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.

September 2016

September 1, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Trunk impairment and how to improve sitting balance after spinal cord injury

Lyndhurst Center - Lecture Rooms A & B 520 Sutherland Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Falls After Spinal Cord Injury: Causes, Consequences And Creative Solutions.

Abstract

Each year about 75% of community-dwelling individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) will fall; this is a higher fall incidence than that seen in other neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease. Falling can have many adverse consequences, such as injury, hospital admission, reduced mobility and participation in daily activities, to name a few. Despite the high risk of falling, little is known about the causes and consequences of falls, or how fall risk can be reduced, in the SCI population. Drs. Oates and Musselman will discuss their joint work that aims to address these gaps in our knowledge and result in more effective fall prevention strategies for the SCI population.

Speaker Information

Dr. Kristin Musselman

Kristin Musselman, PT PhD, is a Scientist with the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team at TRI-UHN, an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Physical Therapy at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research is focused on the rehabilitation for adults and children with neurological conditions, including methods of training gait, balance and upper limb function.

Dr. Alison Oates

Alison Oates PhD is an Assistant Professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on sensorimotor integration during walking and walking balance in populations with instability. Alison will discuss collaborative research with Dr. Musselman investigating reactive and proactive balance during walking in individuals with incomplete SCI. She will also highlight the Biomechanics of Balance And Movement (BBAM) Lab of which she is a co-director.