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Hosted by the School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences, this one-day event celebrates the leading rehabilitation research taking place across King's College London and King's Health Partners.
We will showcase our work through a series of short talks with opportunities for networking for clinicians, academics, students and members of the public interested in collaborating with research.
Three sessions will cover:
1) rehabilitation for adults with severe mental illness;
2) rehabilitation for adults with long term conditions; and
3) rehabilitation for adults with frailty and those at the end of life.
Who should attend: Allied health professionals, allied health students, prospective allied health students and members of the public.
Registration Deadline: Friday 10 January 2020
Programme Chairs: Dr Katie Sheehan & Dr Arietta Spinou
AGENDA
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09:20 |
Welcome/Introduction | |
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Session 1: Theme = Mental Health |
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9:30 |
High-intensity interval training in severe mental illness. | |
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10:00 |
Is it possible for people with severe mental illness to sit less and move more? | |
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10:35 |
Coffee break |
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Session 2: Rehabilitation in LTC |
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11:00 |
Exercise interventions in haemophilia. |
Professor Wendy Drechsler |
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11:15 |
Investigating therapy in the rehabilitation of physical function for survivors of severely disabling stroke. | |
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11:30 |
Exercise therapy, behaviour change and weight management for people living with kidney disease. |
Ms Ellen Castle |
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11:45 |
Feasibility and multi-centre clinical trial of gait rehabilitation in patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis: the Gait Rehabilitation in Early Arthritis Trial. | |
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12:00 |
Establishing NHS-style stroke care in Sierra Leone, the importance of community engagement. |
Ms Jessica O'Hara and Ms Jurate Wall |
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12.15 |
Lunch break |
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Session 3: Frailty/end of life |
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13:00 |
Functional outcomes of frailty: findings from national cohort studies. | |
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13:15 |
Multisensory rehabilitation in older adult fallers. | |
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13:30 |
Understanding the development of severe contractures in people with advanced dementia and the burden placed on care providers. | |
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13:45 |
Improving rehabilitation for people with newly diagnosed thoracic cancer: Findings from a randomised controlled feasibility trial. |
Dr Joanne Bayly |
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14:00 |
Feasibility study of combining geriatric services with pulmonary rehabilitation. | |
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14:15 |
Thank you and close |
Catering will be held in G3 New Hunt's House
Event details
Lecture Theatre 2, New Hunt's HouseGuy’s Campus
Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL