Combined Sections Meeting 2025
Join NUPTHMS, Northwestern Medicine, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Presentations at the 2025 Combined Sections Meeting, held Feb. 13-15, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Be a part of the largest conference for PTs, PTAs and students of physical therapy.
NUPTHMS, Northwestern Medicine, & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Presentations:
Pre-conference Sessions
Tuesday, February 11th
- LAMP Leadership 101: Personal Leadership Development – the Catalyst for Leading Within
- Keri Dickinson, PT, Aaron E. Embry, PT, DPT, MSCR, PhD and Emily Suzanne Becker, PT, MPT, EdD (NUPTHMS)
Wednesday, February 12th
- LAMP Leadership 101: Personal Leadership Development – the Catalyst for Leading Within
- Keri Dickinson, PT, Aaron E. Embry, PT, DPT, MSCR, PhD and Emily Suzanne Becker, PT, MPT, EdD (NUPTHMS)
- The AOPT Pain School
- Mark Harrison Shepherd, PT, DPT, Kathleen Anne Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA, (NUPTHMS) Marie Hoeger Bement, PT, PhD, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Craig Andrew Wassinger, PT, PhD and Eric Stephen Kruger, PT, DPT, MS, PhD
Platform Sessions
Thursday, February 13th
- Breast Cancer Prehabilitation Combined with Early Physical and Functional Monitoring: An RCT Baseline Report
- Rebecca Young, Bridget Groble, Krista F. Van Der Laan (NUPTHMS), Hui Zhang, Nora Hansen, William Gradishar, Julius Paulus Antonius Dewald, PT, PhD, (NUPTHMS), Christine Rini, David Cella and Ann Marie Marie Flores, PT, PhD (NUPTHMS, NMHC)
Friday, February 14th
- Improving Diverse Visual Representation in Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Education
- Lula Berhe, Osayama Omoruyi, Destiny Stovall and Heather Henderson (all NUPTHMS)
Saturday, February 15th
Education Sessions
Thursday, February 13th
- Moving Forward: Informing Guideline Revision Methods with Survey and Citation Analysis Data
- Jane E. Sullivan, PT, DHS, MS, (NUPTHMS) Kirsten A. Potter, PT, DPT, MS, Jennifer Lynn Moore, PT, DHS and Zeynep Gulen Erkoc
- "A Physicist, a Student and a CCS Enter an Oxygen Bar..."
- Jennifer Marie Ryan, PT, DPT, MS, (NUPTHMS) Molly G Bright, DPhil, Kathryn Melissa Brito, PT, DPT, Henna Di, Jack Scodius, SPT and Hans Peter Theiler, SPT
- Awareness, Attitude, Action, and Accountability: Leadership in the Face of Anti-DEI Laws and Legislation
- Dawn Sunshine Brown, PT, DPT, EdD (NUPTHMS)
- Equity in Action: Integrating Social Needs Screening and Response Programs across Rehabilitation Settings
- Dawn Marie Magnusson, PT, PhD, Benjamin Aguila, PT, DPT, Maria C. Aguila, PT, DPT, Brian L. Hull, PT, DPT, MBA, Allison Marie Meyer, PT, DPT, MPH (SRALab) and Ryan Matthew Shelton, PT, DPT
Friday, February 14th
- Pain Leads the Way: Creating and Validating Entrustable Professional Activities for Clinical Educators
- Jeb Tyler Helms, PT, DPT, Sorcha K. Martin, PT, DPT, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Priscilla Ann Weaver, PT, DPT, PhD, Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA (NUPTHMS) and Craig Andrew Wassinger, PT, PhD
- Level up Your Clinical Reasoning As a Movement Expert: Standardized Movement Analysis and Balance Diagnoses
- Lois Deming Hedman, PT, DScPT, MS, (NUPTHMS) Laura S. Plummer, PT, DPT, EdD, MS, Ana Monica Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, Christine M. Tyrell, PT, DPT, PhD and Christine Zimmermann, PT, DPT
- Who's Afraid of Electrical Stimulation? Let's Re-Visit Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)
- Naoaki Ito, PT, DPT, PhD, Elanna K. Arhos, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS) Lynn snyder-Mackler, PT, ATC, FAPTA, Airelle Onnolee Giordano, PT, DPT and Karin Gravare Grävare Silbernagel, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA
- Regenerative Medicine and Neurologic Rehabilitation: Can We Do More Together?
