Showcases new technologies as well as evidence for animated exergame technology, telerehabilitation
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — MindMaze, a global leader in evidence-based neurorehabilitation, neurorestoration and brain health, today announced that it will co-host a symposium on applying novel technologies to practice at the American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) meeting on April 6, 2021 from 12:00-2:00 pm ET.
MindMaze’s Head of Digital Therapeutics, Naveed Ejaz, PhD, will host the symposium titled, “Virtual Rehabilitation, Exergames and Telerehabilitation: Untangling Terminology, Evidence, Efficacy and Application to Practice.” He will be joined by multidisciplinary experts including:
- Nick Ward, MD, Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- David Putrino, PhD, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation, Mt. Sinai Health System and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mt. Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
- Preeti Raghaven, MBBS, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Vice Chair for Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Judith Deutch, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation & Movement Sciences at Rutgers University and an expert on implementing virtual environments and serious games in neurological physical therapy
- Nick Housley, PT, Director of Clinical Research at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Trisha Kesar, Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
- Mindy Levin, PhD, Professor, McGill University’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences and President of the International Society for Motor Control
- Sangheetha Madhavan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, and Director of the Brain Plasticity Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
The symposium will include discussion of:
- The state of telerehabilitation and exergaming in neurorehabilitation
- The advances and effectiveness of treatment delivery platforms including virtual reality (VR) and exergame technologies
- Real world insights on exergames’ impact on stroke recovery and how to integrate telerehabilitation into clinical practice
- Insight into the rationale, design, development, testing and results of novel exergames, serious games and tele-rehabilitation systems
Virtual event details and registration
The symposium will be webcast beginning at 12:00 pm ET Tuesday April 6, 2021 and may be accessed by registering here.