Brain Injury Research: Lessons for Reinventing the Future. The 38th Zeiter Lecture
Presented in part to the Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, March 11, 2006, Bethesda, MD; and to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, November 9, 2006, Honolulu, HI. The lecture is based in part from: Zafonte RD. Update on biotechnology for TBI rehabilitation. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2006;21:403-7.
Abstract
Zafonte RD. Brain injury research: lessons for reinventing the future. The 38th Zeiter Lecture.
I discuss novel dynamics in brain injury medicine that will shape the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation over the next several years. I review the lessons from previous clinical trials and discuss how rapid biotechnologic changes will influence the lives of people with disabilities. This lecture focuses on prior paradigms and addresses lessons learned, novel strategies for reinvention (including person-specific therapies), conventional therapy programs, biomaterials and devices, cellular-based therapies, and potential therapeutic interventions.
University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA.
Correspondence to Ross D. Zafonte, DO, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Health System, 3471 Fifth Ave, Ste 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133P70013-00) and the National Institutes of Health (grant no. 1UO1HD42678-02).
No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.
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