2017 Award Winners
2017 Kaltenborn "Teach I Must Award" Recipient
Timothy O. Fearon, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT
Timothy Fearon received his PT degree from The Ohio State University. He completed the graduate program in the Musculoskeletal Sequence at Northwestern University. He completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Northern Arizona University.He founded Phoenix Manual Therapy (PMT), which initially offered courses, based on the Nordic System of orthopedic manual therapy. Phoenix Manual Therapy progressed to offering a long-term course frame for study of the Australian clinical reasoning approach to orthopedic manual therapy with integration of Norwegian techniques and therapeutic exercise. The course has been running over the last 25 years. In 2011 PMT began to sponsor Dr. Peter Gibbons & Dr. Phillip Tehan's spinal manipulation course work and Fearon is lead faculty for course one. He earned his Full Fellowship status in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy by the challenge process in 1999; he renewed that status in 2010. Dr. Fearon is currently adjunct faculty at A. T. Still University where he teaches manual therapy of the spine and extremities at the entry level and in the residency track. He has been a guest instructor for NAU, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Regis University, Langston University, and North Georgia College. He is lead faculty for Evidence in Motion manual therapy courses, the Clinical Decision Making Class and Fellowship Virtual Rounds. He has taught manual therapy courses over the last 20 years, spoken at numerous meetings for the Arizona Physical Therapy Association, and for the APTA.
2017 John McMillan Mennell Service Award Recipient
Robert H. Rowe, PT, DPT, DMT, MHS, FAAOMPT
Dr. Rowe has an Adjunct appointment at the University of North Florida where he has taught professionalism and leadership courses as well as provided presentations on Diagnostic Imaging and several presentations within the area of Orthopaedic Management for a variety of body regions. Currently Dr. Rowe serves as the Program Coordinator for the Brooks/UNF Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship as well as a faculty member for the Brooks/UNF Orthopaedic Residency, and the Brooks Neurologic, Geriatric, and Women’s Health Residency Programs. Dr. Rowe is a nationally recognized speaker in the management of orthopaedic conditions, professional advocacy, professionalism and leadership. He has been invited to speak at multiple AAOMPT national conferences, APTA national conferences and meetings, and APTA Chapter conferences. Dr. Rowe has taught numerous continuing education courses for over 15 years in conjunction with the Ola Grimsby Institute, New York University, LSU Health Sciences Center, and other organizations/groups.
2017 Distinguished Lecturer Presentation Recipient
Joseph M Donnelly, PT, DHS, OCS, FAAOMPT (Hon)
Dr. Joe Donnelly is a Clinical Professor and Director of Postprofessional Education in the Department of Physical Therapy. Dr. Donnelly is a founding member of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and the Director of the Orthopaedic, Neurologic and Cardiovascular/ Pulmonary Residency programs and the Fellowship in Orthopaedic Manual Physical therapy. He received his Doctor of Health Science Degree in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy from the University of Indianapolis, and his Master of Science in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Daemen College in Buffalo, NY.
AAOMPT 2017 Best Poster Presentations
- First Place Overall
Kathleen Rusbacky
UTILIZATION OF THORACIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A CASE REPORT
Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Wilmington, OH
- First Upper Quarter
Antigone Matsakis
ROTARY ELBOW MOBILIZATION TO REDUCE VALGUS CARRYING ANGLE DEFORMITY IN A 6-YEAR OLD POST SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE REPAIR: A CASE REPORT
Physical Therapy/Athletic Training, Illinois Bone & Joint, Glenview, IL
- First Lower Quarter
Danielle Brachman, Cameron MacDonald
CONSIDERATIONS IN MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME UNDERGOING SEQUENTIAL BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: A CASE STUDY
Regis University, Denver,CO
AAOMPT 2017 Best Platform Presentations
- First Place Overall: Dick Ehrard Platform Presentation Award
Brian Swanson, Michael B ; Gans, E. Kelton Cullenberg, Asthen Hackett, Ryan B. Cyr, Larry J. Risigo
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF CERVICAL THORACIC DIFFERENTIATION TESTING IN THE TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NECK PAIN
Physical Therapy, University of New England, Portland, ME, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers of CT, Guilford, , Saco Bay Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Scarborough, ME
- First Place 5x5: Cervicothoracic
Erik Martinez and 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
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- First Place 5x5: Lumbar Spine
Christopher Wise
RECRUITMENT OF THE TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS DURING SELECTED THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES AS MEASURED BY REHABILITATION ULTRASOUND IMAGING
Alvernia University, Reading, PA
- First Place 5x5: Upper Extremity
John L. Pape, Jean-Michel Brismee, Stéphane Sobczal
ACCURACY OF CORACOHUMERAL LIGAMENT INJECTION USED FOR GLENO-HUMERAL ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS BY AN EXTENDED SCOPE MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST: A CADAVERIC CASE REPORT
Department of Physiotherapy, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton on Tees, UNITED KINGDOM; Center for Rehabilitation Research, School of Health Professions, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas; Département d'anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Quebec, CANADA
- First Place 5x5: Lower Extremity
Jessica Nilles, Carissa, Beeksma, Kathryn Budz, Olga Kuznetsova, Kylie Lippencott, Hannah Mulder
THE EFFECTS OF HIP LONG AXIS TRACTION THRUST MOBILIZATION ON HIP EXTERNAL ROTATOR MUSCLE STRENGTH: A PILOT STUDY
Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL
- First Place 5x5: Dry Needling
Gary Kearns, Kerry, Gilbert, Brad Allen, Phillip Sizer, Jean-Michel Brismee, Timothy Pendergrass, Micah Lierly, Deborah York
ACCURACY AND SAFETY OF DRY NEEDLE PLACEMENT IN THE PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE IN CADAVERS
Rehabilitation Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
- First Place 5x5: Novel Cases and Interventions
Trace Sears
USE OF LOW LOAD, HIGH VOLUME EXERCISE AND MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR TWO YOUNG ADULTS FOLLOWING ACUTE RHABDOMYOLYSIS: A DOUBLE CASE REPORT
Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, MA
- First Place 5x5: Clinical Pearls
Kathleen Chizewski, Carol A. Courtney
A NOVEL TREATMENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE LUMBAR FLEXION IN A PATIENT WITH LOW BACK AND LEG PAIN: A CASE REPORT
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- First Place 5x5: Educational Topics
William Garcia, Barbara J. Stevens, Mark H. Shephard, Brett D. Neilson, Thomas Janicky, Julie M. Whitman, Julie M.
OMPT FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES: PERCEIVED IMPACT ON PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES
Physical Therapy, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA; Evidence In Motion Institute of Health Professions, Louisville, KY; South College, Knoxville, TN; Active Life Physical Therapy, Baltimore, MD