The Parkwood Program for Rehabilitation Innovations in Mobility Enhancement (PRIME) is a multi-faceted initiative undertaken by the Research 2 Practice (R2P) team at Parkwood Institute. The ultimate objective of PRIME is to develop a clinical decision support system that serves as the basis of a health learning system to support therapists in their decision-making associated with different therapeutic activities to enhance mobility in persons with SCI or ABI. The approach involves systematically characterizing, implementing and documenting therapeutic activities and then examining the relationship of these activities with outcomes. A variety of analytic techniques will be used to examine these relationships. This process involves taking a very participatory approach that incorporates implementation science along with a complementary approach between practice-based research and clinical research methods. The presentation will share the PRIME journey to date and describe some preliminary findings and benefits to participants and the rehabilitation program.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dalton Wolfe is the leader of the R2P (Research 2 Practice) team at Parkwood Institute that integrates clinical and research efforts to improve care and clinical outcomes. His primary research interest is in the area of knowledge mobilization and best practice implementation across rehabilitation and community settings. As part of the Parkwood Rehabilitation Innovations in Mobility Enhancement (PRIME) initiative he is focused on enhancing clinical decision-making to improve locomotor and other movement-related outcomes with more integration of activity-based therapies such as robotic, manual and FES-assisted therapies. In addition, Dalton and colleagues are exploring the use of online technologies and patient-reported outcomes to facilitate self-management skills that enable persons with chronic conditions such as SCI and ABI to prevent and better manage secondary complications.<\/p>\n
Position: Scientist<\/p>\n
Organization: Parkwood Institute Research, Lawson Health Research Institute<\/p>\n
Email: dwolfe@uwo.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Phone: 519-685-4292 ext 42957<\/p>\n Ms. Stephanie Marrocco is a research coordinator with the R2P team at Parkwood Institute. Ms. Marrocco completed a MSc from Western University examining gait laterality in persons with stroke. She has recently begun a PhD and is interested in better understanding rehabilitation processes associated with persons with neurological impairments. In particular, Stephanie is interested in examining variations in rehabilitation practice patterns and has developed different analysis and visualization approaches to examine research questions within this area.<\/p>\n Position: PhD Student \/ Coordinator<\/p>\n Organization: Western University \/ Parkwood Institute Research, Lawson Health Research Institute<\/p>\nMs. Stephanie Marrocco, MSc<\/h4>\n