Scholarship & Achievements

 

Congrats to Dr. Riegger-Krugh:  Riegger-Krugh, Cheryl L. University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine with ToLTech, Inc. and the Center for Human Simulation, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO.  80445. Human anatomy for clinical application: memorization is not enough.   Accepted for presentation at the 2013 American Association of Clinical Anatomists, Denver, CO. July, 2013 

Another publication by Dr. Riegger-Krugh: Caroline P. Adrian, PT, PhD; Kevin K. Haussler, DVM, DC, PhD, DACVSMR; Christopher Kawcak, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR; Raoul F. Reiser, II, MA, PhD, CSCS, FACSM; Cheryl Riegger-Krugh, PT, MS, ScD; Ross H. Palmer, DVM, DACVS; C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, DACVS, DACVSMR; Robert A. Taylor, DVM, DACVS, DACVSMR The Role of Muscle Activation in Cruciate Disease (Accepted) Veterinary Surgery 

Dr. Cook has been invited to write a case report for the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s Intouch Magazine. 

Dr. Murray will be presenting a CEU course on Therapeutic Exercise on October 19^th, 2013 for the Cleveland Clinic with Liz Narducci, a Walsh Graduate. 

Dr. Murray and two graduates, Dr. Gregory Roskovensky and Dr. Carli Braun, have an article accepted for publication in the July issue of Rehabilitation Oncology titled “Concurrent Validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F): A Study of Individuals with a Variety of Cancer Diagnoses”.  This was accepted without any requested revisions. 

Dr. McCallum has been selected as an external scholarship tenure reviewer for a PT faculty member at Bellarmine University. 

Dr. McCallum was selected for a summer 2013 Walsh University Faculty Scholar Award. She will be working with Dr. Chalee Engelhard from the University of Cincinnati and Dr. Chad Cook on a study exploring the relationship between education models and PT program outcomes. 

Congrats to Dr. Cook for an accepted platform presentation at the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chad Cook, Ken Learman, Steve Houghton, Chris Showalter, Bryan O’Halloran.  The addition of cervical unilateral posterior anterior mobilization in the treatment of patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.  

Jennifer Reneker had 2 abstracts accepted for presentation at the Society of Epidemiological Researchers (SER) Annual Meeting to be held in Boston, MA in June 2013: “Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults with Depression” and “The Role of Sex and Symptom Severity in Sports-Related Concussion: A Survival Analysis.”

Congrats to the Walsh DPT students who have secured another publication: Stewart K, Derck A, Long K, Learman K, Cook C. Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests for the Detection of Splenomegaly: A Systematic Review. Phys Ther Reviews. (Accepted 2013). 

Congratulations to JJ Kuczynski for being awarded the APTA Mary McMillian Scholarship for 2013. J.J. is the first Mary McMillian Scholar from Walsh University. 

Learman K, O’Halleran B, Showalter C, Cook C. Manual therapy in the elderly. J Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics. Accepted for publication 2013.

Reiman MP, Mather III, RC, Cook CE. Physical examination tests for hip dysfunction and injury, British Journal of Sports Medicine. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cook for acceptance of his 150^th peer reviewed publication. Cook C, Cleland J, Hegedus E, Wright A, Hancock M. The Creation of the Diagnostic Accuracy Quality Scale (DAQS). J Man Manip Ther. 2013.

Cook C, Sizer PS, Isaacs R, Wright A. Clinical identifiers for detecting underlying closed cervical fractures (accepted) Pain Practice. 2013. 

Dr. Cook has been invited to teach a day long presentation at the California Physical Therapy Association meeting titled “Clinical Decision Making for Orthopedics: Evidence Based Examination, Clinical Prediction Rules, and Pragmatic Treatment.

Dr. Whitford’s course for the OPTA titled Key Principles of Neuroplasticity & Motor Learning: A Framework for treatment currently has 85 scheduled attendees.  The course is February 19, 2013 – 6:00-8:30 pm.

Viens NA, Hug KT, Marchant MH, Cook C, Vail TP, Bolognesi MP. Role of diabetes type in perioperative outcomes after hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2012;21(4):253-60. 

Dr. Cook is serving as an External PhD reviewer for Geoff Schneider, PT, DSc, PhD candidate at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Medical Sciences, in Calgary Canada. 

Dr. Cook has been invited to present a 1 day Peripheral Manipulation course at High Point University in North Carolina on November 8-9, 2013.

Jennifer Reneker has been invited by the Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (PSCI) in Tampa, Florida to serve on the National Falls Toolkit Advisory Council. 

Dr. Cook has been invited as the keynote for the 2013 Australian Physiotherapy Association in Melbourne Australia. 

Dr. Cook has accepted a position as an Advisory Editor for J of Physiotherapy (Australian Journal of Physiotherapy).

Dr. Cook has been invited and he has accepted an editor position with Manual Therapy.  Dr. Cook, Dr. Gwen Jull, Dr. Deborah Falla, and Dr. Tim McClune will handle all MT submissions. 

Dr. Cook has a platform accepted for the Canadian Orthopedics Association in Winnipeg, Canada. Titled “Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty” Review of Complications According to Surgical Pathology. 

Dr. Cook has a platform accepted for the Canadian Orthopedics Association in Winnipeg, Canada. Titled Arthroscopic Suture Bridge Transosseus Equivalent Fixation of Rotator Cuff Tendon Preserves Intratendinous Blood Flow at the Time of Initial Fixation. 

Yet another student driven publication for Walsh: Schwind J, Learman K, O’Halloran B, Showalter C, Cook C. Different Minimally Important Clinical Difference (MCID) Scores Lead to Different Clinical Prediction Rules for the Oswestry Disability Index when Using the Same Sample of Patients. J Man Manip Ther. 2013 (accepted). 

Congrats to Dr. Donaldson for yet another publication within her research focus area: Donaldson M, Learman K, O’Halloran B, Showalter C, Cook C. The Role of Patients' Expectation of Appropriate Initial Manual Therapy Treatment in Outcomes for Patients with Low Back Pain.  J Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics. Accepted for publication 2013.

Current DPT students (Class of 2013) Jackie Martin, Angela Wolf, Elyse Rolenz, Jen Moore, Andrea DiNinno and faculty mentor, Jen Reneker have a manuscript accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy: "The effectiveness of physical therapist-administered group-based exercise on falls prevention: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials." FYI, this is the 18^th student-led publication at Walsh University in the last 2 years. 

