Pleased to share a recent publication evaluating the feasibility of CoPILOT, a shared-control powered wheelchair training program that is showing promise for safely enhancing powered wheelchair skills for new users with spinal cord injuries. Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pleased to share a recent publication evaluating the feasibility of CoPILOT, a shared-control powered wheelchair training program that is showing promise for safely enhancing powered wheelchair skills for new users with spinal cord injuries. Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Adventure mode: ON 🏔 An epic day on the mountain with RAD Society!

UBC MOT students got hands-on experience with innovative technologies and mobility devices at the 2025 Assistive Technology and Wheelchair Skills Training Days! A big thank-you to the amazing organizations who shared their expertise and inspired the future OTs.

Excited to share a new paper by Principal Investigator Dr. William Miller and research assistant Adit Dhariwal. It explores the growing challenge of fraudulent participation in research, with recommendations on prevention and detection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #research #academicsky

The Peer-HELP study is actively recruiting participants to help improve peer support and social connection in patients with lower limb loss. Take part in a 30–60 minute interview to share your experiences adjusting to life with limb loss and accessing peer support resources.

We had a great experience attending the ISPO 20th World Congress in Sweden. A global celebration where Adit and Brittany had the privilege of presenting, and a special congratulations to Adit for winning the Best Paper and Poster in the sustainability category! #ISPO2025

Happy to share that one of our PhD students, Brittany Pousett, was featured on the O&P Research Insights Podcast, where she discussed her research on prosthetic socket comfort, pain, and mobility in individuals with lower limb amputation! Check it out here: aaop.podbean.com/e/the-relati...

OSOT Professor and @agingsmart.bsky.social PI Dr. Bill Miller's studies of the Smart Mirror, the SMART Program, Recreational Adaptive Devices, and 3D-printed prosthetics were featured in @vchhealthcare.bsky.social's story on @matterslab.bsky.social's research www.vchri.ca/stories/2025... #OT365

Excited to share this feature by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute on the incredible work happening at the MATTERS Lab! Learn more about how we are breaking barriers using assistive technology here: www.vchri.ca/stories/2025... @vchhealthcare.bsky.social #research

A great day attending the INCREASE BC conference and supporting our PhD students, Raneem and Brittany, with their respective poster and presentation. Congratulations to Brittany for her 2nd-place award in the 3-Minute Thesis competition!

@ubcrhsc.bsky.social student Brittany Pousett came second in the INCREASE BC 3MT competition for her talk “Understanding how People with Lower Limb Amputations in British Columbia Cope with the Challenges Associated with Life with an Amputation” #OT365 @matterslab.bsky.social @agingsmart.bsky.social

Want to contribute to research? OSOT faculty @ben-vanmortenson.bsky.social & @matterslab.bsky.social, the RAD Society, & colleagues are seeking participants for their study of adaptive devices for outdoor recreation icord.org/studies/2024... #OT365 @agingsmart.bsky.social @vchhealthcare.bsky.social

Congratulations to Emma Smith and Adit Dhariwal who have been nominated for the Best Paper and Poster Prize in the category “Greatest Contribution in Advancing Sustainability” at the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) 20th World Congress!

OSOT faculty @ben-vanmortenson.bsky.social & @matterslab.bsky.social have partnered with UBC Recreation, the School of Kinesiology, & the RAD Society to provide accessible outdoor equipment osot.ubc.ca/2025/03/17/a... #OT365 @agingsmart.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @vchhealthcare.bsky.social

We are excited to share a paper investigating the epidemiology of lower limb amputees receiving inpatient rehabilitation in Canada. Check out the abstract published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #researchsky #academicsky #occupationaltherapy

Excited to share a paper published in the Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Journal. This paper explores the various obstacles faced by manual wheelchair users. Check it out here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39754707/ #researchsky #occupationaltherapy

Meet Debbie Field, our March 2025 Alumni of the Month! Debbie completed her PhD in 2016 focusing on how youth using wheeled mobility devices participate in everyday life & is now an OT educator Full feature: rehab.med.ubc.ca/2025/02/28/m... #ubcrhsc @ubcosot.bsky.social @matterslab.bsky.social

An article by @ubcrhsc.bsky.social PhD student Pegah Derakhshan, OSOT faculty @matterslab.bsky.social and @ben-vanmortenson.bsky.social, et al. was featured in Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences' Research Topic for World Health Day www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh... #OT365 @agingsmart.bsky.social

Super excited to share a publication by one of our PHD students, Himani Prajapati, and Dr. Miller! This scoping review investigates yoga interventions for neurorehabilitation, identifying behavior change techniques and delivery modes. Check out the abstract here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39949298/

Excited to share another paper by Dr. Miller published in the Journal of Health & Social Care in the Community. This latest study explores community connectors' experiences with implementing social prescribing! Check out the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The TeamWheels project team is excited to share the results of their randomized controlled trial using a peer-led eHealth approach to improving wheelchair skills! Check out the abstract published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39709023/

Happy New Year from the MATTERS Lab! Here is some of our team snowshoeing at Cypress Mountain earlier this week.