University of Pittsburgh Guide to APTA
CSM 2014
You’ve found the University of Pittsburgh Guide to the APTA CSM 2014. If you’re
reading this you’ve attended Pitt, you’ve taught at Pitt or you’re just “Pitt curious”.
What follows is the full listing of Pitt and Pitt related events and happenings at CSM
2014. You can keep in touch and up to date with daily updates regarding Pitt events
using our social media sites:
Twitter: @PittPT or #PittPTCSM
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PittPT
Pitt PT Student webpage: www.pittphysicaltherapy.com
Social Events:
Pitt Physical Therapy CSM Alumni Reception
Date: Tuesday, February 4th
Time: 6:30 – 8:30
Location: Miller’s Ale House
This is a must attend for all involved with Pitt PT!!! Come trade stories with current
and former students. In addition to food and drink, the alumni association will be
there with Pitt PT swag.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Kate Rubino at (412) 647-4220 or
kmr109@pitt.edu or
Join here: https://www.facebook.com/events/281146575369258/?source=1
PT-PAC Event:
Date: Wednesday, February 5th
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Location: Revolution – The Mirage
This event was a prepay event so you must have registered previously and have a
ticket in order to attend!
Faculty/Student Presentations:
Pre-Conference Scheduling
Professor Debora Miller:
Pre-Conference Course” LAMP Institute for Leadership in Physical Therapy (Level 1
and Level 2) courses.
Sunday and Monday – 7:30am to 5:30pm
Titian 2204 and 2205
The ABCs of Vestibular Rehabilitation, Day 1
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Venetian - Murano 3301
Eric Anson, PT, MPT; Melissa Bloom, PT, DPT, NCS; Lisa Brown, PT, DPT, NCS; Janet
Callahan, PT, DPT, MS, NCS; Kristin De Mars, PT, DPT, NCS; Tara Denham, PT, MA;
Rebecca English, PT, DPT; Paula Eppenstein, PT, MS; Elizabeth Georgelos, PT, MS,
NCS; Carrie Hoppes, PT, DPT, OCS; Jennifer Nash, PT, DPT, NCS; Sara Oxborough, PT;
Connie Weglarz, PT, DPT, NCS; Brady Whetten, PT, DPT, GCS; Susan Whitney, PT,
DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA
Concussion: Latest Advances in Evaluation, Prognosis, and Management of
Athletes
Date: Monday, February 3, 2014
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Venetian - Titian-2301A
Speaker(s): Michael Collins, PhD; Brian Hagen, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, FAAOMPT;
Anne Mucha, PT, DPT, MS, NCS; Cara Troutman-Enseki, PT, DPT, OCS; Susan
Whitney, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA
Check the CSM app for info on those courses! (There is an additional cost for these)
Tuesday, February 4th
Dr. Delitto and Valerie Williams
Revving up the Research: Getting Involved as an Early a Career Clinician:
Tuesday Feb 4: 8-10am: Venetian-Venetian J
Dr. Irrgang
Return to Sports for the Upper Extremity: A Functional Testing Algorithm:
Tuesday the 4th: 8-10am: Venetian-Venetian E
Writing with the Editors:
Tuesday the 4th: 11am-1pm: Venetian-San Polo 3403
Wednesday, February 5th
Jessica Strobel and Susan Clinton
Entry-Level Clinical Experiences in Women’s Health: Wednesday 8-10; VenetianGalileo 1003
Effective Interviewing in Pelvic Rehabilitation: Wednesday 11-1: Venetian-Lido
3103
Thursday, February 6th
Dr. Bise and Matt DeBole
The Value of Using Twitter for Branding Yourself and the Profession:
Thursday, Feb. 6: 8-10am: Venetian-Casanova 503
Dr. Hile
Management of Chemotherapy-Induced (and Other) Peripheral Neuropathies
at Any Age: Thursday the 6th: 11am-1pm: Venetian-San Polo 3505
Dr. Fitzgerald
Eugene Michels Forum: To Practice or Not to Practice? That Is the Question of
Specificity:
Thursday Feb 6: 3-5pm; Venetian-Marco Polo 705
Platform Presentations
Test-retest Reliability of Metabolic Variables during Overground Walking in
Older Adults with Gait Limitations
9:00-9:10 AM Tuesday
Speaker: David Wert PT, PHD
Location: Venetian, Veronese Room – 2503
Differences in mobility, aging expectations and confidence among older adults
afraid of falling who restrict activities compared to those who do not restrict
activities
9:40 AM - 9:50 AM Tuesday
Authors: Victoria Hornyak, PT, DPT, GCS; Jessie VanSwearingen, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Speaker: Victoria Hornyak, PT, DPT, GCS
Location: Venetian, Veronese Room – 2503
Neural Circuits of Walking: can intervention restore the preprogrammed step
length rate ratio linked to minimization of the energy cost of walking?
