10-09-2025 at 12:00 pm ET
.1 CEU
Speakers: Christie Hamstra, PT, DPT, ATP/SMS, Tina Roesler, MSPT
Level: Beginner; Beginner
While stroke annually impacts over 12 million people worldwide, appropriate equipment provision and functional outcomes are not well documented. Through presentation of case studies, this session will discuss Best Practice for stroke care and provide relevant clinical examples. While many consider stroke or cerebral vascular accident a one-time event, the progression and/or recovery from this event can evolve over days, weeks or months. While most research emphasizes early and aggressive intervention for positioning and rehabilitation, the guidelines available are often vague on how to intervene from a rehab technology standpoint. Often clinicians are making predictive decisions about recovery and are not providing appropriate equipment for the functional level at discharge. This can create barriers to functional return and create a poor quality of life prognosis. We will discuss multiple case examples, and look at mistakes, opportunities, and positive interventions in relation to complex rehab technology. We will discuss the statistics of stroke, the progression and recovery after stroke, and look at barriers to effective assistive technology.
Learning Outcomes:
- List 3 barriers to assistive technology after stroke.
- Identify 2 functional outcomes that can be enhanced with the use of appropriate rehab technology.
- Support justification for 2 interventions, using rehab technology applications for appropriate wheelchair prescriptions for a stroke client.
