Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Management of Osteoarthritis: from a research program to reality
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J. Haxby Abbott, MScPT, PhD, FNZCP
Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow
Orthopaedic Surgery Section
Dept of Surgical Sciences
Dunedin School of Medicine
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
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 ABSTRACT
The Management of Osteoarthritis (MOA) clinical research program examines the contribution of non-pharmacological, non-surgical interventions - primarily exercise physical therapy and manual physical therapy - at the interface between primary care and secondary care. This seminar will discuss - in the context of translational research - our clinical and economic research leading to the initiation of a new clinical service, the Joint Clinic, in our regional health system.
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BRIEF BIO
Haxby’s research interests include: physiotherapy interventions for hip and knee osteoarthritis and chronic plantar heel pain; measurement properties of outcome measures in clinical practice; the prognosis of low back pain; spinal segmental motion; and the accuracy and validity of clinical examination for musculoskeletal conditions. The former Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, Dr Abbott is an Associate Editor for JOSPT (the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy) and has published over 70 journal articles. He is currently a senior research fellow at the University of Otago, funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand as a Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow.
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