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  • Reflections on a Student's First CSM

    I just returned from my first trip to the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting, and I'm left with a variety of feelings about the experience. Overall, I would consider the trip a success, but there were definitely some aspects of CSM that left something to be desired. I did a lot of reflecting on the flight home, and here's what I came up with. ...
    Posted to Journey of a DPT Student (Weblog) on January 28, 2013

  • Forearm Compartment Syndrome Can Kill

    The following post was written by ADVANCE guest blogger Brian Knutsen, OTR/L, CHT, president of Buzzards Bay Hand Therapy LLC, located in Marion and Lexington, MA. SAN DIEGO -- The CSM session ''Athletic Injuries to the Forearm, Wrist and Hand,'' presented by Kevin J. Lawrence, PT, DHS, OCS, was well attended with standing room only. I was ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine (Weblog) on January 25, 2013

  • Infant Brachial Plexopathy Treatment is not 'Cookie Cutter'

    The following post was written by ADVANCE guest blogger Brian Knutsen, OTR/L, CHT, president of Buzzards Bay Hand Therapy LLC, located in Marion and Lexington, MA. SAN DIEGO -- One of Tuesday's hand rehab sessions, ''Infant Brachial Plexopathy: Nonsurgical and Surgical Management,'' presented by Susan V. Duff, PT, OTR/L, EdD, CHT, Gregory G ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine (Weblog) on January 23, 2013

  • Combined Sections Meeting

    SAN DIEGO -- I arrived here on Saturday afternoon and have since had the most fantastic time reconnecting with old friends and enjoying the beautiful weather. (Side note- it's really not warm enough to lie on the beach in a bathing suit, but I suffered through it). Now that the weekend is over, I'm finalizing my plans for the conference and it's ...
    Posted to Journey of a DPT Student (Weblog) on January 22, 2013

  • Capitol Hill

    On March 30, prominent researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders gathered at a Capitol Hill briefing to hear about the advances achieved in rehabilitation research, according to an APTA press release. This day also marked the 20th anniversary of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR). Alan E. Guttmacher, MD, ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine (Weblog) on April 1, 2011

  • Risks of Running

    NEW ORLEANS -- ''Well-attended'' doesn't even begin to describe the turnout for Thursday morning's session, ''Biomechanical Factors Underlying Running Injuries: Proximal and Distal Factors.'' Barely an empty seat could be found in the Hilton Grand Salon C more than 20 minutes before the presentation began. When it did start, conference attendees ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine (Weblog) on February 11, 2011