A Neuro Physio Podcast

Haseel Bhatt is a neurological physiotherapist, researcher and adjunct lecturer at the University of Toronto. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and completed graduate studies at the Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation centre in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada before studying physiotherapy. His primary research focus has been in Functional Movement Disorders and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease and he now runs his own practice Neurology Rehab in the Durham Region, Ontario.
Haseel regularly posts evidence-based educational content on his Instagram page @parkinsonsphysiotherapy
We cover his unique career pathway, why he developed his social media page, the latest in evidence-based Parkinson’s management including how to assess for targeted intervention. We also discuss the right time and care for FND, anxiety as a cause of freezing of gait, visuo-motor issues in PD and burnout in neuro physio.  
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1.45 Career pathway 
7.10 Transitioning from research to clinical 
13.05 Social media as an allied health professional  
18.40 FND - Evidence-based physio on social media, rehab readiness
26.00 Haseel’s approach to explaining FND  
29.05 What are we missing in physio for Parkinson’s? 
36.05 eye movements in Parkinson’s 
44.55 Body systems assessment in Parkinson’s 
52.51 Burnout in neuro physio 
Resources/links: 
Haseel’s physiotherapy practice website  https://neurologyrehab.com/ 
Instagram: @parkinsonsphysiotherapy
Haseel's Courses 
FND PT/OT 2-Day Course Waitlist (clinician-focused): https://neurologyrehab.kit.com/2bb52170b8
Self-Paced FOG Course (for caregivers and patients with PD-FOG): https://courses.neurologyrehab.com/courses/freezing-course
Articles Haseel discussed in the episode:
Exercise & physiotherapy efficacy for Parkinson's Nature Reviews Neurology updated review
Anxiety & Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (Non-Pharmacological Approaches) 
Anxiety is associated with freezing of gait and attentional set-shifting in Parkinson's disease 
Does anxiety cause freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease?  
Factors Influencing Triage to Rehabilitation in Functional Movement Disorder 
Integrated model of care for functional movement disorder: targeting brain, mind and body  
Eye Training & Gait Stability 
Functional Dystonia Rehabilitation 
Doorway Sampling & Freezing
Tracy Tan's work on PD gaze in cluttered environments (graduate thesis)
Eghotez Martens on illuminated doorways and freezing - second most freezing when only seeing the doorframe illuminated
Lab findings on doorway sampling during dual-task (when FOG is most vulnerable)
Mini BESTest 
International Consortium for Freezing of Gait – Updated definition of FOG   
Ky Wynne Journal of Physiotherapy - Burnout in physiotherapy article  
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A Neuro Physio | Facebook
A Neuro Physio Podcast (@aneurophysio) / X
LinkedIn
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Professor Janice Eng, OC, is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Colombia Department of Physical Therapy. Janice is currently the co-director of the Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health. Her work includes the GRASP upper limb program, the FAME fitness and mobility program, robotic exoskeleton research and her most recent Walk n’ Watch multi-site trial. Having published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, we discuss how her work is focussed on how to effectively and safely deliver high doses of therapy in complex healthcare environments, and make sure it is implemented widely in clinical practice.
20 sec Career Pathway 
2min 45 sec Filling the evidence gap in neuro  
5min 33sec Managing control groups in clinical trials 
8min 54sec Capturing meaningful improvements with outcome measures 
13min 28sec Importance of sufficiently funded trials 
15min 40sec Success of Janice’s trials changing practice across the world 
20min 29sec Resistance from clinicians about repetitive, task-specific & independent practice  
24min 28 sec GRASP program 
26 55sec FAME program 
29.17 sec Walk n’Watch 
32.52 Who benefits from feedback on performance, clinicians or patients? 
36.00 Avoiding boredom doing reps 
39.14 Gender issues in rehab trials 
Links & Resources
REACH scale for Everyday Arm-use in the Community and Home extremity 
REACH | Neurorehabilitation Research Program 
Rating of Everyday Arm-Use in the Community and Home (REACH) Scale for Capturing Affected Arm-Use after Stroke: Development, Reliability, and Validity - PMC 
Full article: A biomechanical analysis of the effectiveness of the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP) for chronic stroke rehabilitation - Movement quality (speed, smoothness) improved in GRASP 
GRASP – GRASP | Neurorehabilitation Research Program 
FAME - FAME – Fitness and Mobility Exercise Program – A Group Exercise Program for People after Stroke 
Walk ‘n Watch Walk ‘n Watch | Neurorehabilitation Research Program 
Safety and effectiveness of the Walk ‘n Watch structured, progressive exercise protocol delivered by physical therapists for inpatient stroke rehabilitation in Canada: a phase 3, multisite, pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial - ScienceDirect
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Dr Vivienne Travlos is a Respiratory Physiotherapist at the MND Association of Western Australia and Principal Physio at Breathe Physio. She has a PhD, MSc of (Management of hildhood Disability) a GradCert in university teaching. This episode is all you want to know about neuro respiratory. We chat neuromuscular disorders, respiratory pathophysiology and disease, night respiration, airway clearance, assessment and measurement, intervention according to severity. Also heard answers to listeners questions - evidence base, physio role across the complex disability continuum of care.

