SPC: Vision Rehabilitation for Persisting Post-Concussion Vision Deficits
SPC: Vision Rehabilitation for Persisting Post-Concussion Vision Deficits
1 hour
Overview
Sports Physiotherapy Canada (SPC) provides a one-hour webinar on Vision Rehabilitation for persisting post-concussion vision deficits. The presence of visual deficits following concussion can significantly prolong recovery, making return to life, school, and sport more challenging. This session will provide an overview of common visual disorders following concussion and their assessment. Management of these common visual disorders, including of accommodation, vergence, and eye movements will be discussed from the perspectives of a clinician (optometrist) and an individual with lived experience. The value of a multidisciplinary collaborative care model will be highlighted, and evidence supporting the treatment of post-concussion vision disorders will be provided.
Speaker biography
Dr. Kristine Dalton, OD, PhD is an Associate Professor at the School of Optometry & Vision Science, an optometrist, and a leader in the field of sports vision and concussion rehabilitation. After establishing and directing the Vision & Motor Performance Lab in 2013, Kristine went onto found the Sports Vision Clinic at the University of Waterloo in 2014. Under her leadership, the Sports Vision Clinic expanded its services to include the Brain Injury Clinic in 2019. In her clinical work, Kristine provides performance vision enhancement and vision rehabilitation services for athletes and individuals with traumatic brain injury (concussion). Her research interests include sports performance, traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in para and non-para sport, and Paralympic classification for athletes with vision impairment. Kristine is the Co-Chair of the Concussion in Para Sport group, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association.
Anna Nickel, BSc, MSc Candidate, is a second year Masters of Science student in Applied Health Sciences at Brock University in St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada and is a part of the Injury Prevention, Clinical Intervention, and Implementation Science lab (I3 lab). She is also a student member of the Concussion in Para Sport Group. Her research interests include concussion management for athletes with disabilities, and her current work aims to improve concussion assessment and rehabilitation for athletes with visual impairments. Anna’s research is driven by her own lived experience as an individual with persisting post-concussion symptoms and works towards amplifying voices of concussion patients.
Registration
- SPC members $35.00
- Non-members $45.00
The instructors
To provide leadership and direction to members of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association for the advancement of sport physical therapy by fostering excellence in practice, education and research for the benefit of active Canadians.
A dynamic organization, national in scope, which can effectively facilitate research, communication, education and service delivery while providing leadership and recognition in sport physical therapy.
An organization which coordinates, promotes and provides programs and services for the health, safety and optimal performance of all participants in sport and sport physical therapy.
Sport Physiotherapy Canada is committed to act with integrity, to honour the rights and dignity of all individuals, to recognize their responsibility to society, and to pursue a quest for excellence in professional activities by:
- recognizing and uniting the members of the CPA interested in all aspects of Sport Physiotherapy
- providing leadership in the advancement of health promotion / injury prevention, education and service to active individuals
- openly sharing knowledge and information with our partners in the Sports Medicine and Science Community
- maintaining high standards of the delivery of sport physiotherapy
