Professor Janice Eng, OC, is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Colombia Department of Physical Therapy. Janice is currently the co-director of the Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health. Her work includes the GRASP upper limb program, the FAME fitness and mobility program, robotic exoskeleton research and her most recent Walk n’ Watch multi-site trial. Having published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, we discuss how her work is focussed on how to effectively and safely deliver high doses of therapy in complex healthcare environments, and make sure it is implemented widely in clinical practice.
20 sec Career Pathway
2min 45 sec Filling the evidence gap in neuro
5min 33sec Managing control groups in clinical trials
8min 54sec Capturing meaningful improvements with outcome measures
13min 28sec Importance of sufficiently funded trials
15min 40sec Success of Janice’s trials changing practice across the world
20min 29sec Resistance from clinicians about repetitive, task-specific & independent practice
24min 28 sec GRASP program
26 55sec FAME program
29.17 sec Walk n’Watch
32.52 Who benefits from feedback on performance, clinicians or patients?
36.00 Avoiding boredom doing reps
39.14 Gender issues in rehab trials
Links & Resources
REACH scale for Everyday Arm-use in the Community and Home extremity
REACH | Neurorehabilitation Research Program
Rating of Everyday Arm-Use in the Community and Home (REACH) Scale for Capturing Affected Arm-Use after Stroke: Development, Reliability, and Validity - PMC
Full article: A biomechanical analysis of the effectiveness of the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP) for chronic stroke rehabilitation - Movement quality (speed, smoothness) improved in GRASP
GRASP – GRASP | Neurorehabilitation Research Program
FAME - FAME – Fitness and Mobility Exercise Program – A Group Exercise Program for People after Stroke
Walk ‘n Watch Walk ‘n Watch | Neurorehabilitation Research Program
Safety and effectiveness of the Walk ‘n Watch structured, progressive exercise protocol delivered by physical therapists for inpatient stroke rehabilitation in Canada: a phase 3, multisite, pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial - ScienceDirect
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