EIM’s faculty team is leading numerous sessions and presenting new research at APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) 2025. Learn from our incredible faculty who teach EIM’s post-professional curriculum or for our university partner programs.

We also want to celebrate Sara Owens on receiving her Advanced Proficiency Recognition! Sara serves as the Program Director for our Post-Professional PTA Specialty Certification in Orthopaedics.

Programming Line Up:

Wednesday, February 12

Andrew C. Thomas, PT, DPT, Jennifer Lynne Pearcy, PT, DPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | 8AM – 5PM EST | GR-21462 Give Me a Break! Management of Osteoporosis in Older Adult Populations

Mark Harrison Shepherd, PT, DPT, Kathleen Anne Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA, Marie Hoeger Bement, PT, PhD, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Craig Andrew Wassinger, PT, PhD and Eric Stephen Kruger, PT, DPT, MS, PhD | 8AM – 5PM EST | OR-20859 CANCELED: The AOPT Pain School

Mark Harrison Shepherd, PT, DPT, Kathleen Anne Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA, Marie Hoeger Bement, PT, PhD, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Craig Andrew Wassinger, PT, PhD and Eric Stephen Kruger, PT, DPT, MS, PhD | 8AM – 5PM EST | OR-22353 CANCELED: The AOPT Pain School – Breakout

Jamie Dyson, PT, DPT | 8AM – 5PM EST | AC-20785 – I Found the Lab Value Now What? 2.0 Updated Resource for Updated Practice

Thursday, February 13

Hilary D. Terhune, PT, MPT, DHSc, MSc, Antonette “Toni” Doty, PT, PhD and Lisa Chiarello | 8AM -10AM EST | PD-21874 Are we there YET? Fostering youth and parents’ engagement in the transition to adulthood process

Kimiko Ann Yamada, PT, DPT, Lynn N. McKinnis, PT, DPT and Mike Rosenthal, PT, DSc | 8AM -10AM EST | OR-20319 From Pixels to Progress: Utilizing Imaging Cases to Enhance Education and Optimize Patient Outcomes

Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Debra Rico, PT, DPT and Terry L. Cox, PT, DPT, PhD | 11AM -1PM EST | HA-21324 Clinical Update on Neuropathic Pain

Elizabeth A. Ruckert, PT, DPT, Brett D. Neilson, PT, DPT, Melissa Yeung and Laura Louise Miele, PTA | 11AM -1PM EST | ED-20693 Strategies to Enhance Belonging in Hybrid Physical Therapy Education from Students to Faculty

Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, Molly Anne Malloy, PT, DPT, Kirk R. Bentzen, PT, DPT, PhD and Matthew D. Haberl, PT, DPT, ATC | 11AM -1PM EST | One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploring Residency Models for Applicants, Faculty, Mentors, and Sponsors

Michael Leonard Puthoff, PT, MPT, PhD, Michelle M. Lusardi, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT, Patricia Noritake Matsuda, PT, DPT, PhD and Victoria Harwood Hamby, PT, DPT | 11AM -1PM EST | GR-21213 The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the Geriatric Mobility Screening Initiative

Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT and Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD | 3PM -5PM EST | OR-21312 Pain Science: Hands-on or Hands-Off?

Aimee E. Perron, PT, DPT and Jessica C. Dunn, PT, DPT, MS | 3PM -5PM EST | ED-21035 Policing to Pedagogy: Incorporating the Use of Al to Enhance the Student Learning Experience

Matthew Robert Schumacher, PT, DPT, Kyle Anthony Cottone, PT, DPT, Laura Marie Siviter, PT, DPT, DSc, Casey Rentmeester, PhD, Daniel I Rhon, PT, DPT, DSc, PhD and Jodi Young | Understanding Barriers to Use of a Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guideline: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Jenna O’Dell, SPT, Molly Voskamp, SPT, Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Empowering Aging Well: Assessing the Efficacy of DPT Student-LED Exercise Program on Fall Risk

Daniel Kline, PT, DPT, ATC, Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD, Ellen Shanley, PT, PhD and Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT | Concurrent Validity of Penn, FAST, & SANE in Adolescent Overhead Throwers

Molly Voskamp, SPT, Jenna O’Dell, SPT, Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Older Adult Satisfaction and Attitudes Following a Student-Led, Intensity-Based Community Balance Class

Jenna O’Dell, SPT, Molly Voskamp, SPT, Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Empowering Aging Well: Assessing the Efficacy of DPT Student-LED Exercise Program on Fall Risk

Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT, Christina Burke, PT, DPT, Suzanne Marie Trojanowski, PT, DPT, Arco Prabha Paul, PT, PhD, Ana Monica Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT and Wendy A. Kriekels, PT, DPT | Minding the Know-Do Gap: National Survey on the Movement Analysis Framework

Molly Voskamp, SPT, Jenna O’Dell, SPT, Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Older Adult Satisfaction and Attitudes Following a Student-Led, Intensity-Based Community Balance Class

Sarah Roberts, PT, DPT, John H. Hollman, PT, MPT, PhD and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | DPT and PTA Student Perspectives on Preparedness to Manage the Balance Needs for Older Adults

Jaevon D. Haywood, SPT, Robert Ruben Ustariz, SPT, Ashira Budd, SPT, Taylor Angele and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Stride By Stride: Physical Therapy Students Versus Clinicians during Dual and Triple Task Conditions

Nicholas Gary Giampetruzzi, PT, MSPT, Lisa Cruz, Adam Pierce Weaver, PT, DPT, Matthew Brown, Allison Crepeau, MD and Dylan P. Roman, PT, DPT | Influence of Neighborhood Opportunity on Surgical Care and Outcomes after Anterior Shoulder Stabilization in Adolescents

Friday, February 14

Christin Marie Zwolski, PT, DPT, PhD, Barbara Jo Hoogenboom, PT, ATC, EdD and Carol Marie Mack, PT, DPT | 8AM -10AM EST | SP-22074 Beyond the Game: Perfectionism, Performance, and Gendered Challenges in Female Athlete Health and Rehabilitation

Jeb Tyler Helms, PT, DPT, Sorcha K. Martin, PT, DPT, Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD, Priscilla Ann Weaver, PT, DPT, PhD, Carol A. Courtney, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA and Craig Andrew Wassinger, PT, PhD | 8AM -10AM EST | ED-20684 Pain Leads the Way: Creating and Validating Entrustable Professional Activities for Clinical Educators

Catherine Frances Siengsukon, PT, PhD, Brett D. Neilson, PT, DPT and Mark Shepherd | 8AM -10AM EST | OR-20444 Unraveling Sleep and Pain: Integrating Sleep Health into Physical Therapy Practice through Case-Based Learning

Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, Rebecca Junelle Vogsland, PT, DPT and Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD | 3PM -5PM EST | FD-21317 Phantom Limb Pain: A Pain Science, Neuroplasticity and Graded Motor Imagery Update

Lucas Michael Myers, PT, Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Samantha Rodriguez, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT and Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD | Work Conditioning Following Physical Therapy in Patients with Shoulder Pain Improves Disability and Return-to-Work

Kari Melby, PT, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, Tarjanee Sauhta and Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD | Higher Intensity of Care Associated with Better UDI Change in Patients with Urinary Distress

Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD, Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Sarah Floyd, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT and John M Brooks | Patient Preferences & Beliefs Influence Treatment Choice in Novel Early PT Program

Lucas Michael Myers, PT, Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Samantha Rodriguez, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT and Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD | Work Conditioning Following Physical Therapy in Patients with Lbp Improves Disability and Return-to-Work

Kari Melby, PT, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, Tarjanee Sauhta and Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD | Patient Beliefs & Disability Drive Treatment Choice in Patients with Spine Conditions

Sterling D. Eckert, PT, DPT, Jenna O’Dell, SPT, Molly Voskamp, SPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | Survey Says! Immersive Service-Learning Impact on DPT Student Confidence in Management of Older Adults

Griffin Thomas Lee, PT, DPT, Peer Himler, PT, DPT and James Michael Flis, PT, DPT | Current Use of Special Tests for Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain: A Retrospective Chart Review

Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT, Ashley Araiza and Marta Lukacovic | Faculty and Student Perceptions of Rigor, Active Learning, and Feedback in DPT Curriculum

Amy Goode, SPT, Sebastian Lopez, SPT, Brittney Noel Hoenshell, SPT and Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT | The Use of Improv Comedy to Improve Dpt Student Clinical Confidence

Lauren Vatter, David Werner, PT, DPT, Matthew McManigal, Michael Rosenthal, PT, DSc, Michael Wellsandt, PT, DPT, Alyx Jorgensen, PT, DPT, Christopher Johnson, PT, Ashley White Baker, PT, DPT, Zachary Robert Specht, PT, DPT, Christopher Wichman, Brian Knarr, PhD, Matthew Tao, MD and Elizabeth Ann Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD | Squat Biofeedback after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Adam Pierce Weaver, PT, DPT, Michael Saper, DO, ATC, CSCS, Shing Varakitsomboon and Dylan P. Roman, PT, DPT | The Relationship between Psychological Readiness and Instability History in Adolescents after Anterior Shoulder Stabilization

