Satellite Meetings
| October 15 | ||
| 0800-1700 | SCI Guideline (by invitation) | |
| 1830-2100 | SCI Guideline Dinner (by invitation) – Milestones (inside Marriott Fallsview: 6740 Fallsview Boulevard) | |
| October 16 | ||
| 0800-1530 | SCI Guideline (by invitation) | |
| October 17 | FES Cycling working group (by invitation, tentative) | |
| Champion of Change Award (Moderator: Kristin Musselman Presenter: Molly Verrier Recipient: Jaynie Yang) Keynote Dinner (by invitation) |
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| October 18 | Student Social – (students, graduate students and postdocs RSVP Sukhvinder.Kalsi-Ryan@uhn.ca before October 1) |
Oct 17 (A.M. Pre-Course)
Thursday, October 17 – Pre-Course
| 1000-1310 | Registration & Pre-Course | |
| 1000-1015 | Opening Remarks Kent Bassett Spiers, Milos Popovic, Kristin Musselman |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1015-1100 | Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury: The Hype and the Hope – Michael Fehlings (Moderator Catharine Craven ) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1100-1110 | BRITE Break – Greta Mighty (Moderator Catharine Craven ) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1110-1140 | CBD, Diet and Neuropathic Pain – Eldon Loh & David Ditor (Moderator Peter Athanasopoulos) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1140-1200 | SCI Nuggets – Karen Smith (Moderator Peter Athanasopoulos) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1200-1310 | Pre-Course Attendees Lunch (advance purchase required) & Conference Registration | Prefunction/Lobby |
| 1310-1400 | Keynote Presentation Sex and Gender Considerations in Neurotrauma Research – Angela Colantonio (Moderator K Musselman) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1420-1550 | Concurrent Workshops – Session 1 | |
| W1-1: Individualized balance assessment and training for people with spinal cord injuries: A hands on workshop Janelle Unger & Kristin Musselman (Moderator Kei Masani) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| W1-2: Improving communication in care and research: Health Literacy 101 Sandra Mills (Moderator Cesar. Marquez-Chin) | Ballroom A | |
| W1-3: The 2019 revision of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: What’s new? Kris Walden, Lise Belanger (Moderator Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan) |
Ballroom B | |
| W1-4: Leaders Lounge: Bridging the gap through knowledge exchange and the drive to improve care. Catharine Craven, Farnoosh Farahani (Moderators Catharine Craven, Farnoosh Farahani) – Sharing Ideas for Program Planning This is a 3 hour workshop – Part 1 | 221 | |
| Introducing the Ontario SCI Implementation & Evaluation Quality Care Consortium Changing Demographics, Admission Criteria, and Coding (Moderator: Paula Cripps McMartin) Speaker 1 – Heather Flett, Toronto Rehab-UHN – Changing spinal cord demographics and impact on rehab admissions Speaker 2 – Stephen Patton, Hamilton Health Sciences – Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and access to SCI rehab |
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| Group Discussion | ||
| Wheelchair Prescription and Funding Dilemmas (Moderator: Iona MacRitchie) Speaker 3 – Andrea Lee, St. Joseph’s Health Care London – Implementation of a wheelchair showroom Speaker 4 – Heather Flett, Toronto Rehab-UHN – Challenges with timing, prescription, and funding of mobility devices |
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| Group Discussion | ||
| 1550-1610 | Nutrition Break | |
| 1610-1740 | Concurrent Workshops – Session 2 | |
| W2-1: “Pearls & Oysters” in the methodology for clinical SCI research: A practical approach to write and review research proposals Julio C. Furlan, Mohammad Alavinia (Moderator Kei Masani) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| W2-2: Improving communication in care and research: Health Literacy 101 (Repeat of W1-2) Sandra Mills (Moderator Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan) |
Ballroom A | |
| W2-3: The 2019 revision of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: What’s new? Kris Walden, Lise Belanger (repeat W1-3) (Moderator Jose Zariffa) |
Ballroom B | |
| W1-4 (continued) Leaders Lounge: Bridging the gap through knowledge exchange and the drive to improve care. Catharine Craven , Farnoosh Farahani (Moderators: Catharine Craven, Farnoosh Farahani) – Sharing Ideas for Program Planning This is a 3 hour workshop – Part 2 |
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| Inpatient & Outpatient Rehab and Community Transition (Moderator: Catherine Craven) Speaker 5 – Stephen Patton, Hamilton Health Sciences – Community Navigator Role and Outpatient Intake Process Speaker 6 – Andrea Lee, St. Joseph’s Health Care London – Increasing rehab intensity and enhancing transitions via a modular approach to rehab programming as well as the creation and use of Care Binders with attention to caregiver issues. Speaker 7 – Janine Mels-Dyer, Providence Care Hospital – New hospital building highlighting some of the common spaces/outdoor therapy space/dining room model |
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| Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health (Moderator: Greta Mighty) Speaker 8 – Iona MacRitchie, Toronto Rehab-UHN – Enhancing mental healthcare for individuals in SCI rehab, preliminary findings Speaker 9 – Sussan Askari, Providence Care Hospital – Mindfulness program in SCI rehabilitation |
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| 1740 | Free Night |
Oct 18
Friday, October 18
| 0800-0830 | Breakfast & Registration | |
