General Details
The APTA Kansas 2025 Spring Conference will be held on March 14-15 at the Embassy Suites Olathe, Olathe KS and include 2 full days of educational sessions.
The list below contains the topics that will be discussed at the Spring Conference:
- Exercise Testing and Prescription in the Stroke Population
- Hip Fitness and Court-Sport Performance in Student-Athletes
- Clinical Education Workshop
- Translating Evidence into Clinical Practice of Concussion Management
- Evidence-Informed Update: Rotator Cuff Repair Rehabilitation and Evidence-Informed Update: Rehabilitation after Hip FAI Surgery
- LE Rehab - An approach for coaching athlete foundational movements and
- Cash-based model with PTs and ATCs - Q&A
- Nutritional Considerations during Injury / Rehabilitation IP/OP
- BFR Lab Session
- TKA from A to Z - A multidisciplinary perspective to achieve positive outcomes
- Crash Course on how to publish a case report or present an abstract
To view the entire agenda, click on the link below:
Platform and Poster Sessions
The Platform and Poster Sessions will be Saturday morning, March 15 from 8:30-11:00 am. The platform and poster sessions are included in your conference registration. This year we will have 4 Platform presentations and 29 Poster presentations. For a list of all presentations, please click on the link below:
APTA KS would like to congratulate this year's Platform and Poster Sessions award winners.
The Best Scientific Inquiry Platform presentation award was given to Lingjun Chen for her study titled
“STRATEGIES TO MINIMIZE FALL-RELATED INJURIES IN OLDER ADULTS AT RISK OF FALLS: THE FALLING SAFELY TRAINING (FAST) STUDY”.
The Best Scientific Inquiry DPT Student poster was awarded to Morgan Huggins, Gleason, H.J, Stevens, H.I, Jennifer Celso for their study titled
“DYSPAREUNIA IN POSTPARTUM WOMEN WITH DIASTASIS RECTUS ABDOMINIS”.
The Best Scientific Inquiry Overall Poster was tied and awarded to Samuel Durairaj, Laurie Steen, Alvin Beltramo, Hannes Devos, Abiodun Akinwuntan for their study titled
CLINICAL DRIVING ASSESSMENTS AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR FITNESS TO DRIVE.
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Veronica Vabishchevich, Smith RT, and Bittel AJ for their study titled:
MARKERS OF CLINICAL AND MITOCHONDRIAL ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO MODERATE INTENSITY CONTINUOUS TRAINING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
The BEST Clinician Scientific Inquiry clinician poster was awarded to Kelsey Sliter and Rachel Word for the study titled
ACUTE REHAB THERAPISTS' PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE WITH TRANSFER TRAINING DURING PRE/POSTPARTUM PHASES
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Free Student Breakfast with the Board
APTA Kansas is hosting a FREE Student Only hot breakfast for student attendees to network with the APTA KS Board of Directors on Saturday March 15th at 7:30-8:30am.
Don't miss your chance to meet the Board of Directors, ask them anything, voice a concern or point you in the right direction for your specific interests? Register for the APTA KS Student Breakfast with the Board today!
The APTA KS Board of Directors are experts in their areas of practice, education, and research. They have been practicing physical therapists and physical therapist assistants for decades and some for many decades. They would love to share their knowledge and expertise with physical therapy students.
To RSVP for the Free Student Only Breakfast with the Board, click on the following link. Student Breakfast Registration Link
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Speaker Submission
Are you interested in speaking about a particular topic for the APTA Kansas Webinar or Spring or Fall Conference? Would you like to educate others on a topic you are passionate about with a short video on the APTA Kansas YouTube Channel? APTA Kansas is now accepting proposals for our YouTube Channel, Webinars and Conferences using the Speaker submission link below.
