Program Workshop ID: W3-1 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Podcasting: Plan it, produce it, post it

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Hope Jervis Rademeyer 1,2, Anita Kaiser 1,2.

1 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
2 KITE Rehabilitation Institute-Toronto Rehab-UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada

Podcasting is an effective and impactful way to disseminate your research findings to relevant stakeholders, discuss research topics and ideas, or share light-hearted stories related to life within your research lab or as a graduate student. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of podcast creation by describing:

• • the benefits to podcasting,
  • what you need to do to get starteddhow to plan, produce and edit your podcast,
  • how to advertise and get the word out to key stakeholders, and
  • how to avoid common pitfalls in podcasting.

The step-by-step creation of the podcast “Spinal Moves: Conversations about Activity-based therapy with Hope Jervis Rademeyer” will be used as a working example throughout the workshop to illustrate key concepts and ideas.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• • Identify common errors in podcast production.
  • Create a ready-to-publish podcast
  • Market their podcast to appropriate stakeholder groups

Program Workshop ID: W3-2 (Health Services, Economics and Policy Change)

Health economics in spinal cord Injury and disease: From evidence to policy change

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Julio C. Furlan, MD, LLB, MBA, MSc, PhD, FRCPC 1-5, Brian C.F. Chan, PhD 1,5, Peter Athanasopoulos 6.

1 KITE Research Insititute and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada;
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
4 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
5 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
6 Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• • examine the burden of spinal cord injury and spinal cord disease (SCI/D);
  • discuss recently published economic studies related to SCI/D,
  • describe how health economics can be leveraged to improve decision making for interventions in the management of SCI/D
  • review the process of policy change in the context of SCI/D.

Program Workshop ID: W4-1 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Identifying and prioritizing key domains for implementation of the Canadian Spinal Cord Injury Best Practice (Can-SCIP) guideline

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Mark T. Bayley 1,2, Eleni M. Patsakos 1,3, Ailene Kua 1, B. Catharine Craven 1,2, on behalf of the Can-SCIP Expert Panel

1 KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
2 Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and prioritize Can-SCIP
• Guideline domains and subdomains for implementation.

Program Workshop ID: W4-2 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Cognitive impairment after spinal cord injury: Identification assessment, treatment challenges and opportunities

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Christine A Short, MD 1,2, Colleen O’Connell, MD 1,3, Tony Trask BSC OT 2, Matthew A Short, BSc, MSc candidate Kinesiology 4.

1 Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Halifax N.S.
2 QEII Health Sciences Centre, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre, Central Zone, Nova Scotia Health
3 Stan Cassidy Rehabilitation Centre, Horizon Health, Fredericton N.B.
4 Department of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax N.S.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the epidemiology of cognitive impairments in the settings of both Acute and Chronic SCI
• Recognize and evaluate cognitive impairment in the setting of SCI
• Develop strategies including use of technology and exercise in the prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment in the setting of SCI
• Describe the need for national standards and guidelines for management of this important complication associated with SCI.

Program Workshop ID: W5-1 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in SCI: Shared reflections from an eLearning module, community-based activity programs, and collecting quality care indicators

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Matheus J. Wiest 1,2, Chip P. Rowan 3, Krista L. Best 4,5, B. Catharine Craven 1,6.

1 KITE – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
2 Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
4 Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
5 Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration – CIRRIS, Québec, QC, Canada
6 Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Apply the most up-to-date physical activity recommendations for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI)
• Identify aerobic and resistance-based exercise approaches that may reduce cardiometabolic risk
• Assess individual barriers to physical activity and develop strategies to overcome them safely
• Discuss experiences related to community-based physical activity programs
• Describe Cardiometabolic Health quality of care indicators for in-hospital and community implementation

Program Workshop ID: W5-2 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Upper extremity nerve transfers in spinal cord injury: A collaborative inter-disciplinary clinical model between a rehabilitation center and a hospital

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Philippe Ménard, PT 1,2, Catherine Dansereau, PT 1,2, Véronique Maes, OT 1, José Dubois, OT 1, Dr Elie Boghossian, MD, MSc 3, Dre Dominique Tremblay, BSc. OT, MD 3.