Dr. Christine McCallum and her colleagues have a paper accepted: McCallum, C, Mosher, P, Jacobson, P, Gallivan, S, Giuffree, S.  Quality in Physical Therapist Clinical Education - A Systematic Review, has been accepted to the Physical Therapy Journal (PTJ) (pending revisions). 

Jennifer Reneker has been asked to contribute within the curricula for the Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education (a funded project for innovative education between Case Western Reserve, the Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland VA).  She will be teaching first and second year Physician Residents and NP Fellows on a Physical Therapist’s role on an inter-professional team, providing coordinated longitudinal care.  Dates TBA.     

Congratulations to Dr. Cook who has a platform accepted at the Canadian Physiotherapy Conference of 2013 in Montreal Canada titled. “No Differences in Outcomes in Subjects with Low Back Pain who met the Clinical Prediction Rule for Lumbar Spine Manipulation when Non-thrust Manipulation was used as the Comparator.”

Congrats to Dr. Maureen Whitford who was accepted as a member of the course development team on the Neurology Section Regional Program Committee for development of the Acute Stroke Management course. 

Dr. Whitford was selected as an item writer for the SACE item writing committee for NCS. 

Jen Reneker has been asked to do a nationwide presentation at on Live-Meeting to Veteran Administration’s PT’s, OT’s, KT’s and PM&R physicians on the topic of Mobility Dogs.  

Dr. Donaldson was asked to present at Aultman Hospital for their Spirit of Inquiry day in November, 2012.

Congrats to Dr. Cook who was part of an authorship team that created an online paper for physical examination tests with the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Reiman MP, Mather RC, Cook CE. Hip physical examination testing. Br J Sports Med. In Print. 

Dr. Cook has been invited to give 3 differential diagnosis presentations in Chile in 2014

Congratulations to the following Walsh DPT Students and faculty mentor who had a publication accepted in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (official journal of the sports section). Kuczynski JJ, Schwieterman B, Columber K, Knupp D, Shaub L, Cook C. Effectiveness of Physical Therapist Administered Spinal Manipulation for the Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (accepted) IJSPT. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cook who is an invited speaker at the Canadian Physical Therapy Association’s Orthopedic Symposium in May 24^th, 2013 in Montreal Canada. His topic will be Differential Diagnosis of Red Flags. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cook who is an invited speaker at the Canadian Physical Therapy Association’s National Meeting on May 26^th, 2013 in Montreal Canada. His topic will be Errors in Using Imaging for Diagnosis of Low Back Pain. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cook for another publication acceptance, this one in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic. Cherian K, Kaltenbach J, Cook C, Cherian N. Improving Tinnitus with Mechanical treatment of the cervical spine and jaw: a case report. (accepted) J American Acad Audiology 

Dr. Cook was invited as the “author in the room” by Evidence in Motion’s residency program on November 12, 2012. Dr. Cook will discuss the results of his RCT published recently in Manual Therapy. 

Dr. Cook has been invited to be the speaker of for the sigma zeta society of Walsh which is the honors math and science club of Walsh. His topic will be the perils and pearls of a career researcher.

Congratulations to program Alumni Dr. Mark Wilhelm, Dr. David Hardwick and Dr. Dan Tierney for their publication titled “Fast Frugal Decision Making” in Physiotherapy Practice and Theory. These three are former students in the division and this project was one of their scholarly assignments. This is the 6^th scholarly publication by a student or former student group in 2012. 

Walsh University’s DPT program has joined the Research-Intensive Physical Therapy Programs (RIPPs) Consortium within the Academic Council (AC) Board of Directors.  

Congratulations to Dr. Riegger-Krugh, who was accepted into the American Association of Clinical Anatomists.

Congratulations to Dr. Christine McCallum and our former students for another publication, Gawel J., Brown S., Collins J, McCallum C.  Does pre-operative physical therapy improve post-surgical outcomes of patients undergoing a total knee and/or total hip arthroplasty?-A systematic review.  Accepted for publication in Physiotherapy Practice and Research. 

Dr. Cook was awarded the “Distinguished Editor Award” from Maney Publishing for his work at the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. 

Dr. Cook was selected to sit on the Editorial Board of Manual Therapy, the journal from Elsevier. 

Dr. Cook has two platform presentations accepted for Combined Sections in APTA. 

1. Cook C. Differences in outcomes in subjects with low back pain who met the clinical prediction rule for lumbar spine manipulation when non-thrust manipulation was used as the comparator. Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013.
2. Cook C. What factors are associated with a successful outcome in patients with low back pain who receive a manual therapy approach. Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013.

 Dr. Cook was honoured for his 7 years of service and commitment as the editor in chief of the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy by the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists at IFOMPT in Quebec City. 

Congrats to Dr. Cook for another publication. Wright A, Cook C. Criterion validation of the rate of recovery, single alphanumeric measure, in patients with low back pain. (accepted) Physiother Research International. 

Congratulations to Dr. Cook for 2 additional platform presentations at IFOMPT in Quebec City. 

1.     Emerson Kavchak A, Wright AA. Evaluation of patient acceptable symptom state estimates amongst self-report and physical performance outcome measures in patients with hip osteoarthritis. Oral Presentation. IFOMPT 2012, the World Congress of Manual/Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. September/October, 2012. Quebec City, Canada.

2.     Wright AA, Cook C. Predictors of response to physical therapy intervention in patients with primary hip osteoarthritis: a comparison of predictive modeling based on varying response criterion. Oral Presentation. IFOMPT 2012, the World Congress of Manual/Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. September/October, 2012. Quebec City,

Congrats to Dr. Cook for the publication acceptance of his randomized controlled trial. Cook C, Learman K, Showalter C, Kabbaz V, O’Halloran B. Early Use of Thrust Manipulation versus Non-Thrust Manipulation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Man Ther. Accepted (2012). This will be the largest thrust vs. non-thrust publication every published and the study was coordinated here at Walsh university. 

Dr. Cook will be a keynote presenter at the 2013 Mediserve Software Conference on June 12. His topic will be “Now you have the outcomes, what do they mean and what can you do?”. 

Dr. Cook has been asked to be a grant reviewer for 2013’s Arthritis Research UK Foundation. http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/research.aspx 

Dr. Cook was invited to participate in a workshop at the 2013 International McKenzie Conference in Denver, Colorado. The focus of the workshop is teaching people how to get published. 

