In the 50th episode of #RehabCast, host Dr. Bill Niehaus engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Julia To Dutka, EdD, Bruce M. Gans, MD, and Richard Oliver, PhD about their study, "Delivering Rehabilitation Care Around the World: Voices From the Field" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2023.03.009). This conversation sheds light on global rehabilitation efforts and the power of collaborative care. Following this enriching dialogue, Dr. Niehaus shifts focus to the innovative research...

In the 49th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus meets with the 100th ACRM conference Plenary Speakers (https://acrm2023.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?pfp=BrowsebyDay&fb=Plenaries). Join him meeting up with Anjali J. Forber‐Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers), Mark J. Ashley, Sc.D., CCC-SLP, Lisa D. VanHoose, PT, PhD, David Putrino, PT, PhD, and Thomas J. Oxley, MBBS PhD. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical...

In the 49th episode of the #RehabCast, join our host, Dr. Bill Niehaus, as he engages in a captivating conversation with seven esteemed members of the ACRM organization. Together, they explore the remarkable journey of the rehabilitation field and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. As we celebrate the 100th ACRM conference, tune in to gain insights from past ACRM presidents, including Gerben DeJong, PhD, Joseph Giacino, PhD, Sue Ann Sisto, PhD, Allen Heinemann, PhD, Deborah...

In this special edition episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Rebecca Eberle, MA, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, FACRM, Michael Fraas, PhD, CCC-SLP, MHL, CBIS, Donna Langenbahn, PhD, FACRM, and Amy Shapiro-Rosenbaum, PhD, FACRM to discuss how the ACRM Rebooted and Updated the Cognition Rehabilitation Manual and Associated workshops (cognitiverehabilitation.org). #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy,...

In the 47th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Dr Noah Silverberg to discuss the updated American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (https://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(23)00297-6/fulltext). Dr Niehaus then welcomes Dr Wendy Magee to look into the Validation of the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness With the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised...

In the 46th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Occupational Therapist Stephanie Kubiak, PhD and Associate Professor Elliot Sklar, PhD to discuss Racial and Ethnic Disparities of Social Participation After Tetraplegia (https://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(23)00109-0/fulltext). Dr Niehaus then welcomes Psychologists Dr Jane Duff and Lucy Grant to look into when clinicians should help with the anxiety response following a spinal cord injury...

In the 44th episode of RehabCast, our new host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with the ACRM 2022 LaunchPad winner, Lianna Genovese, who is the CEO & Founder of ImaginAble Solutions. Her Guided Hands™ device helps enable anyone with limited fine motor skills to write, paint, draw and access technology (www.imaginablesolutions.com). Dr Niehaus then welcomes Julio C. Furlan, MD, LLB, MBA, MSc, PhD who discusses their paper, “Sex-Related Discrepancies in the Access to Optimal Care and...

In the 44th episode of RehabCast we welcome new host Dr. Bill Niehaus. Dr. Niehaus takes over from Dr. Ford Vox who joins us to make the official handoff. Dr. Niehaus' first interview is with William Kokay, BSW about his paper "Mixed Study Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Sexuality and Sexual Rehabilitation in LGBTQI+ Adults Living With Chronic Disease". Dr. Niehaus then welcomes Dr. Sheryl Katta-Charles who talks about her study "Depression, anxiety, and suicidality in individuals...

In the 43rd episode of RehabCast we feature Sara Suikkanen of the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland on a creative intervention for home based therapies to fight frailty in older adults, and Brad Dicianno of the University of Pittsburgh on what assistive technology professionals bring to the table. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

In the 42nd episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast we talk with Loren Davidson of UC Davis about her work on a pediatric tele-rehab program, and then we drop in with Hiral Master on the link between ambulation and outcomes after lumbar spine surgery. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The 41st episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast introduces you to the winner of the 2021 ACRM Launchpad competition, Braze Mobility’s Pooja Viswanathan. We take a close look at her technology making it easier & safer for wheelchair users who don’t have eyes in the back of their heads to navigate all sorts of spaces. Then we take a broader look at the systematic problems bogging down faster development of useful disability tech, and what can be done about it, with Rosalie...

