RehabCast: The Rehabilitation Medicine Update
Episodes
Treadmills & AI: What Could Possibly Happen...?
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 54th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Jacob J. Sosnoff PhD and Tobia Zanotto PhD to discuss how a simple t...
Robotics & Restoration: Transforming Stroke and Spasticity Care
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 53rd episode of RehabCast, we spotlight two revolutionary approaches that are transforming the world of rehabilitation. First, Kristin Nuckols,...
Rehab Sounds Like: Parkinson’s Singing, Alzheimer’s, and Rehab Advocacy
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 52nd episode of the RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets four different highlighted speakers who will be presenting at the 2024 ACR...
Aphasia Dialogue & Older TBIs: 2023 Launchpad Winner & Outcomes Research on Older TBIs
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 51st episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Maheen M. Adamson, PhD, MHL to discuss A Vision Neuroscience-Based C...
Voices & Strides: Advocating for Global Rehabilitation & Forecasting SCI Mobility
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 50th episode of #RehabCast, host Dr. Bill Niehaus engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Julia To Dutka, EdD, Bruce M. Gans, MD, and Ri...
Impactful Plenaries: Highlights from the Centennial ACRM Speakers
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 49th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus meets with the 100th ACRM conference Plenary Speakers (https://acrm2023.eventscribe.n...
Legacy of Leadership
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 48th episode of the #RehabCast, join our host, Dr. Bill Niehaus, as he engages in a captivating conversation with seven esteemed members of the...
Refreshing Cognition: ACRM Rebooted and Updated the Cognition Rehabilitation Manual
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Rebecca Eberle, MA, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, FACRM, Michael Fr...
Brain Injury & Instruments: ACRM Updates Mild TBI Criteria & Validating Music Therapy Assessment
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 47th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Dr Noah Silverberg to discuss the updated American Congress of Rehab...
Hidden Battlefields: Social Participation Disparities and Anxiety in Spinal Cord Injury
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 46th episode of the #RehabCast, our host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with Occupational Therapist Stephanie Kubiak, PhD and Associate Professor...
Igniting Progress: Meet the 2022 LaunchPad Winner and Explore Sex-Related Discrepancies after SCI
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 44th episode of RehabCast, our new host Dr. Bill Niehaus first meets with the ACRM 2022 LaunchPad winner, Lianna Genovese, who is the CEO & Fou...
Empowered Papers: Illuminating LGBTQI+ Sexuality in Chronic Disease+Investigating Suicidality in TBI
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 44th episode of RehabCast we welcome new host Dr. Bill Niehaus. Dr. Niehaus takes over from Dr. Ford Vox who joins us to make the official hand...
Frailty-fighting @ home & the role of ATPs
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 43rd episode of RehabCast we feature Sara Suikkanen of the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland on a creative intervention for home based therapi...
Tele-physiatry in pediatrics, reducing opioids after spine surgery
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 42nd episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast we talk with Loren Davidson of UC Davis about her work on a pediatric tele-reh...
Disability Tech Fest: Braze Mobility and Accelerating innovation
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 41st episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast introduces you to the winner of the 2021 ACRM Launchpad competition, Braze Mobilit...
Person-Centered Rehab & Impact of Cognition on SCI Rehab
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 40th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast features Tiago Jesus and Christina Papadimitriou on the growth of the person cente...
Negative pressure massage for lymphedema & key gait parameters related to falls in MS
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 39th Episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we sit down with Dr. Jeannette Lee who is Chair of the Department of Physical ...
Opioids & SCI, TBI & Voting
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 38th episode of the Archives of Physical Medicine’s RehabCast, we’re looking at the opioid epidemic through the lens of the spinal cord inj...
Spinal Cord Injury Research in Partnership, Explaining Aphasia from Square One
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features a formulation of integrated knowledge translation principles for use in spinal cord injury r...
Digesting the Latest on Biofeedback for Parkinson’s Related Dysphagia
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 36 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Irene Battel on her work delving into the challenging problem of Parkinson’s disease relat...
Human takes on robotic exoskeletons; Introducing the Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The April 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Linda Ehlich-Jones of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab who takes a close look at the ...
SCI and Cardiovascular Risk, Cycling the Way to Walking After Stroke
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The March 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Dick Thijssen and his work towards figuring out how we can accurately estimate c...
LaunchPad Winning Virtual Occupational Therapy & Opioid Tips Post TBI
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The February 2021 edition of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features the ACRM LaunchPad winning rehab engineering project - a virtual occupational...
Clearing the Confusion & ACRM 2020 in your PJ’s
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The October 2020 issue of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Mark Sherer of TIRR and Yelena Bodien of Harvard on what you need to know about ...
COVID-19 & World of Rehabilitation Medicine / DoC Competency Guidelines
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The June 2020 issue of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features journal editors Helen Hoenig and Gerald Koh discussing their view of COVID-19’s i...
Cognition & Stroke Rehabilitation
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The February 2020 edition the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Abhishek Jaywant of Weill Cornell Medicine as we explore the importance of cogni...
