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  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Recovery Expectations in Musculoskeletal Injury: A Promising Target to Improve Patient Outcomes 0572
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk A REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Obelisk A is the first room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Obelisk A is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Susan R. Wilbanks, swilbank@samford.edu (she/her/hers) – Samford University
    Presenter: Neena K. Sharma, PT, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Pain RehabilitationAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical Practice
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Exploring Strain Counter Strain Techniques for Management of Complex Pain Regional Syndrome 9647
    Location:  ROOM: De La Salle REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor and turn right. De La Salle is on the right.
    Presenter: Aditi Gupte, PT (she/her/hers) – Select Physical Therapy
    Corresponding Presenter: Aishwarya Parab, MS (she/her/hers) – Advanced Garden State Cardiology
    Pain RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Specification System
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Investigating Dose as a Critical Gap in Exercise Therapy for Pain: From Meta-analysis to Pilot Clinical Trial 4061
    Location:  ROOM: De Soto A REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. De Soto A is the second room on the right.
    Presenter: Benedict J. Kolber, PhD – School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas
    Corresponding Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicinePain Rehabilitation
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Turning up the Frequency: Use of in Situ Mobile Health Assessments in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury 0566
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado D REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado D is the first room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC (she/her/hers) – TIRR Memorial Hermann
    Presenter: Angelle M. Sander, PhD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Presenter: Michael W. Williams, PhD – University of Houston
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeMeasurementPain Rehabilitation
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Re-energize with the Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Networking Group 6141
    Location:  ROOM: EXPO Hall / Trinity Ballroom: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants. Turn right at the elephants and proceed past the Gossip Bar into the Trinity Art Corridor. Turn left and follow the signs down the corridor, passing through the Rotunda and continuing to the end of the corridor. The Expo Hall is on the right at the end of the corridor.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Neuromodulation for the Nervous System - Our Experience with Veterans and First Responders with Mental Health and Pain Challenges 9626
    Location:  ROOM: Governors Lecture Hall REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. Governors is at the end of the corridor on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Tanja Yardley, B.Sc.P.T. (she/her/hers) – Healthtech Connex
    Clinical PracticeArts & NeuroscienceBrain InjuryHealth Services ResearchMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTechnologyTrauma
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    State of the Science: Dance and Neurorehabilitation 9635
    Location:  ROOM: Peacock Terrace REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Peacock Terrace is on the far end of the lobby.
    Corresponding Presenter: Lise C. Worthen-Chaudhari, n/a (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Presenter: Shreya Ghanekar, B.S. – The Ohio State University, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Aging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceCancer RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineLifestyle MedicinePain Rehabilitation
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Unlocking the Pain Puzzle: Innovative Approaches to Central Sensitization in Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome 9652
    Location:  ROOM: De La Salle REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor and turn right. De La Salle is on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Susan V.D Doherty, PT,DPT (she/her/hers) – Memorial Hermann Health
    Pain RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesNeuroplasticity
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Pain Rehabilitation Networking Group
    Location:  ROOM: Cortez B REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Proceed down the corridor on the left. Cortez B is the last room on the left.
    Pain Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Features of Central Sensitization in Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain 9668
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Neena K. Sharma, PT, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Presenter: Taylor Rees, PT, DPT – Graceland
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineMeasurementPain Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Mindfulness and Nature-based Therapy: Foundations, Applications and Intersections 9624
    Location:  ROOM: Topaz REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. The Topaz is the first room on the left, across from the Elephants.
