Educational training on neurorehabilitation

4.3.2024

Representatives of Luhansk  Taras Shevchenko National University took part in a training course on neurorehabilitation.

From February 26 to March 1, 2024, the first part of the initial training “Fundamentals of physical therapy for nervous system disorders” organized as part of the project “Improving rehabilitation services in health care systems” funded by the US Agency for International Development took place in the city of Lviv USAID and implemented by the international non-governmental organization “Momentum Wheels for Humanity”.

The speakers of the event were the head of clinical training coordinators in Ukraine, Mykola Romanyshin, and the head of the board of the Ukrainian Association of Physical Therapy, Stepan Kobelev. The training was attended by representatives of 17 institutions of higher education providing training in specialty 227 Therapy and Rehabilitation (Physical Therapy) at the second (master’s) level of higher education, and physical therapists who are clinical supervisors. “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University” was represented by Oleg Vynogradov, head of the Department of Rehabilitation and Medical Diagnostics, and Kateryna Bubnova, physical therapist of the Kreminna Multidisciplinary Hospital.

During the week, the training participants were presented with relevant information on issues of motor control and motor learning, features of physical therapy for upper and lower motor neuron lesions. In particular, during lectures and group classes, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for spinal cord injury and craniocerebral trauma were discussed in detail. A methodology for assessing the condition of patients was developed in accordance with the International Standard of Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury of the American Spinal Injury Association (ISNCSCI); the features of assessing the cognitive and behavioral functions of patients with traumatic brain injury according to the Rancho Los Amigos Level of Cognitive Functioning Scale were considered; modern approaches to strength and cardiorespiratory training of patients with upper motor neuron lesions were analyzed.

The Department of Rehabilitation and Medical Diagnostics expresses its sincere gratitude to the organizers of the educational training for meaningful, up-to-date information on neurorehabilitation.

We thank our colleagues for the friendly atmosphere, fruitful cooperation and interesting discussion!