Trine DPT students present research at Professionalism Night

Trine University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program hosted its annual Professionalism Night on July 19 at the university’s Health Sciences Education Center in Fort Wayne.

Professionalism Night is a free event that showcases clinical research conducted by second-year DPT students under the guidance of faculty mentors.

“Part of the mission of the Doctor of Therapy program at Trine University is to instill in our students the continuing need for high-quality research and education in our profession,” said Max Baumgartner, PT, Ph.D., chair of the program. “It’s exciting to the diversity of topics covered by our students, and we look forward to their future contributions.”

Professionalism Night included the following poster presentations:

• “Confidence and Knowledge of Caring for Athletes with Celiac Disease,” Hunter Bennett, Noah Gaar, Brendan Lynch
• “The Effect of Positional Release Therapy on Resting Pectoralis Minor Length,” Meaghan Bonadies, Cory Johnson, Sarah Hosinski
• “Representation of Minorities in Graduate Physical Therapy Programs: A Pilot Study,” Alexis Neyman
• “The Effects of Resistance Based Programs on Common Age-Related Co-morbidities,” Justin Anthony
• “Value Based Physical Therapy,” Danielle Brens, Lauren Hall, Rachael Anderson
• “Telehealth Integrated Clinical Education in a Physical Therapy program using Vidyo during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Danielle Ray, Kristen Reece
• “Is ACL Graft Type a Predictor of Level of Sport Returned to Following ACL Reconstruction?” Sarah Kosowski, Jenna Gales, Jamie Carter
• “How Do Patient Complexity Levels Correlate to Patients Who Only Participate in the Initial Evaluation?” Chelsee Journay, Ghada Zamzami
• “Physical Therapy Value Equation,” Francis Deneen

The event also included three platform presentations of research:

• “Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of Quarantine/Pandemic due to COVID-19 Virus on Stress Levels in 2nd year Doctor of Physical Therapy Students,” Elijah Klepper, Delaney Werling, Christian Verreault
• “Value Equation for Outpatient Therapies,” Heather Dixon, Courtney Sproat, Alex Seabeck
• “Effects of Regular Sciatic Nerve Flossing on Sustained Hamstring Flexibility,” MacKenzye Dafforn-Koebler, Claire Hart, Maddey Rose, Sean Corcoran