The pivotal role of motivation in neurorehabilitation
Dana Boering, Neurologist, Neurorehabilitationist 2001, Neurophysiologist 2002
During the last decade, numerous efforts were undertaken in order to successfully translate the effects of enriched environmental animal research on neurorehabilitation strategies post-stroke and a growing body of literature was published emphasizing, increasing, and maximizing the amount of therapy time that each patient can benefit from. Only recently clinicians have been developing an increasing interest in intrinsic motivation and its role in therapy acceptance, self-training, patient commitment and resilience.
The talk will focus on the role of actual motivational theory rules on increasing the intensity of impairment-oriented training post-stroke and give a conceptual scenario regarding motivation assessment and motivation increasing tools in day by day clinical practice.
Short Bio
Education:
- Secondary School I. Slavici Arad, Romania
- Medical School: Facultatea de medicina si Farmacie I.M.F. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Academical qualifications:
- Dr. medic: I.M.F. Cluj Napoca 1981
- German acknowledgement as Dr. med. 1987
- Specialty qualification: Neurologist 1994
- Further specialty qualification: Neurorehabilitationist 2001, Neurophysiologist 2002
Employment:
St. Mauritius Therapieklinik Meerbusch 2002-2016
SRH Gesundheitszentrum Bad Wimpfen since 2016
Professional appointments, scientifical activities:
1994-2002 Collaboration with the University of Essen in the field of plasticity after stroke, with an emphasis on the role of the cerebellum in motoric learning tasks
Since 2002 Collaboration with the University of Düsseldorf in the field of plasticity after stroke
Since 2009 Collaboration with the Coma Science Group Liege Belgium
Member of the DOC special interest group of the IBIA
