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title: ALYN PARC - November 23 Research Symposium
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## `The Helmsley PARC “Lightening Round” Research Symposium`

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###### **Wednesday November 8, 2023**

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###### **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

 

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