1-5 October 2009 Sydney Convetion Centre

National Paediatric Group

Paediatric Physiotherapy: Extending Our Horizons

Sydney, 1-3 October 2009

On behalf of the National Paediatric Group (NPG) it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 8th Biennial Paediatric Conference at APA Conference Week 2009 in Sydney. Our theme “Paediatric Physiotherapy: Extending Our Horizons” has been chosen to facilitate a strong focus on practice development encompassing both clinical and professional outcomes while continuing to apply science to practice.

The NPG Scientific Committee is proud to announce our keynote speaker will be Dr Richard Lieber, a world renowned physiologist who is on the faculty of the University of California, San Diego where he studies structure-function relationships in skeletal muscle. Dr Lieber will open our conference on Thursday and will be the plenary speaker at a joint session with the National Neurology Group on Friday.

We are planning an inspiring program for Thursday and Friday to appeal to physiotherapists working in the many and varied sub-specialties and settings of paediatric physiotherapy. We will be calling for free papers as well as 5 x 5 presentations (5 slides in 5 minutes). We have embraced the APA Conference Week format while maintaining our proud tradition of sharing our experiences as a group. The inaugural collaborative Saturday program will combine all Conference Week delegates in the Bayside Auditorium and is not to be missed. Kristy Rose will be presenting the “7 years in 7 minutes” paediatric research in a nutshell address.

A NPG pre-conference workshop is being considered for Wednesday 30 September and the AJP Writing for Publication Workshop is on the APA Conference Week program for Friday at 1.30 -3.00 and Sunday at 11.00-12.30.

The social program includes both a cocktail function on Friday evening and a Sydney Harbour Cruise and after-party on Saturday evening.

Keep watching the conference website for program updates and start planning now to include the Paediatric Conference at APA Conference Week 2009 in your professional development calendar.

We look forward to seeing you there!

