Stroke and TBI Recovery with Dr. Robert Teasell MD: Part II

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1. TEASELL: ...second of all, try and develop ways in which we can move things forward. You know? Not necessarily get to the you know, I say research is always about trying to get to the truth, and we’re far from it and our piece, hopefully, will get us a little closer to it, but it clearly isn’t going to be it. But I do think, you know, I think we all agree that we’re kind of at a point where we’re stuck, you know, and stroke rehab, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of movement forward clinically, you know, we’ve gotten really good at standardized care and even that’s starting to be eroded, you know what I mean, in some jurisdictions? And I think it’s time for us to really think about what do we pivot to next? Right? What do we add onto that to make it better, get people excited about stroke rehab again and sort of end that erosion of funding that is occurring in some centers and encourage more funding in other centers?

EPISODE SUMMARY: This episode of NOGGINS & NEURONS: Stroke and TBI Recovery Simplified is Part II of our conversation with Dr. Robert Teasell and Marcus Saikaley of the Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation (EBRSR). In this episode we learn about:

• Brain primers – what they are and the best ways to use them

1. The vast number of randomized controlled trials on brain priming interventions that work: mirror therapy (75), bilateral arm training (66), virtual reality (99), EMG biofeedback (66)

1. Spinal Cord Injury Evidence (SCIRE) – there are two components:

• The spinal cord professional aspect for rehab professionals (similar to the EBRSR)

1. Evidence-Based Review of Acquired Brain Injury (ERABI) – focus on cognition, mental health and community re-integration challenges following brain injury

• Less evidence available compared to stroke

• Interventions that work for stroke recovery are not always translatable to Traumatic Brain Injury – the injuries are not the same stroke lesions tend to be more focal compared with TBI

1. direct evidence and can

1. Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy. Developed by yours truly, Pete Levine, and his colleague Dr. Steven Page

We hope you feel as inspired as we do after listening to this episode on interventions that work and other resources.

As always, we want to hear your top takeaways!

LINKS TO ARTICLES, BOOKS AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation - 

Evidence-Based Review of Moderate-to-Severe Acquired Brain Injury - 

Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence - 

Collaboration of Rehabilitation Research Evidence

Collaboration of Rehabilitation Research Evidence twitter

Dr. Teasell’s Google Scholar Page 

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Pete’s blog, book, Stronger After Stroke, and talks.

• Blog

• Sept. 28, 11:10 AM.Recovery from Brain Injury: The Nexus of Neuroscience and Neurorehab. American College of Rehabilitation Medicine. *Virtual 

• October 28, 8:00 PM (ET) The Neuroplastic Model of Spasticity Reduction *Virtual. 

Deb's OT Resources:

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