INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS | PARALLEL SESSIONS | PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS | EXHIBITION | SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Wednesday 19 June 2024 | ESS Day 1
07.30-08.15 Conference Registration Trinity Business School
08.30-08.45 Opening Address Simon Hall, Director of ESS
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
08.45-10.45 Plenary 1 Management of progressive paediatric neuromuscular conditions-current advances with a focus on Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Chair: Dr Eva Foran
Dr Declan O’Rourke | Professor Denise McDonald | Professor Damian McCormack (Ireland)
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
10.45-11.30 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
11.30-12.30 Parallel Sessions: Research Papers and Case Study Presentations
Trinity Business School
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre
The Hamilton Building
Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Custom Moulded Seating Manual Wheelchairs User Perspectives Practice Case Series Powered Mobility
Custom contoured wheelchair seating: A comparative analysis of 3D printed vs Conventional foam cushions
John Tiernan (Ireland)
Therapists’ perspectives of using custom moulded seating with children: a qualitative study
Mary McDonagh (Ireland)
What information on positioning should be provided to caregivers on supply of a custom contoured seating?
Ruth Hanley (Ireland)
A new foldable manual wheelchair reduces rolling resistance and propulsive power compared to conventional foldable frame and rigid frames
Jelmer Braaksma (The Netherlands)
Evaluating optimal seat height and angle for bilateral foot propulsion
Dr Ed Giesbrecht (Canada)
Keeping Momentum in Manual Wheelchairs with Steering-by-Leaning
Dr Reto Togni (Switzerland)
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations
13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations: Sunrise Medical
13.30-14.30 Workshops
Trinity Business School
Understanding the experience of postural management by adult end-users and their support workers
Professor Rachael McDonald (Australia)
Challenges of Aging with Lifelong Disability: Margaret’s Lived Experience of Transitioning from a Self-propelling Wheelchair to a Power Wheelchair (Case Study)
Emma Regan (UK)
Developing a digital AT Passport in partnership with people with disabilities to support smooth transitions across the lifespan
Siobhan Long (Ireland)
Wheelchair Related Adverse Incidents in the Amputee Population – A Work in Progress
Dr Caroline Newe (Scotland)
Seating solutions in sepsis survivors, the barriers and solutions (Case Study)
James Egan, Shangdar Ronglo (Ireland)
Circular External Fixation and sitting posture: findings from a single Case Study
Dr Davide Dalla Costa, Laura Mariani (Italy)
Improving the best independence during self-catheterisation on the wheelchair, in incomplete spinal cord injury tetraplegic clients by using a foldable cushion (Case Study)
Nadia Crivelli (Italy)
Simulator authoring tools for personalized power mobility training
Dr Naomi Gefen (Israel)
Powered mobility with head-foot steering systems in individuals with dyskinetic cerebral palsy: clinical assessments, patterns, and impact on wheelchair performance
Dr Saranda Bekteshi (Belgium)
Development of a new tool
Progression of Pediatric Powered Mobility- 3PM
Dr Naomi Gefen (Israel)
The Hamilton Building
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Validation of an Objective Assessment Tool for Seating and Mobility Evaluation (Intermediate)
Dr Rachel Hibbs, Dr Juli Harrison, Dr Richard Schein (USA)
Flying with Wheels: The Latest on Process, Policy, and Potential for Change (Beginner)
Dr Jessica Presperin Pedersen, Faith Brown (USA)
Ready or Not, Here I Come: Rethinking our Approach to Powered Mobility ‘Readiness’ for Young Children (Intermediate)
Andrina Sabet (USA)
The Impact of CRT: What We Do Matters! (Beginner)
Kathy Fisher, Weesie Waler, Mike Osborn (USA)
The Support You Need: Protecting the Hemiparetic Shoulder (Intermediate)
