Schedule

Thursday, September 16, 2010

8-8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:40
Overview and Welcome

Marianne Shaughnessy, PhD, CRNP
Associate Director, Baltimore VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
PART I. Scientific Updates in Exercise, Robotics, and Neuro-rehabilitation
8:40-9:30
Overview of Robotics and State of the Science
Hermano Igo Krebs, PhD
Principal Research Scientist and Lecturer
Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:30-10
Brain Stimulation to Modulate Motor Processes
Pablo A. Celnik, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
10-10:30
Upper Extremity Robotics
MIT Cooperative Trial
George F. Wittenberg, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Robotics and Technology Development
Maryland Exercise and Robotics Center of Excellence
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-11:15
Lower Extremity Robotics

Larry W. Forrester, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
University of Maryland School of Medicine
11:15-11:45
Muscle and Metabolism Abnormalities Post Stroke

Alice Ryan, PhD
Professor, Division of Gerontology
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Charlene Hafer-Macko, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
11:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
PART II. Protocols for Community Translation
12:30-1:00
Overview: Functional Targets for Rehabilitation

Richard F. Macko, MD
Professor, Neurology and Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Maryland Exercise and Robotics Center of Excellence
1:00-1:40
Exercise Protocols to Enhance Balance and Ambulatory Function

Kathleen M. Michael, PhD, RN, CRRN
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Jeffrey Beans, BS
Exercise Physiologist/Study Coordinator
Baltimore GRECC
1:40-2:20
Exercise Protocols to Modify Cardiovascular Risk

Marianne Shaughnessy, PhD, CRNP
Associate Director, Baltimore VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Peter Normandt, MS, BSPT, BSN, RN, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner, Baltimore GRECC
2:20-2:30
Break
2:30-3
Exercise Models to Improve Arm Function

Susan Conroy, DScPT, PT
Research Coordinator
Upper Extremity Robotic Research
VA Maryland Health Care System
3-3:30
Upper Extremity Exercise – Impact on Balance

Sandra A. McCombe-Waller, PhD, PT, NCS
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
University of Maryland School of Medicine
3:30-4
Panel Discussion
Q&A
Evaluation and Adjourn