- Liza Disbrow Meiksins, PT, DPT, (SRALab), Fabrisia Ambrosio, PT, PhD, Prudence Plummer, PT and Monica Perez, PT, PhD
Saturday, February 15th
Poster Sessions
Thursday, February 13th
- Psychometrics of Precision Outcomes of Arm Hemiparesis Using a Mechatronic Evaluation Designed for Inpatient Research
- Jane Gyarmaty (NUPTHMS), Francesca Abiusi, Natalie Hoffman, Reem Ibrahim, Emily Linne, Sanjana Matta, Carli Nissen, Maya Sankaran, Alexandrea Smith, Ana Maria Acosta (NUPTHMS), Michael Ellis (NUPTHMS)
- Changes in Leadership Self-Efficacy Following Leader Development Training
- Emily Becker; Jacob Lum, Jordan Mousley, Sally Taylor, Che Yixuan (NUPTHMS & SRALab)
- Remote Therapeutic Monitoring of Physical Activity in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Qualitative Study
- Monica Hendricksen (SRALab), Reed Handlery, Hannah Redd, Kristen Hohl, Kevin Smaller, Miriam Rafferty
- Implementation of a Vestibular Program Framework in a Hospital-Based Health Care System
- Leslie Hefner (SRALab), Stacey Lane, Jaclyn Gould, Holly Paczan, Liza Meinkins, Hannah Redd, Carolyn Sykes, Meaghan Rusbum
- Clinical Outcomes of Variable Friction Shoe: A Reduced-Constraint Locomotor Therapy Approach
- Joe Harris, DPT, (SRALab), Tyler Susko, PhD - Cadense
Friday, February 14th
- Creating and Evaluating a Prediction Equation for VO2peak in Individuals with Early Parkinson’s Disease
- Brandi Thomsen, BS, SPT1, (NUPTHMS), Zepei Xie, BS, SPT1, (NUPTHMS), Aileen Zhang, BS, SPT1, (NUPTHMS), Kathleen E. McKee, MD, MPH2, Daniel M. Corcos, PhD1, (NUPTHMS), Garett J. Griffith, PhD, MPH1 (NUPTHMS)
- Evaluation of Education Principles in CSM 2024 Abstracts and Educational Presentations
- Matthew Smith (NUPTHMS), Melissa Kolski (SRALab)
- A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Regional Pain and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
- Monica Hendricksen (SRALab), Kevin Smaller, Luke Ekdahl, Ryan Duncan, Miriam Rafferty
- Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Those with Parkinson’s Disease: Qualitative Study
- Shannon Rose (SRALab), Monica Hendricksen (SRALab), Kristen Hohl, Michelle Walaszek, Miriam Rafferty
Saturday, February 15th
- Cycling Together: Benefits of a Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Group in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Kelly Pantason, Jonathan Ripic (both SRALab), Allison DeLillo
- Manual Therapy on Pain and Paresthesias in Individuals with Peripheral Nerve Entrapment: A Systematic Review
- Leana Mosesian, Trey Rohman, Logan Ben-Ezra, Chance Arnold, Melissa Kolski, Carol Courtney (NUPTHMS and SRALab)
- The Importance of Accessible Physical Therapy Services Within Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Allison Meyer, PT, DPT, MPH (SRALab), Alyssa Sherer, PT, DPT, OCS, GCS and Kyle Nadine Acorda, SPT
- Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy for the Treatment of Neuropathic Motor Deficits
- Meghan Hennessy (SRALab), Alexander Bengtsson, Kristina Griffin