging the true impact of rehabilitation interventions. This talk will give an overview of our laboratory’s work in developing wearable technology capable of measuring how individuals with cervical SCI are using their hands outside of a laboratory or clinical environment. Our approach is based on the use of wearable cameras that record the user’s point of view (egocentric video). Work on quantifying both the quantity and quality of hand use will be discussed, as well as the privacy considerations associated with the use of wearable cameras.
About the Speaker
Dr. José Zariffa is a Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Zariffa received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from the University of Toronto. He then completed post-doctoral fellowships at the International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in Vancouver, Canada, and at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, where he was supported by Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.
His research interests are in neuroprosthetics and technology for upper limb neurorehabilitation, encompassing work in neural interfaces, wearable sensors, rehabilitation robotics, and electrophysiology.