Evidence-Based Retraining of Lower Limb skills after Stroke : 3-day workshop – London, UK
Date: 5th – 7th Feb 2027
Venue: London, UK: The Royal London Hospital | Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1FR
Cost:
Internal registrants: employees of Barts NHS Trust: 10 places at $540AUD/ 300GBP (first come, first served)
External registrants: 14 places at $1000AUD/ 540GBP
Enquiries: Dr. Simone Dorsch – Simone.Dorsch@StrokeEd.com
Target audience:
The workshop will be of interest to physiotherapists from hospital and community-based settings, as well as
occupational therapists, who teach adults following stroke and acquired brain impairment, as well as university
lecturers. The workshop focuses on retraining of limb skills. No pre-requisites.
Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
• Describe what it means to be an evidence-based clinician
• Apply that knowledge to the rehabilitation of people following stroke or traumatic brain injury
• Understand the biomechanics of sitting and standing balance, standing-up, and sitting-down and walking
• Analyse movement problems and skills involving the lower limbs, taking into account neural, biomechanical,
musculoskeletal and environmental factors
• Distinguish between compensations and missing essential components
• Plan and implement appropriate training strategies for the identified movement problems.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of chosen training strategies
• Modify training strategies in response to changes in the learner’s performance
• Critically evaluate and modify teaching skills to optimise practise and training
Presenters: Dr Simone Dorsch & Brian Truong
Kindly fill out the expression of interest form: https://tinyurl.com/34rnefns