Symposium

Efficacy of Rehabilitation Interventions for Disorders of Consciousness: Results of Recent Umbrella Review 9565

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C

  Brain Injury Program Manager
  Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
  Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

  Slides

Presenter(s)

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  Jess Rushing, PhD, MT-BC

  Assistant Professor
  Colorado State University, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
  Fort Collins, CO, United States

Non-Presenting Contributor(s)

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  Heather E. Knight, PT, DPT, Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist

  Associate Professor
  Creighton University
  Gretna, Nebraska, United States
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  Susan Fager, PhD, CCC-SLP

  Scottish Rite Associate Professor, Director of Speech Pathology
  Munroe Meyer Institute- University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Omaha, NE, United States

Non-presenting author(s)

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  Jennifer A. Weaver, PhD, OTR/L

  Assistant Professor
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

DoC evidence-based guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology provide recommendations on assessment, diagnosis and counseling of families. There is an absence of recommendations for  rehabilitation interventions provided by allied healthcare professionals. Unfortunately, current evidence investigating the utility of rehabilitation interventions does not meet the level of research quality required to be considered and included within practice guidelines. This symposium will disseminate the results from an umbrella review aimed to describe rehabilitation interventions, provided by allied healthcare professionals, with patients in DoC.  Included systematic reviews were examined for methodologies, quality, and findings. This umbrella review focused on interventions of sensory stimulation, mobilization, right median nerve stimulation, environmental control, assistive technology, and music therapy. Content will also include use of measurement tools to assess the quality of systematic reviews and risk of bias to further evaluate the strength of each systematic review. The results of the umbrella review will be disseminated. 

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Discuss benefits of utilization of umbrella review methodology to explore the rehabilitation literature related to DoC.
• 2. Describe the umbrella review methodology
• 3. Categorize the results of the umbrella review
• 4. Illustrate application of allied health rehabilitation interventions within the clinical setting for patients with DoC.
• 1. Discuss benefits of utilization of umbrella review methodology to explore the rehabilitation literature related to DoC.