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM Tuesday
Authors: Jessie VanSwearingen, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Jennifer Brach, PhD, PT;
Subashab Perera, PhD; David Wert, PhD, MPT; Kristin Lowry, PhD, PT; Stephanie
Studenski, MD, MPH
Speaker: Jessie VanSwearingen, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Location: Venetian, Veronese Room – 2503
Treadmill Training Improves Pain and Mobility in a Case of Persistent CIPN
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Wednesday
Speaker: Elizabeth Hile, PT, PhD, NCS
Poster Presentations
Tuesday, February 4th
1055 On the Move: Testing the Feasibility of a Group‐based Motor Learning
Exercise Program in Older Adults with Impaired Mobility
Brach JS, Francois S, VanSwearingen J, Studenski S
Brach JS
Tuesday, Feb 4 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
1083 Translating a Motor Learning Walking Rehabilitation Program into a
Group Exercise Program with Feedback From the Older Adult Participants
Francois SJ, VanSwearingen J, Studenski S, Brach JS
Francois SJ
Tuesday, Feb 4 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
1288 Return to Pre‐Injury Level of Sports after Anterior Cruciate Ligament
(ACL) Reconstruction
Yabroudi MA, Muller B, Lai C, Oostdyk A, Lynch A, Fu F, Harner CD, Irrgang J
Yabroudi MA
Tuesday, Feb 4 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
Wednesday, February 5th
2120 Using Accelerometers to Measure Postural Sway in Children with
Concussion
Alkathiry AA, Sparto PJ, Freund BE, Whitney S, Mucha A, Furman JM, Kontos AP
Alkathiry AA
Wednesday, Feb 5 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
2123 The Effects of Vibrotactile Feedback on Postural Sway Under Dual‐task
Conditions in Individuals with Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction
Lin C, Sparto PJ, Furman JM, Loughlin PJ, Redfern MS, Sienko K, Whitney S
Lin C
Wednesday, Feb 5 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
2210 Virtual Reality Based Therapy (VRBT) Compared with Customized
Physical Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Vestibular Disorders
Alahmari KA, Sparto PJ, Marchetti GF, Redfern MS, Furman JM, Whitney S
Alahmari KA
Wednesday, Feb 5 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
2216 The Effect of Using Vibrotactile Feedback (VTF) On Medial‐Lateral
Postural Sway in Individuals with Bilateral Vestibular Loss
Alsubaie SF, McClain NT, Loughlin PJ, Whitney S, Furman JM, Sparto PJ
Alsubaie SF
Wednesday, Feb 5 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
2081 A Clinical and Academic Faculty Collaboration
Fitzgerald LM, Delitto A, Hergenroeder A, Kelly M, Miller D, Ridge Hankin TM
Wednesday, Feb 5 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
3032 Gait Smoothness During Treadmill Walking In Parkinson Disease
Lowry K, Bellanca J, Perera S, VanSwearingen J, Brach JS
Lowry K
Thursday, Feb 6 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm
3026 Functional and Gait Predictors in Individuals with Parkinson Disease
Receiving Home‐Based Rehabilitation
Asiri FY, Marchetti GF, Ellis J, Otis L, Sparto PJ, Whitney S
Asiri FY
Thursday, Feb 6 1:00 pm ‐ 3:00 pm