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Tuesday, February
20th
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Assistive Technology
for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
B. Jenny Kiratli, PhD & Jeffrey P. Jaramillo, DPT
Director of Clinical Research, SCI Center at VA Palo Alto
Health Care System
Physical Therapist, SCI Center
at VA Palo Alto Health Care System |
Abstract: This session will
provide an overview of the adaptive technology available for Veterans with
Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders (SCI/D) at the VA Palo Alto Health Care
System. This will include examples from both clinical care and clinical
research.
Biosketch: B. Jenny Kiratli,
PhD is the Director of Clinical Research in the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Center, VA Palo Alto Health System. She has over 30 years’ experience
conducting research with individuals with SCI. Her funded research has included
projects on bone and body composition; exercise, physical activity, and
cardiovascular risk; upper extremity function; and nutrition. Currently, she is
PI on a project to establish evidence for a knee reference bone mineral density
measurement to predict bone health after SCI, Co-PI on project to evaluate
utility and outcomes of a novel mobile manual standing wheelchair, and PI on
two new projects to explore access to VA services and mental health issues of
persons who identify as sexual and gender minorities and live with SCI/D. She
served on the Stanford Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of
human subjects in research for 8 years (1999-2007) and has served since then on
the VA Central IRB with oversight of multi-center projects across the VA
system.
Biosketch: Jeffrey P
Jaramillo, DPT is currently a Research Health Science Specialist in the
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS).
Jeff has 30 years of experience as a Physical Therapist. He is the laboratory
manager of SCI Exercise Physiology Laboratory under the supervision of Dr.
Beatrice Jenny Kiratli, PhD. He has been involved in a research capacity for
over 15 years at the VA Palo Alto spanning projects including studies of; Upper
extremity functional changes in patients with stroke performing hybrid resisted
strength training protocols and robotic gait training for persons with
paraplegia and stroke, Use of interactive video gaming for upper extremity
motor performance, Upper extremity tendon transfers, Upper limb EMG
decomposition, Exoskeleton training, Use of novel wheelchair technology, and
Qualitative studies for persons with SCI.
- Contact
information:
- jenny.kiratli -at-
va.gov
- jeffrey.jaramillo -at-
va.gov
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture slides - 1.51 Mb pdf file
- Slides - 2.67 Mb pdf file
- Links:
- Quadtools
- Quadtools reacher demo (video
9:19)
- Links:
- Palo
Alto VA Medical Center
- Spinal Cord Injuries
and Disorders System of Care
- Adaptive
Sports Medicine Program blog
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