A/Prof Simone Dorsch - Strength training after stroke, Dosage & Intensity, Personalising practise

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 Intro23.00 Current roles & career45.00 MOOC UL stroke rehab14.45 Stroke Ed courses17.50 Coaching21.10 How much to ‘talk’ as a physio24.20 Empowerment & engagement29.05 Strength training32.45 Clinical reasoning framework of TST35.10 What interventions we should be doing38.30 Teaching how to practice - how not to scare people off41.30 Hands-on approaches44.30 Personalising practise53.20 Family empowerment57.10 Definition of Bobath in studiesLinksSimone’s ACU profile Simone’s X Simone’s phd papers/ research gateLinkedIn Stroke Ed websiteCaitlin reed episode link Other StrokeEd presenters episodes:Dr Annie McCluskey Dr Kate Scrivener ResourcesArticles 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 RehabilitationBobath Systematic reviews: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S183695532030103X'https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955322001151Like our podcast and want to support us?Share the show with your friends & colleagues, give us a rating on your podcast platform or Buy us a coffee. Matt & Erin run the podcast out of their own time and resources. We'd love to update our recording equipment & cover our podcast publishing costs. Buy us a coffee if you can.