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APTA Combined Sections Meeting

NUPTHMS, Northwestern Medicine and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab participates in the annual the Combined Sections Meetingthe largest conference for PTs, PTAs and students of physical therapy. 

Dates

  • The most recent CSM took place Feb. 13-15, 2025 
  • Next: Feb. 12-14, 2026

Location

The 2026 Combined Sections Meeting will be in Anaheim, California.

NUPTHMS, Northwestern Medicine & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Presentations

Pre-Conference Sessions

Tuesday, Feb. 11

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, Feb. 12

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, Feb. 13

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, Feb. 14

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, Feb. 15

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

Education Sessions

Thursday, Feb. 13

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, Feb. 14

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, Feb. 15

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

Poster Sessions

Thursday, February 13th

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

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