Combined Sections Meeting 2024
Join NUPTHMS, Northwestern Medicine, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Presentations at the 2024 Combined Sections Meeting, held Feb. 15-17, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. 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 13th
- LAMP Leadership 101: Personal Leadership Development – the Catalyst for Leading Within
- Keri Dickinson, PT, Joseph Edward Parker, PT and Emily S. Becker, PT (NUPTHMS)
Wednesday, February 14th
- LAMP Leadership 101: Personal Leadership Development – the Catalyst for Leading Within
- Keri Dickinson, PT, Joseph Edward Parker, PT and Emily S. Becker, PT (NUPTHMS)
- Expand Your Expertise in Acute Care Practice and Teaching
- Jennifer Marie Ryan, PT, DPT, MS, (NUPTHMS) Anne Stabler Moore, PT, DPT, Kathy Lee Bishop, PT, DPT, Emelia D. McCuen, PT, DPT, Gabrielle Shumrak Steinhorn, PT, DPT, Andrea Nicole Williams, PT, DPT and Kerry J. Lammers, PT, DPT
Platform Sessions
Thursday, February 15th
- Do MRI-Based Definitions of Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis Predict the Development of Radiographic Disease?
- Alison H. Chang, PT, DPT, MS, (NUPTHMS) Orit Almagor, MA, Julia (Jungwha) Lee, PhD, Jing Song, MS, Joan S. Chmiel, PhD, Lutfiyya N. Muhammad, PhD, Kirsten Moisio, PT, PhD (NUPTHMS) and Leena Sharma, MD
Friday, February 16th
- Combining Neuromodulation Strategies in Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury for Enhanced Gait Outcomes
- Matt Giffhorn, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kristine Buchler, PT, DPT, Kelly Askins McKenzie, PT, DPT, Nicole Veit, Shreya Aalla, Alec Lynott, Chen Yang, Ameen Kishta, Alexander Barry, Milap Sandhu, PT, PhD, William Zev Rymer and Arun Jayaraman
- Elite Softball Athletes; Shoulder Force and ROM Affected By Time of Season and Arm Dominance
- Natalie M. Riutta, PT, Desmond J. Fulton, PT, DPT, Brandon T. Devalk, Chloe L. Miller, PT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Samuel J. Miller, SPT and Justin L. Staker, PT, PhD
- Promoting Participation, Function and Fun: Implementation of Intensive Camp Programs for Children with Neuromotor Disorders
- Alyssa Claney, SPT, Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT and Juliana Libertin (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Saturday, February 17th
- Implementation of Heart Rate Monitoring with Visual Feedback in 2 Subacute Oupatient Settings
- Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Casey Houlihan, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kevin Smaller and Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT
- Leadership Styles of Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Directors
- Dawn Sunshine Brown, PT, DPT, EdD (NUPTHMS)
Education Sessions
Thursday, February 15th
- Beyond the Clinic Walls: Promoting Health and Wellness Across Populations at Risk for Falls
- Jennifer M. Nash, PT, DPT, Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT and Rachel Chi-Hang Lee, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Friday, February 16th
- Defining Pediatric Intensive Physical Therapy: National Survey Results and Lessons From Four Models of Care
- Jordan Junk, SPT, Jamie Boswell Hall, PT, DPT, PhD, Dana Chole, PT, DPT, Kelly R. Greve, PT, DPT, PhD, James Barry Hedgecock, PT, DPT and Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
- EDGE to Cutting-EDGE: Advancing Implementation of Evidence on Outcome Measures and Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Therese E. Johnston, PT, MSPT, MBA, PhD, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, Edelle Carmen Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Laura Sisola Gilchrist, PT, PhD, Jennifer Lynn Moore, PT, DHS, Catherine Celeste Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD, Laura C. Schmitt, PT, PhD, Jane E. Sullivan, PT, DHS, MS (NUPTHMS) and Irene Gorzelany Ward, PT, DPT
- EDGE-ing Forward With Outcomes: Updates From the Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury EDGE Taskforces
- Ash M. Ferry, SPT, Lindsey Corning, SPT, Anna de Joya, PT, DSc, Jennifer Hilb Kahn, PT (NUPTHMS), Matthew Frank Annessi, PT, DPT, Kaitlin Hays, PT, DPT, NCS, Hannah King, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Heidi Rebecca Roth, PT, DHS (NUPTHMS), Lindsay Heffron, PT, DPT, Candace Rae Tefertiller, PT, DPT, Janelle O'Bannon Engel, PT, DPT, Wendy M. Romney, PT, DPT, PhD and Andrew Craig Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
- Navigating Leadership in the Academy From a Minority Perspective: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Black Representation
