Rencontre InterAction CRIR-IURDPM : Johan Anton Franck, Ph.D. | May 23, 2023 : Concise Arm and Hand Rehabilitation Approach in Stroke (CARAS) A practical and evidence-based ramework for arm-hand rehabilitation

When: 23 May 2023 13:00 to 23 May 2023 13:00

Where: Confernece on Zoom, registration required: https://urlzs.com/vqydk

 

Event organized by the Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM) of the CIUSSS du Centre-sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CCSMTL) in collaboration with our CRIR partners: Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (CIUSSS West-Central Montreal) and the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (CISSS de Laval).

 

TITLE OF THE CONFERENCE

• Concise Arm and Hand Rehabilitation Approach in Stroke (CARAS) A practical and evidence-based ramework for arm-hand rehabilitation.

 

speaker

Johan Anton Franck, Ph.D.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Prof. Franck is an occupational therapist, senior researcher (PhD), owner of Franck-Handskills private practice and part-time operational OT at the Department of Brain Injury Rehabilitation of Adelante Rehabilitation Centre (Netherlands).

His field of interest are: Clinical management of shoulder, arm and hand rehabilitation in stroke/TBI with a special interest in stroke survivors suffering from a moderately to severely impaired arm and hand with prospect regarding arm-hand recovery.

 

About this conference

The Concise Arm and hand Rehabilitation Approach in Stroke (CARAS) is designed for PTs & OTs to structure and implement arm-hand training in stroke survivors. CARAS is based on four constructs:

a) stratification according to three levels of severity of arm– hand impairment,

b) the individual’s rehabilitation goals and concomitant potential rehabilitation outcomes,

c) principles of self-efficacy, and

d) possibilities to systematically incorporate (new) technology and new evidence-based training elements swiftly.

The framework encompasses three programs aimed at treating either the severely, moderately or mildly impaired arm-hand. Program themes are: ‘taking care of the limb and prevention of complications’ (program 1), ‘task-oriented gross motor grip performance’ (program 2) and ‘functional arm-hand-skill-performance training’ (program 3).

Proof-of-principle in clinical rehabilitation has been established. CARAS is adopted by the majority of rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands and facilitates rapid structured design and provision of state-of-the-art arm-hand-function and arm-hand-skill-performance treatment in stroke patients.

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