Dr. Paz along with his students, have 1 platform and 2 posters accepted for the OPTA Fall Conference

1. Hinkle C, Buchanan A, Paz J. Physical Therapy Management of Bariatric Patients in Acute Care: A Systematic Review.  Platform

2. Scheiderer R, Belden C, Haney C, Schwab D, Paz J. Exercise Guidelines for Inpatients Status Post VAD Placement: A Systematic Review of the Literature.  Poster

3. Vengrow D, Paz J. A Review of Pain Assessment Tools Utilized within Acute Physical Therapy.  Poster

 Dr. Paz has a platform presentation at CSM in San Diego: Hinkle C, Buchanan A, Paz J. Physical Therapy Management of Bariatric Patients in Acute Care: A Systematic Review Combined Sections Meeting, San Diego 2013. Platform Presentation.

Dr. Donaldson was invited to the North Dakota State PT conference to provide breakout session on Manual Therapy with Pediatric Orthopaedic and Manual Therapy with Geriatric Orthopaedic patients May 2013.

Congrats to Dr. Donaldson for her and her students accepted posters at the OPTA Fall Scientific Symposium

• Snyder L, Froman L, McKenzi V, Jadwisiak A,  Donaldson M. Predictors of Adherence to Physical Therapy Exercise Prescription in Patients with Musculoskeletal Diagnoses: A Systematic Review. Ohio Physical Therapy Association Research Symposium. Oct. 2012.                             
• Racicki S, Gerwin S, DiClaudio S, Reinmann S, Donaldson M. Physical therapy management for the treatment of cervicogenic headache: A Systematic Review.  Ohio Physical Therapy Association Research Symposium. Oct. 2012 
• Baker T, Haines S, Donaldson M. Development of a Physical Performance Assessment Instrument for Patients Who Sustained a Lower Extremity Injury in Preparation for Return to Sport: A Delphi Study. Ohio Physical Therapy Association Research Symposium. Oct. 2012

Jennifer Reneker has one student-led poster accepted for the OPTA Fall Conference: Jacqueline T. Martin, Angela Wolf, Jennifer L. Moore, Andrea DiNinno, MBA; Elyse Rolenz, Jennifer Reneker, MSPT, NCS. The effectiveness of falls prevention in physical therapist-administered group exercise: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Jennifer Reneker along with Chris Wood, PT (Akron VA) and Jackie Martin, SPT were invited to speak to the Stark County Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting on September 22, 2012.  The topic is “Advances in exercise intervention for patients with PD”

Dr. Cook has been invited to be a promotion and tenure external reviewer for Dr. Kari Dunning from the University Of Cincinnati. 

Congrats to Dr. Cook for the following 4 platform presentations accepted for Combined Sections in San Diego, in 2013.

1. Cook C, Learman K, Showalter C, O’Halloran B. Differences in Outcomes in Subjects with Low Back Pain who met the Clinical Prediction Rule for Lumbar Spine Manipulation when Non-thrust Manipulation was used as the Comparator . (Platform) Combined Sections, San Diego, February, 2013.
2. Cook C, Learman K, Showalter C, O’Halloran B, Wright A. What Factors are associated with a successful outcome in patients with low back pain who receive a manual therapy approach? (Platform) Combined Sections, San Diego, February, 2013.
3. Reiman M, Goode A, Hegedus E, Cook C, Wright A. Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests of the Hip: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. (Platform) Combined Sections, San Diego, February, 2013.
4. Goode A, Cook C, Carey T, Jordan J. Modifiable risk factors for low back symptoms in a U.S community-based population: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.  (Platform) Combined Sections, San Diego, February, 2013.

 Congrats to Dr. Cook for another publication: Nathan D. Hart, Matthew K. Wallace, J. Field Scovell, Ryan J Krupp, Chad Cook, Douglas J Wyland.  Quadriceps Tendon Rupture:  A biomechanical comparison of transosseous equivalent double-row suture anchor versus tranosseous tunnel repair.  J Knee Surg. 3May2012.  DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299656   

Congrats to Dr. Donaldson for the following publication: Sara Haines, Tricia Baker, Donaldson M. Development of a Physical Performance Assessment Instrument for Patients Who Sustained a Lower Extremity Injury in Preparation for Return to Sport: A Delphi Study. IJSPT. (Accepted) 2012.

3 Posters for CSM were also accepted for Dr. Donaldson:

1.)  Sara Haines, Tricia Baker, Donaldson M. Development of a Physical Performance Assessment Instrument for Patients Who Sustained a Lower Extremity Injury in Preparation for Return to Sport: A Delphi Study. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting: San Diego 2013.

2.)  Yost J. Valek K. Emery K. Manno C. Donaldson M. Identification and Effect of Behavior Modifiers to Enhance Adherence and Outcomes of Physical Therapy Home Exercise Programs: A Systematic Review. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting: San Diego January 2013.

3.)  Racicki S. Gerwin S. DiClaudio S. Reinmann S. Donaldson M. Physical therapy management for the treatment of cervicogenic headache: a systematic review. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting: San Diego 2013.

 Dr. Murray has two student-led poster presentations at OPTA Fall conference:

^-         Roskovensky, G, Braun, C, Roth, E, Galvin, D, Fisher-Bornstein, M, Heyman, E, Murray, L; Concurrent Validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F): A Study of Individuals with a Variety of Cancer Diagnoses. 

-      Haas, D, Farber, B, Mohn, K, Morgan, V, Zuch, S, Murray, L. The effectiveness of physical therapy intervention targeting hip strengthening alone versus hip and knee strengthening performed concurrently on pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a systematic review of the literature

Dr. Murray has one student led presentations accepted for CSM – 2013:

^-         Poster: Concurrent Validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F): A Study of Individuals with a Variety of Cancer Diagnoses.  Gregory Roskovensky DPT CSCS¹, Carli Braun DPT¹, Elizabeth Roth PT MA RD/LD², Diane Galvin PT³, Mary Fisher-Bornstein LISW-S MSSA², Ellen Heyman MSN RN CS², Leigh Murray PT PhD¹

Dr. Murray and Dr. McCallum have a platform presentation accepted for CSM – 2013.

-      Platform: Murray, L and McCallum, C. “Flipping” - a comparison of web-based learning to traditional lecture. 

Dr. Cook has been invited as the keynote lecturer for the Kaiser Hayward Residency and Fellowship annual meeting in Los Angeles California in May of 2013. He will be presenting multiple topics and will be describing why research is interpreted differently among different researchers. 

