Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Cross-Cutting

Plenary

(603087) PLENARY: Rehabilitation for a New Generation: Technology, Innovation and the 21^st Century

Presenter(s)

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  David Putrino, PT, PhD

  Director of Rehabilitation Innovation and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
  Brooklyn, New York

A range of technologies and approaches that we have developed and validated will be presented: 1) mobile applications that can track symptom and impairment severity and provide intervention, 2) virtual and augmented reality solutions for chronic pain, 3) rehabilitation robotics, 4) neuromodulation and other technologies. We will also explore how to develop pragmatic clinical trials for exciting new technologies, how to foster a sense of entrepreneurship in your department and new billing procedures that can allow integration of new technology into practice. This is a how-to guide for integrating new technology into their clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify three social and regulatory trends leading to greater reliance on technology-based rehabilitation interventions.
• Describe opportunities and challenges for technology-based rehabilitation interventions for three diagnostic areas: 1) chronic pain, 2) aging/geriatrics, and 3) concussion.
• Describe 4 essential features of a pragmatic clinical trial on a new technology-based rehabilitation intervention.
• Identify 3 features of new billing procedures for technology-based rehabilitation therapies.