2016 Award Winners
2016 Kaltenborn "Teach I Must Award" Recipient
Margaret Anderson, M.App.Sci, PT, FAAOMPT (Hon)
Margaret is a graduate of the school of Physiotherapy of the South
Australia Institute of Technology (now the University of South
Australia). She completed the year long program in manipulative therapy
with Geoffrey Maitland in 1980, earning a Graduate Diploma in Advance
Manipulative Therapy, and her masters in Applied Science in 1993, from
the university of South Australia. In Australia she worked in private
practice and taught in the undergraduate and post- graduate programs. In
1985 she was persuaded by Kaiser Permanente to come to California to
teach the Hayward program as a senior faculty member.
2016 John McMillan Mennell Service Award Recipient
Elaine Lonnemann, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Dr. Elaine Lonnemann is an Associate Professor at Bellarmine
University in Louisville KY. She is a board certified clinical
specialist in Orthopedics and a fellow of AAOMPT. She has been a member
of AAOMPT since 1991 serving on a variety of committees including
Nominating, Conference & Education, IFOMPT Educational Standards and
International Monitoring. She has served two terms at the Secretary of
AAOMPT. Her primary teaching responsibilities include Functional
Anatomy, Differential Diagnosis and Musculoskeletal Evaluation and
Intervention of the Extremities and Spine. She also instructs manual
therapy seminars including S1 and S4 with the University of St.
Augustine.
2016 Distinguished Lecturer Presentation Recipient
Timothy Flynn, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Dr. Flynn is a frequent presenter at state, national, and
international meetings. His current passion is trying to slow the
overutilization of imaging, drugs, and surgery in the management of
musculoskeletal disorders by advocating for a physical therapist first
solution. Dr. Flynn is widely published including 5 textbooks, 6 book
chapters, over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts on musculoskeletal disorders
and chronic spinal pain. His research involving clinical
decision-making in low back pain has received numerous awards. Dr. Flynn
is a past President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual
Physical Therapists and an Associate Editor for the Journal of
Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT). He is currently a
principal in Evidence in Motion (EIM) and a Professor in the School of
Physical Therapy at South College in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Flynn maintains
an active clinical practice focusing on chronic spinal pain at Colorado
in Motion.
2016 Research Awards Recipients
2016 OPTP $4,000 Research Grant Award
Awarded to:
Ulrike H. Mitchell, PhD, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
And Co-Investigator:
Patrick Cook
For "Does site specific trigger point dry needling evoke segmental
neuromodulation in the lower extremity and if so, do these changes make
an impact on the subject’s disability"
2016 CARDON $6,000 Research Grant Award
Awarded to:
Derek Clewley, PT, DPT, Ph(D)c, OCS, FAAOMPT
Duke University, Durham, NC
And Co-Investigators:
Tim Flynn, Shane Koppenhaver
for "Effect of dry needling on pain and function in the management
of subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized controlled tria"
2016 Dennis Driver $4,000 Research Grant Award
Awarded to:
Alexis A Wright, PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT
High Point University, High Point, NC
And Co-Investigators:
Eric Hegedus, Alicia Emerson Kavchak
for "Understanding Patient Management Behaviors in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Qualitative Analysis"
AAOMPT 2016 Best Poster Presentations
- First Place Overall
Dr. Bethany Buzzell, Morven A. Ross, Michael Schmidt
WHAT ARE THE ODDS? A SERIES OF SPINE REFERRALS IN RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING: A CASE SERIES
Department of PT & OT, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, UNITED STATES
- First Upper Quarter
Dr. Tonga Nguyen Tran, Joe Farrell, Cindy Hon, Jennifer Newman
THE USE OF WITHIN AND BETWEEN SESSION CHANGES TO GUIDE TREATMENT FOR
