Conference Program
Featured Content:
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Keynote speakers
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talks
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posters
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demonstrations
Keynote Speakers
Day 1 Keynote
"The Importance of Body Awareness for Pain Management: Using Touch to Teach Interoceptive Attention and Regulation Skills"
Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT, Center for Mindful Body Awareness and Research
Day 2 Keynote
"Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Human Somatosensation"
Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience
Symposium Speakers
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia University
Victoria Abraira, PhD
Department of Cell Biology
& Neuroscience
Rutgers University
Gerard Ahern, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Georgetown University
Jennifer Bent, MPT
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Duke University Health System
Laura Case, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology
UC San Diego
Alice Chen, DO
Department of Family Medicine, Centers for Integrative Health
UC San Diego
Arin Ellingson, PhD
Minnesota Rehabilitation Biomechanics Lab
University of Minnesota
Gregory Gerling, PhD
Department of Systems & Information Engineering
University of Virginia
Charles Greenspon, PhD
Dept. of Neurological Surgery
The University of Chicago
Alisa Johnson, PhD, LMT
Pain Research Center
National Center for Complementary and
Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Damian Keter, PT, DPT, PhD
U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs
David Lipps, PhD
School of Kinesiology
University of Michigan
Terry Loghmani, PhD, PT
Department of
Physical Therapy
Indiana University Indianapolis
Jonathan Lowery, PhD,
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Marian University
Ellen Lumpkin, PhD
Department of Molecular
and Cell Biology
UC Berkeley
Bill Reed, DC, PhD
Department of Physical Therapy
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Siddhartha Sikdar, PhD,
Department of Bioengineering
George Mason University
Alex Tuttle, PhD,
Basic and Mechanistic Research
National Center for Complementary and
Integrative Health (NINCCIH)
Max Tischfield, PhD,
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University
Chengyi Xu, PhD,
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Symposium Topics
Symposium 1 - Clinical Studies & Therapeutic Outcomes
"Force-Based Manipulation of Spinal Lymphatic Drainage for Pain States"
Victoria Abraira and Max Tischfield
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"Deconstructing Healing During Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: Studying the Role of
Pain Beliefs and the Autonomic Nervous System in Fibromyalgia"
Laura Case and Alice Chen
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"Mechanistic Research that Matters: Considerations in Developing Clinically Meaningful
Translational Research"
Damian Keter
"Clinical Pain Measures in Research"
Alisa Johnson
"The Hand of Humanity: Re-imagining Manual Therapy from Mechanical Lever to Ecological Catalyst"
Jennifer Bent and Terry Loghmani
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"Effects of Thoracic Manipulation with Trigger Point Therapy on Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study"​
Bill Reed
Symposium 2 - Biomechanics, Imaging, & Quantification
"Dynamic Imaging of Fascia and Muscle Tissue During Force Based Manipulation"
Siddhartha Sikdar
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"From Motion to Mechanism: Dynamic Imaging and Modeling of Spinal Function"
Arin Ellingson
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"Effects of Myofascial Massage and Patient-therapist Communication Levels on Shoulder Muscle Properties in Breast Cancer Survivors With Myofascial Pain"
David Lipps
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"Imaging 3D Displacement and Strain Through the Skin, Muscle, and Fascia"
Greg Gerling and Charles Greenspon
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"DigiSkin: A Large-Area, Personalizable Electronic Skin Platform for Dynamic Force Quantification"
Chengyi Xu​​
Symposium 3 - Cellular, Molecular, & Neural Mechanisms
"Force-Parameterized Affective Touch: Real-Time Oxytocin Dynamics and Neural Circuit
Mechanisms of Affective"
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor and Victoria Abraira
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"The Molecular Basis for Force-Induced Hyperemia in Skeletal Muscle"
Gerard Ahern
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"Mind-Body Mechanisms of Soft Tissue Manipulation in Rat Low Back Pain"
Jonathan Lowery and Terry Loghmani