Neuro SIG: LSVT BIG Exercise Induced Neuroplasticity in People with PD
1/11/20226:30 PM – 7:30 PM
virtual on Zoom
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This meeting will be a 30-45 minute presentation on LSVT BIG Exercise Induced Neuroplasticity in People with PD with time after for questions/discussion.
Christine Clarkin, PT, DPT, PhD received her B.S. degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Vermont in 1987, her DPT from Simmons University in Boston in 2010, and her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Rhode Island in 2020. She has worked as a physical therapist, senior therapist, clinical education coordinator, and clinic director in a variety of settings including acute care, acute rehab, and home health care settings for more than 34 years. Her experience has been across all diagnoses with a focus on neurologic impairments, amputee, and burn and wound care and has been LSVT BIG certified since 2013. She began her academic career as an assistant professor in 2019 in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Rhode Island.
“My professional mission as a physical therapist, neuroscientist, professor, and researcher is to improve the life of people living with neurologic injury and neurodegenerative disease. It is this mission that motivated me as a clinician to return to school to receive my PhD in neuroscience in 2020 and pursue a career in research and teaching at URI. Applied principles of neuroplasticity are very much the cornerstone of physical therapy behavioral interventions and I am specifically interested in experience dependent neuroplasticity and how this presents as a neurobiological or structural change with associated behavioral implications. This broad mission guides my research agenda, teaching topics and methods, and professional service/community outreach.” – Dr. Christine Clarkin
Objectives:
Define neuroplasticity
Discuss the principles of neuroplasticity
Identify cardinal signs of Parkinson’s disease and differential diagnoses
Describe the impact of behavioral interventions in people with Parkinson’s disease
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