Adam Pierce Weaver, PT, DPT, Xavier Thompson, Christopher Kuenze, ATC, PhD and ACL Reconstruction Rehabilitation Outcomes Workgroup | Isokinetic Knee Strength and Patient Reported Outcomes Differ between ACL Reconstruction Graft Types in Adolescents

Jeb Tyler Helms, PT, DPT, Jamie Ball and Kory J. Zimney, PT, DPT, PhD | Flipping the Pain Science Classroom: How Delivery Formats Influence Dpt Student Confidence and Beliefs

Saturday, February 15

Nathan Hutting, Jason Silvernail, PT, DPT, DSc, Rebecca Junelle Vogsland, PT, DPT, Megan Burrowbridge Donaldson, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT and Roger Kerry | 8AM -10AM EST | OR-21245 Contemporary Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: Definition, Conceptual Model and Clinical Frameworks.

Jared Spencer Vagy, PT, DPT, Christopher R. Carcia, PT, PhD and Su Wang, PT, DPT | 11AM – 1PM EST | OR-20374 Pedal, Paddle, and Climb: PT Management of Outdoor Athletes

Brittany Selhorst, PT, DPT, Alyson Rose Filipa, PT, DPT, Danielle Farzanegan, PT, DPT and Katie Lullo | 3PM – 5PM EST | SP-21434 Load ‘Em up: Strength Training, the Missing Link in Rehabilitation of Adolescent Dancers and Gymnastics

Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT and Veronica Riera-Gilley | 3PM – 5PM EST | GR-21361 Fall in Love with Deprescribing: Fall Risk Reduction through Proper Interdisciplinary Medication Management

Evan Andreyo, PT, DPT, Casey Unverzagt, Tom Dos’Santos and Jay Dawes | Assessing Planned and Unplanned Change of Direction Movement Quality in Female Basketball Players

Jacqueline Marie Davenport, PT, DPT, Ellen Shanley, PT, PhD, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD and Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD | Long-Track Continuing Education Drives Value in PT

Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Kari Jean Melby, PT and Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT | Factors Associated with Functional Progress in Pregnant Patients with LBP

Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, Charles Alden Thigpen, PT, ATC, PhD, Sarah Floyd, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT and John M Brooks | SANE Measures Are Similar to Spine Disability Outcomes and Independent of Pain

Ellen Shanley, PT, PhD, Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, Jacqueline Marie Davenport, PT, DPT and Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD | Symptom Complexity Classification: What Are We Measuring?

Lori Mize, Kari Melby, PT, Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD and Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT | ERAS Protocols Post-Hysterectomy: A Comprehensive Review of Available Literature Including Rehabilitation

Brittany Rohan, PT, DPT, Uzair Hammad, PT, DPT and Brittany Ann Tarin, PTA | Balancing Prognostic Tools and Clinical Judgment in Rehabilitation for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries

Mitchell C. Selhorst, PT, DPT, PhD, Katie Lullo, Joshua Allen Kempton, PT and Alexander William Rospert, PT, DPT | The Effectiveness of Conservative Interventions for Calcaneal Apophysitis: A Systematic Review

Christina Burke, PT, DPT, Heidi Moyer, PT, DPT, Suzanne Marie Trojanowski, PT, DPT, Ana Monica Sanchez Junkin, PT, DPT, Arco Prabha Paul, PT, PhD and Wendy A. Kriekels, PT, DPT | Lights, Camera, Knowledge to Action! a National Survey of the ANPT Balance Diagnoses Framework

Tanner Ruda, SPT and Michael Rosenthal, PT, DSc | Spatiotemporal Gait Parameter Changes during Walking with Blood Flow Restriction

Nicholas Gary Giampetruzzi, PT, MSPT, Lisa Cruz, Dylan P. Roman, PT, DPT, Art Daniel Fredericks, PT, ATC and Adam Pierce Weaver, PT, DPT | Assessing Plantar Flexion Strength Symmetry in Adolescents Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Adam Pierce Weaver, PT, DPT, Dylan P. Roman, PT, DPT and Christopher Kuenze, ATC, PhD | Early Quadriceps Strength Recovery Is Not Related to Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Adolescents

*The full APTA 2025 CSM Schedule can be found here!