Dr. Cook has a 1 poster presentation accepted at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting. Adam P. Goode, Duke University, Durham, NC, Janet K. Freburger, University of NC CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC, Timothy S. Carey, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Chad E. Cook, Walsh University, OH, Jordan Renner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Sean D. Rundell, University of Washington, Seatle, WA and Joanne M. Jordan, University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC. The Relationship Between Lumbar Spine Individual Radiographic Features and Low Back Symptoms with and without Associated Leg Symptoms: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project" has been accepted as a poster presentation at ACR this November. 

Dr. Cook has 3 posters accepted at the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association Fall meeting

1. Wright A, Cook C. PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY HIP OSTEOARTHRISITS: A COMPARISON OF PREDICTIVE MODELING BASED ON VARYING RESPONSE CRITERION
2. Wright A, Cook C, Hegedus E, Emerson-Kavchak A. IDENTIFICATION OF CUT-POINTS IN COMMONLY USED HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS RELATED OUTCOMES MEASURES THAT DEFINE THE PATIENT ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE (PASS)
3. Wright A, Cook C. CRITERION VALIDATION OF THE RATE OF RECOVERY, SINGLE ALPHANUMERIC MEASURE, IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN

 Dr Cook has 8 posters accepted for the OPTA Fall Scientific Symposium.

• 1. Kuczynski JJ, Knupp D, Schwieterman B, Columber K. Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Spinal Manipulation for the Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
• 1. Chad CookPT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT; Megan Donaldson PT, PhD; Christine McCallum PT, PhD; Leigh Murray PT, PhD; Jaime Paz PT, DPT; Jennifer Reneker PT, MS; Cheryl Riegger-Krugh PT, ScD; Maureen Whitford PT, PhD, NCS. Teaching Scholarship to Physical Therapy Students: The Use of an Applied Research Method. Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio.

Chad Cook PT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT, Jeffrey Taylor PT, DPT; Adam Goode PT, DPT, PhD. Risk Factors for First Incident Low Back Pain. Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, High Point University, North Carolina and Duke University, North Carolina.

Chad Cook, Steve Houghton, Bryan O’Halloran. Change Score Characteristics in Subjects with Acute Shoulder Impingement who Report an Acceptable Symptom State: A Case Series of 21 Subjects. Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio.

Kayla R. Stewart BS; Amy M. Derck BS; Katherine L. Long BA; Ken Learman PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT; Chad Cook PT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT. Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests for the Detection of Splenomegaly: A Systematic Review of the Literature: Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio; Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.

Chad Cook, Jeffrey Taylor, Alexis Wright, Maureen Whitford. Risk Factors for First Time Incidence Sciatica. Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio and High Point University, North Carolina.

1. Chad Cook PT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT, Malinda Bragg, PT, MS, Joseph Congeni MD, FAAP, Megan Donaldson PT, PhD, FAAOMPT, Jeffrey Peiffer DO. Association of Goutallier Classification Findings and Presence of Fat Content in the Multifidus Muscles with Delayed or Poor Recovery after Physiotherapy in Adolescents with Spondylolysis. Walsh University, North Canton, OH; Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio.

Chad Cook PT, PhD, MBA, FAAOMPT, Ken Learman PT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT. No Differences in Outcomes in Subjects with Low Back Pain who met the Clinical Prediction Rule for Lumbar Spine Manipulation when Non-thrust Manipulation was used as the Comparator. Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio and Youngstown State University, Ohio.

Dr. Chad Cook will be presenting a workshop at the IFOMPT Conference in Quebec City Canada this October. The workshop is titled: "Help! How Do I Evaluate and Apply the Numerous Guidelines for Low Back Pain?".

Jennifer Reneker PT, MS, NCS will be presenting a platform at APTA Combined Sessions 2013 in San Diego on, "The Development and Implementation of a Clinical Practice Recommendation for Service Dogs in the Veterans Administration System of Care" for the Federal Section of the APTA.

Dr.Chad Cook has the following publication acceptances.

1. Scaia V, Baxter D, Cook C. The pain provocation-based straight leg raise test for diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation, lumbar radiculopathy, and/or sciatica: A systematic review of clinical utility “ for publication in the Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.

Vincent Scaia is a senior undergraduate student in the Biology Pre-Physical Therapy Program. This work is part of his honors thesis. Congratulations to Vinny!

• Learman K, Showalter C, Cook C. Does the use of a prescriptive clinical prediction rule increase the likelihood of applying inappropriate treatments? A survey using clinical vignettes. Man Ther. (accepted 2012).
• Nathan D. Hart, Matthew K. Wallace, J. Field Scovell, Ryan J. Krupp, Chad Cook, Douglas J. Wyland. Quadriceps Tendon Rupture: A Biomechanical Comparison of Transosseous Equivalent Double-Row Suture Anchor Versus Transosseous Tunnel Repair. J Knee Surg; online publication date May 3, 2012; DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299656
• Cook C, Bragg M, Congeni J, Donaldson M, Pieffer J. Association of Goutallier Classification Findings and Presence of Fat Content in the Multifidi with Delayed Recovery during Physical Therapy in Adolescents with Spondylolysis. Physiother Pract Res. 2012 (accepted).
• Reiman M, Good A, Cook C, Hegedus E, Wright L. Accuracy of Clinical Tests of the Hip: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Br J Sports Med. 2012 (accepted).

Dr. Cook and Dr. Adam Goode from Duke University will be presenting an educational breakout session at Combined Sessions 2013 in San Diego. The session is titled: FIRST TIME LOW BACK PAIN AND RECURRENT LOW BACK PAIN: RECOGNITION OF KEY FACTORS AND PREVENTION. 

Dr. Chad Cook has been selected as the 2013 Elam-Plowman Edowed Lecturer by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Christine McCallum and fellow Directors of Clinical Education from the Ohio-Kentucky Consortium of Physical Therapy programs will be presenting an educational session on:"Preparing for the Future of PT: Grassroots Initiatives in Clinical Education to Discover New Collaborative Strategies for Clinicians, Educators and Administrators" at APTA CSM 2013.

Dr. Chad Cook was part of the 2012 APTA Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award for the paper titled: Wright AA, Cook CE, Flynn TW, Baxter GD, Abbott JH. Predictors of response to physical therapy intervention in patients with primary hip osteoarthritis. Phys Ther. 2011;91:510-24.