The 40th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast features Tiago Jesus and Christina Papadimitriou on the growth of the person centered rehabilitation model in practice - it’s about putting the person, not the patient, at the center of what we do, and doing it collaboratively. The episode also features Elizabeth Pasipanodya of the Santa Clara Valley medical center on her work teasing out a set of cognitive profiles seen in SCI rehabilitation, and determining how they relate to...

In the 39th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we sit down with Dr. Jeannette Lee who is Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at San Francisco State University to discuss her study of a new technology to manage breast cancer related lymphedema. Learn about the promise and caveats of negative pressure massage for this tough clinical problem. Then we’ll talk with Justin Chee of the University of Toronto about his study of studies on multiple sclerosis gait...

In the 38th episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we’re looking at the opioid epidemic through the lens of the spinal cord injury population with Dr. Maria DeBarge Dipiro of the Medical University of South Carolina. Then we'll talk with Dr. Mark Hirsch of Carolinas Rehabilitation about some of the surprising issues surrounding voting rights and access after traumatic brain injury. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry,...

Episode 37 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features a formulation of integrated knowledge translation principles for use in spinal cord injury research, and an effort to succinctly explain aphasia and its primary struggles for the uninitiated. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

Episode 36 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Irene Battel on her work delving into the challenging problem of Parkinson’s disease related dysphagia. Dr. Battle and colleagues in Ireland and Italy conducted a systematic review of biofeedback interventions for the problem. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The April 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Linda Ehlich-Jones of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab who takes a close look at the realistic side of robotic exoskeleton technology as it exists in 2021 in the clinic and in the world, minus the hype. Then we talk with John Whyte, founding director of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, who presents the work behind developing the Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM) and what this new measurement tool...

The March 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Dick Thijssen and his work towards figuring out how we can accurately estimate cardiovascular risk factors in spinal cord injured persons. It’s challenging to mitigate a risk you can’t even properly estimate. There are a lot of theories out there and now Thijssen and his colleagues at Liverpool John Moores University are putting them to the test. We also visit with Susan Linder who along with her colleagues at the...

The February 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features the ACRM LaunchPad winning rehab engineering project - a virtual occupational therapy tool utilizing object recognition developed by Sam Colachis of Battelle. We talk with same about his winning submission and what else he and the neuro group at Battelle are up to these days. Next up we visit with Dr. Lance Trexler of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana. He and his colleagues have provided a special communication in...

The October 2020 issue of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Mark Sherer of TIRR and Yelena Bodien of Harvard on what you need to know about the new case definition and diagnostic criteria for the post traumatic confusional state. We also spend some time with ACRM President Pamela Roberts on what you can expect in what is now the world’s largest virtual rehabilitation conference, ACRM 2020! The conference will take place wherever in the world you are October 21 through 24....

The June 2020 issue of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features journal editors Helen Hoenig and Gerald Koh discussing their view of COVID-19’s impact on rehabilitation medicine, a look at the non-pulmonary presentations of the virus with Marielisa Lopes of UT Southwestern, and Joe Giacino on the disorders of consciousness community’s recommendations about key requirements for a quality DoC program. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry,...

The February 2020 edition the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Abhishek Jaywant of Weill Cornell Medicine as we explore the importance of cognitive assessment to stroke rehabilitation. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The November/December 2019 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Ben Harder, the Chief of Health Analysis at U.S. News & World Report, Dr. Alarcos Cieza of the World Health Organization, and Dr. Karen Keptner of Case Western Reserve University. #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The Sept/Oct 2019 edition of the RehabCast from the Archives of PM&R includes Creighton University’s Robert Sandstrom, who in the September issue details the dramatic impacts the passage of the Affordable Care Act has had on the use of outpatient physical therapy, and from the October issue, Dafne Nascimento and her colleagues from Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo scrutinize rampant spin and selective reporting in scientific abstracts for low back pain trials. #RehabCast is the PM&R...