PT&RT
Kenneth Wu, MA(SocSci), BScPT, MBA, PhD
St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Ginger McPhail, MS, RRT
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Research is vital for evidence-based practice in physical and respiratory therapy. This symposium will highlight some recent research pertinent to issues related to PT/RT assessments and treatments. Specifically, for assessments, there will be talks about recent research on lung clearance index, and methods to evaluate the immediate effects of airway clearance techniques, and for treatments, we will have discussions on high frequency percussion ventilation in acute care of patients with CF, and the influence of exercise on nutritional status in people with CF.
Speaker: Naomi Chapman, PhD Candidate – Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University and Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Speaker: Joel Mermis, MD – University of Kansas Medical Center
Speaker: John D. Lowman, PhD, PT, CCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Felix Ratjen, MD, PhD – University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children