    Corresponding Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Presenter: Matthew J. Wichrowski, MSW, HTR (he/him/his) – Rusk Rehabilitation NYU Langone Health
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Re-energize: Yin and Yang Meditation: Finding Your Inner Self-compassion
    Location:  ROOM: EXPO Hall / Trinity Ballroom: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants. Turn right at the elephants and proceed past the Gossip Bar into the Trinity Art Corridor. Turn left and follow the signs down the corridor, passing through the Rotunda and continuing to the end of the corridor. The Expo Hall is on the right at the end of the corridor.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Emphasizing Pain Psychology as Part of Interdisciplinary Pain Programs 6485
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Presenter: Sarah C. Rispinto, PhD – Cleveland Clinic
    Corresponding Presenter: Lisa M. Gallagher, PhD, LPMT, MT-BC (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic
    Pain RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceLifestyle Medicine
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Wild Measurement: Strategies to Capture Meaningful Performance Improvements from Rehabilitation 9584
    Location:  ROOM: Governors Lecture Hall REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. Governors is at the end of the corridor on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Julie L. Schwertfeger, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, CBIST, NCS – Rosalind Franklin University; Lovell FHCC VA
    Presenter: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Presenter: Marghuretta Bland, PT, DPT, MSCI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Presenter: Louis N. Awad, PT, DPT, PhD – Boston University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Jane E. Sullivan, PT, DHS, MD – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Alex Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Non-presenting author: Sai Yalla, PhD – Rosalind Franklin University; Lovell FHCC VA
    MeasurementBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancer RehabilitationCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitHealth Services ResearchLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealth
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Pain Rehabilitation Oral Presentations
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Pain Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Assessing the Use of Dry Needling for Integrative Pain Management During Inpatient Therapy 1142
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Presenting Author: Jacqueline M. LaBarbera, PT, DPT, NCS (she/her/hers) – Physical Therapist
    Presenting Author: Sarah Fitz-Maurice, PT, DPT – Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte
    Clinical PracticePain RehabilitationSpasticity
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Functional and Physiologic Correlates of Opioid Reduction in a Chronic Pain Population with Control Cohort: cause for Concern? 8250
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Non-presenting Author: Tyler Salanoa – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Jonathan C. Huefner, PhD – Boys Town
    Non-presenting Author: Gracyn Little, n/a – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Giselle Cruz, Bachelor's of Science – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Scott Johnson, DO – Fitness Research Institute
    Presenting Author: Kurt V. Gold, MD (he/him/his) – Fitness Research Institute
    Pain RehabilitationClinical PracticeEthicsLifestyle MedicinePain Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Functional and Physiologic Correlates of Opioid Reduction in a Chronic Pain Population with Control Cohort: cause for Concern? 8250
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Non-presenting Author: Tyler Salanoa – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Jonathan C. Huefner, PhD – Boys Town
    Non-presenting Author: Gracyn Little, n/a – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Giselle Cruz, Bachelor's of Science – Fitness Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Scott Johnson, DO – Fitness Research Institute
    Presenting Author: Kurt V. Gold, MD (he/him/his) – Fitness Research Institute
    Pain RehabilitationClinical PracticeEthicsLifestyle MedicinePain Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Multisite Musculoskeletal Pain Are Associated with Long-term Declined Physical Quality of Life and Knee-related Quality of Life in Older Adults Knee OA 8266
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Presenting Author: Badr A. Alqahtani, n/a – Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
    Non-presenting Author: Aqeel M. Alenazi, n/a – Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
    Non-presenting Author: Mohammed Alshehri – jazan university
    Pain RehabilitationAging Research & Geriatric Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Implementation of Serial Casting and Orthotic Interventions to Promote Function for Survivors of Burn Injury Across the Care Continuum 0188
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Rachel Szalony, OTR, CLT – Parkland Health
    Corresponding Presenter: Jackie Van Ooteghem, OTR/L – Parkland Burn Center
    MINI-TRACK: Burn RehabilitationBurn RehabilitationClinical PracticeEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitPain RehabilitationSkin ManagementTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    The Anatomy of Mindfulness: Breakdown of the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Various Standardized Mindfulness Programs and the Operationalized Languaging 9625
    Location:  ROOM: Sapphire REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>>DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. The Sapphire is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Using Surface Electromyography (SEMG) Biofeedback as an Adjunct to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Rehabilitation 0576
    Location:  ROOM: Topaz REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. The Topaz is the first room on the left, across from the Elephants.
    Corresponding Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Presenter: Randy Neblett, MA, LPC, BCB – PRIDE (Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics) & Dallas Integrative Counseling
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesLifestyle MedicinePain RehabilitationTechnology
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Self-management Strategies for the Management of Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain 9673
    Location:  ROOM: Topaz REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. The Topaz is the first room on the left, across from the Elephants.
    Corresponding Presenter: Neena K. Sharma, PT, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Presenter: Michael R. Brown, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT – University at Buffalo
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Monika M. Gross, BFA, MSME/T, M.AmSAT, M.ATI, M.STAT – The Poise Project
    Pain RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeLifestyle Medicine
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: The Psychology of Recovery: How to Identify and Incorporate Psychological Factors into the Plan of Care S11
    Location:  ROOM: Topaz REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. The Topaz is the first room on the left, across from the Elephants.
    Presenter: Michael JL Sullivan, PhD – McGill University
    Pain RehabilitationNeuroplasticityCaregiver NeedsTraumaDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Update on Solutions for Increasing Use of Integrative Medicine in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology 9649
    Location:  ROOM: Governors Lecture Hall REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. Governors is at the end of the corridor on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Christina Semonick, SLPD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Clarity Speech Therapy Inc.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancer RehabilitationClinical PracticeCOVID-19Limb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationStrokeTrauma
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    From Rehabilitation Science to Prototype. Innovating in the Medical Rehabilitation Space 4518
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk B REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>>DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Obelisk B is the second room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Obelisk B is the second room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Sarah E. Rebstock, MD, PhD, FAAP – UT Southwestern Medical Center/ Children Medical Center, Dallas
    Presenter: Samuel T. Lauman, PhD, LAT, ATC – Children's Health Andrews Institute
    Moderator: Dana Walsh, PT, MPT – Children' Health
    Presenter: Deanna Lusty, PT, ATP/SMS – Children's Health
    TechnologyNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric Rehabilitation