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

Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine

Limb Restoration Rehabilitation

Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired with Rehabilitation to Improve Recovery of Upper Extremity Function in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury. (996547)

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

11:10 AM – 12:25 PM ET

Moderator(s)

Jennifer French, MBA

Executive Director
Neurotech Network
Saint Petersburg, Florida

Presentation Slides

Presenter(s)

Chad Swank, PT, PhD

Research Scientist
Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
Dallas, Texas
Seth A. Hays, PhD

Associate Professor
Bioengineering
Richardson, Texas

Handouts
Robert L. Rennaker, II, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering

Associate Director TxBDC
UT Dallas
Richardson, Texas

Targeted Plasticity Therapy (TPT) is a combination of vagus nerve stimulation paired with sensorimotor rehabilitative training. The session will highlight the understood mechanisms of action, introduce the latest technology and discuss the clinical translation efforts to bring this novel TPT therapy for people living with chronic upper extremity paralysis due to stroke or spinal cord injury.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the concept of targeted plasticity therapy for upper extremity rehabilitation and the mechanisms of action.
Describe the implanted vagus nerve stimulation technology and the clinical interface for rehabilitation applications.
Explain the preclinical evidence of targeted plasticity therapy in the stroke and spinal cord injury models.