This workshop runs as 2 x 4 hour sessions on Wednesday 11th & 18th March 2026, 5pm-9pm Sydney time (AEDT)/ 2pm-6pm Malaysian time
The workshop uses lectures, practical sessions and video case studies to provide clinicians with evidence-based training strategies for effective balance training with people of differing levels of disability, including older adults with falls risk, stroke survivors and people with TBI
Presenters: Karl Schurr & Dr. Simone Dorsch
Cost:
Target Audience: Physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants working with people in inpatient settings or in the community who have balance impairments.
Learning objectives:
At the completion of the workshop participants should be able to:
- Define balance, postural adjustments, centre of mass, centre of pressure, task and context specificity
- Discuss research about the characteristics of postural adjustments i.e. timing, task and context specificity
- Describe changes that occur to balance with aging and neuropathology
- Describe the analysis and assessment of balance impairments
- Describe the risk factors and circumstances of falls
- Discuss the evidence for interventions to improve balance and reduce falls
- Discuss strategies to increase self-efficacy in balance training
- Discuss strategies to increase intensity and amounts of balance training
Contact & registration: Joey Tay
joeytkl@gmail.com