2.03 Welcome & Career Pathway
8.59 PhD – Adolescents with NMD physical health & mental wellbeing
12.59 What are neuromuscular disorders? What resp issues occur?
18.25 Night respiration issues
21.49 NIV
26.15 Lung volume recruitment
31.00 Airway clearance
39.46 EBP in neuro respiratory
43.19 Key outcome measures
49.22 Lung tissue integrity
52.49 Future proofing

1.00.44 Reflection

Links & Resources
Email: vivienne.travlos@gmail.com

Physiotherapists: A vital part of MND multi-disciplinary care
Viviennes' LinkedIn
Vivienne's phd papers/ research gate

Neuro Respiratory Physiotherapy Academy (Jac Agostinello)

MND Western Australia
MND Victoria
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A/Prof Simone Dorsch is a lecturer in neurological physiotherapy at Australian Catholic University in Sydney and a Director at the StrokEd collaboration. Simone holds a Masters of Health Science (Neurological Physiotherapy) and a PhD in increasing strength after stroke from University of Sydney. We spend time talking about strength training after stroke, dose and intensity of practice, courses offered by Stroke Ed including the Upper Limb Stroke Rehab Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) that ran for the first time in June 2024.
There’s chats about empowerment in rehab, the family role, personalising practise and what interventions we should and shouldn’t be using.

0 Intro
23.00 Current roles & career
45.00 MOOC UL stroke rehab
14.45 Stroke Ed courses
17.50 Coaching
21.10 How much to ‘talk’ as a physio
24.20 Empowerment & engagement
29.05 Strength training
32.45 Clinical reasoning framework of TST
35.10 What interventions we should be doing
38.30 Teaching how to practice - how not to scare people off
41.30 Hands-on approaches
44.30 Personalising practise
53.20 Family empowerment
57.10 Definition of Bobath in studies

Links
Simone’s ACU profile 
Simone’s X 
Simone’s phd papers/ research gate
LinkedIn 
Stroke Ed website
Caitlin reed episode link 
Other StrokeEd presenters episodes:
Dr Annie McCluskey 
Dr Kate Scrivener

Resources
Articles discussed in episode:
Xu Wen Eng 2014 Factors Affecting the Ability of the Stroke Survivor to Drive Their Own Recovery outside of Therapy during Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation
Bobath Systematic reviews: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S183695532030103X'
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955322001151
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We are chatting with James McQuillan one of the Australian Steelers – the Aussie wheelchair rugby team. Not just that but an Australian Steeler who has had an incredible journey from recreational sportsman to national representative in just over 11 months. In this episode James shares his story, the injury that led him to having a SCI, how he came to be part of the Steelers, and all about Wheelchair Rugby as a sport. He also tells us about being an elite sportsman, his SCI rehab journey, nerve & tendon transfer surgeries to get more function in his upper limbs and some tips for working with people with SCI. Enjoy!
2.00 Intro
2.34 sec Bio
6.44 Wheelchair Rugby
11.48 Classification
13.05 Getting into para sport
17.53 Equipment required
17.54 Fitness for elite wheelchair rugby & SCI
21.46 Role in Aussie Steelers 
25.55 Nerve transfer & Tendon transfer surgeries
30.31 Rehab – knowledge, motivation, prioritising
36.12 What rehab clinicians did well 
45.12 Reflection
Resources
Forged In Steel - Australian Steelers documentary
Paralympics media release 
SCI PT guidelines sciptguide.com
Paralympics websites
https://www.9now.com.au/paralympic-games-paris-2024
https://www.paralympic.org.au/
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/paralympic-games
Austin Health Nerve  & tendon transfer team

Links
Instagram @jamesmcquillan5
James' LinkedIn
ANZ Smashing through barriers
Paris 2024 Profile
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