Four Belmont physical therapy students recently got the chance to present at the annual Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their research project entitled, \u201cFunctional Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction of Client in the Seating and Mobility Clinic,\u201d examined the overall satisfaction of wheelchair users with their product, as well as the patients’ care while in the Vanderbilt Seating and Mobility Clinic.
\nBetsy Codington, one of the students involved in the project, hopes that the their research would be used by Vanderbilt to “better inform and equip the clinic in serving their clients.\u201d Other students involved included Sarah Jo Lyons, Larry Pemberton and Daniel Rogers. All studies were conducted under the students’ research mentor, Dr. Renee Brown from the Belmont School of Physical Therapy, who also accompanied the students on their trip to the RESNA conference.
\nRESNA exists as an effort to improve the lives of people with disabilities through the use of different technologies. The foundation\u2019s yearly conference brings together a diverse group of therapists, seating specialists, engineers and end users for this central cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four Belmont physical therapy students recently got the chance to present at the annual Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their research project entitled, \u201cFunctional Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction of Client … Continue reading