Orthopaedic Section Grant Prgram Funding Leads to Funding from NIH-NIAMS for a R21 of $224,655
to Examine the Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
Combined with PT Following Lumbar Spine Surgery
by lead author Kristin Archer from Vanderbilt University.
Please click the following links to read the abstract and relevance summary of this project.
National Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Outcomes Database (NOPTOD)
One of the objectives in the Orthopaedic Section Strategic Plan is to develop a National Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Outcomes Database (NOPTOD). The purpose of the NOPTOD is to provide clinicians with a tool that they can use to assess their clinical performance. Additionally, information accumulated in the NOPTOD can be used to describe orthopaedic physical therapy practice and to provide evidence of the value of orthopaedic physical therapy.
A webinar was held in April 2012 that explained the pilot project, as well as reviewed the Manual of Operations and Procedures, and Neck Pain Case Documentation Form. To view the webinar and obtain access to the registration form, Manual of Operations and Procedures and Neck Pain Case Documentation Form click here.
We encourage all Physical Therapists who are members of the Orthopaedic Section to participate. We will be accepting registration forms through mid-July 2012.
Did you attend CSM 2012 in Chicago? Your conference CEU letter is now acessible online in the APTA Learning Center. Additionally, you have the option of printing a transcript of sessions for which your badge was scanned.
Learn more.
The Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain is held every three years. All the disciplines involved in the treatment and research of musculoskeletal disorders around the globe come together in a very stimulating meeting related to musculoskeletal disorders. Read on.
Congratulations to the 2012 Orthopaedic Section Award Recipients!
- Paris Distinguished Service Award: Thomas G. McPoil, Jr, PT, PhD, FAPTA
- Rose Excellence in Research Award: John Willson, PT, PhD
- Richard W. Bowling – Richard E. Erhard Orthopaedic Clinical Practice Award: Timohty W. Flynn, Pt, PhD
- James A. Gould Excellence in Teaching Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Award: J. Timothy "Tim" Noteboom, PT, DPT, SCS
- Outstanding Research Poster Award: Stephanie Muth, PT, MS, NCS
- Outstanding Physical Therapy Student Award: Sara Harvey, SPT
- Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant StudentD. Glenn Trail, III, SPTA
