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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Daniela Chan-Viquez
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Video gaming for home-based rehabilitation: feasibility for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy living in Costa Rica.\nAbstract: Economic and geographic barriers can limit access to rehabilitation therapies for children with cerebral palsy (CP). These barriers are magnified in developing countries and with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In Costa Rica\, 43% of children with disabilities do not have access to basic health services. To address this accessibility gap\, effective and engaging approaches are needed to motivate and support children in practicing motor therapies at home. Bootle Blast (BB) is a low-cost\, movement-tracking video game encouraging upper limb (UL) exercises at home. This study will assess the feasibility of a family-centred BB home intervention among Costa Rican children with CP. Our objectives are to 1) Establish probable efficacy for clinical outcomes related to UL function\, activity\, and participation and 2) Evaluate the implementation of the 8-week BB intervention (e.g.\, achievement of family-directed play time goals). Fifteen children with a diagnosis of CP (7-17 yrs) and one of their primary caregivers will participate. Children must have a current accessibility barrier to UL rehabilitation services as reported by the caregiver. Study assessments will be performed via videoconference (probable efficacy). Measures will target UL activity (e.g.\, Box & Blocks Test) and related participation (i.e.\, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure). Children will play BB at home for 8 weeks with weekly\, 15–20-minute check-in video calls by a monitoring therapist. Computer-system logs (e.g.\, time and games played) and data from reported technical barriers will be collected (implementation). Measures for implementation will be reported using descriptive statistics. System logs will identify the percentage of children meeting their weekly play time goal. Effect sizes and confidence intervals will be calculated for clinical measures. Pre-post changes in clinical outcomes will be interpreted based on the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). This study will provide valuable learnings on how therapy gaming interventions can/should be implemented to bridge accessibility gaps\, engage children and caregivers\, and improve access to care.\nSupervisor Name: Elaine Biddiss\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-daniela-chan-viquez/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Nhien Tran-Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate the Relation Between Hemodynamics and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Failure\nAbstract: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Piero Triverio\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-nhien-tran-nguyen/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - Minyao Wang
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Sticky conductive membrane relieves atrial fibrillation: efficacy analysis\nAbstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia\, significantly contributing to public health care expenditure and cardiovascular disease-related mortality. While the mechanisms remain unclear; more evidence has been found to support the spiral wave theory of AF persistence\, stating that a high-frequency reentrant circuit originating from the singularity could act as a relatively stable source of disturbed conduction\, which would eventually lead to the development of the fibrillation burden. Targeting the electrophysiological features of biological tissues\, biomaterial has emerged in recent decades with promising potentials. We have focused on studying the novel conductive biomaterial in cardiac applications to facilitate the propagation of the electrical signals between cardiomyocytes that are physically separated due to structural and functional electrical blockages\, including fibrotic scarring. In this study\, I hypothesized that the use of conductive biomaterial could facilitate the biological action potential propagation between physically isolated cardiomyocytes\, which can then lead to the relief of the rotor-originated spiral electrical waves to relieve the atrial fibrillation burdens. More specifically\, a conductive sticky bilayer Gel-PDA membrane is implanted to the right atrial surface of the Lkb1 knockout transgenic AF mouse models to target the electrophysiological pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation. Here\, the efficacy evaluation is performed by the in Vivo surface electrocardiogram\, echocardiogram\, and the programmed electric stimulation (PES) based arrhythmia susceptibility test.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Ren-ke Li\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-cell-and-tissue-stream-minyao-wang/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - Chun-Yu Lin
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: TBD\nAbstract: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Lidan You\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
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