Friday, August 15, Veterinary Continuing Education - the University of Minnesota

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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