1-4 May 2015

Where the world of physical therapy meets

Preliminary programme

Version 3, November 2014

Message from the President

The WCPT Congress 2015 will be a unique event. It is an opportunity to share our passion for
the profession and to showcase the best of physical therapy from around the world. It will be a
congress for every member of the profession giving clinicians, managers, educators, researchers
and policy makers the opportunity to engage with each other and to debate and discuss
important professional questions.
The programme of the WCPT Congress in Singapore will appeal to all physical therapists, from
wherever in the world you come and whatever your specific professional interest. Attending a
WCPT Congress is a unique experience, providing the chance to exchange ideas and knowledge
as a global community. While we come from diverse backgrounds and face a variety of
challenges, we have an enormous amount in common, and by meeting together we can find
solutions and create opportunities for development.
The countdown for the most influential international physical therapy gathering has now begun!
I hope that you will embrace the opportunity to extend knowledge, connect with friends and
colleagues and strengthen the bonds that hold us together as a profession.
I look forward to seeing you all in Singapore at the WCPT Congress 2015.

Marilyn Moffat
WCPT President

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Welcome to Singapore

The WCPT Congress 2015 kicks off with the opening ceremony and welcome reception on the evening of Friday 1st May at 6:00 pm.
Join fellow delegates at this grand start and prepare to be entertained by acts showcasing the cultural mix that Singapore is
uniquely placed to offer. Celebrate with your colleagues as WCPT announces the recipient of the Mildred Elson award, WCPTs
highest honour, and the winners of the awards for outstanding posters.

Keynote speaker
Goh Ah-Cheng will be the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony. Originally from Singapore
Dr Goh is Associate Professor at Shinshu University, Japan. Prior to moving to Japan, he
was the Chief Physiotherapist in the Singapore Armed Forces and a past President of the
Singapore Physiotherapy Association. Dr Goh is a Colombo Plan Scholar with more than 25
years experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist. He qualified as a physiotherapist from
Auckland, New Zealand, in 1981, and holds a Masters in Applied Science from the University of
Sydney, and a PhD from Curtin University, Australia.
ISC Chair
Aime Stewart, International Scientific Committee chair,
will take you through the lead-up to the WCPT Congress
and inspire you for the days ahead. Aime s wealth of
experience has enabled her to shape the congress scientific
programme. Her main research areas of interest are the
management of chronic diseases including HIV/AIDS, as well as the roles of caregivers and
families in rehabilitation. In 2011 she was awarded the South African Department of Science and
Technology Distinguished Women in Science award.
Welcome reception
Start renewing friendships and making new ones at the welcome reception held in the
exhibition hall.

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Programme at a glance: Saturday 2nd May

07:00-08:30

Networking session: Mental health (International Organization of Physical Therapists in Mental Health)
Networking session: Manual therapy (International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists)

08:30-10:00

Focused symposia: Frontiers in clinical trials

Focused symposia: Exercise therapy for chronic pain: retraining mind & brain
Discussion panel: New perspectives on physical therapy in HIV/AIDS
Networking session: Older people (International Association of Physical Therapists working with Older People)
Platform abstracts

10:00-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:15

Focused symposia: Managing information and measurement to achieve excellence in service provision
Focused symposia: (In)activity and health in childhood onset disability across the lifespan
Discussion panel: The future of physical therapy in health promotion
Networking session: Regulation
Networking session: Student physical therapists
How to...seminar: Writing for publication
Subgroup seminar: Acupuncture: Evidence-based guidelines to safe practice and practice audit outcomes
WCPT seminar: WHO: The new global disability agenda - opportunities for physical therapist involvement
Platform abstracts

12:15-13:45

Lunch: poster and exhibition viewing

Networking session: Neuroscience (International Neurological Physical Therapy Association)
Networking session: Early career researchers

13:45-15:15

Focused symposia: Evidence based use of electrophysical agents for managing musculoskeletal pain
Focused symposia: Integrating formative assessment mechanisms during student clinical-internships: global
perspectives
Focused symposia: Braintrain: making the most of new technologies for stroke rehabilitation
Debate: Exercise is Medicine: a friend or foe to physical therapy
Networking session: Occupational health (International Federation of Physical Therapists working in Occupational
Health and Ergonomics)

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Networking session: Meet the researchers/editors

Networking session: History
Subgroup seminar: Global perspective on best practices in paediatric evaluation tools and interventions
Platform abstracts
15:15-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:30

Focused symposia: Muscle strength in cerebral palsy treatment: current issues and developments
Focused symposia: Tendinopathy rehabilitation and tickets to treatment
Discussion panel: What works for whom: challenges in personalising physical therapy
Networking session: Journal editors (International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors)
Networking session: Managers
How to...seminar: Making the most of EBP resources - Whats out there to make life easier?
Platform abstracts
Programme subject to change

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Programme at a glance: Sunday 3rd May

