In the 52nd episode of the RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets four different highlighted speakers who will be presenting at the 2024 ACRM conference with PhD Elizabeth Stegemöller, an associate professor from Iowa State University, who discusses her groundbreaking research on how singing can improve motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease. Dr Niehaus then welcomes Alarcos Cieza, who leads rehabilitation initiatives at the World Health Organization, talks about the global push to make rehabilitation a public health priority, followed by Dr. Jeff Burns, co-director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who explores how lifestyle interventions such as exercise, diet, and sleep can prevent or slow down Alzheimer’s disease. And then in closing he welcomes Brooke Murtaugh and Dr. A. Shapiro-Rosenbaum who discuss providing patient-centered education to loved ones of people dealing with disorders of consciousness brain injury.

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