The Helmsley PARC “Lightening Round” Research Symposium

Date-2
Wednesday
November 8,
2023
Time-1
13:00-16:00
(1:00-4:00 PM)
GMT+2 (Jerusalem)*

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Schedule:

13:00-13:10

Welcome, Introduction and Overview
Dr. Maurit Beeri

13:10-13:30
Next Frontiers in Pediatric Rehabilitation Research
Prof. Tamar Weiss

13:30-13:50
Session 1:
Evaluating program effectiveness and clinical phenomena: Retrospective studies
Moderator: Dr. Ahmi Ben Yehudah

- Hydrotherapy in patients with external fixation
Dr. Sharon Eylon, Dr. Vlady Goldman
- EEG follow-up during the chronic stage of ABI
Kfir Givony, Dr. Keren Politi
- Lower limb neuro-muscular complexity during gait
Dr. Simon-Henri Schless
- Characteristics of a tube weaning program
Judy Blinder, Tal Paz, Dr. Maurit Beeri
- Characteristics of patients with Somatic Symptom Disorders
Yemimah Kedar, Dr. Neta Yitzhak

13:30-13:50
Session 2:
Novel assessment tool construction and testing 
Moderator: Dr. Neta Yitzhak

- Progression of Pediatric Powered Mobility assessment (3PM)
Dr. Lori Rosenberg, Dr. Naomi Gefen
- Children’s Amputee Mobility Predictor
Nurit Stern, Dr. Sharon Eylon
- LIMB-Q Kids, a new patient reported outcome measure for children with lower limb deformities
Dr. Sharon Eylon
- EEG as a research tool for better understanding acute acquired brain injury 
Eshed Rabinowitz, Dr. Keren Politi
- 3D freehand Ultrasound
Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, Dr. Taly Amihai

13:30-13:50
Session 3:
Mechanisms / Policy Change
Moderator: Dr. Keren Politi

- Powered mobility prediction models
Dr. Naomi Gefen

- Integration of machine learning to optimize clinical decision making in motion analysis
Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, Itai Shorr

- Spastic hip disease: HSP versus CP
Dr. Sharon Eylon
- aEEG: Importance of brain monitoring in a respiratory rehabilitation ward 
Dr. Keren Politi
- Influencing technology uptake via design partnerships
Arie Melamed Yekel

14:30-14:50
Break

14:50-15:10
Session 4:
New approaches in assessment and treatment
Moderator: Dr. Sharon Eylon

- Headovations: Novel head support solutions
Dr. Naomi Gefen
- Avatar based biofeedback to reduce gait deviations
Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, Aryeh Friedman
- Precision medicine: Building a bridge between academic research and rare disease patients
Dr. Lior Dor, Dr. Keren Politi
- Usability studies of novel technologies: Cognishine & Gravity 
Dr. Naomi Gefen
- Wide: a digital behaviour learning system
Divi Fenster, Prof. Tamar Weiss

15:10-15:30
Session 5:
Intersection between research and clinical approaches
Moderator: Dr. Simon-Henri Schless

- Momentary assessments to track behavior and cognition
Dr. Neta Yitzhak
- Using participatory design to improve function of individuals with Duchene muscular dystroph
Dr. Lori Rosenberg, Dr. Naomi Gefen
- A scoping review of hybrid pediatric telerehabilitation 
Dr. Naomi Gefen, Dr. Tal Krasovsky
- Scoliosis in myopathies: Surgery and outcomes   
Dr. Sharon Eylon, Dr. Sasha Satanovsky
- Defining electrophysiological biomarkers of dystonia 
Dr. Keren Politi, Dr. Simon-Henri Schless

15:30-16:00
Discussion
Moderator: Arie Melamed Yekel