- Briana Lynn Partee, PT, DPT, Carla Friend Huggins, PT, DPT, Talina S. M. Corvus, PT, DPT, PhD, Bernadette Williams York, PT, MSPT, DSc, Maria Anjanette C. Nuñez, PT, DPT, LaDarius Dequan Woods, PT, DPT, PhD, Dr. Tobey DeMott Yeates, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS) and Kiaana Howard, PT, DPT
- Novel Technologies to Address Patients with Complex Neurological Diagnoses: Pushers, Paralysis, Pain, Parkinson’s
- Emily Blanchard, SPT, Carolyn Marie Nohren, SPT, Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT, Theresa D. Ellis, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Alyssa Ann Jones, PT, DPT, Katherine Drolet Enzler, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Jenna Lynn Encheff, PT, PhD
- Promoting Participation, Function, and Fun: Implementation of Intensive Camp Programs for Children with Neuromotor Disorders
- Alyssa Claney, SPT, Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Juliana Libertin
- Spotlight on Research: Strategies to Implement PT First and Lessons from Low Back Pain Models
- Amee L. Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD, (NUPTHMS), Kate Minick, PT, DPT, PhD, Pam Dibblee, Kyle J. Strickland, PT, DPT (NM), and Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD
Saturday, February 17th
- Defining Pediatric Intensive Physical Therapy: National Survey Results and Lessons From Four Models of Care
- Jamie Boswell Hall, PT, DPT, PhD, Dana Chole, PT, DPT, Kelly R. Greve, PT, DPT, PhD, James Barry Hedgecock, PT, DPT and Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
- EDGE-ing Forward With Outcomes: Updates From the Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury EDGE Taskforces
- Anna de Joya, PT, DSc, Jennifer Hilb Kahn, PT, (NUPTHMS) Matthew Frank Annessi, PT, DPT, Kaitlin Hays, PT, DPT, NCS, Hannah King, PT, DPT, Heidi Rebecca Roth, PT, DHS, (NUPTHMS), Lindsay Heffron, PT, DPT, Candace Rae Tefertiller, PT, DPT, Janelle O'Bannon Engel, PT, DPT, Wendy M. Romney, PT, DPT, PhD and Andrew Craig Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
- How do you increase physical activity? The Dose, Discussion and Debate
- Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Lori Quinn, PT, EdD, FAPTA, Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT and Darcy Schwartz Reisman, PT, PhD, FAPTA
- The Neurologic Patient Has a Pelvic Floor: How to Address Bowel, Bladder and Sexual Concerns
- Gillian Ashley McLean, PT, DPT and Ariana J. Jones, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
Poster Sessions
Thursday, February 15th
- Development of a Modified Version of the Chedoke-Mcmaster Stroke Assessment (Impairment Inventory/Hand Domain) for Telerehabilitation
- Carolina Carmona, PT, DPT, Katherine Jarosz, SPT, Eryn Hauch, SPT, Aleksa Andrejevic, SPT, Jane E. Sullivan, PT, DHS, MS, Ray Arceo, Justin Drogos, PT, DPT and Jun Yao (All NUPTHMS)
- HINTS Versus Horizontal Canal Testing: Clinical Application of the Titrate Model in the Emergency Department
- Alexander William Garreau, PT, DPT and Kyle J. Strickland, PT, DPT (NMHC)
- Impact of High Intensity Locomotor Training on Quality of Life and Balance Confidence in SCI
- Jennifer Hilb Kahn, PT, Vibha Deshpande, SPT, Shamali Dusane, Heather K. Henderson, PT, DPT, Matteja Kovalyshin, Mira Nofal, SPT, Jenna Pestotnik, SPT, Anna Shafer and Keith E Gordon (All NUPTHMS)
- Relationship between Gait Symmetry and Function during Inpatient Rehabilitation after Stroke
- Trinity Neve, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Matt Giffhorn, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Francesco Lanotte, Kelly Askins McKenzie, PT, DPT, Megan K O'Brien and Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD
- Single Session of Reactive Step Training in Individuals with Chronic Stroke
- Katherine Masa Martinez, PT, PhD, Daniel A. Campbell, SPT, Samantha Gurrola, SPT, Michelle Hunt, SPT, Felipe J. Rodriguez, SPT, Alana Stowasser, Lauren Von Bampus, SPT, Mackenzie Westbrook, SPT, Heather K. Henderson, PT, DPT and Lois Deming Hedman, PT, DScPT, MS (All NUPTHMS)
- The Impact of Cognitive-Motor Interference on Reactive Balance Control in Children
- Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan Ability Lab), Jessica Pitts, PT, Gay L. Girolami, PT, MS, PhD and Tanvi Bhatt, PT, PhD
- The Relationship between Sleep and Neuropathic Pain in Individuals with Diagnosed Peripheral Nerve Pathology
- Vanessa Angela Schuster, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Lauren Elizabeth Bradley, PT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Joel Fundaun, PT, Melissa Catherine Kolski, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA (NUPTHMS)
- Utilizing the Plan, Do, Study, Act to Increase Use of a Stroke Ambulation Prediction Tool in Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Juliana Carolina Valentin Contreras, PT, DPT and Laura Suzanne Doyle, PT, MPT (Both Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)