Dr. Christine McCallum and the Ohio Kentucky Consortium of Physical Therapy Programs will be presenting a session entitled, "Preparing for the Future in PT Clinical Education: Grassroots Partnerships Between Academic Programs and Clinical Educator".

Dr. Chad Cook is presenting 2 research sessions at the 2012 Physiotherapy New Zealand Conference in Wellington NZ, May 2012. His presentations are: "Early use of thrust manipulation versus non-thrust manipulation: A randomized controlled trial" and "What factors are associated with a successful outcome in patients with low back pain who received a manual therapy approach?". 

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Cook who is part of an industry grant, sponsored by Bio-Medical Research Limited, in the amount of $156,000. Dr. Cook functions as the statistician with prinicipal investigator Brian Burnikel MD and co-investigator Charles Thigpen PhD, PT, ATC. The title of their project is "A randomised controlled study to compare the effects of standard therapy protocol with a 12 week peri-operative program of Kneehab XP Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation compared to a control treatment in patients undergoing total knee replacement."

Dr. Cheryl Riegger-Krugh presented: "Capturing Your Best Teaching Materials: a Software Program in Human Anatomy and Surface Palpation" at the 3T: Teaching, Techniques and Technology conference hosted by the Teaching and Learning Committee at UC Clermont College, April 2012.

Dr. Cook has the following manuscripts accepted for publication:

• • "Can within/between session changes in pain during reassessment predict outcome using a manual therapy intervention in patients with mechanical low back pain?" to be published in the Manual Therapy Journal.
  • Phillips JC, Cook C, Beaty S, Kissenberth MJ, Siffri P, Hawkins RJ. Validity of noncontrast MRI in diagnosing SLAP tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg, 2012.
  • Christoforetti JJ, Krup RJ, Singleton SB, Kissenberth MJ, Cook C, Hawkins RJ. Arthroscopic Suture Bridge Transosseus Equivalent Fixation of Rotator Cuff Tendon Preserves Intratendinous Blood Flow at the Time of Initial Fixation. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2012;21(4):523-530.

Jenna Bartsokas (DPT class 2014) was selected as the winner of the OPTA Federal Advocacy Essay Contest and will be attending the Federal Advocacy Forum in April 2012. Jenna is the 3rd Walsh DPT student to win this award in the past 3 years.

Dr.Cheryl Riegger-Krugh presented at the Conservative Management of Knee Osteoarthritis Symposium at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, March 2012. The title of her presentation was: Lower Limb Structure and Function in Patients with Knee OA: Theories of Onset and Progression.

Walsh DPT faculty and students were well represented at the Ohio Physical Therapy Association's Spring Conference held in Columbus Ohio.

• Dr. Chad Cook gave the keynote address during the Student Symposium.
• Dr. Cook also presented an educational session with Dr. Kari Dunning (University of Cincinnati)
• Carolyn Fein (DPT class 2012) was selected as the OPTA Student of the Year Award winner
• Dr. James Lee, a clinical instructor and adjunct faculty at Walsh DPT, won the Clinical Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Lee practices at Summa Rehabilitation in Akron, Ohio.
• DPT class of 2014 members: Susan Shultz, Alison Dain, Jenna Bartsokas and Sidra Dhiraprasiddhi came in 3rd place overall out of 11 teams at the OPTA student challenge. This is an impressive achievement for these students who have only have 2 semesters of PT education and competed against upperclassmen from other PT schools in Ohio.
• Dr. Cook and Dr. Deborah Givens, (Creighton University) were the winning team for the Oxford Debate focused on standardized care.

Dr. Christine McCallum has been elected the Research Chair of the Research Committee for the Health Policy and Administration Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. McCallum is also a member of this section's Board of Directors.

Adjunct faculty member, Dr. Tony Doty, will be presenting at the 7th Annual Conference on Providing School-Based Physical Therapy Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA). Her session is titled: Interventions for the Adolescent/Young Adult: Preparation for Transition from School to Adulthood and Adult Services.

Several Walsh Division of Physical Therapy faculty, students and alumni will have presentations at the American Physical Therapy Associations Combined Sections Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL this February:

• Dr. Chad Cook will have an education session titled "A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Prediction Rules for Physical Therapists: Clinical Help or Hype?"
• Narducci L, Waltz A, Leppla L, Gorski K, Donaldson M. The The Clinical Utility of Functional Performance Tests within One Year Post ACL Reconstruction: A Systematic Review  - Platform
• McCallum C, Cole J. Outcomes of a Yearlong study - Selection of Clinical Education Opportunities, a Clinical Site Perspective - Platform
• Cook C, Baxter D, Sizer P, Murray L, Wright A. The Utility of An Active Movement Examination of the Cervical Spine in Detecting Underlying Closed Cervical Fractures - Poster.

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Cook for receiving the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (AAOMPT) 2011 Excellence in Research Award for his study "Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Clinical Tests for the Shoulder Labrum".

Congratulations to current DPT students, class of 2012, David Hardwick, Daniel Tierney, Carolyn Fein, Samuel Reinmann and faculty advisor Dr. Megan Donaldson for their publication: Exercise Approaches in the Treatment of Low-Grade Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review. Physical Therapy Reviews, Jan. 2012.

The 2nd edition of Dr. Cook's textbook, Orthopedic Clinical Tests: An Evidence Based Approach (co-authored by Dr. Eric Hegedus) has been released by Pearson Education.

Congratulations to Dr. Christine McCallum for her publication in the Physical Therapy Journal:McCallum CA, DiAngelis T. Direct access: factors that impact practice in the state of Ohio. Online release is January 2012 and print date is May 2012. 

2011

 

 Walsh University faculty, including Dr. Chad Cook, were selected by Ohio Magazine for Excellence in Education within the State of Ohio.

Dr. Christine McCallum was invited to be a member of the Mercy Medical Center's Rehabilitation Advisory Board.

Three Walsh Division of Physical Therapy faculty, Drs. Chad Cook, Megan Donaldson and Leigh Murray were awarded an Ohio Physical Therapy Association grant to help conduct the following study "The Effect of Augmented Exercises on a Temporal Neurophysiological Response from Manual Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial".

Congratulations Dr. Marla Weisend andDr. Tiffany Marulli (DPT class of 2011) along with faculty advisor Dr. Jaime Paz for their publication in the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy titled: Physical Therapists' Perceptions of Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department.