| 0830-0850 | Opening Remarks Paula Cripps McMartin, Kent Bassett-Spiers, Bill Barrable, Catharine Craven | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 0850-0940 | Keynote Presentation – Image-based Storytelling: Painting the Path of Indigenous Resilience – Lisa Boivin, Native Visual Artist http://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/37/E1112 (Moderator Catharine Craven ) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 0940-1010 | Keynote Presentation – Sexual and Fertility Rehabilitation in Women following SCI Stacy Elliott (Moderator Catharine Craven ) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1010-1050 | Nutrition Break with the Exhibitors | Ballroom C/D |
| Post-doctoral Fellowship Category Award Winner Presentations (Moderator Cesar Marquez-Chin) (10 min presentation, 2 min Q/A) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| 1050-1150 | PD1 – 1st Place The use of aquatic therapy among rehabilitation professionals for individuals with spinal cord injury or disorder Andresa Marinho Buzelli |
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| PD2 – 2nd Place (Tied) The incidence, causes, and consequences of falls in the subacute phase of spinal cord injury Olinda Habib Perez |
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| PD3 – 2nd Place (Tied): Comparison of treadmill-based wheelchair propulsion and arm-crank ergometer incremental cardiorespiratory fitness tests among manual wheelchair users: A concurrent validity study Cindy Gauthier |
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| PD4 – 2nd Place (Tied): Reducing the gaps between animal and human research outcomes: spinal cord injury bone biomarkers Matheus Wiest |
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| 1150-1320 | Lunch with the Exhibitors & Poster Viewing | Ballroom C/D |
| 1320-1345 | Recruitment Perils and SCI Trials – Jane Hsieh (Moderator K Musselman) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 1345-1400 | Champion of Change Presentation Moderator: Kristin Musselman Presenter: Molly Verrier Recipient: Jaynie Yang |
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| 1400-1430 | Nutrition Break with the Exhibitors | Ballroom C/D |
| 1430-1600 | Concurrent Workshops – Session 3 | |
| W3-1: Sex and Gender Considerations in Health Research Angela Colantonio (Moderator Brian Chan) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| W3-2: “Back to the Future”- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) therapy combined with task-specific training versus FES integrated to Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology Julio Furlan & Cesar Marquez-Chin (Moderator Jose Zariffa) |
Ballroom A | |
| W3-3: Autonomic dysreflexia and heterotopic ossification: Barriers to optimal management in the spinal sord injury population Christine Short (Moderator Heather Flett) | Ballroom B | |
| W3-4: The Multidisciplinary Use of the Sexual Rehabilitation Framework in Persons with SCI Stacy Elliot (Moderator Sandra Mills) |
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| 1600-1615 | Transition | |
| 1615-1730 | Concurrent Workshops – Session 4 | |
| W4-1: Developing an effective mentor and mentee relationship: What graduate students and young investigators should know and do. Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan & Nora Cullen (Moderator: Anita Kaiser) |
Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| W4-2: It’s legal – now what? Practical guidance for cannabis use in spinal cord injury Colleen O’Connell & Karen Ethans (Moderator: Catharine Craven ) | Ballroom A | |
| W4-3: Addressing the elephant in the room: Integrating sexual health practice in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitationCharlie Giurleo & Anna Kras-Dupuis (Moderator: Heather Flett) | Ballroom B | |
| W4-4: A staged framework for the clinical implementation of new rehabilitation technologies after SCI Jose Zariffa, Brian C. Chan, Heather Flett, Kristin Musselman (Moderator Julio Furlan) |
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| 1730-1800 | Freshen Up! | |
| 1800-2000 | Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall & Poster Viewing | Ballroom C/D |
| 2000-2300 | Student/Post-doc Social |
Oct 19
Saturday, October 19
| 0800-0830 | SCIO Breakfast (All Delegates Welcome) & Registration LIVING THE LIFE YOU CHOOSE Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (SCIO) invites all delegates to a casual breakfast session to learn how SCIO’s support, services and advocacy helps Ontarians with SCI live the life they choose. Enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast as SCIO Director of Advocacy Peter Athanasopoulos shares a few words, a video or two, and materials that tell the story of this vibrant provincial charity that has partnered with CSCIRA’s National Conference for 16 years. Hope to see you there! RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCIOBreakfastOct19 |
Ballroom A |
| 0830-0840 | Opening Remarks – Cathy Craven, Wendy Murphy, Milos Popovic | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| 0840-0930 | The Dr. Nimmi Bharatwal Lectureship Keynote Presentation #nevertheless she persisted…again The Struggle for Women with SCI to obtain Reproductive Health Care Amie B. McLain |
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| 0930-1000 | Nutrition Break with the Exhibitors | Ballroom C/D |
| 1000-1224 | Scientific Poster Presentations by Award Winning Recipients (Moderators Kristin Musselman, Jose Zariffa, Milos Popovic) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| Knowledge Generation | ||
| 1000-1012 | P1 – 1st Place Quantifying dynamic balance control after spinal cord injury: reliability and validity of the mini-BESTest Katherine Chan |
