Innovations Across the Lifespan: Advancing Mobility in Frail Older Adults and Pediatric Neurorehabilitation

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT

Location: 107 & 108

Ideal Audience:Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Researchers

Course Director(s)

Asst.Prof.Thitiporn Phakdepiboon, MD (she/her/hers)

Rehabilitation
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Speaker(s)

Piyapat Dajpratham, MD, FRCphysiatrT (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Jirapa Champaiboon, MD (she/her/hers)

Rehabilitation Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Asst.Prof. Ratcharin Kongkasuwan, MD, FRCPhysiatRT (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

This session will examine innovations across the lifespan in rehabilitation medicine, focusing on mobility enhancement in frail older adults and emerging advances in pediatric neurorehabilitation. The session will highlight key developments in Robotics, Virtual Reality, and AI-assisted therapies, emphasizing clinical application, current evidence, and translation into practice.

Session Objectives:

-Identify key innovations in balance and mobility rehabilitation for frail older adults (exergaming, robotics, telerehab, digital twin). -Evaluate clinical evidence for these interventions, including Asian RCTs on teleresistance training. -Apply innovation-matching principles to patient functional stages (from dependent to independent walkers). -Discuss strategies for implementation in both high-resource and low-resource rehabilitation settings
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