The MGH Institute was well represented at the largest physical therapy conference in the U.S., the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, which took place in Houston last month. Dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Laura Plummer was involved in two presentations, including one with PT alum Ana Sanchez Junkin, and Assistant Professors Rania Karim and Benjamin Adams each took part in a presentation. There were also posters by faculty including Karim, PT Instructor Gwen Larsen, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Cornforth, and Associate Professor Devashish Tiwari.
Physical Therapy student Melisa Erdal attended the conference after earning the Catherine Worthingham Fellows Student Scholarship; she was among those selected from 330 applicants. Former professor and associate department chair Dr. Diane Jette, who now teaches as an adjunct professor, was presented with the President’s Award from the Academy of Education during the conference. A
The following are presentation and poster abstracts MGH Institute students and faculty took part in:
Presentations
Jasper A, Rafael C, Tayag E, Karim R. Defying Therapeutic Nihilism: Treatment Approaches for People with Advanced Dementia. Session to be presented at Combined Sessions Meeting on Thursday 2/13 from 3-5pm, American Physical Therapy Association; 2025 February Houston, TX
Meiksins L, Ambrosia F, Plummer P, Perez M for the ANPT Practice Committee. Regenerative medicine and neurological rehabilitation: Can we do more together? American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting Education Session.
Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Injuries Among Cadets at U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Meredith Young, PT, DPT, Richard Burton Westrick, PT, DPT, DSc, Carlos A. Estevez, PT, DPT and Benjamin Adams, PT, DPT, PhD
Level up Your Clinical Reasoning As a Movement Expert: Standardized Movement Analysis and Balance Diagnoses. Lois Deming Hedman, PT, DScPT, MS, Laura S. Plummer, PT, DPT, EdD, MS, Ana Monica Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, Christine M. Tyrell, PT, DPT, PhD and Christine Zimmermann, PT, DPT
Posters
Cornforth E, Tiwari D, Delepine E, Lin S, Burke J, Peterson B, Hickey R, Kimberley, T. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Use with Chronic Vestibular Disorders: A Scoping Review. Poster presentation at APTA Combined Sections Meeting, February 13.
LaMarca A, Karim R, Larsen G, Tsy I, Wechsler S, Gauthier L, Keysor J. Behaviorally informed monitoring to increase physical activity behavior. Results of a systematic review. Poster presentation at APTA Combined Sections Meeting, Febuary 13.
