Combined Sections Meeting 2025

• 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

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)
• Integrating Gender-Inclusive Education and Registration Practices in a Rehabilitation Hospital Setting.
  • Mariana Yuen, PT, MPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Steven Marc Jackson, PT, PhD
• Movement Variability Differs during Re-Exposure to a Perturbation in Individuals with Aclr and Uninjured Controls
  • Jamie Kronenberg, PT, DPT, Elanna K. Arhos, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS), Michael A Riley, Susanne M. Morton, PT, PhD, Karin Gravare Gr??vare Silbernagel, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA and Laura C. Schmitt, PT, MPT, PhD
• Pre-Operative Factors Associated with Falls Following Total Hip Replacement.
  • Craig P. Hensley, PT, DPT, (NUPTHMS) Abel N Kho, Andrew Kritselis, PT, Jing Song, MS, Julia (Jungwha) Lee, PhD and Alison H. Chang, PT, DPT, MS (NUPTHMS)

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)
• Implementing and Sustaining Intensive Physical Therapy Programs: Thematic Analysis of Open-Ended Survey Questions
  • Dana Chole, PT, DPT, James Barry Hedgecock, PT, DPT, Kelly R. Greve, PT, DPT, PhD, Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Jamie Boswell Hall, PT, DPT, PhD

Saturday, February 15th

• The Importance of Accessible Physical Therapy Services within Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • Alyssa Sherer, PT, Kyle Nadine Acorda, SPT and Allison Marie Meyer, SPT, MPH (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Temporal Associations of Physical Activity with Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
  • Alison H. Chang, PT, DPT, MS, (NUPTHMS), Emma Hertel, Malene Kjær Bruun, Erika Maria Andersen, Kristian Kjær Petersen and Michael Skovdal Rathleff
• Sex and Quality of Life Predict Pre-Operative Function in Patients Awaiting Ventral Hernia Repair
  • Elanna K. Arhos, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS), Ajit MW Chaudhari, Benjamin K. Poulose and Stephanie Di Stasi, PT, PhD

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 (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Ryan Matthew Shelton, PT, DPT
• AI in Rehabilitation II: Bits to Bedside
  • Eugene Tunik, PT, PhD, Mathew Yarossi, Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, PT, DPT and Megan K O'Brien, Arun Jayaraman (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Grounding Competency-Based Education in Professional Identity Formation across the Physical Therapy Education Continuum
  • Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, PT, DPT, Aimee B. Klein, PT, DPT, DSc, Jessica Jean Scholl, PTA, Babette Sanders, PT, DPT, MS, FAPTA (NUPTHMS) and Gail M. Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA

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, Fabrisia Ambrosio, PT, PhD, Prudence Plummer, PT and Monica Perez, PT, PhD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Expanding the Clinic Walls: Implementing Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in Neurologic Practice
  • Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT, Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD, Stephanie A. Obradovich, PT and Steven Marc Jackson, PT, PhD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Designing Aquatic Interventions to Optimize Balance Upgrades for Older Adults
  • Marty Biondi, PT, DPT and Walter Felix Guminiak, PTA (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Clinical Integration of Exoskeletons in the Wake of the Medicare Coverage Pathway.
  • Chad Swank, PT, PhD, Candace Rae Tefertiller, PT, DPT, Louis N. Awad, PT, DPT, PhD, Megan K O'Brien and Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
    

Saturday, February 15th

•  Designing Effective Aquatic Interventions to Optimize Cardiopulmonary Function in Older Adults
  • Holly Jean Lookabaugh-Deur, PT, DSc and Marty Biondi, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• From Awareness to Action: Pediatric Physical Therapy's Role in Addressing Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
  • Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and James Barry Hedgecock, PT, DPT

• 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 & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Remote Therapeutic Monitoring of Physical Activity in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Qualitative Study
  • Monica Hendricksen (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), 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 (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), 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, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Tyler Susko, PhD - Cadense
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Acromio-Humeral Distance: Reliability in Young, Healthy Participants
  
