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Lecture by Prof. Carolyn Baum

by Suhaila Usuludin ~ August 11th, 2008. Filed under: Areas of Practice, Latest News, Neurorehabilitation, School, Seminars.

I attended a lecture by Prof Carolyn Baum just now on Participation & Performance in Person’s with Stroke. In her research with the Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Group, they focus more on linking neuroscience to everyday life. That’s their motto.

I found out several new, amazing stuffs they had discovered in their research with stroke patients in the US.

  • There’s clinical pattern of stroke of usually not of single lesions. Only 350 out of n=5000 have single lesions.
  • Usually rehab is more targeted to those of moderate stroke. But half of the sample researched has mild stroke. They have good social skills and do not portray their impairments vividly until they are tested with the executive functioning tests.
  • NIHSS - a stroke scale used
  • They measure participation using ACS to know their previous occupation profiles
  • Need to focus beyond tasks in FIM. More on activity participation in the community.
  • EFPT is a performance test using cueing system to see what it takes for them to succeed in the task
  • Sequencing is affected across all types of stroke.
  • People with performance problem are more likely to have clinical depression and decrease in community integration.

What I learn is that the OT in the community setting plays a very important role in stroke rehabilitation. So should I go to a community setting instead?

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2 Responses to Lecture by Prof. Carolyn Baum

  1. Hazman Aziz
    August 11th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Having a first hand experience will equip you with more knowledge to handle.

  2. Suhaila Usuludin
    August 11th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    I totally agree with you. What’s theory without practice right? I’m interested in stroke rehabilitation. Hence, it is one of the areas I want to venture into in future.

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