Professor Leeanne Carey - Sensation

This episode is all about understanding the impact of sensory deficit on function after stroke on function, and what to do about it. Dr.Leeanne Carey is the Head of the Neurorehabilitation and Recovery Research Group co-located at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and La Trobe University. She's also a professor in Occupational therapy at La Trobe university and the developer of SENSe therapy (study of the effectiveness of neurorehabilitation on sensation). We cover the powerful problem of sensory loss, how it can hide from clinicians but why it should be front of mind. There are plenty of clinical takeaways and links and resources to find out more, including referring your patients for sense therapy and attending a course yourself.Intro - 3.42Career pathway - 7.17SENSe implementation / knowledge translation projects - 13.16SENSe training approach & workshops - 17.16Computer interface sensory assessment & learning - 24.53More about PhD - 28.42Task specific training vs transfer in sensory training - 31.17Which modality is most important in the sense approach? - 37.10Functional MRI changes with sense sensory training - 42.20Where does sense fit into the sensation literature? - 43.37Clinical impact of sensory loss - 46.09Sensory impact is a hidden problem for clinicians - 48.22Do clinicians who are more skilled get better sensory outcomes? - 52.18SENSe for lower limb - 54.26Therapy accessibility - via therapy - 55.10OT/PT joint UL therapy - 'call to arms' - 57.18Leeanne's La Trobe University Profile pageSENSe websiteStroke survivors with upper limb somatosensory issues may be eligible to participate in a program of SENSe Therapy at one of the following SENSe Therapy Centres: •Victoria: Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Austin Campus), or Alfred Health (Caulfield General Hospital), Melbourne. •New South Wales: Hunter New England Health (Rankin Park site), Newcastle. •South Australia: UniSA Health, Adelaide.Details: https://sensetherapy.net.au/stroke-survivors-families/where-can-i-get-sense-therapy/Contact: [email protected] SENSe therapy is also being provided at several health care networks in Victoria and NSWRecent Stroke Foundation webinars about SENSeAssessment webinar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OwN100bvkTherapy webinar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-t0gLf5cRgAlso available at: https://informme.org.au/resources/loss-of-sensation - a great sensation resource page, see the videos at the bottom including an earlier presentation by SENSe team member Dr Liana Cahill