We are pleased to announce the following accepted posters:

Stroke and High Altitude: Hypoxia as a Risk Factor
Authors: Esteban Ortiz Prado, MD, MsC, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Jeff F. Dunn, PhD, MsC, BsC, Department of Radiology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT): Ongoing Phase III Trial Testing Efficacy & Cost Effectiveness of Very Early Mobilization After Stroke
Author: Rhonda Hardy-Joel, MScN,ACNP-BC,on behalf of the AVERT Collaboration
Regional Stroke Program, Grey Nuns Hospital, Capital Health Region

Southern Alberta Tele-Rehabilitation Initiative – Direct Outpatient Stroke Care for Rural Clients – The Challenges and Lessons Learned in Launching a New Initiative in a Large Health Region
Authors: Kirsten Van Campenhout, M. Gazankas, Department of Telehealth, Calgary Health Region, Kirsten Van Campenhout, A. Asante, Department of Rehabilitation and Specialized Clinical Services, Calgary Health Region

USE-IT Hand Class– (Using Strategic Exercises to Intensify Therapy)
Author: Catherine Lasuita, BScOT, Carewest

Use of a Stance Phase Brace in Stroke Rehabilitation – A Case Study
Authors: Elizabeth Reimer, BScPT and Lara Fowler, BScPT, Carewest

Implementing an Integrated Stroke Plan in Capital Health
Author: Shy Amlani, BASc, BHSc(OT), MBA, Agnes Joyce, BScOT, MScHP and Colleen Taralson, BSN BSc, Capital Health Region

Chinook Health Region - Progression of Changes in Stroke Care
Authors: Grace Sutherland, RN, BScN, ACCN and Eva Irwin, Chinook Health Region

Location of Acquired Brain Injury and the Severity of Sleep Apnea
Author: Rena Sorensen, Alberta Lung Association
Contributing Authors: Shaun Gray, Ernest York, Arron Service, David Thompson Health Region and Christopher J Scot, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Stroke Protocol Binder (Category: Clinical Improvements/Innovations)
Author: Sarah French, Peace Country Health Region

Primary Stroke Centres – The Rural Experience
Author: Shirley Garnier, RN, Aspen Regional Health

Building Capacity in Secondary Stroke Prevention in Rural Northern Alberta
Authors: Aimee Poole, BA, GDipCH, CCP, MFCS(c), Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network and Janet Ward, RN, BSN, BA, MCEd, Northern Lights Health Region

Upstream Approaches to Stroke Prevention
Author: Stephanie Patterson, Calgary Health Region

Multidisciplinary Community-Based Rehabilitation Five Months to Twenty Four Years Post Stroke
Authors: Gerrit Groeneweg, PhD., R.Psych and Daryl Hebert, MA, R.Psych, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

The Effect of Prior Antiplatelet Therapy on Outcome Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 25 Studies with 9,920 Patients
Authors: Eric E. Smith, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Bradford B. Thompson, for the ICH-Antiplatelet Drug Study Group, University of Calgary

Specific loci of leukoaraiosis are associated with decreased episodic memory and executive function
Authors: Eric E. Smith, MD, MPH, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, David H. Salat, PhD; Jed Jeng, MS; Ronald J.Killiany, PhD, Bradford C. Dickerson, MD, Marilyn S. Albert, PhD, Bruce Fischl, PhD, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD, Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD, and Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD, University of Calgary

“Inside Out” – Using Film to Create Audience Engagement and Build Stroke Awareness
Author: Leora Rabatach, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

Implementing a Joint Community Reintegration Program for Stroke Survivors: ‘Living with Stroke’ by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of AB, NWT & Nunavut and a Region
Authors: Ev Glasser, RN, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT & Nunavut, and Andrea Cole-Haskayne BA, RN, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

How knowledgeable are health care providers of stroke signs and symptoms: A collaborative approach to multidisciplinary stroke education
Author: Andrea Cole-Haskayne, BA, RN, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

Learning about LEAN in stroke care: making quality improvements in a Stroke Prevention Clinic by engaging with LEAN methodology
Author: Eryka Haley, Calgary Health Region

Determining Stroke Rehabilitation Resources: Foundations for the Future
Authors: K. Culver, M. Foss, S. Hubman, K. Lam, S. Hota-Mitchell, and L. Swinton, Calgary Health Region

Adopting Evidence-Informed Rehabilitation Practice on a Stroke Unit
Authors: K. Tran, L. Myles, B. Brown-Hall, L. Janzen, K. Kennedy, T. Siebold, M. Edwards, L. Bright, N. MacDonald, K. Hurd, A. Funk, K. Churchward, L. Swinton, J. Albers, M. Suddes, and D. Burn, Calgary Health Region

Facilitated Discharge & Transition: A Pilot Project for Providing Stroke Rehabilitation at the Right Time and Place
Authors: V. Bohm, M. Suddes, and L. Swinton, Calgary Health Region

Age and Hemorrhage Location Do Not Predict Change in Functional Status in Patients Who Survive Primary Intracerebral hemorrhage
Authors: AV Specogna, MSc, SB Patten, MD, FRCP(C), PhD, MD Hill, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), University of Calgary

Inter-Provincial Integration and Collaboration in Stroke Care
Author: Patrick Crumley, East Central Health Region

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in an Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic
Author: Phillip Wendt, Calgary Health Region

 

 

 

 We are pleased to announce the following accepted posters:

