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2017 Research Presentation Schedule

Friday, October 20
10:00 – 10:25 am 5x5 Research Presentations
Moderator TBA
 
10:00 am – 10:05 am Julie Whitman
PL1: OMPT FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES: A SURVEY OF PROGRAM IMPACT ON PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES, CLINICAL SKILLS, SELF-PERCEPTION, AND INCOME
10:05 am – 10:10 am James Dunning
PL2: EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL DRY NEEDLING, MANUAL THERAPY AND EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A MULTI-CENTER RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
10:10 am – 10:15 am Sharon Wang-Price
PL3: EFFECTS OF TACTILE FEEDBACK ON LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE ACTIVITY IN ASYMPTOMATIC HEALTHY ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN
10:15 am – 10:20 am Amy McDevitt
PL4: MEASURING CLINICAL REASONING ACROSS A PHYSICAL THERAPY CURRICULUM: A PILOT STUDY
10:20 am – 10:25 am Q&A
5:20 - 5:45 pm 5x5 Clinical Pearl Presentations
Moderator TBA
 
5:50 pm – 5:55 pm Matthew Weitzel
PL5: GAINING TERMINAL KNEE EXTENSION WITH A MOBILIZATION WITH MOVEMENT FOR A PATIENT WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A CASE REPORT
5:55 pm – 6:00 pm Rebecca Wilder
PL6: FIRST RIB MOBILIZATION WITH MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE CERVICAL ROTATION IN A PATIENT WITH A MULTIPLE LEVEL CERVICAL FUSION: A CASE REPORT
6:00 pm – 6:05 pm Jeffrey Fairley
PL7: THE EFFECT OF SEGMENTALLY DIRECTED MANUAL CERVICAL DISTRACTION ON PAIN AND GRIP STRENGTH IN CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY: A CASE REPORT
6:05 pm – 6:10 pm Kathleen Chizewski
PL8: A NOVEL TREATMENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE LUMBAR FLEXION IN A PATIENT WITH LOW BACK AND LEG PAIN: A CASE REPORT
5:40 pm – 5:45 pm Q&A
Saturday October 21
8:50 am – 9:15 am 5x5 Research Presentations
Moderator TBA
 
8:50 am – 8:55 am Emily Slaven
PL9: CHANGES IN GAIT CHARACTERISTICS AS A RESULT OF A PROGRAM OF MANUAL THERAPY AND EXERCISE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS
8:55 am – 9:00 am Frank DiLiberto
PL10: PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD, SELF-REPORTED PAIN AND WALKING SPEED IN PEOPLE WITH END STAGE ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A PILOT STUDY
9:00 am – 9:05 am Dexter Witt
PL11: PALMAR AND DORSAL MOBILIZATIONS OF THE MCP JOINT: ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT AND ASSOCIATION WITH SYSTEMIC HYPERMOBILITY
9:05 am – 9:10 am Brian Swanson
PL12: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF CERVICAL THORACIC DIFFERENTIATION TESTING IN THE TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NECK PAIN
9:10 am – 9:15 am Q & A
10:15 am – 10:55 am Research Presentations (Breakout Sessions)
 
