Combining Biomarker or Biometric Measures in Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Injury Studies to Improve Precision in Rehabilitation Research (820945)

Saturday, October 24, 2020

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

Presenter(s)

Janet P. Niemeier, PhD, ABPP (RP)

Associate Professor, Director of Research
University of Alabama
Hoover, Alabama

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Nathan Hogaboom, PhD

Research Scientist
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Ted K. Ng, BSc, PhD

Research Fellow & International Scholar
DUKE-NUS, Centre for Ageing, Research & Education (CARE) & University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Non-presenting Author(s)

Caroline Schnakers, PhD

Assistant Director of Research
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Pomona, California

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Presenter(s)

Emily R. Rosario, PhD

Director of Research
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Pomona, California
AZ

Amy Zheng, PhD

Research Scientist
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Pomona, California
Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Arvada, Colorado

Presentation Slides
Chih-Ying (Cynthia) Li, PhD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

The symposium presenters will provide evidence and information about the advantage of studying more than one biomarker or biometric measure at a time for advancing rehabilitation research. Each will discuss either findings of original research or scoping review evidence that the sophistication of biomarker and biometric study related to traumatic and non-traumatic injury in a range of rehabilitation medicine patient populations is increasing. These findings and evidence will provide a greater understanding of the need to address complexities inherent in rehabilitation research populations through multi-modal marker comparisons and interaction characterizations.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss several studies providing evidence of advantage of using more than one biomarker or biometric measure in a single study to advance understanding in rehabilitation research.
Identify combinations of biomarker and biometric measures in studies that have yielded important information that could benefit development of therapeutics in rehabilitation patient populations.
Understand and apply discussed biomarker or biometric measures used in combination within their own study domains.