Opening Session and Keynotes

Program ID Number: CRS000715
CEU Course ID: P297.15
Webinar Length of Time: 1.5 hour

Mark R. Schmeler, PhD, OTR/L, ATP
Rory A. Cooper, PhD

Keynotes:

SS1.1: The Next Chapter in Wheelchairs & Seating - Globalization (Intermediate)
Rory A. Cooper, PhD
SS1.2: Brain Computer Interfaces & Other Breakthroughs That Will Influence the Future of Assistive Technology (Intermediate)
Michael Boninger, MD
SS1.3: Looking Back to See the Future (Intermediate)
Simon Margolis, ATP/SMS

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SS1.1 The Next Chapter in Wheelchairs & Seating - Globalization

There are approximately 70 million people in the world who are in need of a wheelchair for mobility. Currently there are about 20 million people in the world with access to a wheelchair, although a substantial percentage must share a wheelchair or use a fleet wheelchair. There are approximately 6 million wheelchairs produced each year, about ½ of the wheelchairs produced each year are distributed in the United States and Europe. The average wheelchair lasts about 3-years before needing to be replaced. These facts tell us that change is needed.

Learning Objectives:

List three strategies to improve access to wheelchairs worldwide.
List three barriers to wheelchair access worldwide.
List three purposes of the newly formed International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP).

Faculty:

Rory A. Cooper, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
rcooper@pitt.edu

Rory A. Cooper, Ph.D. is FISA & PVA Chair and Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science & Technology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. Dr. Cooper has helped author 300 peer-reviewed journal publications, and 15 patents. Dr. Cooper is a former President of RESNA, He currently serves as on Honorary Board of Advisors SVA, NSF Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources, Board of Directors of Easter Seals, Command Council, Staff Sergeant Donnie D. Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Community Services, and Board of PVA Research Foundation.

References:

Guidelines on the provision of Manual Wheelchairs in less resourced settings. World Health Organization, 2008 (ISBN 978 92 4 154748 2).
World Report on Disability. World Health Organization, 2011 (ISBN 978 92 4 068521 5).
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York, United Nations (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/convtexte.htm , Accessed 10 October 2014).

SS1.2 Brain Computer Interfaces & Other Breakthroughs That Will Influence the Future of Assistive Technology

Great advances are occurring in rehabilitation that will likely shape the future of assistive technology. This discussion will include topics like neural interfaces, which enable thought to control sophisticated movement. Regenerative rehabilitation - the interaction of rehabilitation therapeutics and regenerative medicine and Rehabilomics - the interaction of genomics and rehabilitation will also be highlighted. The interaction of these technologies and wheelchairs and seating will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

List three innovations in process that are likely to influence the future of Assistive Technology
List two components of a neural interface.
List three sources of additional information on this topic

Faculty:

Michael Boninger, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
boninger@upmc.edu

Michael Boninger is Professor and Endowed Chair in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and Director, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. Boninger is a physician researcher for the Department of Veterans Affairs and has an extensive publication record of well over 200 papers that include a focus on spinal cord injury and assistive technology. Dr. Boninger has won numerous awards, including being elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2013.

References:

Collinger JL, Boninger ML, Bruns TM, Curley K, Wang W, Weber DJ. Functional priorities, assistive technology, and brain-computer interfaces after spinal cord injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 2013;50(2):145 60.
Kaufmann et al.Toward brain-computer interfacebased wheelchair control utilizing tactually-evoked event-related potentials. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 2014;11:1-7.

SS1.3 Looking Back to See the Future

This presentation will explore where we have been as an industry and profession and what lessons we may have or should have learned to drive us forward. The speaker will explore technological developments and how they may have had a negative impact of the care we provide to our clients/patients. The issues of advocacy vs. special interest will also be explored. Warning this presentation is bound to offend someone!

Learning Objectives:

List three events over the past two decades that has impacted the provision of wheeled mobility and seating
List two strategies to continue to advance the field of wheeled mobility and seating
List two threats that could impact further advancement of the field of wheeled mobility and seating

Faculty:

Simon Margolis, ATP/SMS
Maple Grove, MN
United States
brooklynsam@outlook.com

Simon is a RESNA certified ATP and SMS. His professional career, spanning over 35 years, includes work in the public and private sector of the O&P and seating and wheeled mobility. Simon is a past-president of RESNA. He is a founding member and Past President of NRRTS and is an Executive Committee member of NCART. He served as Executive Director of NRRTS and as a surveyor for the Joint Commission.

Updated | 06.25.2015