Only open for Brooks Employees only. (Must register with a Brooks or Halifax CIR email address)
Location:
Zoom (Link to be provided in confirmation email after registering)
Course Description:
This course provides an overview of current evidence-informed approaches to spinal cord injury rehabilitation and long-term management. It examines key principles and highlights emerging interventions to optimize respiratory function, upper and lower limb recovery, and overall health and participation following SCI. Topics include bowel, bladder, and sexual function after SCI, reconstructive surgical options, secretion management, and respiratory strength training. A multidisciplinary perspective is emphasized to support comprehensive, patient-centered care and improve outcomes across the continuum of rehabilitation.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Explain the functional use of RMST devices.
- Demonstrate how to set up and perform electrical stimulation with RMST device.
- Name three methods of surgical functional restoration following SCI
- Identify who are the best candidates for surgical functional restoration
- Summarize recent clinical research regarding use of therapeutic intermittent hypoxia to enhance arm, hand, and leg motor function in people with spinal cord injury
- Summarize recent clinical research regarding use of therapeutic intermittent hypoxia to enhance respiratory function in people with spinal cord injury
- Describe factors supporting and impeding translation of therapeutic intermittent hypoxia to clinical practice
- State next steps in research and clinical practice to advance the use of therapeutic intermittent hypoxia for people with spinal cord injury
- Differentiate between common neurogenic bowel and bladder presentations following SCI.
- Discuss the role of the occupational therapist in addressing sexual health and intimacy as part of holistic rehabilitation.