US News Changes, WHO’s Rehabilitation 2030, Medicare Disparities
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The November/December 2019 of the Archives of PM&R’s RehabCast features Ben Harder, the Chief of Health Analysis at U.S. News & World Report, Dr. Al...
Obamacare & Physical Therapy Use / Low Back Pain Spin
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Sept/Oct 2019 edition of the RehabCast from the Archives of PM&R includes Creighton University’s Robert Sandstrom, who in the September issue de...
Functional brain computer interface & reducing opioids in acute rehab
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The July and August 2019 episode of RehabCast: The Rehabilitation Medicine Update from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features t...
Predictive Science of Pressure Injury, Geriatric Rehab’s Rising Importance
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
May & July episode featuring interviews with Kath Bogie and Jonathan Bean. Dr. Bogie discusses her imaging-based approach to figuring out who’s most...
Body Electric: The Evidence for Pediatric tDCS
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
he April 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation focuses tDCS for motor impairments in pediatric rehabilitation with D...
Dance dance dance for MS!
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The March 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation focuses on a trial of movement to music versus adapted yoga for Mult...
Treating the Couple Following Brain Injury
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The February 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation features Dr. Samantha Backhaus’s work developing a novel interv...
From mHealth to mRehab: Charting the future of mobile health in rehabilitation
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The January 2019 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation highlights the first comprehensive 10 year review of rehabilitatio...
Orthopedic Rehabilitation Innovations: Cervical Radiculopathy & Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The December 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation highlights two important orthopedic rehabilitation investigations...
New Open Access Rehab Journal, Physiology of trigger point massage
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The November 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation takes a look at the new open-access journal Archives of Rehabilit...
SCI Epidural Stimulation Results, Nociception Coma Scale Revised
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The September 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation takes a look at the Nociception Coma Scale-Revised, one of the t...
Disorders of Consciousness Guidelines, E-Scooters & You
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The August 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation delves into the newly released guidelines on the care of persons in...
Dual-tasking concussion assessment
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The July 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features David Howell of the University of Colorado School of Medic...
Bionics better than the real thing, Discharge readmission risk
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The June 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features news updates including bionic limbs based on agonist-antag...
Guidelines vs Practice, Sport-Related Concussion & Sleep
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The May 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation features Dr. Thomas Burns of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta discus...
Brain Injury, Guns & D.C.; Neuromuscular electrical stim done right
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The April 2018 #RehabCast from the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features Nicola Maffiuletti from Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, on tra...
Tackling spinal cord injury autonomic dysfunction, a concussion lab test, and desk wars.
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The March 2018 #RehabCast features Frazier Rehab Institute’s Alexander Ovechkin talking about respiratory training in chronic SCI, and a slate of ne...
Spinal Cord Injury Urinary Health, Falling Class & MoCA’s New Fame
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The February 2018 RehabCast features Dr. Felicia Skelton talking about her work on antibiotic stewardship in SCI, and news briefs including MoCA’s n...
Improving wheelchair skills, a Huntington’s Disease advance & the Shanghai nerve transfer.
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wheelchair skills get a web-based boost: we talk with the University of Pittsburgh’s Lynn Worobey, the bright and dark sides of a Huntington’s Dis...
Atlanta Voices, CTE is Everywhere! Xenon & Motivating Work Comp
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The December 2017 #RehabCast features Doug Gross from the University of Alberta on motivational interviewing in worker’s compensation rehabilitation...
Las Vegas, Traumatology, Firearm TBI & the movie Stronger
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
November 2017 episode discussing the Las Vegas shooting, rehabilitation traumatology, Stronger - the rehab-focused Boston Marathon bombing film, and h...
Hurricane Rehab, Psychedelic Medicine, Attention Robot!
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
October 2017 episode featuring rehab in a time of natural disaster, the mainstreaming of psychedelic medicine, amantadine for agitation, and investiga...
Healthcare violence, Workout for sleep, Irish Set Dancing
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
RIP Dr. Todd Graham, resistance exercise to improve sleep, TBI as a cause of stroke, and Irish Set Dancing as a therapeutic intervention for Parkinson...
Yoga v PT, Stanley Paris, Medicare forgot SCI?, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The August 2017 edition features the Yoga vs PT rumble, Stanley Paris’s $3 Million donation to Physical Therapy research, a regulatory odyssey hurti...
Powered Exoskeletons for MS, Colorado RSVP & Biomedical Informatics
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The July 2017 episode of RehabCast features Allan Kozlowski from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital talking about the first trial of a powered exos...
Medscape meets PM&R, Cathryn Ramin’s Crooked & Spinal Cord Injury Peers
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Physicians can finally expect to find a Physiatry category on Medscape and inclusion in the site’s professional reports thanks to the efforts of PM&...
The dawn of AbilityLab, rehab robotics, and a minimally invasive contracture treatment
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Digging into the new Shirley Ryan Ability Lab with its chief scientific officer Dr. Richard Lieber. Proposed NIH budget cuts. Rehab Robotics 2017. E-s...
Occupational Therapy's birthday and advances in Parkinson's Disease treatment
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The 100th anniversary of the OT profession. Healthcare reform. The opioid crisis. Wearable biofeedback in Parkinson’s disease with Davide Cattaneo a...