Stroke and High Altitude: Hypoxia as a Risk Factor
Authors: Esteban Ortiz Prado, MD, MsC, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Jeff F. Dunn, PhD, MsC, BsC, Department of Radiology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT): Ongoing Phase III Trial Testing Efficacy & Cost Effectiveness of Very Early Mobilization After Stroke
Author: Rhonda Hardy-Joel, MScN,ACNP-BC,on behalf of the AVERT Collaboration
Regional Stroke Program, Grey Nuns Hospital, Capital Health Region

Southern Alberta Tele-Rehabilitation Initiative – Direct Outpatient Stroke Care for Rural Clients – The Challenges and Lessons Learned in Launching a New Initiative in a Large Health Region
Authors: Kirsten Van Campenhout, M. Gazankas, Department of Telehealth, Calgary Health Region, Kirsten Van Campenhout, A. Asante, Department of Rehabilitation and Specialized Clinical Services, Calgary Health Region

USE-IT Hand Class– (Using Strategic Exercises to Intensify Therapy)
Author: Catherine Lasuita, BScOT, Carewest

Use of a Stance Phase Brace in Stroke Rehabilitation – A Case Study
Authors: Elizabeth Reimer, BScPT and Lara Fowler, BScPT, Carewest

Implementing an Integrated Stroke Plan in Capital Health
Author: Shy Amlani, BASc, BHSc(OT), MBA, Agnes Joyce, BScOT, MScHP and Colleen Taralson, BSN BSc, Capital Health Region

Chinook Health Region - Progression of Changes in Stroke Care
Authors: Grace Sutherland, RN, BScN, ACCN and Eva Irwin, Chinook Health Region

Location of Acquired Brain Injury and the Severity of Sleep Apnea
Author: Rena Sorensen, Alberta Lung Association
Contributing Authors: Shaun Gray, Ernest York, Arron Service, David Thompson Health Region and Christopher J Scot, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Stroke Protocol Binder (Category: Clinical Improvements/Innovations)
Author: Sarah French, Peace Country Health Region

Primary Stroke Centres – The Rural Experience
Author: Shirley Garnier, RN, Aspen Regional Health

Building Capacity in Secondary Stroke Prevention in Rural Northern Alberta
Authors: Aimee Poole, BA, GDipCH, CCP, MFCS(c), Wood Buffalo Primary Care Network and Janet Ward, RN, BSN, BA, MCEd, Northern Lights Health Region

Upstream Approaches to Stroke Prevention
Author: Stephanie Patterson, Calgary Health Region

Multidisciplinary Community-Based Rehabilitation Five Months to Twenty Four Years Post Stroke
Authors: Gerrit Groeneweg, PhD., R.Psych and Daryl Hebert, MA, R.Psych, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

The Effect of Prior Antiplatelet Therapy on Outcome Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 25 Studies with 9,920 Patients
Authors: Eric E. Smith, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Bradford B. Thompson, for the ICH-Antiplatelet Drug Study Group, University of Calgary

Specific loci of leukoaraiosis are associated with decreased episodic memory and executive function
Authors: Eric E. Smith, MD, MPH, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, David H. Salat, PhD; Jed Jeng, MS; Ronald J.Killiany, PhD, Bradford C. Dickerson, MD, Marilyn S. Albert, PhD, Bruce Fischl, PhD, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD, Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD, and Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD, University of Calgary

“Inside Out” – Using Film to Create Audience Engagement and Build Stroke Awareness
Author: Leora Rabatach, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

Implementing a Joint Community Reintegration Program for Stroke Survivors: ‘Living with Stroke’ by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of AB, NWT & Nunavut and a Region
Authors: Ev Glasser, RN, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT & Nunavut, and Andrea Cole-Haskayne BA, RN, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

How knowledgeable are health care providers of stroke signs and symptoms: A collaborative approach to multidisciplinary stroke education
Author: Andrea Cole-Haskayne, BA, RN, Calgary Stroke Program, Calgary Health Region

Learning about LEAN in stroke care: making quality improvements in a Stroke Prevention Clinic by engaging with LEAN methodology
Author: Eryka Haley, Calgary Health Region

Determining Stroke Rehabilitation Resources: Foundations for the Future
Authors: K. Culver, M. Foss, S. Hubman, K. Lam, S. Hota-Mitchell, and L. Swinton, Calgary Health Region

Adopting Evidence-Informed Rehabilitation Practice on a Stroke Unit
Authors: K. Tran, L. Myles, B. Brown-Hall, L. Janzen, K. Kennedy, T. Siebold, M. Edwards, L. Bright, N. MacDonald, K. Hurd, A. Funk, K. Churchward, L. Swinton, J. Albers, M. Suddes, and D. Burn, Calgary Health Region

Facilitated Discharge & Transition: A Pilot Project for Providing Stroke Rehabilitation at the Right Time and Place
Authors: V. Bohm, M. Suddes, and L. Swinton, Calgary Health Region

Age and Hemorrhage Location Do Not Predict Change in Functional Status in Patients Who Survive Primary Intracerebral hemorrhage
Authors: AV Specogna, MSc, SB Patten, MD, FRCP(C), PhD, MD Hill, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), University of Calgary

Inter-Provincial Integration and Collaboration in Stroke Care
Author: Patrick Crumley, East Central Health Region

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in an Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic
Author: Phillip Wendt, Calgary Health Region