New and Noteworthy
Research Opportunity
DPT students at Trine University Doctor of Physical Therapy program are conducting a faculty-led research study exploring the attitudes and beliefs of PTs on the role of adaptive sport in the rehabilitation of patients with SCI/D. The study involves a 5-10 survey asking questions about adaptive sports in the rehabilitative process.
If you need additional information, please contact the primary researcher, Jodi Sandvik DSc, PT, DPT, SCS at sandvikj@trine.edu.
If you agree to participate, please click the link to indicate your understanding and to begin the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TV3W889.
SCI SIG Podcasts
Clinical Hints and Topics in SCI (CHATS)
Welcome to our newest podcast offering, CHATS! CHATS will feature everything from patient stories and perspectives, clinical insights and tips, SCI resources, topics relating to quality of care, Q&A, and more!
In Episode 1, we talk with ANPT SCI SIG leadership to hear a little bit about their background, why they love treating clients with SCI, and why they chose to join the SCI SIG leadership team!
Discussions in SCI Science (DiSCIS)
In our latest DiSCIS episode, Episode 14, hosts Kristen Cezat, PT, DPT, NCS and Uzair Hammad, PT, DPT interview Dr. Edelle Field-Fote about her group’s paper “Characterizing the Experience of Spasticity after Spinal Cord Injury: A National Survey Project of the SCI Model Systems Centers” published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2022.
This and past podcasts can be found here!
SCI Poster Presentations on ANPT YouTube Channel
Head to the ANPT YouTube Channel to listen to 3 SCI poster presentations!
Our newest presentation features Laura Patrick, PT, DPT presenting her poster from the 2022 ANPT Annual Conference “Comparing Pre and Post Physical Therapy Core Outcomes After Implementation of High Intensity Gait Training for Chronic CVA, iSCI, TBI”.
Find all of our YouTube recordings here!
SCI SIG Calendar
Check out the SIG's calendar of SCI-related events and activities here! If you have any suggestions for additions to the calendar, or any comments or questions on events, please contact us at anptscisig@gmail.com.
APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) 2023
CSM will be held in-person February 23-25, 2023 in San Diego, California. Housing and registration are OPEN! Click here for more information. We hope to see you there!
SCI Fact Sheets
The SCI SIG has developed several 1-2 page fact sheets on a variety of SCI related topics for SCI clinicians and/or their patients. Check them out here!
If you are interested in helping with Fact Sheet development, or have a topic of interest you would like to see covered in a future Fact Sheet, please contact us at anptscisig@gmail.com!