Department of Physical Therapy well-represented at 2014 Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Las Vegas

Several faculty and graduates of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program recently presented educational sessions or aspects of their research and scholarship at the 2014 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As Regional Course Chair for the APTA Oncology Section, Amy Litterini, PT, DPT, assistant clinical professor, coordinated pre-conference courses on Pediatric Oncology and Advanced Principles of Breast and Genitourinary Cancers.  Litterini was also appointed to APTA’s CSM Steering Committee for 2015 and to the role of Vice President of the Oncology section.  In this role, she will represent the Oncology Section in the APTA’s House of Delegates.

Sally McCormack-Tutt, PT, DPT, MPH, attended the Certified Clinical Instructor Program (CCIP) Trainers Meeting as a trainer and member of the APTA Advisory Workgroup for the CCIP.

As Chair of the Research Committee for APTA’s Section on Health Policy and Administration, Mike Sheldon, PT, Ph.D., moderated the Section’s platform sessions, coordinated the review and selection of Section’s best platform and best poster presentation, and led the review of the Section’s research grant proposals.  Sheldon was also officially sworn in as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy.

Presentations at the meeting included:

C. Chiarello and Adrienne McAuley: “A Comprehensive Approach for the Evaluation of and Intervention of Diastasis Recti Abdominis”

Adrienne McAuley (Moderator): “Entry-Level Clinical Experiences in Women’s Health”

Brian Bisson (DPT class of 2013): “The Functional Movement Screen In‐line Lunge’s Relationship to Limb Dominance, Power, Speed, and Balance Measures”

Robert Morrison (DPT class 0f 2012): “Proper Transitioning to Barefoot/Minimal Footwear Running”

Sally McCormack-Tutt: “Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) During Clinical Experiences”

Michael  Sheldon: “Influences on the Relationship Between Policy Need and State Agency Policy Responses to Address Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders”

Erin Hartigan, Ph.D., DPT, OCS, assistant professor; Stephanie Di Stasi, PT, Ph.D., OCS; and Lynn Snyder- Mackler, PT, ScD:  "Quadriceps muscle activity of the ACL-reconstructed limb predicts internal knee extensor moments during gait"

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