2025Texas Residency Symposium

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Course Objectives and Agenda

Thursday, April 24, 2025 Event Schedule (Invite Only)

Location - Academic Center (in Football Operations Center)
  • 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. – Sports Science Keynote with VALD
    • Phil Sheedy – Clinical Integration of Sports Science
  • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. – Facilities tour Texas A&M Football Operations & Kyle Field
  • 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Transition to the Player Development Center
  • 3:30-5:30 p.m. - TAMU Sports Science resident lab with concurrent TRS faculty meeting
    • Core group from TRS to participate
    • Residents participate in stations of integrated sports science
  • 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. – Symposium social sponsored by VALD – location TBD
 

Friday, April 25, 2025 Event (Open for Registration)

Learning Objectives/Outcomes

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
  1. Understand humeral retrotorsion and other associated finding in the upper quarter and UCL in Baseball players.
  2. Describe function, pain processing, and overall shoulder function following a Reverse Total Shoulder replacement.
  3. Describe the differences in lower extremity balance between in baseball players who have been diagnosed with a shoulder or elbow injury compared to baseball players who are healthy.
  4. Understand how sports science concepts can be implemented into clinical practice in the realm of sports physical therapy.
  5. Describe the use of visual motor reaction testing in the assessment of elite athletes.
  6. Analyze the differences between player positions during lower extremity jump testing in collegiate baseball players.
  7. Describe the relationship between a musculoskeletal screen and in-season injury risk in collegiate fencers.
  8. Describe the short-term patient reported and functional outcomes in patients recovering from lumbar or cervical spine surgery.
  9. Describe how energy availability and urinary incontinence may affect performance and injury in female athletes.
  10. Describe the functional outcomes, effects of weightbearing, and muscle strength on the rehabilitation process following ACL reconstruction.
  11. Understand patient reported short term outcomes following hip arthroscopy and Periacetabular Osteotomy
  12. Describe the psychological readiness in active participants following ACL Reconstruction
  13. Describe lower extremity loading during dynamic tasks following ACL reconstruction and after sport-related concussion.

Instructional Level:

  • Introductory

Assessment/Measurement of Objectives/Learning Outcomes: The learning will be measured via the group question and answer sessions by assessing the questions brought as evidence that understanding and thought was needed to formulate appropriate questions on the specifics of the presentations as well as insuring clarification of any specific presented topic.  There will also be a course evaluation to complete where attendees are able to self-report their achievement of learning objectives.  Attendees, must attend the course in its entirety to received CCUs/CEUs.  No partial credit will be given.  If you plan to view via live stream.  Please ensure you have your full name entered when you join the meeting.

Instructional Methods Used:  Lecture/PowerPoint presentation, post presentation discussions with Q&A.   Large group presentation with synchronous streaming.   

Program Schedule (subject to change)

Time

Topic

7:30-8:00 a.m.

Registration

 8:00-8:15 a.m.

Welcome & Overview of the day  (non CCU time)

 

Lower Extremity

8:15-8:30 a.m.

Functional Outcomes in Female Soccer Athletes Following Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Anna Hlushko PT, DPT, ATC, Emily Surgeoner PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann

8:30-8:45 am

The impact of restricted weight bearing following arthroscopic ACL and meniscal repair on functional testing at 3, 6, and 9 months in adolescents

Angela Widlacki, PT, DPT – Children’s Health Andrews Institute

8:45-9:00 a.m.

Relationship Between Muscle Quality and Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition at an Early Phase of Rehabilitation Following ACL Reconstruction

Karis Catrinta PT, DPT, Lindsay Masukawa PT, DPT & Zofia Haack PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Early Outcomes Following Combined Hip Arthroscopy and Periacetabular Osteotomy

Victoria Swiber PT, DPT,  Zachry Martinez PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann

9:15-9:30 a.m.

Break – Networking and Discussion

9:30-9:45 a.m.

Effects of Limb Dominance on Lower Extremity Energy Absorption Contribution During Single Leg Hop Task Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Abigail Reichow  PT, DPT, USAW-L1 – Texas Health Sports Medicine

9:45-10:00 a.m.

Comparison of Psychological Readiness following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in an Active Population

Dillon Youngman PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS – Memorial Hermann

 

Upper Extremity

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Do Self-Perceived Objective Outcomes Correlate with Relative Humeral Retrotorsion in Baseball Players with an MUCL Injury

Adam Schmidt PT, DPT, Kaylie Upton PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Autonomic Function and Pain Processing Following Reverse Total Shoulder

Jordan Gaulke, PT, DPT, Chris Wilkins, PT, DPT – UT Southwestern

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Y Balance Test Performance in Baseball Players Diagnosed with a Shoulder or Elbow Injury Compared to Healthy Controls

Kaleb Whitehair PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS – Memorial Hermann

10:45-11:00 a.m.

Break – Networking and Discussion

11:00-11:30 a.m.

Keynote– Sports Science Insights from the Collegiate and Professional World – Implications for Clinical Practice – Bo Sandoval MS, CSCS

11:30-11:45 a.m.

Visual Motor Reaction Testing (VMRT) Using Quick Board in Elite Athletes: Preliminary Assessment

Anthony Yamnitsky, PT, DPT, CSCS,  Steven Witchoskey, PT, DPT, CSCS      

– UT Southwestern 

11:45-12:00 p.m.

Positional Differences in Unilateral Jump Testing Performance Among NCAA Baseball Players

Cindy Gutierrez PT, DPT – Texas Health Sports Medicine

12:00-12:15 p.m.

Relationship between Musculoskeletal Screening on In-Season Injury Risk in

Collegiate Fencers

Jackie Hua, PT, DPT – University of Incarnate Word

12:15-1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:00-1:30 p.m.

Resident Roundtable – Facilitated Discussion (non CCU Time)

 

Spine

1:30-1:45 p.m.

Early Patient Reported and Functional Outcomes Following Lumbar Spine Surgery

Olivia Hsia PT, DPT,  Jaclyn Smolik PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann

1:45-2:00 p.m.

Early Patient Reported and Functional Outcomes Following Cervical Spine Surgery

David Dellota PT, DPT, Michaela Spencer PT, DPT & Nick Garcia PT, DPT – Memorial Hermann               

 

Sports Medicine

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Lower Extremity Energy Absorption During Jump-Landing in Athletes After Sport-Related Concussion, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, and Healthy Controls

Mikaela Gilbert, PT, DPT – Texas Health Sports Medicine

2:15-2:30 p.m.

The Association Between Low Energy Availability and Overuse or Recurrent Injuries in Female High School Endurance Athletes Participating in Contact Sports

Meghan Skevington, PT, DPT – Texas Children’s

 

2:30-2:45 p.m.

The Prevalence, Knowledge, and Severity of Urinary Incontinence in Adolescent Female Athletes Who Participate in High Impact Sports

Maari Dolan, PT, DPT, ATC – Texas Children’s

2:45-3:15 p.m.

Discussion and closing remarks