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The Twenty-eighth Annual Symposium
Medical Problems of Performing Artists
Thursday, July 29 - Sunday, August 1, 2010     
Snowmass, CO

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2010 Symposium Schedule

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Thursday - July 29, 2010
7:15 am Registration Opens - Cabaret Lobby, Lower Level
8:00 Posters
Specific Stretching for Individual Needs, Sutton Anker
Effective Strategies and Techniques for Performing Musicians, Sean McGowan, DMA
8:10 Welcome, Bronwen Ackermann, PhD and M. Virginia Wilmerding, PhD, Program Co‐Chairs
Alan Fletcher, Aspen Music Festival & School
8:20 Dancer Wellness Project, Gary Galbraith, MFA
9:05 Musculoskeletal Screening and Injury Surveillance in Professional Musicians, Tim Driscoll, PhD
9:50 Athletes in the Arts: A Collaboration Between ACSM and PAMA, Randall Dick, MS, FACSM and John
Snyder, BM
, JD
10:25 Posters and Break
10:50 Upper Limb Injuries in Argentine Musicians, Adriana Pemoff, MD
11:05 Contributing Factors to Injury in Music College and Conservatory Students, Regina Campbell, PT
11:25 Occupational Injury and Illness Experienced By Classical Musicians and Protective Behaviors Enacted,
D. Marty Raymond, III, RN, PhD
11:40 Mental Health of University Student Musicians, Brenda Wristen, PhD
11:55 Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Problems among Classical Musicians: a Review of 9 Years of Experience, Carolina Lares, PT
12:10 pm Lunch Break
1:30 The Effect of Altering Posture on Respiratory Patterns in Professional and University Music Major
Wind and Brass Instrumentalists
, Mark Halaki, PhD
1:45 Characteristics of Facial Muscle Activation Patterns in Woodwind and Brass Instrumentalists,
Nicholas O'Dwyer, PhD
2:00 One Size Doesn’t Fit All Flute Players, Karen Lonsdale, Bmus
2:15 Muscle Force Optimization in Piano Playing – A Biomechanical Analysis, Chu Kay Michael Mak, MB, ChB
2:30 The Physiological Characteristics of Jazz Guitarists, Erin Hayden, PT, DPT, OCS
2:45 Biomechanics for Musician’s Medicine, Naotaka Sakai, MD, PhD
3:00 Posters and Break
3:25 Musical Performance Anxiety in the Marching Arts, Jacob Levy, PhD
3:40 All in a Day’s Work: Performance Anxiety in Professional Musicians, Dianna Kenny, PhD
4:30 Adjourn
4:45 Welcome Reception - Roof Garden, Conference Center
Friday - July 30, 2010
7:45 am Registration Opens - Cabaret Lobby, Lower Level
8:00 Posters
Age of Bassoon Players Impact Performance‐Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Paula
Brusky, PhD
Motor Learning and Teaching Dance, Donna Krasnow, MS and M. Virginia Wilmerding, PhD
A Comparison of the Immediate Effects of Localized Vibration Versus Static Stretch on Hamstring Flexibility, Emily Durban, DPT, Shana Matlock, DPT, Shelley Piers‐VanderPloeg, DPT
8:20 Announcements
8:30 Musician Wellness: Improving Embodied Self-Awareness through Neuromuscular Control Training and Endurance Exercise,Kristie Kava, PT, MS, DScPT
8:45 Panel: Creation, Development, Pitfalls and Running of "Arts Medicine Clinics", John Chong, MD, Richard Lederman, MD, Nancy Kadel, MD, Moderator: Robin L. Kish
10:00 Posters and Break

10:30

Dance Screening Program as a Teaching Opportunity,
Jennifer Deckert, MFA
WORKSHOP: Use of Biofeedback in Training Musicians' Technical Approach to Their Instruments, Kathleen Riley, PhD and John Chong, MD
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge

10:45

New Directions in Research in Dance Medicine and Science, Margaret Wilson, MS, PhD

11:00

Medical Components of Screening of Dancers, Nancy Kadel, MD
11:15   WORKSHOP: Healthy Instrumental Practice for the Jazz Pianist: Alignment in Motion, Neil Olmstead, MM
Silvertree Lobby

11:30

Screening and the Standard Measures Consensus Developed Under the Auspices of IADMS, Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:30

