Dr. Albin T. Jousse Lecture Series: Clinical Implications of Spasticity
Speaker: Dr. Parvin Eftekhar
Abstract
Biography
Dr. Parvin Eftekhar is an Affiliate Scientist at the KITE Research Institute and the Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, and an Occupational Therapist by training. Her areas of expertise are in neurorehabilitation with a focus on Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury and Acquired Brain Injury. Her doctoral work evaluated spasticity using both kinematic and clinical outcome measures to assess the impact of BoNTA (i.e., BOTOX) on arm function after stroke.
Her current research and clinical practice focus on patient and family goal-based intervention using the International Classification of Function model. Her research and practice interest areas are neuromodulation (sEMG, NMES/FES), coupled with traditional rehabilitation modalities such as exercise, task-oriented rehabilitation, splinting/serial casting after upper limb paralysis or nerve transplant in individuals with Stroke or SCI. Her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto was a multi-site randomized trial on studying the outdoor activities for seniors. She is the clinical scientist and primary investigator at the Peripheral Nerve Transfer Rehab Clinic at Lyndhurst-UHN. Her role is to develop, lead and implement the rehabilitation elements of the PNT continuum.