Symposium

Stroke

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

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System

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

Epidemiology, Challenges, and Rehabilitation of Young Strokes (878682)

Thursday, October 22, 2020

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM EST

Presenter(s)

Abiodun E. Akinwuntan, PhD, MPH, MBA

Professor and Dean
School of Health Professions, University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Presentation Slides
Samir R. Belagaje, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Presentation Slides
Suzanne Perea Burns, PhD, OTR

Assistant Professor
Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas

Presentation Slides
Megan Danzl, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS

Assistant Chair & Associate Professor
Bellarmine University
Louisville, Kentucky
Catherine C. Hay, PhD, OTR

Assistant Professor
Texas Woman's University
Houston, Texas

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Valerie Hill, PhD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Non-presenting author(s)

Alexandra L. Terrill, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Presentation Slides

This symposium will provide an overview on the topic of stroke in young adults. Specifically, the presenters will provide a summary of the epidemiology, review the challenges inherent to rehabilitation of this population and focus on the WHO's 2019 seven dimensions of adult rehabilitation: Cognition, Mobility, Self-Care, Vision, Communication, Prevention, and Relationships.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to give an overview of the incidence, prevalence, and epidemiology of young stroke.
Upon completion, participants will be able to discuss the challenges experienced by young stroke survivors, including economic burden; caregiver burden; peer support; relationships, return-to-work, and community integration.
Upon completion, participants will be able to review the challenges inherent to rehabilitation of survivors of young stroke.
Upon completion, participants will be able to discuss WHO's 2019 seven dimensions of adult rehabilitation: Cognition, Mobility, Self-care, Vision, Communication, Prevention, and Relationships.
Upon completion, participants will have a better knowledge of the concept of young stroke.