- Walking Home: Using Functional Electrical Stimulation to Walk in Incomplete-Spinal Cord Injury, a Case Series
- Allison DeLillo, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT
Friday, February 16th
- A Logic Model-Based Program Evaluation of a Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Course in a DPT Program
- Rachel Tappan, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS)
- Accelerating Physical Therapy Exercise Monitoring through Digital Health Technology for People with Parkinson’s
- Monica Rose Hendricksen, PT, MPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT, Jillian Rose MacDonald, PT, Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Kevin Smaller
- Barriers and Facilitators for Patients Seeking Outpatient Physical Therapy Following an Emergency Department Referral
- Emma Bozue, SPT, Anjali Patel, SPT, Howard Kim, Kyle J. Strickland, PT, DPT and Amee L. Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD (NUPTHMS)
- Clinical Reasoning Teaching Strategies in Physical Therapy Clinical Education: A Pilot Study
- Renzo Leonardo Mendoza, PT, DPT, Heidi Howald, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), and Jesse Anderson, PT, DPT
- Consultative, Proactive Physical Therapy in Early Multiple Sclerosis
- Monica Rose Hendricksen, PT, MPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Jake Boyer, PT, Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT, Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Edith L Graham and Roumen Balabanov
- So, You Increased Diversity, Now What? Improving Student Support for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
- Tobey DeMott Yeates, PT, DPT and Heather K. Henderson, PT, DPT (Both NUPTHMS)
- Students' Experiences of Microaggressions during Physical Therapy Clinical Education
- Tobey DeMott Yeates, PT, DPT, Cori Zook Arquines, Sarah McLimore, SPT, Jacqueline Hua, SPT and Elizabeth E. Holland, PT, DPT (All NUPTHMS)
Saturday, February 17th
- Clinical Predictors of Ambulation in Individuals with Disorder of Consciousness after Traumatic Brain Injury
- Hannah King, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Stefani Cleaver, PT, DPT and Colleen Peyton, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS)
- Empower: Keeping Patients Engaged in Their Rehabilitation
- Jaclyn Michelle Gould, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab),and Laura Butz, PT
- Exploring the Relationship between Patient Expectations for Physical Therapy and Outcomes Following Treatment
- Stephen C. Hegarty, PT, DPT, Meghan Hennessy, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Melissa Catherine Kolski, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), and Amee L. Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD (NUPTHMS)
- Feasibility of Intradialytic Exercise to Improve Patient Access in the Acute Care Setting
- Colleen Marie McShane, PT, DPT and Colleen Hogan
- Impact of Ischial Weight Bearing Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses: More Than Therapeutic Standing
- Kristin J. Krosschell, PT, DPT, MA, (NUPTHMS) Christa Marie Weigel, PT, DPT, Sara Beyler, Laura Kathleen Brown, PT, DPT and Jessica Marie Trenkle, PT, DPT
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Treatment of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness after Traumatic Brain Injury
- Stefani Cleaver, PT, DPT, Hannah King, PT, DPT (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) and Colleen Peyton, PT, DPT (NUPTHMS)
- Integrating Continuous Heart Rate Monitoring into a Physical Therapy Camp for Children with Neuromotor Disorders
- Meaghan Rubsam, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kevin Smaller, Gabriela M. Lopez, PT, DPT and Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT
- Pedal Power: Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility of Cycle Ergometry in Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Evan Segimoto, SPT, Emily Zhang, SPT, Jingyi Xu, SPT, Monya Maleki, SPT, Jessica Marie Trenkle, PT, DPT and Kristin J. Krosschell, PT, DPT, MA (All NUPTHMS)
- Submaximal Exercise Testing; Vitals Monitoring and Appropriate Test Progression
- Casey Houlihan, PT, DPT, (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Kristen Hohl, PT, DPT,(Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Miriam Rose Rafferty, PT, DPT and Kelly Harbron, PT, DPT
- Walking Home: Using Functional Electrical Stimulation to Walk in Incomplete-Spinal Cord Injury, a Case Series
- Allison DeLillo, PT, DPT and Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT (Both Shirley Ryan AbilityLab)