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Narducci, Dr. Amanda Waltz, Dr. Kate Gorski and Dr. Lucas Leppla (DPT class of 2011) along with faculty advisor Dr. Megan Donaldson for their publication: The Clinical Utility of Functional Performance Tests within One Year Post ACL Reconstruction: A Systematic Review in ISJPT, Dec. 2011.

Congratulations to current DPT students, class of 2012, Mark Wilhelm, Gregory Roskovensky, Karla Emery, Christina Manno, Katherine Valek and faculty advisor Dr. Cook for an accepted publication in Physiotherapy Canada titled: Effect of Resistance Exercises on Function for Older Adults with Osteoporosis or Osteopenia: A Systematic Review.

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Narducci (DPT class of 2011) for her publication titled, Importance of Specificity, Amount and Intensity of Locomotor Training to Improve Ambulatory Function in Patients Post Stroke. Journal Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 2011:18(4)293-307.

Congratulations to current DPT student, class of 2013, Katherine Long for publishing her undergraduate research, Strength and Fitness Predict Perception of Looming Sounds in Evolution and Human Behavior journal.

Congratulations faculty member, Jennifer Reneker PT, MS, NCS who is the first Walsh recipient of the 2011 Florence Kendall Scholarship from the Foundation of Physical Therapy for her doctoral studies at Kent State University.

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Cook who was selected as the 2012 Williams Evans Research Fellowship with the University of Otago, New Zealand - the top research university in that country. This award goes to one researcher in the world and Dr. Cook is the first recipient with a rehabilitation background.

Dr. Christine McCallum has been elected as Chair of the Health Policy and Administration Research Committee of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Congratulations to Dr. Marla Weisend andDr. Tiffany Marulli (DPT class of 2011) along with faculty advisor Dr. Jaime Paz for winning the "Best Poster Abstract" at the OPTA Fall Scientific Symposium for their poster: Physical Therapists' Perceptions of Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department.

Dr. Megan Donaldson has been elected as Nominating Committee member for the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy.

Congratulations to current DPT students (class of 2012) Baker T, Haines S, Yost J, DiClaudio S, Braun C,  for publishing their paper, The role of family centered therapy when used with physical and occupational therapy in children with congenital or acquired disorders: A systematic review of the literature in Physiotherapy Reviews. Sheryl Holt, former PT faculty, was their advisor on this project.

Dr. Chad Cook is keynote speaker for research day at the Societa' Italiana Fisoterapists, in Venice Italy, October 2011.

Congratulations to the Division of Physical Therapy Students* and Faculty** for having the following 12 out of 30 presentations accepted for the upcoming Ohio Physical Therapy Association Fall Conference to be held in Columbus Ohio.

Platform

Wilhelm M*, Roskovensky G*, Emergy K*, Manno C*, Valek K*, Cook C**.Effect of Strengthening Exercises on Function for Patients with Osteoporosis or Osteopenia: A Systematic Review.

Posters

Baker T*, Haines S*, Yost J*, DiClaudio S*, Braun C*, Holt S**. The role of family centered therapy when used with physical and occupational therapy in children with congenital or acquired disorders: A systematic review of the literature.

Hardwick D*, Tierney D*, Fein C*, Reinmann S*, Donaldson M**. Motor Control Versus General Strengthening in the Treatment of Low-Grade Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review.

Narducci E*, Waltz A*, Gorski K*, Leppla L*, Donaldson M**.The clinical utility of physical performance tests within one-year post ACL reconstruction: A systematic review.

Cook C**, Wilhelm M*, Cook A, Petrosino C**,Isaacs R. Clinical tests for screening and diagnosis of cervical spine myelopathy.

Cook C**, Baxter D, Sizer PS Jr.,Murray L**, Wright SA. Utility of an Active Movement Examination of the Cervical Spine in Detecting Underlying Closed Cervical Fractures.

Cook C**,Ross MD, Isaacs R, Hegedus EJ. Investigation of Non-Mechanical Findings During Movement Screening for Identifying/Ruling out Metastatic Cancer.

Raciki S*, Gerwin S*, Early S*, Vizmeg J*, Reneker J**. Unique and overlapping clinical signs and symptoms of PTSD and mild TBI in military personnel post-deployment to active combat: a systematic review.

Reneker J**, Paz J**, Petrosino C**, Cook C**. Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests and Signs of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A systematic review.

Weisend M*, Linc T*, Paz J**. Physical Therapists' Perceptions of Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department.

Cook C**,Phillips JC, Hawkins RJ. A Magnetic Resonance Image Provides No Value in the Diagnosis of Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior (SLAP) Lesions.

Cook C**,Mabry L, Reiman MP, Hegedus EJ. Best Tests for Screening and Diagnosis of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Cook C**, Beaty S, Kissenberth MJ, Siffri P, Pill S, Hawkins RJ. Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Orthopedic Tests for Diagnosis of Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior (SLAP) Lesions.

Congratulations to Dr. Mike Barlowand Dr. Drew Schlabach(DPT class of 2011) for their publication: Barlow M, Schlabach D, Peiffer J, Cook C.Difference in changes scores and the predictive validity of three commonly used measures following concussion in the adolescent population. International J Sports Phys Ther. 2011:6:1-8.

Congratulations to current DPT students, class of 2012: Justina Gawel, Danika Vengrow, Jenna Collins, Sarah Brown, and Alice Buchanonfor their accepted publication: Gawel J, Vengrow D, Collins J, Buchanan A, Cook C. The short physical performance battery as a predictor for long term disability or institutionalization in the community dwelling population aged 65 years or older: A systematic review. Phys Ther Review.

Dr. Chad Cook has published the following article in the Italian Journal of Physiotherapy: Cook C, O'Halleran B, Showalter C. The use of non-thrust manipulation in a consecutive case series of patients who met the clinical prediction rule for thrust manipulation.

Dr. Chad Cook,along with a colleague Dr. Shannon Peterson from Des Moines University has been awarded an OPTP/AAOMPT grant for a project titled "The effect of an augmented home exercise program for facilitating manual therapy.

Dr. Jaime Paz has been invited to be a contributor to an upcoming textbook titled Case Files in Physical Therapy: Acute Care.

Dr. Chad Cookhas published a paper cited as, Cook C. Beaty S, Kissenberth M, Siffri P, Gill S, Hawkins RJ. Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Orthopedic Clinical Tests for Diagnosis of Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior (SLAP) Lesions. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2011

Dr. Christine McCallum along with adjunct faculty and clinical partner, Jeanne Cole PT,will be presenting a platform titled "Selection of Clinical Education Opportunities: A Clinical Partner Perspective" at the upcoming Education Leadership Conference to be held in Clearwater Florida this October 2011

Congratulations to Mark Wilhelm, student physical therapist class of 2012, who has his 2nd publication as a student with co-authors Dr. Chad Cookand Dr. Chris Petrosino.The article will be published in the Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics and the title of the article is "Clinical Tests for screening and diagnosis of cervical spine myelopathy".

