INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS | PARALLEL SESSIONS | WORKSHOPS EXHIBITION | SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Wednesday 19 June 2024 | ESS Day 1
07.30-08.15
08.30-08.45
08.45-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.30-12.30
17.45-18.45
Chair: Dr Eva Forman
Dr Declan O’Rourke | Professor Denise McDonald | Professor Damian McCormack (Ireland) The Dargan Theatre, Trinity
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)
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)
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 Selfpropelling 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
Jennifer Croall (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)
Wheelchair skills –fundamental tools in building confidence and independence for users to access more life opportunities (Advanced) Pete Donnelly (UK)
Supported Standing as an Intervention for Lower extremity Contractures (Beginner) Dr Maryann Girardi (USA)
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) Arne Compernolle (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)
Conference Registration Trinity Business School
Address
Opening
Simon Hall, Director of ESS | Mark Schmeler, Director of ISS | Brian Power, CRC Board The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
1
Plenary
paediatric neuromuscular
Management of progressive
conditions-current advances with a focus on Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Business School
ESS 2024 Innovation Award
Professor
Gowran
Theatre, Trinity Business School
Exhibition
Chair:
Rosie
The Dargan
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break,
and Poster Presentations
Parallel
Research
Trinity Business School The Hamilton Building Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre Chair
Mary
Manual
Rachel
User Perspectives Nicole Gleeson Practice Case Series Sinead Frawley Powered Mobility Cathy Doherty
Sessions:
Papers and Case Study Presentations
Custom Moulded Seating
McCormick
Wheelchairs
Le Gear
A
foldable
new
manual
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations 13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations in Trinity Business School Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Sunrise Medical Invacare Blake Medical 13.30-14.30 Workshops Trinity Business School
Building Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon
Chair John Tiernan Rachel Le Gear Scott Burns Sinead O’Sullivan Sharon Power
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 Walker, 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 Chair: Eimear Walsh Andrea Tobin, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist | Aisling Whelan, Senior Physiotherapist | Dr
Gallagher, Senior
Neuropsychologist (Ireland) The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School 16.30-16.45 Break 16.45-18.45 Workshops Trinity Business School The Hamilton Building Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre Chair Simon Hall Sharon Power Nicole Gleeson John Tiernan Cathy Doherty Ciara Fitzsimons 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 Barend ter Haar (UK), Takashi Handa (Japan), Kara Kopplin, Matthew Kosh (USA) Robotic Wheelchairs - Define, Develop and Evaluate (Intermediate) Jorge Candiotti (USA) Emerging Technologies as Assistive Technology: Addressing Ethical Challenges (Intermediate) Dr Emma Smith (Ireland) 3D Printing as a Custom Fabrication & Manufacturing Tool Part 1 - Modalities, Printers, Materials,
The Hamilton
Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Ciara Fitzsimons
Laura
Clinical
08.30-10.00 Plenary 3
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
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break, Exhibition & Poster Presentations
10.30-11.30 Parallel Sessions: Research Papers and Case Study Presentations
Dargan Theatre
Early Powered Mobility
Chair Nicole Gleeson
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)
Trinity Business School
McNabb Theatre
Outcome Measures
Ciara Fitzsimons
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 cost-effectiveness
Leonie Snijders (The Netherlands)
An integrated pathway of care for managing adults with complex needs (Intermediate)
Faith Brown (UK), Jessica Presperin (USA)
Ailish McGahey (Ireland)
12.30-13.30
The Hamilton Building
Salmon Theatre
Maharry Theatre
Wheelchair / Seating Components Seating and Positioning
John Tiernan
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)
Alice Fitzgerald
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)
