We are joined for this Season 2 opening episode by Bean Gill - advocate, entrepreneur, and wheelchair user. Join us for a great conversation around accessibility, technology, and Bean's own journey.

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www.callmebean.com @branzoid on Instagram and TikTok

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We're back - with our fearless leader, Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell! Join us for an episode full of history, science, and...pee?! Dr. Ferguson-Pell is a co-Principal Investigator of the Rehab Robotics Lab and sat down with our host, Emily Armstrong, to talk career inspiration, how biomechanics has changed over time, and how his work has progressed with technology advances.

You never know what you'll learn next!

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And as always, if you're interested in learning more, check out some of these papers:

Shiferaw, W.S., Akalu, T.Y., Mulugeta, H. et al. The global burden of pressure ulcers among patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 21, 334 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03369-0

MacDuff, H., Armstrong, E., & Ferguson-Pell, M. (2022). Technologies measuring manual wheelchair propulsion metrics: a scoping review. Assistive Technology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2022.2075488

L. Qi, S. Guan, L. Zhang, H. -L. Liu, C. -K. Sun and M. Ferguson-Pell, "The Effect of Fatigue on Wheelchair Users’ Upper Limb Muscle Coordination Patterns in Time-Frequency and Principal Component Analysis," in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 29, pp. 2096-2102, 2021, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2021.3119359.

Sacco, I. C. N., Trombini-Souza, F., & Suda, E. Y. (2023). Impact of biomechanics on therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation for major chronic musculoskeletal conditions: A 50-year perspective. Journal of biomechanics, 154, 111604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111604

Welcome back to Rehab Gab! Today we are joined by Dr. Danielle Peers, a Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, former Team Canada Paralympic wheelchair basketball athlete, and the Academic Lead on Equity Praxis and Systemic Ableism at the University of Alberta. They join us to extend our conversation on Breaking Barriers - systemic ableism in academia, healthcare, and technology. Sarcasm may be the language of choice here, but don't let it detract from the importance of this conversation. If you have anything to add to this topic, leave us a comment, send us an email, or tag us in a response post!

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As always, you can read more on our discussion topic with the following sources:

Feldner, H. A., Evans, H. D., Chamblin, K., Ellis, L. M., Harniss, M. K., Lee, D., & Woiak, J. (2022). Infusing disability equity within rehabilitation education and practice: A qualitative study of lived experiences of ableism, allyship, and healthcare partnership. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 3, 947592. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.947592

Pullen, E., Jackson, D., Silk, M., Howe, P. D., & Silva, C. F. (2021). Extraordinary Normalcy, Ableist Rehabilitation, and Sporting Ablenationalism: The Cultural (Re)Production of Paralympic Disability Narratives. Sociology of Sport Journal, 38(3), 209-217. Retrieved Mar 4, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2020-0093

A. Shew, "Ableism, Technoableism, and Future AI," in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 40-85, March 2020, doi: 10.1109/MTS.2020.2967492.

Korpela, R. A., Siirtola, T. O., & Koivikko, M. J. (1992). The cost of assistive devices for children with mobility limitation. Pediatrics, 90(4), 597–602.

Leslie Berntsen, Ableism and assistive technology. Science 3:81, 1057-1057(2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj4475

https://crippledscholar.com/2015/07/04/when-celebrating-accessible-technology-is-just-reinforcing-ableism/

And please make sure to check out more of Dr. Peers' work: http://www.daniellepeers.com/

Emily's got some big news, and we finally hear more about Nathan's new job! Tune in to hear what it's like making the big move from academia to industry - Part 1. Nathan's got the inside scoop and a few tips to guide anyone else along.

As always, please email us at rehabrobotics@ualberta.ca if you have any questions or feedback on this episode! Suggest a topic, follow us on social media, and keep in touch!

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Welcome back to Rehab Gab! This latest episode is all about Telehealth - we shed some light on the history of virtual care, talk about some of the work the Rehab Robotics Lab, and reveal Nathan's big surprise news! If you're interested in learning more about our Tele-Rehab 2.0 project, please visit www.telerehabilitationcollaboration.com!

Questions? Comments? Email us at rehabrobotics@ualberta.ca, or follow us @uofarehabroboticslab @uofarehabrobot

References:

Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine. The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2012 Nov 20. The Evolution of Telehealth: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207141/

Hale, M. & Kvedar, J. Privacy and Security Concerns in Telehealth. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(12):981-985. Available from: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/privacy-and-security-concerns-telehealth/2014-12

OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19). " The future of telemedicine after COVID-19" January 20, 2023. Available from: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-future-of-telemedicine-after-covid-19-d46e9a02/

Fitzpatrick, K.M., Ody, M., Goveas, D. et al. Understanding virtual primary healthcare with Indigenous populations: a rapid evidence review. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 303 (2023). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09299-6

"Health equity in telehealth" from Telehealth.HHS.com, an official website of the United States government. Available from: https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/health-equity-in-telehealth

In this week's episode, we discuss the world of nursing informatics, with special guest Gurpriya Bhangoo (BSc). Join us as we chat with Gurpriya, a nursing student, about the advancements in healthcare technology designed for nurses and the potential impact on patient care. Learn about nursing informatics, stay updated on the latest trends, and explore projects in Alberta.

No papers to share this time! Catch us in a few weeks for our next episode on Tele-Health!

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Synthetic data is on the rise! What are some of the considerations involved with using synthetic data in health research? Join us to explore!

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Reference papers: Chen, R.J., Lu, M.Y., Chen, T.Y. et al. Synthetic data in machine learning for medicine and healthcare. Nat Biomed Eng 5, 493–497 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-021-00751-8

Gonzales A, Guruswamy G, Smith SR (2023) Synthetic data in health care: A narrative review. PLOS Digit Health 2(1): e0000082. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000082

Rankin D, Black M, Bond R, Wallace J, Mulvenna M, Epelde G Reliability of Supervised Machine Learning Using Synthetic Data in Health Care: Model to Preserve Privacy for Data Sharing JMIR Med Inform 2020;8(7):e18910 doi: 10.2196/18910 PMID: 32501278 PMCID:  7400044

Marquez Chavez, J.; Tang, W. A Vision-Based System for Stage Classification of Parkinsonian Gait Using Machine Learning and Synthetic Data. Sensors 2022, 22, 4463. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22124463

Warmenhoven J, Harrison AJ, Quintana DS, Hooker G, Gunning E, Bargary N. Unlocking sports medicine research data while maintaining participant privacy via synthetic datasets. (2020) SportRχiv. https://doi.org/XX.XXXX/osf.io/XXXXX