Breakfast forums, 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Sports Medicine: Small Animal
| 9:00 | Deborah Gross Saunders | Rehab, coaching and conditioning for returning to sport (sponsored by Respond Systems, Inc.) |
| 9:30 | Rob Gillette | Physiologic considerations in conditioning and reconditioning |
| 10:00 | Gina Bertocci, abstract | Underwater treadmill gait outcomes in dogs following cranial cruciate ligament repair; operated vs. un-operated limb |
| 10:20 | Break | |
| 10:40 | John Sherman | Rehab, coaching and conditioning for return to sport (field trial) |
| 11:10 | Gina Bertocci, abstract | Underwater treadmill gait kinematics in dogs following cranial cruciate ligament repair; operated vs. un-operated limb |
| 11:30 | Gross Saunders, Gillette, Sherman | Panel Discussion |
Sports Medicine: Equine
| 9:00 | Rebecca Paulekas | Therapeutic exercise for equine back pain/dysfunction |
| 9:25 | Jim Hassinger | After the Diagnosis: Therpay and Rehabilitation of Equine Tendon and Ligament Injuries |
| 9:50 | Arlene White, abstract | Kinematics of the forelimb and hindlimb of trotting horses using proprioceptive stimulating devices added to the distal limb pairs |
| 10:10 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Julie Wilson | Racing Injuries |
| 10:55 | Carol Seaver | Physical therapy management of common racing injuries |
| 11:20 | Julie Wilson, abstract | An observational study of race horse swimming |
| 11:40 | Paulekas, Wilson, Hassinger | Panel Discussion |
Special Topics: Small Animal
| 1:30 | Jeffrey Flocker | Aquatic therapy |
| 2:00 | Mindy Johnson | Hyperbaric O2 (partially sponsored by Musculoskeletal Therapies for Animals) |
| 2:30 | Helen Nicholson, abstract | Identification of the essential components of sternal recumbency to sitting |
| 2:50 | Break | |
| 3:10 | Margaret Duxbury and Dana Emerson | Behvaior challenges in rehab |
| 3:45 | Jan Steiss | Carts/assistive devices (sponsored by Doggon' Wheels) |
| 4:20 | Jeannine Moga | Minimizing Regret and Maximizing Care:End of Life Issues |
Special Topics: Equine
| 1:30 | Jackie Woelz | Role of PT/rehabilitation in the university veterinary hospital setting |
| 2:00 | Anna Bergh | Laser |
| 2:30 | Kevin Haussler, abstract | Spinal nociceptive thresholds in asymptomatic horses: effects of chiropractic, massage, and phenylbutazone |
| 2:50 | Break | |
| 3:10 | Andris Kaneps | Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ECSW) |
| 3:40 | Mary Murphy | Massage therapy |
| 4:10 | Monique Craig, abstract | Long term study of rehabilitation from laminitis in 29 horses utilizing composite shoes |
| 4:30 | Steve Adair | Aquatic therapy |
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