1 CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Institut de Réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay de Montréal
2 Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain
3 CIUSSS de Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Familiarize with an innovative and emergent practice and collaborative approach to rehabilitation after nerve transfer surgery to possibly apply this practice in new clinical settings
• Introduce the clinical model and its history
• Discuss the evidence-based rehabilitation protocol
• Provide an overview of the organization of this specialized clinical model
• Discuss the challenges of implementation
• Discuss future implications and orientations

Program Workshop ID: W6-1 (Knowledge Generation)

North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium – Consumer Engagement Program

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Barry Munro Chief Development Officer, Canadian Spinal Research Organization (Toronto, Ontario Canada), Treasurer, North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (Niagara Falls, NY, United States)

The SCI community has fallen behind and the time is now to educate and facilitate knowledge exchange between the community of people living with SCI and the stakeholders across the spectrum of SCI research and care to become true partners in research. This program aims to help make SCI research more relevant and responsive to the needs of people living with SCI by greatly increasing the number of consumers who engage in the research process.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Engage individuals whose participation in research is hindered by lack of knowledge.
• Increase knowledge of the research process within the SCI community through resources and online training.
• Organize and educate researchers and healthcare providers who are interested in consumer engagement.
• Facilitate placement of individuals living with SCI as advisors on research projects.

Program Workshop ID: W6-2 (Knowledge Generation)

Neurophysiological tests as outcome measures in research studies in the field of spinal cord injury: A bench-to-bedside translational research overview.
Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Julio C. Furlan, MD, LLB, MBA, PhD, MSc, FRCPC 1-5, Gustavo Balbinot, PhD 1, Jose Zariffa, PhD, PEng 1,4,6,7.

1 KITE Research Institute and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada;
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
4 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
5 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
6 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
7 Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Review and appraise the scientific literature on the utility of neurophysiological tests in animal models of spinal cord injury and spinal cord disease (SCI/D)
• Assess the literature on the use of surface electromyography in research projects focused on the treatment of individuals with SCI/D
• Review and critically analyze the scientific literature on use of neurophysiological tests in clinical studies in the field of SCI/D

Program Workshop ID: W7-1 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Setting the stage for successful and sustained surgical closure of pelvic pressure injuries in persons with spinal cord injury: A collaborative program approach

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

Colleen McGillivray 1,2, Laura Teague 3,4.

1 Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada,
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
4 Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify risk factors for surgical wound complications as well as cost and healthcare utilization in persons with SCI undergoing pelvic PI reconstruction.
• Recall how provincial funding was utilized to provide post-operative convalescent care and remobilization.
• Review long term outcome in a cohort of 40 patients undergoing pelvic PI reconstructive surgery.
• Propose potential physiological, behavioural, environmental and societal factors that may predict surgical success or failure.
• Identify implications from a clinical, research and policy perspective.

Program Workshop ID: W7-2 (Clinical/Best Practice Application)

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM): Findings from an Ontario summit to provide a framework to advancing knowledge and management of DCM in Ontario.

Workshop Presenters & Abstract Authors:

James Milligan 1, Michael Fehlings 2, Tara Jeji 3, Eldon Loh 4.

1 McMaster University, Hamilton
2 University of Toronto and University Health Network, Toronto
3 Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, Toronto
4 Western University, London

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Present the process and goals of the Ontario DCM Summit (November 23 & 30, 2020) and its findings related to advancing research and knowledge in DCM.
• Review the epidemiology of DCM and its importance as the leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) in adults.
• Review the pathophysiology of DCM.
• Present the barriers and gaps in knowledge and treatment, reviewing the AO Spine RECODE-DCM project.
• Present the survey results and consensus findings for priority research topics.
• Discuss next steps and future goals.
• Identify the key research priorities