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| 1012-1024 | P2 – 2nd Place A Novel Tool for Predicting One-year Mortality after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Nader Fallah |
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| 1024-1036 | P3 – 3rd Place Sex as a key determinant of survival and neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: Analysis of the NASCIS-1 database Julio Furlan |
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| Clinical | ||
| 1036-1048 | P4 – 1st Place Implementation of pain best practices as part of the Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network JoAnne Savoie |
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| 1048-1100 | P5 – 2nd Place A propensity score-matched cohort study comparing traumatic spinal cord injury in military personnel versus civilians Julio Furlan |
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| 1100-1112 | P6 – 3rd Place Bladder concerns of women with spinal cord injury: A critical review of literature with recommendations Margaret Nosek |
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| Policy | ||
| 1112-1124 | P7 – 1st Place Exploring factors affecting medication adherence for persons with spinal cord injuries and dysfunction from the perspectives of healthcare providers: A qualitative study Sara Guilcher |
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| 1124-1136 | P8 – 2nd Place (Tied) Sex-related discrepancies in the epidemiology, injury characteristics and outcomes after acute spine trauma: Do we need a sexier strategy for healthcare delivery? Julio Furlan |
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| 1136-1148 | P9 – 2nd Place (Tied) Opioid use in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury in Ontario, Canada using the Narcotic Monitoring System: A population-based study Sara Guilcher |
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| Student | ||
| 1148-1200 | P10 – 1st Place Identifying fascicles in peripheral nerves using a region-based convolutional neural network Daniel Tovbis |
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| 1200-1212 | P11 – 2nd Place The six-minute manual wheelchair propulsion test can accurately assess aerobic fitness in manual wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury: A concurrent validity study Alec Bass |
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| 1212-1224 | P12 – 3rd Place Spinal cord injury and polypharmacy: a scoping review Lauren Cadel |
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| 1224-1340 | Lunch with the Exhibitors & Poster Viewing | Ballroom C/D |
| 1340-1440 | Top 6 Articles You Need to Read – (Moderator Colleen McGillivray) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |
| Karen Smith – Osteomyelitis Complicating Sacral Pressure Ulcers: Whether or Not to Treat With Antibiotic Therapy – http://academic.oup.com/cid/article-abstract/68/2/338/5050260 | ||
| Karen Ethans – Canadian Urological Association guideline: Diagnosis, management, and surveillance of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction – Executive Summary – http://dx.doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.6041 | ||
| Katrina DeZeeuw – Nerve transfers in the upper extremity following cervical spinal cord injury. – https://thejns.org/doi/abs/10l3171/2019.4.SPINE19173 Part 2: Preliminary results of a prospective clinical trial – https://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2019.4.SPINE19399 |
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| Colleen O’Connell – Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study – https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30415-0 | ||
| Christine Short – Patterns of cognitive deficits in persons with spinal cord injury as compared with both age-matched and older individuals without spinal cord injury. | ||
| B. Catharine Craven – Bone Mineral Density Testing in Spinal Cord Injury: the 2019 ISCD Official Positions, Morse L et al J of Clinical Densitometry 2019 (in press) | ||
| 1440-1500 | Transition Break | |
| 1500-1600 | Concurrent Workshops – Session 5 | |
| W5-1: Through the lens of participants: Incorporating photovoice into research and clinical environments Hardeep Singh, Olinda Habib Perez, Kristin Musselmann (Moderator Jose Zariffa) |
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| W5-2: Functional electric stimulation cycling guidelines for adults with SCI: a presentation and engagement workshop focussing on implementation Chester Ho & Jan W. van der Scheer (Moderator Julio Furlan) |
Ballroom A | |
| W5-3: Home care for individuals with spinal cord injury: what does the data tell us and does it reflect reality? James Milligan | Ballroom B | |
| W5-4: Selected conference abstracts – 6 Speakers (theme related, including late breaking abstract award recipients) ( Moderator Anthony Burns) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom | |
| 1. 1530-1540 – Together better: Priorities and strengths of the spinal cord injury network of the Atlantic provinces – SCINAPS Shane McCallum | ||
| 2. 1540-1550 – Characterizing patterns in physiotherapy practice – Stephanie Cornell | ||
| 3. 1550-1600 – Resources to support sexual adjustment from the perspective of men with spinal cord injury – Jacqueline D. Kathnelson | ||
| 4. 1600-1610 – Spinal cord injury peer mentorship: Perspectives of multiple stakeholders – Teren Clarke | ||
| 5. 1610-1620 – Accessible Care Pregnancy Clinic: Improving pregnancy care for those living with physical disabilities – Elizabeth Jung | ||
| 6. 1620-1630 – Family Caregiving: Gender Differences in Caregiving and Unmet Supportive Care Needs – Gaya Jeyavathen | ||
| 1600-1610 | Transition to Plenary | |
| 1610-1700 | Closing Panel Discussion (Moderator Randy Upper) | Theatre/Junior Ballroom |