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Finding Strength Podcast

Finding Strength: The Spaulding Rehabilitation Podcast is a platform to bring together voices in the rehabilitation community. Monthly episodes will be inspired by research conducted out of the Spaulding Research Institute and stories from people with lived experiences. We aim to show how research has real meaning for real people.

We strive to make our content accessible to all people. For those with hearing impairments, transcripts are available on each episode page.

If you are interested in one of the articles highlighted on the show, but are having trouble accessing it, please reach out to us at SRNOutcomesCenter@partners.org.

Listen to our trailer:

Episodes

  • Episode 8

    Concussion in School Sports

    September 4, 2023

    In this episode, we discuss concussion education programs for school sports.

  • Episode 7

    Equity in Elite Sports: The Paralympian

    August 7, 2023

    In this episode, we hear about the state of the science of sports medicine in the elite para athlete.

  • Episode 6

    More Than Just a Game: The Public Health Impact of Sport and Physical Activity for People with Disabilities

    July 3, 2023

    We discuss the benefits and barriers to fitness in people with disabilities, inspired by the article "More Than Just a Game: The Public Health Impact of Sport and Physical Activity for People With Disabilities."

  • Episode 5

    No Easy Game: An Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program’s First Five Years

    June 5, 2023

    Join us as we talk about aphasia, the Spaulding-MGH Institute of Health Professions ICAP program, and the story of program participant Dana Lanzillo and his wife Jane.

  • Episode 4

    Measuring Functional Ability After Spinal Cord Injury

    May 1, 2023

    We discuss the development and use of a tool that measures function after spinal cord injury: the Spinal Cord Injury Functional Index (SCI-FI) / Assistive Technology (AT).

  • Episode 3

    Recovery After Moderate to Severe Brain Injury

    April 3, 2023

    In this episode, we discuss our ability to predict outcomes after moderate to severe brain injury.

  • Episode 2

    From Survival to Survivorship – Framing Traumatic Injury as a Chronic Condition

    Part II: Finding Common Language in Our Data

    March 13, 2023

    In the second part of our kickoff series, we discuss coordinated care across the lifespan of those with traumatic injuries.

  • Episode 1

    From Survival to Survivorship – Framing Traumatic Injury as a Chronic Condition

    Part I: Coordinated Care Across the Lifespan

    March 6, 2023

    Join us for our special 2-part kickoff series inspired by the New England Journal of Medicine article “From Survival to Survivorship – Framing Traumatic Injury as a Chronic Condition.” In this episode, we discuss coordinated care across the lifespan of those with traumatic injuries.

Credits

This production is a collaboration between, and partially funded by, the Rehabilitation Outcomes Center at Spaulding and our Model Systems: the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (NIDILRR Award #90DPBU0008), the Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NIDILRR Award #90DPTB0027-01-01), and the Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System Center (NIDILRR Award #90SIM0017-01-00).

Shonali Gaudino, OT, Host, Producer, & Co-Creator

Ron Hirschberg, MD, Co-Creator

Lauren Shepler, MPH, Co-Creator

Mary Slavin, PT, PhD, Executive Producer

Special thanks to the Mass General Brigham Marketing, Communications, Design and Web Building teams.