Dry Needling
Moderator: Nicki Hawkins
10:15 am – 10:20 am Ulrike Mitchell
PL13: THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHAM DRY NEEDLES AND THEIR VALIDITY
10:20 am – 10:25 am Cody Mansfield
PL14: THE EFFECTS OF DRY NEEDLING ON MUSCLE FUNCTION AND FORCE PRODUCTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
10:25 am – 10:30 am Gary Kearns
PL15: ACCURACY AND SAFETY OF DRY NEEDLE PLACEMENT IN THE PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE IN CADAVERS
10:30 am – 10:35 am Thomas Swink
PL16: DRY NEEDLING FOR A PATIENT WITH ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN SATISFYING THE CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE FOR MANIPULATION: A CASE STUDY REPORT.
10:35 am – 10:40 am James Dunning
PL17: EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL DRY NEEDLING, MANUAL THERAPY, EXERCISE AND ULTRASOUND IN PATIENTS WITH PLANTAR HEEL PAIN: A MULTI-CENTER RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
10:40 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Novel Cases and Interventions
Moderator: Stephen Shaffer
10:15 am – 10:20 am Matthew Pugliese
PL18: THE USE OF MANUAL THERAPY AND JOINT POSITION TRAINING IN AN INDIVIDUAL PRESENTING WITH LOW BACK PAIN AND A LATERAL SHIFT: A CASE REPORT
10:20 am – 10:25 am Kathleen Chizewski
PL19: THRUST AND NON-THRUST MOBILIZATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ECCENTRIC EXERCISE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY: A CASE REPORT
10:25 am – 10:30 am Robert Drenning
PL20: AN IMPAIRMENT-BASED APPROACH TO ADDRESS THORACOLUMBAR JUNCTION SYNDROME WITH RESOLUTION OF PRESENTING VISCERAL SYMPTOMS: A CASE REPORT
10:30 am – 10:35 am Trace Sears
PL21: USE OF LOW LOAD, HIGH VOLUME EXERCISE AND MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR TWO YOUNG ADULTS FOLLOWING ACUTE RHABDOMYOLYSIS: A DOUBLE CASE REPORT
10:35 am – 10:40 am Ronald Schenk
PL22: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES AND END RANGE PROCEDURES USED TO ACHIEVE CENTRALIZATION IN PEOPLE WITH LOW BACK PAIN
10:40 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Cervicothoracic Spine
Moderator: Leah Ruggirello
10:15 am – 10:20 am Daniel Roenz
PL23: THE ROLE OF CLINICIAN DECISION MAKING IN RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS COMPARING MANIPULATION VS. MOBILIZATION WHEN TREATING MECHANICAL NECK AND LOWER BACK PAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
10:20 am – 10:25 am Robert Schroedter
PL24: MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AUDITORY SEQUELAE AND ASSOCIATED CERVICO-FACIAL IMPAIRMENTS WITH A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH IN ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY (OMPT)
10:25 am – 10:30 am Emmanuel Yung
PL25: IS SYMPATHOINHIBITION POSSIBLE IN MANUAL THERAPY OF THE NECK? RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL IN PAIN-FREE ADULTS
10:30 am – 10:35 am Erik Martinez
PL26: REVERSAL OF UPPER MOTOR NEURON SIGNS WITH NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY: A CASE REPORT
10:35 am – 10:40 am Kelli Baggett
PL27: AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES FOR THORACIC SPINAL THRUST JOINT MANIPULATION (TJM) TECHNIQUES: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND CURRENT RESOURCES
10:40 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Lumbar Spine
Moderator: Becca Caitlan
10:15 am – 10:20 am Carlyn Babinec
PL28: AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES FOR LUMBAR SPINAL THRUST JOINT (TJM) TECHNIQUES: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND CURRENT RESOURCES
10:20 am – 10:25 am Catherine Daneau
PL29: INFLUENCE OF MASSAGE ON MUSCLE FATIGUE AND LOW BACK PAIN: PHYSIOLOGICAL OR CLINICAL CHANGES?
10:25 am – 10:30 am Dexter Witt
PL30: INTRARATER RELIABILITY OF PROVOCATION TESTS OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT
10:30 am – 10:35 am Scott Burns
PL31: PHYSICAL THERAPISTS' USE OF MANUAL THERAPY DIRECTED AT THE HIP(S) FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A PRIMARY COMPLAINT OF LOW BACK PAIN
10:35 am – 10:40 am Christopher Wise
PL32: RECRUITMENT OF THE TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS DURING SELECTED THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES AS MEASURED BY REHABILITATION ULTRASOUND IMAGING
10:40 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Upper Extremity
Moderator: Michelle Finnegan
10:15 am – 10:20 am Sean Riley
PL33: RELIABILITY AND CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE FEAR-AVOIDENCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SHOULDER PAIN
10:20 am – 10:25 am Michael Connors
PL34: CERVICOTHORACIC JUNCTION MANIPULATION VERSUS PLACEBO ON SHOULDER MUSCLE STRENGTH, ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC AMPLITUDE, AND PAIN IN PARTICIPANTS WITH SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME
10:25 am – 10:30 am Melina Haik
PL35: BASELINE PAIN SCORES PREDICT PAIN IMPROVEMENT AFTER THORACIC SPINE MANIPULATION IN PATIENTS WITH SHOULDER PAIN
10:30 am – 10:35 am Jean-Michel Brismee
PL36: ACCURACY OF CORACOHUMERAL LIGAMENT INJECTION USED FOR GLENO-HUMERAL ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS BY AN EXTENDED SCOPE MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST: A CADAVERIC CASE REPORT
10:35 am – 10:40 am Robert Larson
PL37: ACCESSING THE LEVATOR SCAPULAE: THICKNESS DIFFERENCES WITH AND WITHOUT A BOLSTER
10:40 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Lower Extremity
Moderator: Alexis Wright
10:15 am – 10:20 am Emily Stone
PL38: IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT IN A 36-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PRESENTING WITH PERSISTENT ANTEROLATERAL HIP PAIN, ONE YEAR POST ACETABULAR LABRAL REPAIR: A CASE REPORT
10:20 am – 10:25 am Jessica Nilles
PL39: THE EFFECTS OF HIP LONG AXIS TRACTION THRUST MOBILIZATION ON HIP EXTERNAL ROTATOR MUSCLE STRENGTH: A PILOT STUDY
10:25 am – 10:30 am Bryan Pickens
PL40: IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN QUADRICEPS MUSCLE FUNCTION FOLLOWING MANUAL THERAPY: A CASE SERIES
10:30 am – 10:35 am Emily Slaven
PL41: THE IMPACT OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WITH HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A CASE SERIES
10:30 am – 10:35 am Kelsey Darnell
PL42: A COMPARISON BETWEEN HIP INTERNAL ROTATION MOBILIZATION TO POSTERIOR GLIDE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HIP INTERNAL ROTATION
10:35 am – 10:55 am Q & A
 
Educational Topics
Moderator: Holly Jonely
10:15 am – 10:20 am Alycia Markowski
PL43: THE BENIFITS OF USING REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND TO TEACH KNEE TRACTION IN PHYSICAL THERAPIST EDUCATION
10:20 am – 10:25 am Karen Westervelt
PL44: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS WITH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL MENTORING FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
10:25 am – 10:30 am Kevin Lulofs-MacPherson
PL45: PAIN MECHANISM BELIEFS: A COMPARISON OF SAMPLES ACROSS DIFFERENT POINTS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY TRAINING
10:30 am – 10:35 am Marie Corkery
PL46: THE USE OF CLINICAL PREDICTION RULES IN CLINICAL REASONING DURING STUDENT PHYSICAL THERAPIST OUTPATIENT CLINICAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
10:30 am – 10:35 am William Garcia
PL47: OMPT FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES: PERCEIVED IMPACT ON PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES
10:35 am – 10:55 am Q & A