Plenary #3- The ISCoS Lecture
Tracks
Plenary Room: F1+F2+F3
Friday, October 10, 2025 |
9:10 - 10:00 |
Plenary Room F1+F2+F3 |
Presenter (if the session has co-presenters, they will be listed in the APP)
Lisa Harvey
Early and intensive motor training to enhance neurological recovery in people with spinal cord injury: The SCI-MT Trial
Biography
Professor Lisa Harvey (PhD) has 20 years clinical experience as a physiotherapist in the area of spinal cord injuries and another 25 years as an academic at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia. Most of her research focuses on putting an evidence base to widely administered physiotherapy interventions. She is currently Coordinating Principal Investigator on a large multi-centered international clinical trial (the SCI-MT Trial) looking at the effectiveness of an intensive form of motor training provided soon after injury. She with Associate Professor Glinsky led the development of the Australian and New Zealand Physiotherapy Guidelines for the Management of People with Spinal Cord Injuries. She is Chair of the Scientific and Research Committee of ISCoS and currently leads the Sydney-Australia Unit of the Cochrane Rehab Thematic Group. She was Editor-in-Chief of Spinal Cord between 2017 and 2020, and is currently a Section Editor for Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and an Associate Editor for Cochrane. She setup and continues to manage www.physiotherapyexercises.com: free online exercise prescribing software for physiotherapists managing people with all types of injuries and disabilities.