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) Estimating the Reasonable Useful Life Cost of Complex Wheelchairs Using Real-World Datasets
The psychosocial and physiological disaster of a common DMD wheelchair assessment! (Advanced) Harald Sieweke (Germany)
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)
19.30 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)
The first Global Wheelchair Provision Guidelines (WHO): Implications for Practice in Ireland (Intermediate) Dr Rosemary Gowran, Dr Emma Smith (Ireland)
Using ISO standards to improve clinical practice in seated mobility: where to start? (Intermediate) Arne Compernolle (Sweden), Kara Kopplin (USA)
Pediatric Wheelchair Cushions and Backs –What are the Options? (Intermediate)
Gavin Horan (USA)
Thursday 20 June 2024 | ESS Day 2
11.30-12.30 Workshops Trinity Business School The Hamilton Building Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Classroom 115 Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
Der Heyden Cathy Doherty John Tiernan Rachel Hibbs Sharon Power Juli Harrison Alice Fitzgerald Surface Area Contact
the Seat
Back
Chair Bart Van
Support: Determining
and
Intervention (Intermediate)
(Intermediate) Mark Schmeler
(USA)
positioning head
Limbs when lying
Innovation in
and
(Intermediate) Rosaria Caforio (Italy)
Trinity Business School Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Sunrise Medical Invacare Specialised Orthotic Services Ltd 13.30-15.00 Plenary 4 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the field of Seating and Assistive Technology - What does the future hold? Chair: Heather Feldner Simon
Professor
Monbaliu (Belgium) | Gebhard Hofstetter (Germany) | Jered Dean
Trinity Business School
Break, Exhibition and Poster Presentations 15.30-17.30 Workshops Trinity Business School The Hamilton Building Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Classroom 115 Salmon Theatre Synge Theatre Chair Scott Burns Ciara Fitzsimons Dr. Rachel Hibbs Mary McDonagh Dr Michelle Spiritos Dr Juli Harrison
Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations 13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations in
Hall (Ireland) | Bart Van Der Heyden (Belgium) |
Elegast
(USA) The Dargan Theatre,
15.00-15.30 Coffee
Friday 21 June 2024 | ESS Day 3
09.00-11.00
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.30
Chair:
Professor
Chair Alice Fitzgerald
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 bodyseat interface with Machine Learning and pressure mapping systems
Clémence Paquin (France)
Trinity
Sined O’Sullivan
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)
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 four-week power Wheelchair Skills Training Program on mobility skills and participation in young people with cerebral palsy
Marco Konings (Belgium)
13.30-14.30 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)
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)
Arne Compernolle (Sweden)
Health Literacy in the Wheelchair User: Therapist and ATP Role (Beginner) Dr Carina Siracusa (USA)
Are We Satisfied With Current Seating Technology Outcomes Or Should We Strive To Achieve More? (Beginner)
Filipe Correia (Portugal), Bart Van der Heyden (Belgium)
Empowering Mobility: Virtual Reality and videogame to improve driving skills (Advanced) Joao Aires, Adner Silva (Portugal)
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)
Plenary 5 Now
it
are you going to use it: innovative approaches for wheelchair training
you’ve got
how
William Miller
Professor
Paula Rushton
Ed Giesbrecht
The Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
| Dr
| Dr Lisbeth Nilsson (Sweden) | Dr Emma Smith (Ireland)
Coffee Break, Exhibition & Poster Presentations
Parallel Sessions: Research Papers
Presentations
and Case Study
Business School The Hamilton Building
Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre
Assisted Technology Manual Wheelchairs Activity and Participation Wheelchair Skills
Dargan
Pressure
Mary
Sinead Frawley
McCormick
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Poster Presentations, Exhibitor Presentations 13.00-13.30 Exhibitor Presentations in Trinity Business School Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Raz Design Inc. Invacare Spex Ltd 13.30-15.30 Workshops Trinity Business School
Dargan Theatre McNabb Theatre Maharry Theatre Salmon Theatre
Chair Sinead Frawley Dr Jackie Casey Rachel Le Gear Ciara Fitzsimons Dr Michelle Spiritos Mary McDonagh
The Hamilton Building
Synge Theatre Maxwell Theatre
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