Drs. Leigh Murray and Christine McCallumhave been accepted to present a platform at the Education Leadership Conference to be held in Clearwater Florida this October 2011. The title of their presentation is "The Impact of Implementing Geriatric and Pediatric Community Health Programs on the Perceptions of Didactic Application and Mentoring of First and Third Year Physical Therapy Students".

Dr. Chad Cookhas published an article in a top tier journal entitled: Mid to Long Term Outcomes of the STAR Total Ankle Replacement in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery with colleagues J. Nunley and M. DeOrio.

Congratulations to John Kuczynski, (DPT class of 2013)who is a Capitol Hill Essay winner. John was 1 out of 2 students from Ohio who won this essay contest, sponsored by the Ohio Physical Therapy Association aimed at promoting awareness regarding advocating for the Physical Therapy Profession. For winning the contest, John will participate in APTA's PT Day on Capitol Hill, where he will receive advanced advocacy training, meet with Congressional leaders and lobby their members of Congress on issues important to the physical therapy profession. John is the 2nd student from Walsh DPT to win an essay contest on the importance of Advocating for the profession.

Congratulations to the DPT class of 2011. As part of graduation, the Division of Physical awards various honors. Elizabeth Narducci won the Academic Excellence Award, the Professional Service Award and the Peer Recognistion Award. Lucas Leppla won the Joan C. Nethery Clinical Excellence Award. The Research Excellence Award was presented to Marla Weisend and Tiffany Linc for their work entitled, "Physical Therapists' Perceptions of Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department." Dr. Jaime Pazwas their research advisor.

Dr. Chad Cookhas published an article cited as: Cook C, Garrison C. The Global Rating of Change Score (GRoC) poorly correlates withh functional measures and is not temporally stable: A clinimetrics corner. J Man Manip Ther. 19(3). 2011

Dr. Leigh Murrayhas published an article cited as: Murray L, Otterstetter R, Muller M, Glickman EL. The Effects of Varying Doses of Aspirin on the Thermal Responses of Males During and After Acute Cold Exposure. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.

Dr. Chad Cook has been invited to speak on the topic of Differential Diagnosis at the Rehab Alberta 2011 Conference this fall in Edmonton Alberta.

Dr. Leigh Murray has published an abstract in Rehabilitation Oncologycited as follows: Murray L, Roth E, Galvin D, Fisher-Bornstein M, Heyman E, Bable K, Scholl J, Frame A. The Impact of a Community Program Including Resistive Exercise and Psychosocial Support on Quality of Life and Fatigue in Cancer Survivors.

Dr. Megan Donaldsonwas accepted to present at the fall AAOMPT Annual Conference with a session titled: Behavior Modification Strategies for Patient Adherence to Exercise and Wellness. Dr. Donaldson will co-present with Dr. Kenneth Learman from Youngstown State University.

Dr. Chad Cook presented the keynote lecture at the University of Dayton's Research Day as the Daryl Stuart Distinguished lecturer on May 4, 2011.

The DPT class of 2011and 2013recently provided 2 community service clinics. One clinic was geared for older adults, "No Bones About it" aimed at preventing osteoporosis, while the other clinic was geared towards a pediatric population. The child service project was titled the "Amazing Race Health Fair". An article about this health fair appeared online at: http://northcanton.patch.com/articles/amazing-race-health-fair-for-kids-encourages-youngsters-to-stay-active.

Dr. Cheryl Reigger-Krughhas been accepted to present an interdisciplinary poster titled, "Development of an ePortfolio for a Physical Therapy Academic Program" at the Assocation for Authenthic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning conference. Dr. Reigger-Krugh will present will Walsh colleagues Dr. Ron Scott and Matt Hudas.

Dr. Chad Cookhas been accepted to present a poster, titled "A non-contrast magnetic resonance image is not useful in the diagnosis of a shoulder labrum tear" at the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists conference to be held in Anaheim California.

Dr. Cheryl Reigger-Krughhas been invited to present at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City geared towards conservative management of osteoarthritis in the knee. Dr. Reigger-Krugh's presentation is titled, "Lower Limb Structure and Function in Patients with Knee OA: Biomechanical Theories of Onset and Progression."

Dr. Chad Cookhas published an article cited as follows: Christoforetti JJ, Krupp RJ, Singleton S, Kissenberth M, Cook C, Hawkins RJ. The effect of Suture Bridge Double Row Fixation on Rotator Cuff Tendon Blood Flow. J Shoulder Elbow Surgery. 2011.

Dr. Jaime Paz has been contracted to begin working on the 4th edition of his textbook, Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, due out in 2013.

Dr. Chad Cookhas been invited to present at Grand Rounds on April 15th to the orthopedic surgeons at Summa Health Systems in Akron, OH. The topic will be "Don't be deceived by your diagnosis."

Sheryl Holthas been invited to serve on the Medical Advisory Board of the ALS Care Project.

Dr. Chad Cook was a guest lecturer for the University of Florida's PhD program in Rehabilitation Services on the topic of "The Challenges of Performing Research at a Small University".

Dr. Chad Cook was a keynote lecturer at the 2011 Akron Children's Hospital Sports Medicine Symposium titled "Building young athletes-safe and healthy V" on March 4, 2011.

Dr. Chad Cookand Dr. Megan Donaldsonhave been invited to write a few chapters in a textbook authored and edited by Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas and Joshua Cleland, titled Rehabilitation of the Lower Extremity.

Dr. Jaime Paz, along with Walsh University colleagues, Ron Scott, Maria Pappa, David Brobeck, Philip Kim, Steve Edelstein and Nancy DeMetro, have a platform presentation accepted for the upcoming Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Bethesda MD June 2011. The platform is titled "Is Problem Based Learning the Key to Active Student Learning?" which was generated from their Faculty Learning Community this year.

Dr. Megan Donaldson and class of 2010 Alumni, Joseph Crewes PT, DPT and Elizabeth Dininger PT, DPThave been accepted to present their poster, entitled A Description of Physical Therapist's Understanding and Confidence withh Implementing Spinal Manipulation & the Impact on Clinical Practice with Students at the upcoming Spring OPTA Annual Conference, to be held in Columbus.