Tina Roesler (USA)
The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Gamified Power Mobility Skills Training with Real-World Mobility Experiences to Enhance Learning Outcomes (Intermediate)
Dr Lisa Kenyon, Dr Lindsey Veety (USA)
14.30-15.00 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
15.00-16.30 Plenary 2 Multidisciplinary team intervention for children with spinal muscular atrophy
16.30-16.45 Break
16.45-18.45 Workshops
Chair: Eimear Walsh
Andrea Tobin, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist | Aisling Whelan, Senior Physiotherapist | Dr Laura Gallagher, Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist (Ireland)
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
Trinity Business School
The Hamilton Building
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
16.45-17.45 Benefits for improved procurement and clinical practice derived from ISO
seating standards
Chairs: Simon Hall, Bart Van der Heyden & Professor Elegast Monbaliu
17.45-18.45
Barend ter Haar (UK), Takashi Handa (Japan), Kara Kopplin, Matthew Kosh (USA)
Robotic Wheelchairs - Define, Develop and Evaluate (Intermediate)
Jorge Candiotti (USA)
Wheelchair skills –fundamental tools in building confidence and independence for users to access more life opportunities (Advanced)
Pete Donnelly (UK)
Emerging Technologies as Assistive Technology: Addressing Ethical Challenges (Intermediate)
Dr Emma Smith (Ireland)
Supported Standing as an Intervention for Lower extremity Contractures (Beginner)
Dr Maryann Girardi (USA)
3D Printing as a Custom Fabrication & Manufacturing Tool Part
1 - Modalities, Printers, Materials, Processes & Finished Products (Beginner)
Richard Pasillas (USA)
3D Printing as a Custom Fabrication & Manufacturing Tool Part
2 - Advanced Materials, Outsourcing, Mass Production & Design Trends (Advanced)
Richard Pasillas (USA)
AI as an Educational Tool: How Artificial Intelligence can impact the educational journey of learners using Assistive Technology (Beginner)
Juliann Bergin (Ireland)
Power Standing: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Power Standing Wheelchairs (Intermediate)
Dr Carla Nooijen (Sweden)
Establishing an On Time Mobility Approach in a Mobility Through Life Care
Pathway (Beginner)
Scott Burns (Ireland), Ana Allegretti (USA)
Seating systems and Special Drive Controls in powered wheelchairs. Cerebral Palsy vs. Neuromuscular Disease. Different Approaches with a Shared Goal (Advanced)
Joao Aires (Portugal), Filipe Monforte Correia (USA)
Thursday 20 June 2024 | ESS Day 2
08.30-10.00 Plenary
3
10.00-10.30
Driving the future of technology and mobility: Innovations and Opportunities
Chair: Dr Jackie Casey
Dr Heather Feldner (USA) | Professor Elegast Monbaliu (Belgium) | Barry Dean (USA)
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
Coffee Break, Exhibition & Poster Presentations
10.30-11.30 Parallel Sessions: Research Papers and Case Study Presentations
Trinity Business School
Dargan Theatre
The Hamilton Building
McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Early Powered Mobility Outcome Measures
Evidence-based and adaptive virtual power wheelchair skills therapy prototype for children and young people with cerebral palsy: Development study
Marco Konings (Belgium)
The Indietrainer System: Outcomes of a Gamified Power Mobility Training Intervention for Children
Dr Lisa Kenyon (USA)
Before time powered mobility – development in typically developing infants
Dr Lisbeth Nilsson (Sweden)
Cultural adaptation and validation in Italian of the Seated Postural Control Measure for Adults 2.0 (SPCMA 2.0)
Dr Anna Berardi, Dr Barbara Lucia, Dr Rachele Simeon (Italy)
Translation and cultural adaptation of six assessment tools for people with Spinal Cord Injury
Dr Sara Cirinà, Dr Anna Berardi, Dr Barbara Lucia, Dr Giovanni Galeoto (Italy)
In clinic evaluation of the Transkinect for automatic assessment of independent wheelchair transfer technique
Alicia Koontz, Ahlad Neti, Dr Brooke Slavens, Dr Alyssa Schnorenberg (USA)
