Heritage Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand
28th, 29th & 30th August, 2009
Friday, 28 August
1.00 - 4.00 pm Fun in Rotorua – Golf, Off Road NZ, Agroventures, etcetera 
3.00 - 6.00 pm Registration
6.00 – 6.50 pm NZMPA Annual General Meeting
7.00 – 7.45 pm Welcome from the Mayor of Rotorua. Mix & Mingle
Saturday, 29 August
7.30 - 9.00 am Registration
9.00 - 9.10 am Introduction & Welcome - Stanley Paris
9.10 - 9.50 am Clinical Prediction Rules for the Lumbar Spine - Dr Timothy Flynn
9.50 - 10.30 am Clinical reasoning and clinical prediction rules - are they so different? - Associate Professor Darren Rivett
10.30 – 10.40 am Question time
10.40 – 11.10 am Morning Tea - Time for Trade Exhibitors
11.10 – 11.25 am Perception of severity and function after an ankle sprain - Peter Larmer
11.25 - 11.40 pm Impairment-based manual therapy and exercise approach versus electrophysical agents and simple home exercise programme in the management of plantar heel pain: A randomised clinical trial - Haxby Abbott
11.40 – 11.55 pm Interexaminer reliability of physical examination tests used in the assessment of shoulder pain: Part 1: Range of motion, muscle strength, therapist ratings and symptom response - Angela Cadogan
11.55 – 12.10 pm Interexaminer reliability of physical examination tests used in the assessment of shoulder pain: Part 2 – Orthopaedic special tests - Angela Cadogan
12.10 - 12.30 pm Question time for morning session - panel
12.30 - 1.40 pm Lunch - Time for Trade Exhibitors
1.40 - 2.20 pm Validity of shoulder assessment and treatment techniques as revealed by EMG - Dr Karen Ginn
2.20 – 3.00 pm Multidirectional instability - a clinician's dilemma - Jenny McConnell
3.00 - 3.10 pm Question time for above session
3.10 - 3.40 pm Afternoon Tea - Time for Trade Exhibitors
3.40 - 4.00 pm Cortisones, injecting blood into tendon pad - Autologous blood injection and the rationale behind this - Dr Chris Hanna
4.00 – 4.15 pm Muscle activity during the performance of heavy load eccentric calf muscle activity (Hlecm) training for achilles Tendinosis - Shelly Johnson
4.15 – 4.30 pm Investigation of joint manipulation via ultrasound imaging - Wayne Hing 4.30 - 4.40 pm Question time for above session
4.40 - 5.00 pm Latest techniques from Brian Mulligan, Life Member NZMPA
6.30 pm Buses depart for conference dinner
7.00 - 11.00pm Dinner and Dance - Rotorua Agrodome. Celebrating 40 years of the NZMPA Theme: ‘Country Ho-down' - Proudly sponsored by the BNZ
 
Sunday, 30 August
9.00 - 9.40 am Recognising the patient at risk of cervical arterial dissection - Associate Professor Darren Rivett
9.40 - 10.20 am Cervical-Thoracic Relations to UQ syndromes - Dr Timothy Flynn
10.20 – 10.30 Question time
10.30 – 11.00 am Morning tea - time for trade exhibitors
11.00 - 11.40 am Do passive joint mobilizations improve the treatment outcome in patients with shoulder pain? - Dr Karen Ginn
11.40 – 11.55 am The influence of skill and low back pain on trunk postures and low back loads of shearer's - Stephan Milosavljevic
11.55 – 12.10 The graduated return to activity for low back pain: exploring the patient's perspective of physiotherapy - Meredith Perry
12.10 - 12.25 The anatomy and biomechanics of longus capitis and colli - Ewan Kennedy
12.25 – 12.35 Question time for morning session
12.35 – 1.40 pm Lunch - Time for Trade Exhibitors
1.40 – 2.20 pm Sub-Cranial Arthrokinematic Non-Thrust Manipulation - Stanley Paris
2.20 - 2.35 pm The reliability of measuring knee range of movement in response to submaximal pain created by increased neural tension during a modified slump test - Richard Ellis
2.35 – 2.50 pm The associations between free living activity and functional disability in an acute low back pain population - Stephan Milosavljevic
2.50 – 3.00 pm Question time for above session
3.00 – 3.40 pm Current evidence based practice for patellofemoral pain - Jenny McConnell
3.40 – 3.45 pm Presentation of prizes for the best 2 paper presentations (Keynote speakers not included)
3.45 – 3.50 pm Time to complete critiques on the conference. Ice Creams!
3.50 pm Close of conference
 
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