  • Lance Grunert, Eleni Papastratakos, Nathan Rusk, Christa Nelson, Ana Maria Acosta (NUPTHMS)
• Effects of Varying Distance Walked per Session in Inpatient Rehabilitation on Gait Outcomes Following Stroke
  • Thomas Samaan, PT, DPT, Kristine Buchler, PT, DPT, Francesco Lanotte, Shusuke Okita and Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Patient Performance Metrics Correlate with Functional Outcomes at Discharge during Early Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Yiliu Cao, SPT, (NUPTHMS) John Rogers, SPT, (NUPTHMS) Francesco Lanotte, Shusuke Okita, Megan K O'Brien and Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• “Don’t Count Me out”: Accelerated Late Recovery in Medically Complex, Obese Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • Aleksandra L. McNinch, PT, DPT, Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT and Allison DeLillo, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Pre-Operative Function Does Not Differ between Males and Females Awaiting Ventral Hernia Repair
  • Molly Rae Fagin, SPT, Elanna K. Arhos, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS), Ajit Mohan Chaudhari, PhD, Benjamin K. Poulose and Stephanie Di Stasi, PT, PhD
• Effectiveness of Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Increasing Physical Activity Participation and Patient Outcomes
  • Hannah Redd, PT, DPT, Monica Rose Hendricksen, PT, MPT, Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT, Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD and Kevin Smaller
• Inter-Rater Reliability of the Telehealth Versions of the Chedoke-Mcmaster-Stroke-(Hand) and the Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessments
  • Carolina Carmona, PT, DPT, Justin Drogos, PT, DPT, Amanda Reeder, SPT, Nicole Coughlin, SPT, Jenna Preslicka, SPT, Bingyuan Zhu, SPT, Jane Elizabeth Gyarmaty, PT, DPT, Ray Arceo and Jun Yao (all NUPTHMS)

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 (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kevin Smaller, Luke Ekdahl, Ryan Duncan, Miriam Rafferty
• Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Those with Parkinson’s Disease: Qualitative Study
  • Shannon Rose (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Monica Hendricksen (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kristen Hohl, Michelle Walaszek, Miriam Rafferty
• Functional Neurological Disorder: Influence of Continuing Education Courses on Rehabilitation Clinicians’ Knowledge and Attitudes
  • Hannah Redd, PT, DPT, Laura Haritage Lenhart, PT, DPT, Elizabeth E. Holland, PT, DPT and Jenna Zander (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Demographics and Perception of Physical Function Predict Post-Operative Disability in Individuals with Ventral Hernia Disease
  • Bradley Kanney, PT, DPT, Elanna K. Arhos, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS) Ajit MW Chaudhari, Benjamin K. Poulose and Stephanie Di Stasi, PT, PhD
• Running Science Curriculum Survey in Dpt Education
  • Eric Todd Greenberg, PT, DPT, PhD, Carey Elizabeth Rothschild, PT, DPT, Hsiangling Sharon Teng, PT, PhD and Alison H. Chang, PT, DPT, MS (NUPTHMS)

Saturday, February 15th

• Cycling Together: Benefits of a Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Group in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Kelly Pantason, Jonathan Ripic (both Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), 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 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• The Importance of Accessible Physical Therapy Services Within Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • Allison Meyer, PT, DPT, MPH (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Alyssa Sherer, PT, DPT, OCS, GCS and Kyle Nadine Acorda, SPT
• Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy for the Treatment of Neuropathic Motor Deficits
  • Meghan Hennessy (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Alexander Bengtsson, Kristina Griffin
• Are Prior Foot/Ankle or Knee Injuries in Youth Sports Associated with Young Adult Hip Pain?
  • Christa Nelson, Craig Hensley, Alison Chang, Amanda Acosta, Urte Barauskas, Caroline Case, Grace Chaw, Chris Grecco, John Goetschius (NUPTHMS)
• Blood Flow Restriction with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Ergometry in Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study
  • Mason Myers, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Douglas Alan Eck, PT, DPT, MHI
• Coughing to Decannulation: Functional Electrical Stimulation to Improve Cough in High Tetraplegia, a Case Report
  • Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Who to Walk? Development of a Clinician-Oriented Recovery Calculator for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
  • Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Small Steps, Big Gains: Promoting Physical Activity and Participation for Young Children with Neuromotor Disorders
  • Juliana Libertin and Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
• Disparities in Management of Traumatic and Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Special Interest Report
  • Emily Christine Workman, PT, DPT and Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)