@slootal

Stroke recovery researcher investigating environmental enrichment to promote stroke recovery and exercise to prevent stroke risk in TIA/mild stroke pts

 New South Wales, Australia
Joined January 2012
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We need your help to develop a virtual assistant (computer character) for people living with stroke. Click here to read more about the research and if wanting to take part, start interacting with the virtual assistant right now #avatar #strokerecovery mquni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/…
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Are you a #supportperson or #carer of a person living with #stroke ? Researchers from the University of Newcastle are seeking to work with informal female carers of stroke survivors to develop strategies to support carers to self-manage their emotional and physical health. 🔽❤️🔽
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@Dr_M_Kennedy is our 2022 Early Career Researcher of the Year. Find out what it means to her ✨
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Big congratulations to the now Dr Maria Sammut #mariasammut 🤩🥳😎👏🧠👩‍🎓So many hours, nights and weekends dedicated to her projects. Pubs included in thesis in comments @KirstiHaracz @Coralie_English @CRI_Director @MedResearchNSW @HMRIAustralia @UON_research
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tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Increasing time spent engaging in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity by community-dwelling...

The risk of recurrent stroke following a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or non-disabling stroke is high. Clinical guidelines recommend this patient population accumulate at least 150 minutes of m...

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Physical Activity After Transient Ischemic Attack... : Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy

Background and Purpose:Regular, sustained moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is a recommended strategy to reduce the risk of recurrent...

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Participants’ Perspective of Engaging in a Gym-Based Health Service Delivered Secondary Stroke...

People who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke have a high risk of recurrent stroke. Secondary prevention programs providing support for meeting physical activity recommendati...

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Carers and people with stroke can complete a survey to let us know their exercise preferences so we can design a carer-supported exercise program for people at home after stroke. Stroke survivors: fal.cn/3rVqn Carers of stroke survivors: fal.cn/3rVqm
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Excitedly planning for the Yarning up After Stroke Family Fun Day at Tamworth on Saturday 8th October 2022. Supported by ⁦@strokefdn⁩ ⁦@HNEHealth⁩ ⁦@HMRIAustralia⁩ ⁦@nhmrc⁩ and many other community groups helping on the day.
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It's #ResearchWeek at @SVHSydney! A chance to hear from campus scientists and clinician researchers working together to improve healthcare🌟#researchmatters Event details on our website: svcresearchweek.com.au/event… Join us online! @GarvanInstitute @VictorChangInst @StVHealthAust
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Great opportunity and a great team 👇
Michelle Kelly@mkellyUoN14 Sep 2022
SUPER EXCITED!! We are seeking expressions of interest for an enthusiastic post-doc or research officer to work with our multidisciplinary team on a project aiming to improve the lives of older people as they transition into residential aged care facilities. DM me if interested
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🚨🗓️📢 Abstracts close 26 Sep 2022 for Advances in #Stroke Recovery 2023 #ASR23 It's virtual so you can join from anywhere in the 🗺️ strokerecoveryconference.ca/… Check out the program & 🤩🤩 speaker line-up ➡️ strokerecoveryconference.ca/… @HSFCSR @WorldStrokeOrg @ASNRehab @strokefdn
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Heidi Janssen retweeted
ReCAPS@ReCAPS_Trial22 Aug 2022
We are less than 10 participants off reaching a wonderful milestone of 300 participants enrolled. Thank you to the clinicians and participants for your support.
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Well done #mariasammut on your presentation at #smartstrokes22 today. Your first F2F conference presentation was very successful! More results from S+SLAM-TIA to come @HNEHealth @UON_research @NSWHealth @HMRIAustralia @Coralie_English @KirstiHaracz @CRI_Director
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Very proud of Katrina Kenah leading the way on innovative research into the impact of boredom on people’s experience of stroke rehab and use of non-therapy time. @UON_research @StrokeBrainPRC
Natalie Fini@NatFiniPhysio18 Aug 2022
Katrina Kenah presenting on the importance of social connections during stroke rehab ⁦@slootal⁩ ⁦@AVERTtrial⁩
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The Take Charge program improved people’s independence and quality of life after stroke and we’re testing ways to make it available online – if you’ve had a stroke in the last 12 months, you can help test the prototype 🧠🧐 bit.ly/iTakeCharge
Woman with ponytail sitting in front of a computer. On the computer screen is a female character with text boxes next to her

ALT Woman with ponytail sitting in front of a computer. On the computer screen is a female character with text boxes next to her

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Katrina Kenah presenting on the importance of social connections during stroke rehab ⁦@slootal⁩ ⁦@AVERTtrial⁩
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You can now participate in this study to build a computer character/avatar to support self-management of stroke recovery @StrokeBrainPRC ONLINE 🤩🤩💻💻 click here ➡️➡️ mquni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/…
strokebrainPRC@StrokeBrainPRC19 May 2022
Dr Heidi Janssen @slootal and her team are looking for people to test a prototype of a computer character that could help people living with stroke. If you’ve had a stroke in the past 12 months, you can help! 🧠🧡 hmri.org.au/itakecharge
white woman (Dr Heidi Janssen) with shoulder length blonde hair smiling for the camera

ALT white woman (Dr Heidi Janssen) with shoulder length blonde hair smiling for the camera

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Heidi Janssen retweeted
Awabakal Ltd@awabakalltd21 Mar 2022
Are you Knight Strong? Awabakal is partnering with the Newcastle Knights to encourage our community to get their annual health check. When you get your annual health check over the next few months, you'll receive a Knight Strong t--shirt and tickets to a home game.
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Want to know what stroke survivors think about being active outside of therapy? journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… @slootal @AVERTtrial @julie_luker @spratt_neil @anniemccluskey2 @JannetteBlenne2

Stroke survivors’ perceptions of the factors that influence engagement in activity outside dedica...

Objective To investigate stroke survivors’ perceptions of factors influencing their engagement in activity outside of dedicated therapy sessions during inpatien...

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