Awards for outstanding abstracts and presentations

The following awards for outstanding abstracts and presentations were made at World Physical Therapy 2011.  Judging was based on a combined assessment of abstract and presentation quality.

Regional awards

Africa

• Nicole Hilburn (South Africa)
  RR-PL-1591
  THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFANT GROSS MOTOR SCREENING TEST TO EVALUATE INFANTS WHO ARE HIV POSITIVE

• Vyvienne M’kumbuzi (Rwanda)
  RR-PL-2120
  DETERMINING THE NEED FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES IN RURAL AFRICA: THE PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA AND NORTHERN RWANDA

• Conran Joseph (South Africa)
  RR-PL-1360
  DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABLE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT FORM USING A DELPHI SURVEY

Asia Western Pacific

• Andrew Hirschhorn (Australia)
  RR-PL-1232
  COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ON PERCEPTUALLY REGULATED 6-MINUTE WALK AND CYCLE ASSESSMENTS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

• Martin Mackey (Australia)
  RR-PL-2334
  ´WALKING TO WELLNESS´ IN AN AGEING SEDENTARY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY - A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED FEASIBILITY STUDY

Europe

• Victoria Manning (United Kingdom)
  RR-PL-1616
  PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN ADULTS WITH RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS

• Marese Cooney (Ireland)
  RR-PL-1298
  VALIDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH (ICF) CORE SET FOR BREAST CANCER FROM THE PATIENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

North America Caribbean

• George Fulk (United States of America)
  RR-PO-209-25-Wed
  CAN CORTICOSPINAL TRACT INTEGRITY BE DETERMINED BY LOWER EXTEREMITY FUGL MAYER SCORE: A TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION STUDY

• Kelly Brewer (Canada)
  RR-PL-543
  RELIABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY BALANCE AND MOBILITY SCALE IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH AN ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY

South America

• Jefferson Cardoso (Brazil)
  RR-PL-2567
  EFFECTS OF PILATES METHOD ON PAIN AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSES

• Aline Scianni (Brazil)
  RR-PO-209-16-Wed
  THE EFFECTS OF WALKING STICKS IN COMMUNITY-AMBULATORY INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC STROKE ON GAIT PARAMETERS AND PATIENTS’ OPINIONS

Research report awards

Research report platform

• Deirdre Hurley (Ireland)
  RR-PL-3391
  THE SUPERVISED WALKING IN COMPARISON TO FITNESS TRAINING FOR BACK PAIN [SWIFT] TRIAL: 3 AND 6 MONTH CLINICAL OUTCOMES

• Leanne Hassett (Australia)
  RR-PL-2330
  A CIRCUIT CLASS CAN PROVIDE A FITNESS TRAINING STIMULUS FOR ADULTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Research report poster discussion

• Michael McCaskey (Switzerland)
  RR-PDS-1849
  VALIDITY, TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY, RESPONSIVENESS OF THE GERMAN TRANSLATION AND CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE WHIPLASH DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE (WDQ-G)

• Karen Koldewijn (Netherlands)
  RR-PDS-1370
  THE RELIABILITY, SENSITIVITY AND RESPONSIVENESS OF THE INFANT BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT (IBA) TO EVALUATE NEUROBEHAVIORAL ORGANIZATION IN VERY PRETERM BORN INFANTS

Research report poster

• Victoria Hood (United Kingdom)
  RR-PO-311-1-Tue
  BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES IN STAIR DESCENT WITH INCREASING AGE - IMPLICATION FOR THERAPISTS

• Karen Dodd (Australia)
  RR-PO-305-9-Thu
  STRENGTH TRAINING CAN IMPROVE MUSCLE PERFORMANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND FATIGUE IN ADULTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Special interest report awards

Special interest platform

• Lisbeth Eriksson (Sweden)
  SI-PL-2587
  EFFECTS AND PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF TELEREHABILITATION AT HOME AFTER SHOULDER JOINT REPLACEMENT

• Sophie Coleman (Australia)
  SI-PL-3894
  AN OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM DELIVERED BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Special interest poster discussion

• Isabel Lane (United Kingdom)
  SI-PDS-1213
  ADAPTATION OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH TO EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TANZANIA

• Margaret Grant (Australia)
  SI-PDS-4008
  ASSESSMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL REGISTRATION

Special interest poster

• Diana Jones (United Kingdom)
  SI-PO-301-21-Wed
  PARKINSON´S DISEASE (PD) THROUGH PICTURES AND POETRY: NEUROLOGICAL NARRATIVES IN PRE-REGISTRATION PHYSIOTHERAPY EDUCATION

• Natalie Morris (Canada)
  SI-PO-310-18-Wed
  REDUCING WAIT TIMES TO ACCESS OUTPATIENT PHYSIOTHERAPY

Subgroup awards

A number of WCPT Subgroups also presented awards for outstanding abstracts and poster presentations in their clinical areas.

International Acupuncture Association of Physical Therapists

• Roger Allen (United States of America)
  RR-PO-203-2-Wed
  RELATIONSHIP OF BODY AWARENESS TO THE INFLUENCE OF RESPIRATORY-BASED THEREAPEUTIC RELAXATION ON ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY OF THE UPPER TRAPEZIUS

International Association of Physical Therapists working with Older People

• Victoria Hood (United Kingdom)
  RR-PO-311-1-Tue
  BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES IN STAIR DESCENT WITH INCREASING AGE - IMPLICATION FOR THERAPISTS

International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy

• Sune Dandanell (Denmark)
  RR-PO-212-25-Tue
  EFFECT OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION ON EXERCISE INDUCED RISE IN HEALTHY TENDON COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS IN HUMANS

International Organisation of Physical Therapists in Paediatrics

• Victoria Moerchen (United States of America)
  RR-PO-308-10-Wed
  ENHANCING THE TREADMILL CONTEXT: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE WITH INFANTS WITH MYELOMENINGOCELE

International Organization of Physical Therapists in Women’s Health

• Wan-Ju Chao (Taiwan)
  RR-PO-311-12-Wed
  OVERWEIGHT, PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, AND AGING INCREASED THE RISK OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ITS COMPONENTS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN