Six faculty members and one graduate student from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio presented platform or poster presentations at the 15th International Congress of The World Confederation for Physical Therapy held recently in Vancouver, Canada.
“There were about 2,000 abstracts submitted for possible inclusion in the congress program and 10 were chosen from our department,” said Giovanni De Domenico, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy. “This is the major English-speaking international conference in the world. There were a number of physical therapy programs from Texas represented, but ours had the greatest presence,” he added.
Faculty members and their presentations included:
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| Attending the international congress were (left to right) Dr. Greg Ernst, Dr. Giovanni De Domenico, Dr. Patricia Brewer, Mike Geelhoed, Dr. Heather Braden, Dr. Cathy Ortega and Chris Rabago. Ann Newstead attended but is not in the picture. | |
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Heather Braden, Ph.D., M.P.T., P.T., assistant professor, had two presentations, “Effects of aging on learned movements” and “When can learned movements be transferred?”
Patricia Brewer, Ph.D., assistant professor, presented “Gateways: the role of technology to enhance interdisciplinary gross anatomy education.”
Dr. De Domenico’s talk was “Presentation technology in the classroom and clinic ―Do I really need a laptop?”
Michael Geelhoed, D.P.T., O.C.S., M.T.C., assistant professor, gave two presentations, “The frequency of pathological findings in magnetic resonance imaging of asymptomatic individuals” and “A cadaver study to investigate the lateral distances of the transverse processes from the spinous processes of the thoracic spine.”
Ann H. Newstead, M.S., P.T., N.C.S., assistant professor, also had two presentations “Trends in lower extremity power across the lifespan in women: A pilot study" and "Walking variables differentiating fallers from non-fallers.”
Catherine Ortega, Ed.D., P.T., A.T.C., O.C.S., assistant professor, spoke about “Tournament-related anxiety in professional female tennis players: An application of the transactional model of stress and coping.”
Christopher A. Rabago, P.T., M.P.T., Med., graduate student, presented “Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a new tool to supplement current clinical electrophysiologic techniques.”
“We had been working toward this conference for several years," Dr. De Domenico said. "We had support from Dean (Marilyn) Harrington and we offered several continuing education courses during the year to help offset some of the costs. Now we are working toward the next meeting in Amsterdam in 2011.”
