Date: Tuesday 4 Nov. 2025

Topic Innovation
Speakers Siham Chafai Elalaoui Morocco, Nathan Rosenberg India

Rehabilitation is entering a new era shaped by scientific advances and innovative concepts that challenge traditional paradigms. The growing understanding of genetics has opened the door to personalized care, replacing the “one size fits all” approach with interventions tailored to individual genetic profiles. Insights from genomics reveal how genetic variations influence healing, responsiveness to exercise, and rehabilitation outcomes, paving the way for precision rehabilitation plans that optimize recovery and reduce complications. In parallel, the concept of “time toxicity” is emerging as a critical but often overlooked dimension of healthcare decision-making. Beyond physical side effects and financial costs, rehabilitation also imposes time burdens—including treatment sessions, travel, and care coordination—that can significantly affect quality of life. While widely discussed in oncology, this concept has only recently begun to be applied to rehabilitation, with potential implications across stroke, cancer, pediatric, and pain rehabilitation. Taken together, these perspectives highlight how integrating genetic knowledge and awareness of time costs can lead to more personalized, equitable, and patient-centered rehabilitation strategies.

Chairs Nathan Rosenberg, Massimo Thomas Loy

11H LECTURE ID 82 Personalized Approach to Rehabilitation: When Genetics Guides Rehabilitation. Siham Chafai Elalaoui

11H20 LECTURE ID 22 Time Toxicity: The Side Effect of Rehabilitation Interventions That You’re Not Talking About. Nathan Rosenberg

11H40 OC ID 377 Beyond Cure: The Transformative Role of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Palliative Care for Aggressive Central Nervous System Tumors. DIANNA SERRA

11H45 OC ID 280 Predicting the risk of pressure injuries in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia – External validation of the PRINCOVID score. Cardoso Ferreira

11H50 OC ID 79 Effects of home-based virtual reality upper extremity rehabilitation in patients with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial. Hiroyuki Ase

11HH55 OC ID 437 The Benefits of Scuba Diving for Disabled Patients. Massimo Thomas Loy