Mobility related quality of life of individuals using manual and power wheelchairs: the route towards proving costeffectiveness
Leonie Snijders (The Netherlands)
11.30-12.30
Workshops
Trinity Business School
Wheelchair / Seating Components
Flammability study of seating postural supports within wheelchairs and the implications on clinical practice
Dr Megan Bolton (UK)
Managing Posture and Moisture in Foam Carve moulded System – A Progressive Case Study
Chandra Sekhara Panda (Ireland)
Is your back support keeping you cool? Investigation of microclimate properties of solid back supports
Bart Van Der Heyden (Belgium), Tim Helming (The Netherlands)
Seating and Positioning
Markerless motion analysis as a novel tool to assess seated trunk control in dyskinetic cerebral palsy
Ellen Van Wonterghem (Belgium)
A screening tool to empower wheelchair users and clinicians to reduce wheelchair-related health problems
Dr Linda Valent (The Netherlands)
Redefine positioning through analysis of the effects of the components of WC on health and social participation, a scoping review
Elise Dupitier (France)
The Hamilton Building
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Surface Area Contact Support: Determining the Seat and Back Intervention (Intermediate)
Faith Brown (UK), Jessica Presperin (USA)
An integrated pathway of care for managing adults with complex needs (Intermediate)
Ailish McGahey (Ireland)
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations
13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations: Sunrise Medical
13.30-15.00 Plenary
How hip belts and chest harnesses contribute to a better and healthier seating posture as part of the seating system (Intermediate)
Marloes Kijzers (The Netherlands)
Innovation in positioning head and Limbs when lying (Intermediate)
Rosaria Caforio (Italy)
The psychosocial and physiological disaster of a common DMD wheelchair assessment! (Advanced)
Harald Sieweke (Germany)
4 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the field of Seating and Assistive Technology - What does the future hold?
Chair: Heather Feldner
Simon Hall (Ireland) | Bart Van Der Heyden | Professor Elegast Monbaliu (Belgium)
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
15.30-17.30 Workshops
The first Global Wheelchair Provision Guidelines (WHO): Implications for Practice in Ireland (Intermediate)
Dr Rosemary Gowran, Dr Emma Smith (Ireland)
Trinity Business School The Hamilton Building
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Classroom 115 Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre
15.30-16.30 Matching Clinical Needs and Client Lifestyle to Seat Cushion Selection – Part 1 (Intermediate)
Stephanie Tanguay (USA)
16.30-17.30 Matching Clinical Needs and Client Lifestyle to Back Support selection – Part 2 (Intermediate)
Stephanie Tanguay (USA)
20.00 ESS Party
Considerations for Practice: Insights from an On Time Mobility Clinic (Beginner)
Sinead O’Sullivan, Nicole Gleeson (Ireland)
The “Seating Assessment: Utilizing Drawings as a Universal Communication” (Beginner)
Marie Barhouche-Abou Saab (Lebanon), Andrew Semple, Dr Rosemary Gowran (Ireland)
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Empowering independence: Custom seating strategies for older adults with congenital disabilities (Intermediate)
Dr Daniella Giles (USA)
What Are My OptionsClinical Reasoning Power
Add-On And Power Assist Products (Intermediate)
Faith Brown (UK)
Providing a best practice standard of care for children and young people using custom moulded seating (Advanced)
Mary McDonagh (Ireland)
Out of control! Different needs require different solutions to control your power wheelchair (Beginner)
Rebecca Van Craeymeersch (Belgium)
Enhancing comfort, posture and pressure management: The role of gel in supportive surfaces (Beginner)
Markie Ryckman (Canada)
Using ISO standards to improve clinical practice in seated mobility: where to start? (Intermediate)
Arne Compernolle, Carla Nooijen (Sweden)
Pediatric Wheelchair Cushions and Backs –What are the Options? (Intermediate)
Gavin Horan (USA)
