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Program & Presentations

Click here to download a detailed program.  Click on the titles below to download the presentation slides and abstract summaries.

Time Program Title
7:30 – 8:20 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 Opening Remarks
8:30 – 9:30 Four Birds with One Stone: Reparative, Neuroplastic, Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Benefits of Aerobic Exercise after Stroke
Michelle Ploughman
9:30 – 10:15 Interactions between Hearing Loss and Mobility during Realistic, Everyday Challenges
Jennifer Campos
10:15 – 10:45 Morning Break
10:45 – 11:30 An Ounce of Prevention: The Use of an Innovative Resistance Training Program to Improve Physical Function in Functionally At-Risk Older Adults
Christina Prevett
Innovations Showcase
11:30 – 12:00 Rapid Podium 1: Innovation to Increase Physical Activity Engagement in the Older Adult Using an Audio-Visual Multimedia Technology - Fidelma Serediuk


Rapid Podium 2: Using Telehealth to Eliminate Barriers to Falls Prevention Education - Deanna Trzeciakowski

Rapid Podium 3: High-Intensity Interval Training after Stroke as an Opportunity to Promote Functional Recovery, Cardiovascular Health and Neuroplasticity: A Clinical Perspective - Jennifer Crozier
12:00 – 12:20 Snapshot 1: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Stroke Rehabilitation: Perceived Benefits and Clinical Utility by Physiotherapists and Individuals Living with Stroke - Allison Sharpe

Snapshot 2: Remote Monitoring for the Assessment of Mobility and Sleep in People with Neurodegenerative Disorders: Results of an Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) pilot study - Kyle Weber

Snapshot 3: The Occurrence of Falls in the Subacute Phase of Spinal Cord Injury - Olinda Habib Perez

Snapshot4: Cognitive Augmented Mobility Program (CAMP): Preliminary Efficacy on Goal Attainment, Mobility, Balance & Transfer of Skills - Katherine Dittmann
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch Break
Concurrent Session
1:15 – 2:00
Resistance Training Prescription for Frail Individuals and for People following Stroke with Mobility DeficitsChristina Prevett & Susan Marzolini Implementing Aerobic Exercise with Clinical Populations: Where do I Start?
Liz Inness, Lou Biasin, & Ada Tang

Additional Resources
Stratification Tool
Submaximal Graded Exercise - Guidelines
Submaximal Graded Exercise – Form
Referral Form
Training Log
2:05 – 2:50
Facilitating Exercise Behaviour Change
Kerseri Scane

Innovations in Assessing & Training Balance Reactions
Avril Mansfield, Cynthia Danells & Janelle Unger

2:50 – 3:05 Afternoon Break
Looking to the Future
3:05 – 3:45 Personalized Rehabilitation to Enhance Balance, Mobility and Fitness: How Do We Get There?
Mark Bayley
3:45 - 4:25 Optimizing Independent Mobility: Perspectives on the Use of Technology
William Mcilroy
4:25 – 4:30 Closing Remarks

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Date & Time

Friday, November 23, 2018
7:30am – 4:30pm

Location

BMO Education &
Conference Centre

Toronto Western Hospital
Krembil Discovery Tower
60 Leonard Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 2R1

Registration Rate

Early Bird Rate
(until Oct 12, 2018)
$245.00
Regular Rate
(after Oct 12, 2018)
$295.00
Student Rate* $175.00
Onsite Rate $300.00

*A valid copy of your student ID must be sent via email to conference@uhn.ca in order to have the rate honoured.