Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Cross-Cutting

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(648706) Can we Achieve "Disruptive Innovation" via Rehabilitation Technology?

Presenter(s)

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  Patrice Tamar Weiss, PhD, OT

  Professor
  University of Haifa
  Haifa, HaZafon
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  EMILY Keshner, PT, EdD

  Professor
  Temple University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  Adina Houldin, PhD

  Post-doctoral fellow
  University of Haifa
  Haifa, HaZafon
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  Tal Keren-Capelovitch, PhD, OT

  Lecturer
  University of Haifa
  Rehovot, HaMerkaz

We will explore the issues related to technology usage and under-usage to develop strategies that support "disruptive innovation" in virtual reality via examples including the participatory design to create 3D printed instrumented eating utensils that track self-feeding difficulties of children with cerebral palsy, the design of immersive virtual environments to improve motor abilities of children with developmental coordination disorder and how complex virtual visual environments has significantly altered treatment interventions for individuals with dizziness due to vestibular dysfunction. The symposium will conclude with a discussion of ways in which VR technology can be realistically incorporated into clinical settings.

Learning Objectives:

• To recognize the current status of virtual reality as applied to motor and cognitive rehabilitation.
• To apprehend the limitations of this technology as factors that impede its wider use in rehabilitation.
• To learn to harness its strengths in order to make use of the potential of this technology in rehabilitation.
• To discuss the ways in which VR technology can be realistically incorporated into clinical settings.