Dr. Leigh Murray,along with her colleagues Elizabeth Roth, Diane Glavin, Mary Fisher-Bornstein, Ellen Heyman and DPT alumi (class of 2011), Krystal Bable PT, Jenna Scholl PT and Alan Frame PT, has a poster presentation titled, "The Impact of a Community Program Including Resistive Exercise and Psychological Support on Quality of Life and Fatigue in Cancer Survivors",accepted at the upcoming Spring OPTA Annual Conference, to be held in Columbus.

Dr. Christine McCallum and Rebecca Reetz-Grimes PT (DPT class of 2010), has been accepted to present their poster titled, "Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and Physical Therapist Intention to Practice Direct Access"at the upcoming Spring OPTA Annual Conference to be held in Columbus.

Dr. Cook,along with 3 colleagues, A. Wright, JH Abbot and D. Baxter has published, A comparison of three methodological approaches to defining major clinically important improvement of four performance measures in patients with hip ostearthritisin JOSPT.

Jennifer Reneker has been appointed to a National Veterans Administration Taskforce to develop practice regulations for Guide and Service dogs for veterans with disabilities in response to this legislation: NDAA Act of FY2010 - Public Law 111-84 Sec. 1077.

Elizabeth Narducci, Kate Gorski, Jennifery Nagy and Amanda Waltz, DPT class of 2011, has a poster presentation titled, "An Algorithm for the Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain".accepted at the upcoming Spring OPTA Annual Conference, to be held in Columbus. This poster was a capstone assisgnment for Dr. Paz's course.

Mark Wilhelm, DPT class of 2012,has aurthored a textbook chapter titled, "Physical Examination Tests for Neurological Testing and Screening", in the upcoming 2nd edition of Dr. Cook's textbook, Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence Based Approach, Prentice Hall to be released in 2012.

Dr. Megan Donaldson has been invited to present a keynote entitled "An Evidence Based Approach for Treatment of Low Back Pain at the Annual Ohio Physical Therapy Association Student Symposium in April 2011.

Jennnifer Reneker,Clinical Assistant Professor, has published her first paper entitled Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests and Signs of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Literature in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Co-authors on this paper were Dr. Jaime Paz, Dr. Christopher Petrosino and Dr. Chad Cook.

Dr. Megan Donaldson and class of 2010 Alumni, Joseph Crewes PT, DPT and Elizabeth Dininger PT, DPThave been accepted to present their poster, entitled A Description of Physical Therapist's Understanding and Confidence withh Implementing Spinal Manipulation & the Impact on Clinical Practice with Students at Physical Therapy 2011: APTA's Annual Conference and Expositioin to be held in National Harbor, MD in June 2011

Dr. Chad Cookhas 2 platform presentations accepted for the 2011 October conference of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists to be held in Anaheim California. The respective titles of the presentations are, Diagnositic Accuracy of Six Orthopedic Clinical Tests for Diagnosis of Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior (SLAP) lesions and Diagnostic Values of Tests Associated withh Surgically Confirmed Acromioclavicular Pain.

Dr. Megan Donaldsonwill be presenting a continuing education course titled "Manual Spinal Examination and Treatment: An Evidence Based Approach for Physical Therapists, on February 19-20. Proceeds will benefit the class of 2013's scholarship fund.

Dr. Jaime Paz and class of 2010 Alumni,Michael Bogden PT, DPT and Genny Baumgardner PT, DPThave been accepted to present their poster, entitled Malnutrition Screening Tools and Physical Therapy: A Literature Review at Physical Therapy 2011: APTA's Annual Conference and Expositioin to be held in National Harbor, MD in June 2011

2010

Fall semester

 

The Division of Physical Therapy will host an East Central District OPTA event entitled, Cadaver Review: Glenohumeral, Elbow, Wrist-Hand, Hip, Knee and Ankle Investigations coordinated by Dr. Cheryl Riegger-Krugh and students for the class of 2013.

The release of Dr. Chad Cook's 2nd edition of his textbook Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence Based Approach will be in January 2011. Dr. Megan Donaldson has authored a chapter in this text titled, Soft Tissue Mobilization.

Jenny Wickerham (class of 2011) has published a paper titled, Education for Stroke Survivors and their Spouse/Caregiver: The Role of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Team in the upcoming publication for the Geriatric Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. Chad Cook and 3 of his collaborators have been awarded an $8550.00 grant from the International Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Research Foundation.

Dr. Megan Donaldson and her colleagues has published a paper titled, Factor Structure and Concurrent/Convergent Validity of the Modified Somatic Perception Questionanaire and the Pain Beliefs Screening Instrument in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

Dr. Cheryl Riegger-Krugh, along with some colleagues, has published a textbook chapter entitled "Canine Anatomy" in Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, 2nd ed. Saunders:Elsevier, to be released in 2011.

Elizabeth Narducci(class of 2011) was selected as one of the students from all of the Ohio PT programs to attend the National Student Conclave to be held in late October. The National Student Conclave is the annual meeting for physical therapy students sponsored byt he American Physical Therapy Association. Elizabeth is also currently the Secretary for the Student Special Interest Group for the Ohio Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. Leigh Murray and 3 recent graduates, (Alan Frame, Krystal Bable & Jenna Scholl) as well other several local clinicians have been accepted to present a poster for the Oncology Section at the Combined Sections Meeting to be held in New Orleans, February 2011. The accepted work is titled "The Impact of a Community Program Including Resistive Exercise and Psychosocial Support on Quality of Life and Fatigue in Cancer Survivors".

Congratulations to Zach Winkhart's(class of 2011) and Elyse Rolenz's (class of 2013) golf teams, who won 1st & 3rd place, respectively, in the East Central District Golf Outing for the Ohio Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. Leigh Murray has been chosen for the 2010 Alumni Achiever Award at her Alma Mater, Winston-Salem State University.

Dr. Megan Donaldson has been selected to be a moderator for the 2011 Concentrated Education Series for the American Physical Therapy Annual Conference. The series is titled "Manual Therapy for Special Populations".

Dr. Chad Cookhas a publication accepted in the Physician and Sports Medicine journal titled "The Inter-rater Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of Patellar Mobility Tests in Patients withh Anterior Knee Pain".

Dr. Megan Donaldson has authored a textbook chapter titled "Soft Tissue Mobilization", in the Orthopedic Manua