The Pelvis and the Dancer's Thigh, Roger M. Hobden, MD, DO(Q)

 

WORKSHOP: Assessment of the Upper Limb in Performing Artists, Keith Bengtson, MD and Clay Miller, MD
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
2:00 Pilates for Dancers: Training, Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Recovery, Mary Burns, PhD
2:15 The Domino Effect, Toni Caligiuri, BA, Presented by Robin Kish, MFA, MS
2:30 Improvisation as a Tool for Enhanced Motor Learning in Dance, Donna Krasnow, MS
3:00 Intentional Rest: Scientific and Somatic Value for the Dancer, Glenna Batson, PT, ScD, MA
3:30 Posters and Break
4:00 Participants Performance
5:00 Adjourn
Saturday - July 31, 2010
7:30 am Annual General Meeting - Continental Breakfast Served, Cabaret
10:00 Break

10:30

An Interdisciplinary, On‐Site University Musicians' Wellness Team, Judy Palac, DMA WORKSHOP: C‐I Training for Teachers, Donna Krasnow, MS
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
10:45 Analysis of a Concert Pianist during Performance:
Proving What Works ‐ Case Summary
, Kathleen Riley, PhD and John Chong, MD
11:00 Consultative Process of Designing a National Musicians’ Health Curriculum for Australia, Suzanne Wijsman, DMA, MM

11:15

National Musicians Health Curriculum Content, Bronwen Ackermann, PhD

11:30

 

Panel: Educational Opportunities in Performing Arts Medicine ‐ Status and Prospects, Dagmar Wolff, Dr phil, Dip Mus, PT; Panel: B. Ackermann, PhD; E. Altenmüller, MD; R. Hobden, MD, DO(Q); S. Lee, PhD; R. Manchester, MD; J. Palac, DMA WORKSHOP: Brain Gym™ to Optimize
Technique, Performance, and Everyday Life
, Robin Kish, MFA, MS
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
12:30 pm Lunch Break
2:00 The Tremulous Bow Arm: Technical or Neurological? Richard
Lederman, MD, PhD
WORKSHOP: Hands‐on Screening of
Dancers, Part 1
, Gary Galbraith, MFA and Karen Potter, MFA
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
2:15 A Combination of Constraint‐Induced Therapy and Motor Control Retraining in the Treatment of Focal Hand Dystonia in Musicians, Patrice Berque, PT
2:30 Successful Career Adaptations of Professional Musicians with Focal Dystonia, Nancy Taylor, MM
2:45 Functional and Morphological Changes of Brain Structures in Patients Suffering from Musician’s Dystonia,
Eckart Altenmüller Prof. Dr.
3:00 The Hannover Pain Management in Musicians: a Follow Up Study, Eckart Altenmüller Prof. Dr. Hands-on Screening of Dancers,
Part 2,
Nancy Kadel, MD
Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
3:15 Break
3:30 Quantification of Sound Exposure as a Basis for Prediction of Risk, Kris Chesky, PhD
3:45 Therapeutic Drumming as a Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Performing Artists, Janet Johnson, MD, MPH and Bethany Bultman
4:00 Establishing Valid Sound Pressure Level Measurement Methods, June Hart Romeo, PhD, NP
4:15 Alice G. Brandfonbrener Young Investigator Award: Playing‐Related Musculoskeletal Problems in Children Learning Instrumental Music – The Association Between Problem Location and Gender, Age and Music Exposure Factors, Sonia Ranelli, BSc
4:50 Adjourn
Sunday - August 1, 2010
8:30 am Registration Opens - Max Park, Wildwood Lodge
9:00 Prevention for Musicians ‐ an Educational Neglect? Dagmar Wolff, Dr phil, Dip Mus, PT
9:15 Health Behaviour and Health Locus of Control of Japanese Musicians and Japanese Ballet Dancers, Mayumi Kuno‐Mizumura, PhD
9:30 Post‐Dramatic Stress: Suffering in Silence, Mark Cariston Seton, PhD
9:45 Is Wrist Arthroscopy Suitable for Musicians? Hara Trouli, MD
10:00 Lower Extremity Nerve Entrapments in the Performing Artist, Sean Wolfort, MD
10:15 The Vexed Question of Posture: Exploding Postural Concepts, Ann Shoebridge, B.App.Sc.
10:30 Summary Remarks
10:45 Adjourn

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