Neuroplasticity and Stroke Rehab: A Roadmap to Functional Recovery

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Benjamin J. White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG Related seminars and products

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Benjamin White, PT, DPT, MBA, C/NDT, LSVT BIG, is an expert in neurological rehabilitation and clinical leadership. He has experience in leadership within multiple clinical settings including home health, skilled nursing, outpatient, acute, and inpatient rehab. He is known for generating both employee and patient satisfaction as they move toward their desired goals. His expertise lies specifically in the following diagnoses: stroke, Parkinson’s, concussion, and vestibular rehabilitation.

Dr. White has a history of physical therapy in the state of Texas for over a decade. He has owned his own practice and worked within multiple healthcare settings. He now serves as the market director representing inpatient rehab in the state of Tennessee for HCA Healthcare.

Dr. White is an award-winning clinical instructor, a renowned national speaker, and has published numerous articles on the topics of neuroplasticity and stroke. He has a history of serving the Parkinsonian population in their homes and in the community assisting them to return to their own desired optimal function from an emotional and functional realm.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Benjamin White receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Benjamin White has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Recall basic concepts of motor control as they apply to persons with stroke
2. Apply basic principles of motor learning to persons with stroke
3. List the causes and evidence-based treatments for some common impairments in stroke
4. Recognize some of the commonly used outcome measures in stroke rehabilitation
5. Determine the basic features of gait after stroke, as well as bracing options and a defined treatment protocol for gait recovery after stroke
6. List evidence-based approaches for treatment of all extremities after stroke, including determining prognosis for recovery
7. Analyze differences between various forms of weakness involving force production, timing, and sustainability

Outline

MOTOR LEARNING AND NEUROPLASTICITY

• Defined
• Various motor learning phases in the rehab process

COMMON STROKE RELATED IMPAIRMENTS WITH SPECIFIC TREATMENT METHODS

• Ataxia
• Hemiparesis
• Neglect
• Pusher Syndrome
• Subluxation
• Decreased Sensation

OUTCOME MEASURES

• Progress measures with the use of G-coding
  • Acute stroke
  • Chronic stroke
  • Continuum of care

STRENGTH RECOVERY AFTER STROKE

• Forms of strength
  • Force production
  • Timing
  • Sustainability
  • Eccentric vs Concentric
• Kinetic chains
  • Open
  • Closed
  • Modified closed
  • When to use each

TACKLING OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY PARESES (CASE STUDY ICON)

• Upper extremity
• Lower extremity
• Four limbs simultaneously
  • How
  • Why
  • Constraint-induced movement therapy
  • Bimanual vs unimanual training

CLINICAL REASONING

• Power of salience
• Thinking beyond sets of ten
• Constraint-induced movement therapy

FITT PRINCIPLE

CLINCIAL REASONING (CASE STUDY ICON)

SUMMARIZATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Exercise Physiologists