NPG Scientific Committee

Keynote Speakers

Professor Richard Lieber

Invited Speakers

Lynne Brodie
Jane Butler
Kristy Rose
Dr Barbara Singer

National Paediatric Group Conference Program

Thursday 1 October 2009
9.00-10.30	Plenary Session 1 Chair: Rob Herbert Room: Bayside 104
9.00-9.05	Welcome & Opening: Rob Herbert
9.05-9.50	Keynote speaker: Dr Richard Lieber Presentation: Muscle adaptation in Neuromuscular Disease
9.50-10.30	Invited speaker: Jane Butler Presentation: The state of play for physiotherapy intervention for children with cerebral palsy
10.30-11.00	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
11.00-12.30	Plenary Session 2: Innovative Practices Chair: Jenny Follett Room: Bayside 104
11.00-11.15	Presenter: Amanda Jenkins Topic: Aquatic physiotherapy for children requiring long-term ventilation
11.15-11.30	Presenter: Bronwyn Thomas Topic: How to choose and evaluate a bicycle or tricycle for a child with a disability
11.30-11.45	Presenter: Elaine Ashworth Topic: Paediatric physiotherapists and frogs: support and innovation in rural & remote practice
11.45-12.00	Presenter: Felicity Spencer Topic: Physiotherapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health
12.00-12.15	Presenter: Joanna Miller Topic: How New South Wales is supporting allied health professionals working with children
12.15-12.30	Topic: Panel Discussion
12.30-1.30	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.30-3.00	Free Paper Session 1: Musculokeletal Chair:Debbie Daley Room: Bayside 104
1.30-1.45	Presenter: Cathy Bagley Topic: Clubfoot: A 12 month follow-up of patients treated using the Ponseti technique
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Kelly Evans Topic: Treatment of the recurrent clubfoot with the Ponseti technique
2.00-2.15	Presenter: Amy Leung Topic: Physiotherapy intervention for positional plagiocephaly at an Australian community health facility
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Catriona MacPhail Topic: Assessment of a group program for adolescent anterior knee pain
2.30-2.45	Presenter: Kim Laird Topic: Recovery of fitness and musculoskeletal changes in children and adolescents who have had treatment for cancer
2.45-3.00	Presenter: Verity Pacey Topic: The effects of early intravenous pamidronate therapy on gross motor function and fracture frequency in children with osteogenesis imperfecta
1.30-3.00	Free Paper Session 2: Neurology Chair: Jan Hancock Room: Bayside 203
1.30-1.45	Presenter: Suad Alanzi Topic: Identification of Developmental Coordination Disorder in primary school-aged Kuwati children
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Pauline Watter Topic: Characteristics of young people with primary language disorder: extending physiotherapy practice horizons
2.00-2.15	Presenter: Emily Ward Topic: Do personnel and environment impact on intervention outcomes for developmental coordination disorder?
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Noula Gibson Topic: Improving reliability of the clinical assessment of spasticity: The Australian Spasticity Assessment Scale
2.30-2.45	Presenter: Kate Carroll Topic: Seated lateral reach: a new measure of trunk postural control in children
2.45-3.00	Presenter: Noel Lythgo Topic: Gait and symmetry measures of children and young adults walking barefoot and with shoes
3.00-3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30-5.00	Free Paper Session 3: Clinical Education and Service Delivery Chair: Yolande Noble Room: Bayside 104
3.30-3.45	Presenter: Nora Shields Topic: Learning outcomes for physiotherapy students who engage in an alternate paediatric clinical experience
3.45-4.00	Presenter: Meg Moller Topic: Towards a sustainable clinical education model for paediatric physiotherapy: The experience of building capacity for physiotherapy students at the Children’s Health Service District in Queensland
4.00-4.15	Presenter: Kylie Bradford Topic: Paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapy screening clinics – the Queensland experience
4.15-4.30	Presenter: Joan Edgar Topic: Developing a new paediatric workforce in outer metropolitan Melbourne
4.30-4.45	Presenter: Barbara Lucas Topic: Development of best practice model for the management of babies with developmental dysplasia of hips at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
4.45-5.00	Presenter: Sue Charlton Topic: Developmental dysplasia of the hip: a review of assessment and management
3.30-5.00	Free Paper Session 4: General Chair: Noula Gibson Room: Bayside 203
3.30-3.45	Presenter: Kristy Rose Topic: Factors associated with foot and ankle weakness in preschool-age children
3.45-4.00	Presenter: Genevieve Dwyer Topic: The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Preschool-age Children (Pre-PAQÒ): a study of concurrent validity
	5 x 5 presentations
4.05-4.10	Presenter: Lisa Truscott Topic: Department of Education and Training physiotherapy services – celebrating 20 years of current, efficient and effective school based paediatric physiotherapy services
4.15-4.20	Presenter: Tamis Pin Topic: Reliability of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale on infants born at less than 30 weeks of gestation
4.25-4.30	Presenter: Joanne Morrell Topic: Helping families improve participation in home therapeutic activities: a new DVD for children with mild cerebral palsy
4.35-4.40	Presenter: Joanna Butchart Topic: Early Childhood Intervention Service Family Toolkit – promoting transdisciplinary practice
4.45-4.50	Presenter: Kylie Bradford Topic: Osteomyelitis in Indigenous Queensland Children - A retrospective audit
4.55-5.00	Presenter: Bec McDonald Topic: Predictors of mobility status on discharge for children with a traumatic brain injury: A retrospective review at Sydney Children’s Hospital
3.30-5.00	Free Paper Session 5: Paediatrics and Respiratory Management (Joint session with Cardiorespiratory) Chair: Ruth Dentice Room: Bayside Terrace
3.30-3.45	Presenter: Lucy Lewis Topic: Active cycle of breathing technique: a systematic review
3.45-4.00	Presenter: Christine Wilson Topic: A prospective multicentre study: Physiotherapy during wellness and illness in children under five years with cystic fibrosis
4.00-4.15	Presenter: Christine Wilson Topic: Why is positive expiratory pressure physiotherapy used in children with cystic fibrosis under three years of age?
4.15-4.30	Presenter: Mark Elkins Topic: Aerobic exercise training improves lung function in children with intellectual disability: a randomised, controlled trial
4.30-4.45	Presenter: Meg Moller Topic: Paediatric chronic respiratory conditions and physiotherapy care: where do domiciliary models fit?
4.45-5.00	Presenter: Allison Mandrusiak Topic: A randomised controlled trial of the effects of a novel exercise program for young people with cystic fibrosis

Friday 2 October 2009
9.00-10.30	Concurrent Workshops
	Session Sponsored by: Workshop 1: Sydney Children's Hospital Pain Clinic: multidisciplinary approach to treating chronic regional pain syndrome in children "Facts and fibs: explain pain to kids" Presenter: Marianne McCormick and Dr Maline Glogauer Chair: Debbie Daley Room: Bayside 102
	Workshop 2: Physiotherapy in the management of eating disorders. What can we do? Presenter: Felicity Spencer Chair: Pam Hennessy Room: Bayside 203
	Workshop 3: Neonatal physiotherapy - update on factors influencing service provision in Australia Presenter: Barbara Lucas Chair: Jenny Follett Room: Bayside 201
10.30-11.00	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
11.00-12.30	Plenary Session 3 Room: Bayside 104
11.00-12.00	NPG Networking Session Chair: Genevieve Dwyer
12.00-12.30	Paediatric Group General Meeting Chair: Noula Gibson
12.30-1.30	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.30-3.00	Plenary Session 4 (Joint session with Neurology) Chair: Lisa Harvey Room: Bayside Terrace
1.30-2.15	Keynote speaker: Dr Richard Lieber Presentation: Biological and biomechanical adaptations to contracture and spasticity
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Joanna Diong Topic: Passive mechanical properties of gastrocnemius muscles of spinal cord injured patients with ankle contractures
2.30-2.45	Presenter: Kristy Rose Topic: Randomised trial of night casting for ankle contracture in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
2.45-3.00	Presenter: Owen Katalinic Topic: Stretch interventions for contractures: a Cochrane systematic review
1.30-3.00	AJP Writing for Publication workshop Room: Bayside 104
1.30-3.00	Presenter: A/Professor Louise Ada How do you decide where to send your paper? What do reviewers look for when reviewing a paper for publication? Why do some authors get published relatively easily, while others struggle to have their papers accepted? How can you give your work the best chance of being accepted? Louise Ada (Scientific Editor, AJP, Chair of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors, and a member of several other journal Editorial Boards) and members of the AJP Editorial Boards will unravel some of the mysteries and discuss strategies to increase your chances of being accepted by the journal at the top of your list.
3.00-3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30-5.00	Plenary Session 5: Transition (Joint session with Neurology) Chair: Genevieve Dwyer Room: Bayside Terrace
3.30-4.15	Presenter: Lynne Brodie Topic: Transition to adult care: getting it right for young people
4.15-5.00	Presenter: Dr Barbara Singer Topic: Transition of young people with chronic illnesses and disabilities from paediatric services to adult services
5.00-6.30	Cocktail Function Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

