Events
FHS MSK-IF Innovation Rounds
The Innovation Rounds is an event to showcase our ongoing projects at FHS MSK-IF. We promote a collaborative environment for interdisciplinary feedback and discussion. This event is available faculty-wide and is a great opportunity for those who would like to learn more about their engagement with the FHS MSK-IF and its resources.
For more information regarding our group, please refer to this presentation.
Innovation Rounds - July 10, 2024
Measuring Temperature and Muscle Contraction in Custom Made Orthotic Devices (Presentation)
Presenter: M. Szekeres
One of the standards of care for treating upper limb injuries is to prescribe a removable splint or orthosis, which help fractures and other soft tissues to heal and to decrease pain and inflammation.
A multidisciplinary team is working with clinical partners at the Hand and Upper Limb Centre (located at St. Joseph’s Health Care), patient partners, and the FHS MSK-IF to develop a wearable device that measures splint adherence through temperature and surface electromyography (sEMG) to understand the relationship between splinting (immobilization) and tissue healing and other important outcomes.
Virtual Bone Health Program for Fragility Fracture (Presentation)
Presenter: T. Ziebart
A multidisciplinary team is working with clinical partners at the Hand and Upper Limb Centre and Community Rehab Clinics, patient partners, and the FHS MSK-IF to refine a virtual post first-fragility fracture bone health program developed at the Hand and Upper Limb Centre with the goal of making it suitable for scale-up to middle-aged adults with upper extremity or spinal fragility fractures. The program focuses on improving bone health through changes in diet, exercise, safe movement, medication, and falls prevention strategies.
