Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists Research Articles

AAOMPT Conference, 2000

The following abstracts are to be presented at the 6th annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists held in Charlottesville, VA from October 20-22, 2000. Presentations are either by poster or platform. Inclusion of abstracts in this supplement does not constitute peer-reviewed journal publications. The publication of abstracts alerts readers to research that is presently being conducted. It is hoped that the research presented in brief here will eventually be submitted as full-length manuscripts for review and potential publication.

Report From Academy '97

This paper summarizes the events which occurred at the Third Annual Conference of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. Following the discussion of Jim Meadows', Laurie Hartman's and Stanley Paris' presentations is Hilliard Jason's keynote address.

In search of clinical excellence.

This article was presented as a lecture at the 1995 Combined Sections Meeting by Joseph P. Farrell, MS, PT, who received the Orthopaedic Section's Paris Distinguished Service Award. He was recognized for service to the Orthopaedic Section in the area of manual therapy and for the formation of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT). Clinical excellence is a journey that every clinician should commence early in his/her career. The purpose of this paper is to discuss clinical excellence and its importance to the physical therapy profession. To address this topic, the following items will be discussed: 1) clinical competency and clinical expertise; 2) communication and patient management in the current era of health care reform; 3) politics relating to manual therapy; 4) the role of manual therapy in our profession; 5) clinical residency educational programs; and 6) the academic and clinician role in education. The author concludes that if physical therapy is a profession of excellent clinicians, then the physical therapy profession can survive evolving changes in the health care system.