RehabCast: The Rehabilitation Medicine Update

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 journal on the do’s and don’t of opioid use following traumatic brain injuries. #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 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. #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 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, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

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 podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The July and August 2019 episode of RehabCast: The Rehabilitation Medicine Update from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features the latest brain computer interface research from the Ohio State university and efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions in acute rehab from Johns Hopkins. Tune in! #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

May & July episode featuring interviews with Kath Bogie and Jonathan Bean. Dr. Bogie discusses her imaging-based approach to figuring out who’s most at risk of pressure sounds. The population is aging, and it’s time for geriatricians and the rehab medicine field to team up to tackle the demand, says Dr. Bean. Tune in! #RehabCast is the PM&R podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

he April 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation focuses tDCS for motor impairments in pediatric rehabilitation with Dr. Ghazala Saleem of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. #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 March 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation focuses on a trial of movement to music versus adapted yoga for Multiple Sclerosis with James Rimmer of UAB and the Lakeshore Foundation. #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 February 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation features Dr. Samantha Backhaus’s work developing a novel intervention for couples where one partner has a brain injury. The work led to a randomized trial, the first of its kind for a form of couples therapy targeting acquired brain injury, and is published in the February Archives. #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 January 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation highlights the first comprehensive 10 year review of rehabilitation related mobile health applications, which helps chart where mRehab should go next. We talk with Brad Dicianno of the University of Pittsburgh, who is Medical Director and COO of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. #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 December 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation highlights two important orthopedic rehabilitation investigations. From Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, Åsa Dedering discusses her recent work on comparing neck specific training versus prescribed physical activity for cervical radiculopathy. From the University of Toronto, Carlo Ammendolia explains his comprehensive approach for lumbar spinal stenosis, which improves walking ability. #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 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation takes a look at the new open-access journal Archives of Rehabilitation Research & Clinical Translation with inaugural editor-in-chief Jeffrey Basford of the Mayo Clinic, as well as an exploration into the physiology behind trigger point release with Albert Moraska of the University of Colorado Denver. #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 September 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation takes a look at the Nociception Coma Scale-Revised, one of the tools available to help clinicians assess potential pain responsiveness in their DoC patients, as well as the news headlines coming out of the University of Louisville on epidural stimulation for spinal cord injury. #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 August 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation delves into the newly released guidelines on the care of persons in Disorders of Consciousness, as well as news briefs on trauma season, an “escape” from Mayo Clinic, TBI & suicide, and ITB for post stroke spasticity. 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 July 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features David Howell of the University of Colorado School of Medicine on his recent work in developing more sensitive and clinically meaningful concussion assessments. #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 June 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features news updates including bionic limbs based on agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces, Apple's HealthKit, and a close look at the behind the scenes in developing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services's inpatient rehabilitation facility readmission quality measure, with Melvin Ingber and Laurie Coots-Daras of RTI International. The June 2018 Archives is focused on quality and safety in rehabilitation medicine. #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 May 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation features Dr. Thomas Burns of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta discussing his group’s latest study on the intersection of youth sports concussion and sleep symptoms, along with news briefs including an NEJM essay on the “best medical care in the world,” the American Heart Association’s stroke guidelines controversy, and Kansas’s vision for Medicaid. #RehabCast is the official podcast of the Archives of PM&R, bringing together all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The April 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features Nicola Maffiuletti from Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, on translating the sea of studies on neuromuscular electrical stimulation – NMES - into practical advice for clinical practice. RehabCast is the physiatry podcast for all of rehabilitation medicine, including occupational therapy, speech language pathology, physical therapy, neuropsychology, psychology, rehabilitation nursing and more, brought to you by a leading journal in the field.

The March 2018 #RehabCast features Frazier Rehab Institute’s Alexander Ovechkin talking about respiratory training in chronic SCI, and a slate of news briefs including the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator, rising access to endovascular thrombectomy for stroke, and the growing battle over standing desks. #RehabCast is the official podcast of the Archives of PM&R, bringing together all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The February 2018 RehabCast features Dr. Felicia Skelton talking about her work on antibiotic stewardship in SCI, and news briefs including MoCA’s new fame as President Trump scores a #winning 30/30, the Dutch are falling better, today’s longer adolescence, and we welcome the JISPRM into the fold of rehabilitation journals. #RehabCast is the official podcast of the Archives of PM&R, bringing together all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

Wheelchair skills get a web-based boost: we talk with the University of Pittsburgh’s Lynn Worobey, the bright and dark sides of a Huntington’s Disease advance including an interview with Ed Wild, China’s growing medical contributions probably warrant their own podcast - we highlight the news on Gingko post-stroke, and a novel nerve transfer technique. #RehabCast is the official podcast of the Archives of PM&R, bringing together all of rehabilitation medicine: physiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation nursing and more.

The December 2017 #RehabCast features Doug Gross from the University of Alberta on motivational interviewing in worker’s compensation rehabilitation, sounds from ACRM 2017 in Atlanta, a CTE news update, and news about the therapeutic potential of Xenon. RehabCast is the official podcast of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

November 2017 episode discussing the Las Vegas shooting, rehabilitation traumatology, Stronger - the rehab-focused Boston Marathon bombing film, and how firearm TBI survivors differ with Dr. Hilary Bertisch of Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health. RehabCast is part of the national conversation in PM&R and Rehabilitation Medicine, brought to you by the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - tune in!

October 2017 episode featuring rehab in a time of natural disaster, the mainstreaming of psychedelic medicine, amantadine for agitation, and investigating attention techniques in robotic stroke rehab with Dr. Grace Kim of NYU. Tune in for the latest in PM&R and Rehabilitation Medicine from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

RIP Dr. Todd Graham, resistance exercise to improve sleep, TBI as a cause of stroke, and Irish Set Dancing as a therapeutic intervention for Parkinson’s disease with Dr. Joanne Shanahan of the University of Limerick. RehabCast is the official podcast of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Archives of PM&R.

The August 2017 edition features the Yoga vs PT rumble, Stanley Paris’s $3 Million donation to Physical Therapy research, a regulatory odyssey hurting SCI care with Matthew Davis of TIRR Memorial Hermann, and practice-changing evidence for lumbar spinal stenosis care with Janna Friedly of the University of Washington. RehabCast is the official podcast of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Archives of PM&R.

The July 2017 episode of RehabCast features Allan Kozlowski from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital talking about the first trial of a powered exoskeleton in MS, William Niehaus from the University of Colorado talking about Denver’s new charity rehabilitation clinic - the Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project, as well as a conversation about biomedical informatics in resident physician education. The rehab news roundup highlights an important trial from Washington University in St. Louis of a brain computer interface controlled hand exoskeleton as a stroke rehabilitation device, a change in the latest Concussion in Sport Group guidelines, and AHCA’s dismal CBO score.

Physicians can finally expect to find a Physiatry category on Medscape and inclusion in the site’s professional reports thanks to the efforts of PM&R docs on social media. Investigative journalist Cathryn Ramin has written a back pain page turner. Learn why this new book intended for the general public is well worth your time as a specialist too. And we look at a powerful way to keep people living with SCI engaged in their own care: My Care My Call with Bethlyn Houlihan and Sarah Everhart-Skeels of the Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center.

Digging into the new Shirley Ryan Ability Lab with its chief scientific officer Dr. Richard Lieber. Proposed NIH budget cuts. Rehab Robotics 2017. E-stim during hemodialysis. Taking a needle to tendon contractures with Isabelle Laffont, Flavia Coroian and Bertand Coulet of France’s University Hospital of Montpellier.

The 100th anniversary of the OT profession. Healthcare reform. The opioid crisis. Wearable biofeedback in Parkinson’s disease with Davide Cattaneo and Ilaria Carpinella. Taking up polestriding to treat Parkinson’s disease with Narayanan Krishnamurthi