TIRR Memorial Hermann
ACRM Cognitive
Rehabilitation Training Course
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Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)
Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)
Cross-Cutting
Health Services Research
Measurement
Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)
Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)
Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System
Spinal Cord Injury
Randy D. Trumbower, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Ross Zafonte, DO
Professor; Chair/Senior VP
Harvard University; Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Boston, Massachusetts
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Director of Multiple Sclerosis Research
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Ryan Solinsky, MD
Physician-Scientist
Spaulding Rehab Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Clas Linnman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Spaulding Rehab Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Chloe S. Slocum, MD, MPH
Associated Director of Quality, Director of Health Policy
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts
With greater emphasis placed on the translation of scientific discoveries to clinical rehabilitation, the assimilation of new technologies to bolster this effort is rapidly becoming essential. The successful translation must overcome the challenges of patient heterogeneity and varying responsiveness to treatment. Indeed, scientific advances in understanding genetic, molecular, and cellular targets are inspiring novel therapies toward more precise technologies that use biomarkers and functional phenotyping to personalize diagnostics and interventions. With the optimization of function as the ultimate goal in rehabilitation, successful translation of existing and innovative techniques will rely on the synergistic goals embedded within precision medicine and rehabilitation. To this end, precision rehabilitation is emerging as a theme aimed to promote this convergence and will undoubtedly result in significant clinical breakthroughs over the next several decades. In this session, we will discuss the need for research that incorporates precision rehabilitation in the management of persons with neurologic pathologies.