Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)
Thursday, November 13, 2014 to Friday, November 14, 2014
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Accepted Abstracts

Medicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)

Rehab on Wheels: Tablet-Based Wheelchair Training for Older Adults
Ed Giesbrecht*, William Miller*, Janice Eng

Background. Alternative and innovative strategies, such as mHealth and e-learning, are becoming a necessity for delivery of rehabilitation services. For example, older adults who require a wheelchair receive little, if any, training for proficiency with mobility skills. This substantive service gap is due to restricted availability and time for clinicians to provide 1:1 therapy; limited content expertise; and challenges for consumers to attend appointments, particularly in rural or remote loc...

Medicine 2.0'14 Europe (Malaga, Spain)

WiinWalk: A Telehealth Intervention to Improve Walking in Older Adults with Lower Limb Amputation
Bita Imam*, William C Miller, Ian M Mitchell, Heather Finlayson, Janice J Eng, Tal Jarus

Background: The number of older adults with lower limb amputation (LLA) who require rehabilitation for improving their walking and mobility is growing. Existing rehabilitation practices are experiencing difficulty meeting this demand. Furthermore, transition towards outpatient rehabilitation, coupled with community inaccessibility and transportation barriers, impose challenges for clients, particularly those in rural/remote areas, to attend face-to-face clinic appointments. In-home telehealth...

Full Paper Publications

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies

Rehab on Wheels: A Pilot Study of Tablet-Based Wheelchair Training for Older Adults
Edward Mark Giesbrecht, William C. Miller, Boyang Tom Jin, Ian M. Mitchell, Janice J. Eng
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2015;2(1):e3

JMIR Research Protocols

A Telehealth Intervention Using Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Boards and iPads to Improve Walking in Older Adults With Lower Limb Amputation (Wii.n.Walk): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Bita Imam, William C Miller, Heather C Finlayson, Janice J Eng, Michael WC Payne, Tal Jarus, Charles H Goldsmith, Ian M Mitchell
JMIR Res Protoc 2014;3(4):e80

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