The following presentations, publications and accomplishments were submitted by UCA faculty and staff:David Taylor, Department of Physical Therapy, made the following presentations this year:
?Designer Exercise-Personalized Plans for Limitations Due to Diabetes? at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Diabetes Update 2005 in Little Rock.
?Intrarater Reliability of the KT1000 in Determining Anterior Translation of the Glenohumeral Joint? at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting 2005 in New Orleans.
?Intrarater Reliability of One-Repetition Maximum Estimation in Determining Shoulder Internal Rotation Muscle Strength Performance? at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting 2005 in New Orleans.
?Effect of Hyperkalemia Caused by Spironolactone and Ramipril on Muscle Strength in a Nursing Home Resident: A Case Report? at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting 2005 in New Orleans.
Taylor and Bill Bandy, Department of Physical Therapy, have published the following articles:
Taylor JD, Bandy WD. Intrarater reliability of the KT1000 arthrometer in determining anterior translation of the glenohumeral joint. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2005;86:826-829.
Taylor JD, Bandy WD. Intrarater reliability of one-repetition maximum estimation in determining shoulder internal rotation muscle strength performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2005;19:163-168.
Reta Zabel, Department of Physical Therapy, presented ?Comparison between sit-to-stand and sit-to-walk tasks in older and younger females” at the annual meeting of the American Geriatric Society in Orlando.
Zabel and Myles Quiben, Department of Physical Therapy, presented educational material at a collaborative community program with Conway Physical Therapy and Conway Regional Hospital. The purpose of the program was to educate the public concerning prevention and recognition of osteoporosis and the problems associated with osteoporosis.
Zabel and Quiben also participated in the III Step Conference: Linking Movement Science and Intervention in Salt Lake City in July. The conference was a week-long networking opportunity and involved discussion and planning for research in human movement during development and following disease or injury.
Quiben, Department of Physical Therapy, presented a poster titled ?A Retrograde Study of Multivariant Effect on the Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes? at the Neurodevelopmental Treatment Approach Association (NDTA) 2005 Annual Conference in Houston. It was a collaborative project between faculty at the Department of Physical Therapy and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, ZhongShan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The project was supported by the China Medical Board Rehabilitation Medicine Grant No. 98-676, 1999-2002. The poster is available for viewing in the Physical Therapy Building.
Charles Harvey, Department of Philosophy and Religion, published a paper titled, ?Epoche, Entertainment and the Hyperreality of Everyday Life,” in the journal Ethics and Information Technology last December.
Gary Thiher, Department of Philosophy and Religion, has had a paper titled ?Genetic Engineering and the Trump of Nurture over Nature? accepted for presentation at Central Division American Philosophical Association Conference in Chicago next spring.
Garry Craig Powell, Department of Writing and Speech, had a short story titled ?Sentence? accepted by the literary magazine, Lilies and Cannonballs Review.
William H. Friedman, Department of Management Information Systems, presented a paper, “Protecting Mission Critical Information Systems,” at Arkansas Tech University during the 55th annual meeting of the Arkansas Teachers of Economics and Business. This paper considers disasters theoretically and then evaluates the effectiveness of the various methods designed to ensure continuity of computer applications.
