RehabCast: The Rehabilitation Medicine Update Ford Vox and ACRM

The 41st episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast introduces you to the winner of the 2021 ACRM Launchpad competition, Braze Mobility’s Pooja Viswanathan. We take a close look at her technology making it easier & safer for wheelchair users who don’t have eyes in the back of their heads to navigate all sorts of spaces. Then we take a broader look at the systematic problems bogging down faster development of useful disability tech, and what can be done about it, with Rosalie Wang of the University of Toronto

#RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The 40th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast features Tiago Jesus and Christina Papadimitriou on the growth of the person centered rehabilitation model in practice - it’s about putting the person, not the patient, at the center of what we do, and doing it collaboratively. The episode also features Elizabeth Pasipanodya of the Santa Clara Valley medical center on her work teasing out a set of cognitive profiles seen in SCI rehabilitation, and determining how they relate to the client’s psychological well-being. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

In the 39th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we sit down with Dr. Jeannette Lee who is Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at San Francisco State University to discuss her study of a new technology to manage breast cancer related lymphedema. Learn about the promise and caveats of negative pressure massage for this tough clinical problem. Then we’ll talk with Justin Chee of the University of Toronto about his study of studies on multiple sclerosis gait parameters. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

In the 38th episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we’re looking at the opioid epidemic through the lens of the spinal cord injury population with Dr. Maria DeBarge Dipiro of the Medical University of South Carolina. Then we'll talk with Dr. Mark Hirsch of Carolinas Rehabilitation about some of the surprising issues surrounding voting rights and access after traumatic brain injury. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

Episode 37 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features a formulation of integrated knowledge translation principles for use in spinal cord injury research, and an effort to succinctly explain aphasia and its primary struggles for the uninitiated. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

Episode 36 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Irene Battel on her work delving into the challenging problem of Parkinson’s disease related dysphagia. Dr. Battle and colleagues in Ireland and Italy conducted a systematic review of biofeedback interventions for the problem. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.