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April is Occupational Therapy Month, and we’d like to use the opportunity to recognize the important work OTs do for those with spinal cord injury (SCI).
OTs help people with SCI develop, recover, improve, and maintain skills to enable them to live more independently and engage in activities that are meaningful to them. They also support the mental, social, and emotional health of their clients.
OTs are also vital to our mission to restore movement, function, and independence after SCI. Our Up-LIFT pivotal study included 11 OTs across 14 study sites in the US, Canada, and Europe. They were responsible for conducting day-to-day rehabilitation sessions with our 65 trial participants, completing evaluations, and documenting outcomes. Given the study focused on upper limb strength and function, OTs helped trial participants practice activities like grasping, pinching, and using both hands together for daily tasks like holding a pen or opening a jar.??
Kristin Will, pictured below with a study participant, was an OT in our Up-LIFT pivotal study at Craig Hospital, a leading neurorehabilitation and research hospital in Englewood, Colorado. Kristin has worked in the field for more than a decade, including spending time in rural Uganda, where she opened a rehabilitation clinic. Kristin says her most fulfilling moments as an OT arise from helping clients perform activities that are meaningful to them. For instance, she shared with us that one trial participant was able to tie 150 balloons for their child’s birthday party after receiving investigational ARC-EX® Therapy in their therapy sessions. ??
We are grateful for the passion, dedication, and rigor OTs like Kristin bring to their work. Developing solutions to addressing unmet needs in the SCI Community is difficult, and collaborating with knowledgeable, experienced, and invested stakeholders is critical to solving these tough problems together. ??