A PATIENT WITH NON-SPECIFIC UPPER QUARTER SYMPTOMS: A CASE REPORT
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship, San Jose, California, UNITED STATES
- First Lower Quarter
Dr. Michael Brown
MANAGEMENT OF INSIDIOUS KNEE PAIN WITH HVLA THRUST MANIPULATION TO THE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE AND NEUROMOBILIZATION: A CASE REPORT
Physical Therapy, Daemen College, Amherst, New York, UNITED STATES
AAOMPT 2016 Best Platform Presentations
- First Place Overall: Dick Ehrard Platform Presentation Award
Dr. Jennifer Reneker, Amy Hassen, Robert Phillips, M. Clay Moughiman, Megan Donaldson, Jaqueline Moughiman
EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH DIZZINESS AFTER A SPORTS-RELATED CONCUSSION:
A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
J. Reneker, A. Hassen, R. Phillips, M. Donaldson: Physical Therapy, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, UNITED STATES
M. Moughiman, J. Moughiman: Physical Therapy, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Clinical Pearls
Dr. Leah Ruggirello, Matthew Bednarczyk, Alicia J. Emerson Kavchak, Carla Franck
MANUAL THERAPY TO THE TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT YIELDS GREATER STRENGTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUADRICEPS THAN LUMBAR MANIPULATION OR NMES
FOLLOWING ACL
RECONSTRUCTION: A CASE REPORT
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Cervical Spine
Dr. Anthony E. Kinney, Sierra L. Richmond, Ryan L. Mizner
PERSISTENT DEFICITS IN CERVICAL SPINE MOBILITY AND JOINT POSITION
ERROR POST-CONCUSSION: A CASE FOR CERVICAL SPINE SCREENING DESPITE NEAR
RESOLUTION OF NEUROCOGNITIVE SYMPTOMS
School of Physical Therapy, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Lumbar Spine
Dr. Brian T. Swanson, Wayne Brewer, Alexis Ortiz, Toni Roddey
THE ROLE OF UNLOADING TESTS AND EXAMINATION VARIABLES AS INDICATORS
OF IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO PRAGMATICALLY SELECTED MANIPULATIONS IN
PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: RESULTS OF A PLANNED SECONDARY
ANALYSIS
B.T. Swanson, Physical Therapy, University of New England, Portland, Maine, UNITED STATES,
W. Brewer, A. Ortiz, T. Roddey, Texas Woman's University, Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Upper Extremity
Dr. Amy McDevitt, Paul E. Mintken
DRY NEEDLING AND ECCENTRIC EXERCISE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC BICIPITAL TENDINOPATHY: A CASE SERIES
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Lower Extremity
Dr. Mindy Galleher, Briana Crowe, Mitchell Selhorst
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH ANTERIOR HIP PAIN: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ohio, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Professional Topics
Dr. Julie Whitman, Matt Briggs, Joe Farrell, Becky Olson-Kellogg, Joann Walker, Kathryn Glaws, Carol Jo Tichenor
EMPLOYER VALUE AND PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS WHO
ARE FELLOWSHIP TRAINED COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE NON-FELLOWSHIP TRAINED
J. Whitman: Evidence In Motion Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program, San Antonio, Texas, UNITED STATES
M. Briggs: Department of Orthopaedics, OSU Sports Medicine and Sports Medicine Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, UNITED STATES
J. Farrell, C. Tichenor: Permanente Northern California Orthopedic
Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship, Hayward, California, UNITED STATES
J. Walker, K. Glaws: Sports Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, UNITED STATES
- First Place 5 x5: Educational Topics
Dr. Paul E. Mintken, Amy McDevitt, Emilio Puentedura, Adriaan Louw
INTEGRATION OF NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION, TACTILE DISCRIMINATION, LIMB
LATERALITY AND GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH FROZEN
SHOULDER
P.E. Mintken, A. McDevitt: University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, UNITED STATES
E. Puentedura: University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES
A. Louw: International Spine and Pain Institute, Story City, Iowa, UNITED STATES