Saturday 3 October 2009
8.30-10.10	Seven Years in Seven Minutes: Short summaries of important recent research Chair: A/Professor Rob Herbert Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
8.30-10.10	Experts in each of the larger fields of physiotherapy practice will provide accessible overviews of the main findings of the last 7 years of high quality clinical research from their area in 7-minute presentations. Each group will identify key clinical research, summarise the findings of the research, and discuss the implications of the research for clinical practice. The purpose is to give clinicians from other areas an overview of the main research-led advances across a range of other fields of practice. Welcome Cardiorespiratory (A/Professor Anne Holland) Continence and Women’s Health (Dr Marg Sherburn) Gerontology (Professor Keith Hill) Musculoskeletal (Professor Gwen Jull) Aquatic (Jenny Geytenbeek) Questions and comments from the floor Acupuncture & Dry Needling (Leigh McCutcheon) Neurology (A/Professor Julie Bernhardt) Occupational Health (Dr Rob Boland) Paediatrics (Kristy Rose) Sports (Peter Blanch) Questions and comments from the floor Close
10.10-10.30	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
10.30-11.00	Address from the President & a celebration of honoured members Room: Bayside Auditorium A&B
11.00-11.45	AJP Oration Chair: Professor Paul Hodges Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
	Introduction: Professor Paul Hodges, Chair of the AJP Editorial Board Presenter: Professor Mary Galea Topic: From Mice to Men
11.45-12.30	APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session Chair: Dr Manuela Ferreira Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
	Keynote speaker: A/Professor Alex Barratt Presentation: Helping patients make informed decisions about health care
11.45-12.30	APA College Graduation Room: Bayside Terrace
12.30-1.15	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.15-3.00	APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session: Get off the couch - delivering physical activity to the masses Chair: Dr Cathie Sherrington Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
1.15-1.35	Presenter: Professor Garry Egger Topic: Lifestyle Medicine
1.35-1.55	Presenter: Professor Nicholas Taylor and Professor Karen Dodd Topic: Therapeutic exercise
1.55-2.15	Presenter: A/Professor Norman Morris Topic: Physiological aspects of exercise prescription
2.15-2.45	Examples of evidence-based programs reaching large numbers of people (4 X 7 mins) Andrew Gow - Volunteer-led Tai Chi- in a rural setting Amanda Nagle - Heart moves Wendy Brown - 10,000 Steps: reflections on whole community physical activity interventions Western Australian Community Physiotherapy Services
2.45-3.00	Moderator: Session Chair Format: Question time
3.00-3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30-4.30	Free Paper Session 6: Physical Activity Chair: Liz Williams Room: Bayside 109
3.30-3.45	Presenter: Genevieve Dwyer Topic: A qualitative study about the attitudes, values and knowledge of parents and staff of preschool-age children about physical activity
3.45-4.00	Presenter: Nora Shields Topic: A randomised controlled trial on the effects of a community-based exercise program for adolescents with Down syndrome
4.00-4.15	Presenter: Tambi Butterfield Topic: Pedal Power: increasing endurance and participation in physical activity for children with cerebral palsy
4.15-4.30	Presenter: Allison Mandrusiak Topic: A novel exercise program for young people with cystic fibrosis: extending physiotherapy practice horizons
3.30-4.30	Free Paper Session 7: Motor Development Chair: Sue Charlton Room: Bayside 204B
3.30-3.45	Presenter: Yolande Noble Topic: The clinimetric properties of neonatal neurbehavioural/neuromotor assessments for the premature infant to four months corrected age: a systematic review
3.45-4.00	Presenter: John Drysdale Topic: Differentiating the influence of gestation and birthweight centile on age-appropriate motor development in children
4.00-4.15	Presenter: Tamis Pin Topic: A study of extremely preterm birth on infant motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale
4.15-4.30	Presenter: Tamis Pin Topic: Prediction of developmental trajectory of infants born at or less than 29 weeks of gestation
4.30-5.00	Conference in review Awards/Prizes Ceremony Paediatric Physiotherapy Conference Closes Chair:Noula Gibson Room: Bayside 204B
6.30-10.00	Paediatric Physiotherapy Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

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