USC / University of Southern California Office of Research Integrity APTA Neurology Section Office of Research Integrity

 

Symposium Proposal for CSM 2004-February 5-8, Nashville, TN
Thursday, Feb. 5th from 1:30 - 4:30 PM, in the Opryland Delta Ballroom D. Room set for 600.
Level: Moderate to Advanced
Section Relevance: Research, Neurology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics

Title: Clinical Trials in Physical Therapy: Lessons from the Past, Possibilities for the           Futurearch, Neurology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics

I.       Clinicalinical Trials Research: A Primer

        A. Introduction—Framing the Issues (A. Jette) ~ 15 min
        B. A Framework for Staging Clinical Trials: Pre-Clinical to Phase IV in Rehabilitation            (J.Gordon) ~ 15 min

        C. Clinical Trials Research: Overcoming the Barriers (C. Winstein) ~ 10 min
        D. Clinical Trials in Rehabilitation (R. Wagenaar)~ 15 min
        E. Questions & Answers ~ 10 min
 

II.     Lessons from the Past

        A. Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation-A multi-site RCT (S. Wolf) ~ 15 min
        B. Consideration for Planning and Conducting Clinic-Based Research (T. Delitto) ~ 15 min

        C. Spinal-Cord Injury Locomotor Trial-A multi-site RCT (A. Behrman) ~ 15 min
        D. Panel Discussion, Q & A ~ 10 min

Break ~ 10 min

III.    Possibilities for the Future

        A. Strength Training Effectiveness Post Stroke (D. Brown) ~ 10 min
        B. Muscle-Specific Strength Training Effectiveness Post Lumbar Microdiscectomy

           (K.Kulig) ~ 10 min
        C. Pilot Trial Preparation for Multi-Site Trial (K. Sullivan) ~ 10 min
        D. Pediatric Endurance Development and Limb Strengthening in Cerebral Palsy
           (E.Fowler) ~ 10 min
        E. Panel Discussion, Wrap-up, and Q & A ~ 15 min