07:00-08:30

Networking session: Sports physical therapy (International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy)
Networking session: Paediatrics (International Organisation of Physical Therapists in Paediatrics)
Networking session: Social media

08:30-10:00

Focused symposia: Meeting the global challenge of pain education for physical therapists
Focused symposia: Exercise adherence: integrating theory, evidence and behaviour change techniques
Discussion panel: Are physical therapists shaping advanced practice in favourable directions?
Networking session: Physical therapists working with support personnel
Networking session: Retired physical therapists
How to...seminar: Moving clinical practice standards documents into delivery
WCPT seminar: Disaster management: Why every emergency response team needs a physical therapist
Platform abstracts

10:00-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:15

Focused symposia: Advocacy in physical therapy: strategies for individuals and organisations
Focused symposia: ICCrPT: Exercise training/rehabilitation for people with special health needs
Discussion panel: Where are you going in your research career? Opportunities and challenges across the globe
Networking session: Oncology, palliative care and HIV (International Physical Therapists for HIV/AIDS, Oncology,
Hospice and Palliative Care)
Networking session: Electrophysical agents (International Society for Electrophysical Agents in Physical Therapy)
Subgroup seminar: Clinical tracking for cervical radiculopathy: Diagnostic classification, management, outcome
selection and benchmarking
Platform abstracts

12:15-13:45

Lunch: poster and exhibition viewing

Networking session: Cardiorespiratory (International Confederation of Cardiorespiratory Physical Therapists)
Networking session: Pain

13:45-15:15

Focused symposia: Emerging use of interactive technology in rehabilitation for young people
Focused symposia: Stratified models of care for low back pain

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Focused symposia: Chronic respiratory disease: high-quality evidence supports greater physiotherapy
intervention
Discussion panel: Collaborative practice and health: fine in theory - what does it look like in the practice?
Networking session: Aquatic physical therapy (Aquatic Physical Therapy International)
Networking session: Meet the researchers/editors
Subgroup seminar: The ISEAPT evidence-based initiative for assessing and improving intervention quality and
reporting in studies with Electro Physical Agents
WCPT seminar: Data and statistics: What does the profession really look like?
Platform abstracts
15:15-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:30

Focused symposia: Best practice for arm recovery post stroke: an international application
Focused symposia: The third physical therapy summit on global health: health-based competencies
Discussion panel: Evidence based practice: In 2025 what will the most important evidence look like?
Networking session: Acupuncture (International Acupuncture Association of Physical Therapists)
Networking session: International work and study
Networking session: Early career professional
Subgroup seminar: Trauma induced pelvic floor disorders: implications for physical therapists
Platform abstracts

18:00-19:30

Social: Party night reception

18:45-00:00

Social: Party night dinner and dance

Programme subject to change

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Programme at a glance: Monday 4th May

07:00-08:30

Networking session: ICF

Networking session: Womens health (International Organization of Physical Therapists in Womens Health)

08:30-10:00

Focused symposia: Strength training in physical therapy

Focused symposia: Critical updates in our understanding of chronic pain
Discussion panel: Health human resources
Networking session: Meet the researchers/editors
Subgroup seminar: Evidence based physical therapy in mental health
WCPT seminar: Advocacy: Tell a story - create an impact
Platform abstracts

10:00-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:15

Focused symposia: Integrating evidence into lower limb prosthetic rehabilitation in todays world
Focused symposia: Physiotherapy in the ICU: current evidence and practical applications
Discussion panel: A roadmap for direct access and self-referral: navigating the route
Networking session: Animal practice (International Association of Physical Therapists in Animal Practice)
Subgroup seminar: Lessons to be learned: Transition from childhood to adulthood for individuals with lifelong
disabilities
WCPT seminar: Meet the Executive Committee
Platform abstracts

12:15-13:45

Lunch: poster and exhibition viewing

Networking session: Educators (WCPT Network for Physical Therapist Educators)
Networking session: Spinal cord injury (International Network of Spinal Cord Injury Physiotherapists)

13:45-15:15

Focused symposia: Go baby go!: Solutions for maximizing augmented mobility for children
Focused symposia: Rehabilitation and Parkinsons disease: exercise is as important as medication
Discussion panel: With restricted health budgets how affordable is physical therapy?
Networking session: Intellectual and developmental disability (WCPT Network for Intellectual and Developmental
Disability)
Networking session: Private practice (International Private Physical Therapy Association)

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Subgroup seminar: International special interest groups as a way to support neurological physiotherapy practice
and continuous professional development in different health systems
Platform abstracts
15:15-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-17:15

Focused symposia: Shoulder impingement syndrome: how does opinion regarding aetiology influence treatment?
Discussion panel: Planning a WCPT Congress
Networking session: Amputee rehabilitation (WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation)
Networking session: Health promotion (WCPT Network for Health Promotion in Life and Work)
How to...seminar: Talking to the media
Platform abstracts

