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PTAG Student Research Award

The research committee again this year will be awarding the Student Research Award, which recognizes excellence in research that advances the physical therapy profession by physical therapy students in Georgia. The award will be presented at the PTAG Annual Meeting. Application is open to students who have completed a research project while enrolled in an entry level or post professional physical therapy program and completed within the past year. For more information or submission guidelines please contact: Leslie Taylor, PhD, PT (ltaylor@gsu.edu) or Mary Doyle, Med, PT, ATC (marydoyle@comcast.net), or click here.

Past SRA winners include:

2007 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: The Effect of Calcaneal Taping on Plantar Pressures during Gait

    Researchers: Kate Alexander, Erica Colclough, Jessica Daniell, Tiffany Haney, and Cheryl Pines

    Institution: Georgia State University

2005 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: The association of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations among people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

    Researchers: Amanda Blackmon, DPT, Karyn Wanko, DPT , Heather Carraway, DPT, Faculty Advisor: Brenda Greene, PT, PhD, OCS

    Institution: Emory University

2004 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: Differences in Scapular Upward Rotation During Active and Passive Movement Between Young and Older Adults

    Researchers: Lyndsy Parks and Luis Cordon

    Institution: Armstrong Atlantic State University

2003 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title:  Intra-subject reliability of parameters contributing to maps generated by transcranial magnetic stimulation in able-bodied adults

    Researchers: Campana, G.; Parris, T.M.; Struys, D.; Weinstein, S.; Wolf, S. L.; Butler, A. J.

    Institution: Emory University

2002 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: The effects of a Bodyblade™ training protocol on shoulder proprioception and serve accuracy in the collegiate tennis player

    Researchers: Carrie H. Walden Jeremy C. Eaton

    Institution: Department of Physical Therapy Armstrong Atlantic State University

2001 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: Temporal Patterns of EMG and Plantar Pressures in Subjects with SCI During Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Walking

    Researchers: Keely Bishop, Kristen Broadway, Melinda Heringer, Amy Long, Candi Newton, Jasmine Williams, Christopher Bickel, PT, Gordon Warren, PhD, Gary Dudley, PhD

    Institution: Georgia State

2000 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

    Title: Determination of the magnitude, rate and duration of temperatures change in the human Achilles tendon with application of 3MHZ ultrasound at two intensities

    Researcher: Bethany Burns

    Institution: Armstrong Atlantic State University
     

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Continuing Competency Hours

Requirements Update
The State Board has reduced the required number of
CEU Hours from 40 to 30.
Please note that the State Board requires 30 CEU hours between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007 and 30 CEU hours during each biennium thereafter. A minimum of four
(4) hours per biennium must be in Ethics and Jurisprudence.

 

4th Annual Congressional
District Health Fair

PTAG is making plans to participate in the 4th Annual 13th Congressional District Health Fair presented by Congressman David Scott. Details as follows:
 
Saturday, August 16, 2008
10:00am - 2:00pm
Mundy's Mill High School
9652 Fayetteville Road
Jonesboro, GA 30238
(PTAG District 7 area)
Contact the PTAG office if you would like to volunteer for this event.
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