Friday 21 June 2024 | ESS Day 3
09.00-11.00 Plenary 5 Now you’ve got it how are you going to use it: innovative approaches for wheelchair training
Chair: Professor William Miller
Professor Paula Rushton | Dr Ed Giesbrecht | Dr Lisbeth Nilsson (Sweden) | Dr Emma Smith (Ireland)
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break, Exhibition & Poster Presentations
11.30-12.30 Parallel Sessions: Research Papers and Case Study Presentations
Trinity Business School
The Hamilton Building Dargan
The evaluation of an intelligent seating system to promote postural correction and pressure relief
Dr Silvia Caggiari (UK)
Effectiveness of rigid spinal orthoses to improve sitting in dyskinetic cerebral palsy: a pilot study
Ellen Van Wonterghem (Belgium)
Predicting tangential forces at the body-seat interface with Machine Learning and pressure mapping systems
Clémence Paquin (France)
Sustaining Life’s Symphony: Nurturing Quality of Life and Participation through Assistive Technology and Specialised Seating in Neurodegenerative Journeys (Case Study)
Cathy Doherty (Ireland)
Improving interdisciplinary collaborations and follow-ups for seated and standing positioning for users with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Case Study)
Jenny Käldman, Astrid Vikingsen Fauske, Tina Mohrsen, Kjetil Anmarkrud (Norway)
Eye-tracking technology in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy compared to typically developing children: eye movements and user experience
Dr Saranda Bekteshi (Belgium)
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations
13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations: Sunrise Medical
13.30-15.30 Workshops
13.30-14.30
Trinity Business School
Evaluation of a sports initiation programme for people with Spinal Cord Injury: outcome research
Anna Berardi (Italy)
Adapted hiking activities with Joelette: outcome research
Dr Martina Passi, Dr Rachele Simeon, Dr Anna Berardi (Italy)
Shoulder health and posture: what assessment data matters? A case report to demonstrate the impact of posture on propulsion efficiency
Arne Compernolle (Belgium)
Facilitating the clinical decision process regarding power wheelchair safety in a long-term care setting
Professor Philippe Archambault (Canada)
Impact of a peer-led telehealth wheelchair skills training program
Dr Ed Giesbrecht, Dr Krista Best (Canada)
Effectiveness of a fourweek power Wheelchair Skills Training Program on mobility skills and participation in young people with cerebral palsy
Marco Konings (Belgium)
The Hamilton Building
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Turning Clinical Need into Innovative Product: Looking at the Process (Beginner)
Tina Roesler (USA)
14.30-15.30 A Multisegmented Approach Towards Head Support Interventions (Beginner)
Filipe Correia (Portugal), Bart Van der Heyden (Belgium)
Conference Close
Peadiatric Seating and the Benefits of 24 h Postural Control (Intermediate)
Andrea Espei (Germany)
Co-Creation of assistive technology
- a methodology for cocreation with end users (Intermediate)
Professor Rachael McDonald (Australia)
Letting Kids Get Their “Rock’n Roll” On: When is it the Right Time to Consider Power Positioning Options (Intermediate)
Kathy Fisher (Canada)
Large data from continuous monitoringhow to make (the most) use of it (Intermediate)
Dr Carla Nooijen (Sweden)
Health Literacy in the Wheelchair User: Therapist and ATP Role (Beginner)
Dr Carina Siracusa (USA)
Empowering Mobility: Virtual Reality and videogame to improve driving skills (Advanced)
Joao Aires, Adner Silva (Portugal)
Are We Satisfied With Current Seating Technology Outcomes
Or Should We Strive To Achieve More? (Beginner)
Filipe Correia (Portugal), Bart Van der Heyden (Belgium)
Creating Standards in Wheelchair Assessments
Using ICF Guidelines (Intermediate)
Harald Sieweke (Germany)
Are Adjustable Wheelchair Cushions Better? (Intermediate)
Gavin Horan (USA)
Considerations when managing slings for clients requiring mechanical lift transfers (Intermediate)
Scott Hubbard (USA)
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