CITER Research Workshop: Digitial Technology Rehabilitation

Digital technology applications in rehabilitation have become increasingly popular for addressing clinical problems. This is a fantastic opportunity for the specialists in the field to meet and discuss the benefits and drawbacks that digital technology may bring to the rehabilitation field, and to suggest research topics that should be tackled in the near future.

This workshop brings together communities from researchers, technologists, and clinicians to encourage presentation and discussion of ongoing work in this field.

The aim of this workshop is to foster knowledge and experience exchange on how various technologies can uptake rehabilitation and patients’ quality of life.

The main objectives of this workshop are:

1. To share knowledge on overcoming challenges and barriers to development of digital technology applications related to rehabilitation.

2. To gain insights into the latest digital technology developments, opinions and its current place in rehabilitation.

3. To provide opportunity for networking with colleagues and presenters and contribute to wider thinking on the future role of digital technology in rehabilitation.

4. To learn from current users of the digital technology to inform the development of plans for establishing a cross-disciplinary research related to rehabilitation.

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS:

Emer Doheny, Universty College Dublin

Professor Lynne Baillie, Heriot-Wat University, Edinburgh

PROGRAMME

09:00 - 09:30 Registration / poster set up / tea and coffee

09:30 – 09:35 Welcome Address: Dr Mohammad Al-Amri, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University

09:35 – 10:20 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: “Designing and testing novel rehabilitation technologies in the home” Professor Lynne Baillie, Heriot-Wat University, Edinburgh

10:20 – 10:30 “Digitally Connected Care with Hoconet – The Future Has Arrived” Sara Bramell, Summit Medical and Scientific

10:30 – 11:00 “ Rehabilitating dizziness with visual flow in computer games” Professor Petroc Sumner, School of Physcology, Cardiff University

11.00 – 11:30 Tea / coffee / morning refreshments / poster viewing

11:30 – 12:00 “Technologies for personalised management of low back pain” Dr Liba Sheeran, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University

12:00 – 12:30 “Biomechanically informed feedback approach to Physiotherpay using wearable sensor technology", Kevin Nicholls, NHS

12:30 - 13:00 TBC, Dr Kate Button, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University

13.00 – 14:00 Lunch and poster viewing

14:00 – 14:45 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: “Wearable sensors for human movement analysis: applications in wellness and health” Emer Doheny, University College Dublin

14:45 – 15:15 Research & Innovation in a Healthier Wales Dr Rob Orford, Welsh Government University

15.15 – 15:45 Tea and coffee / poster viewing

15:45 – 16:15 ”Discriminating between knee rehabilitation exercises using body worn accelerometers and machine learning techniques” Dr Philippa Jones, School of Engineering, Cardiff University

16.15 – 16:45 Poster prize and concluding remarks from Dr Mohammad Al-Amri

Delegates are encouraged to bring a poster to showcase their research, please confirm on your registration form. There will be a best poster prize awarded as part of the workshop.

Our sponsors

The workshop is sponsored by:

• Summit Medical and Scientific
• Xsens Technologies B.V.
• Vicon Motion Systems