17:30-18:30

Closing ceremony and abstract awards

Programme subject to change

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Congress courses and clinical visits

Pre- and post-congress courses
Twenty-one pre- and post-congress courses will be held on the 1st and 5th May 2015. They have a focus on applied knowledge and
skills and are uniquely designed to complement the main scientific programme. They offer the delegate the chance to:

gain practical experience

listen to the latest evidence and discover the
implications for practice

explore issues in depth

learn directly from experts via a range of
stimulating learning formats

meet with international fellow delegates in

their field of interest
The pre- and post-congress courses are an
optional element that are open to delegates who
register to attend at least one day of the main
congress and they carry a separate fee.
The full list of congress courses may be viewed at:
www.wcpt.org/congress/course/sessions.

Clinical visits
The Singapore Physiotherapy Association has arranged for public and private institutions with physical therapy to open their doors
to visits by congress delegates.
Clinical visits are open to delegates who have registered for the full congress and carry a separate fee of SGD35. You can register for a
visit by area of interest.
The full list of clinical visits may be viewed at: www.wcpt.org/congress/clinical-visits.

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Socials and tours

Socials
Party night will take place at Gardens by the Bay in the Flower Field Hall and will include a visit to the Flower Dome - the worlds
largest columnless greenhouse. Get ready to enter a world of perpetual spring, where unique plants bloom in an ever changing
display of flowers. Two party night options have been made available, a dinner and dance, and a lower cost reception. Both take
place on the evening of Sunday 3rd May.
Party night dinner and dance (18:45-24:00, ticket SGD150)
Ticket includes:

visit to the flower dome (18:45-19:30)

Asian buffet
two drinks (wine or beer)
unlimited soft drinks and fruit juices
DJ
quiet area available in Waterview Room
Party night reception (18:00-19:30, ticket SGD68)
Ticket includes:

visit to the flower dome (open until 21:30)

one drink (wine or beer)
unlimited soft drinks and fruit juices
canaps
For further details go to: www.wcpt.org/congress/social_programme. Tickets to the party night dinner and dance or reception
should be booked via the online registration system.

Tours
To help you make the most of your trip to Singapore several tours are being offered to add on to your congress experience.
Sightseeing tours
A selection of tours in and around Singapore will be offered by City Tours. These will include hop on hop off buses, Sentosa Fun City
passes, a night adventure tour, a trip to Singapore Zoo and a night safari tour.
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in China (5th - 18th May 2015, 1,995)
Departing from Singapore the day after congress ends, this tour examines
physiotherapy in China with specialist access to Chinese institutions and
local practitioners. The tour provides excellent insight into the application
of both traditional Chinese medicine and modern Western medical and
rehabilitation techniques.
For further details go to: www.wcpt.org/congress/tours.
Please note all tours are organised by third parties and are to be booked
directly with the tour operators.

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Why attend WCPT Congress 2015?

The professions largest international congress.
Opportunity to engage with world experts and interact with leaders in their field.
Diverse programming covers the breadth of the profession making it relevant to all physical therapists, regardless of specialty.
A unique event to build your professional networks and be part of the global profession.
Discover the latest advances in the largest international trade exhibition aimed at physical therapists.
Allows you to discover new ways of thinking and change the way you practise.
Visit Singapore and the Far East!

The scientific programme

Just like the Olympics,

WCPT Congress renews my
enthusiasm for our profession
on a worldwide stage.

The WCPT Congress 2015 programme will showcase the best in physical therapy research and practice, and provide excellent
opportunities for networking. With 10 concurrent sessions, the scientific programme will be designed so that you can build a
personal timetable to meet your needs. Whether you work in clinical practice, education, research, management or policy and
whatever your field of interest or speciality, there is something for everyone.

Focused symposia feature international experts from across WCPTs regions giving you the rare opportunity to hear global
perspectives on the professions hot topics.

Learn about the latest advances in research and practice development from over 2,000 abstracts presented.
Participate in lively exchange in discussion panels and debates with leading experts on topical issues.
Share information and learn from colleagues in subject-specific networking sessions.
Daily clinical visits allow you to see physical therapy practice in Singapore.
Attend a pre- or post-congress course where the focus is on applied knowledge and skills and gaining practical experience.

What keeps me coming back is the

opportunity to speak to physiotherapists
from all over the world.
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Registration
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All fees are in Singapore Dollars and include 7% GST.
Advance

3 Oct - 31 Mar 2015

Last minute

1 - 21 Apr 2015

Onsite

From 30 Apr 2015

1 day

3 days

1 day

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Member
Non-PT educator / researcher
PT assistant

435

1,225

515

1,540

515

1,540

Retired
Student

235

620

265

780

265

780

Non-member

650

1,875

780

2,320

780

2,320

Register now at: www.wcpt.org/congress/registration.

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1-4 May 2015

Join physical therapists from around the world at
the 17th International Congress of WCPT.

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