ANPT Balance and Falls Special Interest Group

ANPT Balance and Falls Special Interest Group


Latest Episodes

B&F SIG: Planning the Perfect CSM 2025 (if you love balance training & fall prevention)
January 07, 2025

Whether you plan to attend in-person or watch on-demand, our host Marissa Lyon highlights an itinerary of education sessions, platform presentations, and poster sessions that will elevate your knowled

B&F SIG: Balancing the Needs of a Small Business and it’s Community with Jason Adour
November 25, 2024

Jason Adour, founder of Maine Strong Balance Center, speaks to me about the opportunities and challenges of starting and maintaining a small business focused on balance and falls while trying to treat

B&F SIG: Mike Studer on Dual-Task Balance Training and Very Fast Birds
October 12, 2024

For this episode, I speak to Dr. Mike Studer about dual-task balance training, including what it is and what it isn't, the benefits of this training modality, dosing dual-task balance training, the ef

Balance & Falls SIG: Capacity vs Performance
September 13, 2024

We talk to neurologic physical therapist, Nick Wendel, from the Center for Neurorehabilitation at Boston University about balance capcity and balance performance. We discuss measurement of performance

Balance & Falls SIG: Sara Oxborough from the Telehealth Taskforce
January 14, 2024

Sara Oxborough, who currently serves on the ANPT Telehealth Task Force and previously served on the MN APTA Telehealth Task force, discusses the October 2023 publication and resources published on the

Balance & Falls SIG: Genotype impact on falls & tDCS with Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee
December 03, 2023

In this episode we have a conversation with Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, assistant professor at Drexel University about her work both in the area of COMT genotype (variations of a gene involved in dopamin

Balance & Falls SIG: Perturbation Training for Fall Prevention with Dr. Tanvi Bhatt Episode 12
October 29, 2023

Winner of the 2023 Balance & Falls SIG Research Award, Dr. Tanvi Bhatt shares her journey to physical therapy research, contemporary evidence on perturbation training, why having your patient catch a

Balance & Falls SIG: Perturbation-Based Balance Training with J.J. Mowder-Tinney Episode 11
January 20, 2023

In this episode of the Balance & Falls Special Interest Group Podcast, Host Marissa Lyon speaks with J.J. Mowder-Tinney. Dr. Mowder-Tinney was awarded the Best Poster Presenter at the ANPT Annual Conf

Balance & Falls SIG: Conversation with SIG Leadership Episode 10
January 06, 2023

Conversation with the leaders of the Balance & Falls SIG, Debbie Espy (Chair), Jen Nash (Chair-elect), Laura Jacobs (Nominating committee), Nate Casey (Secretary), and Michele Collins (Vice chair).

Spreading the Evidence: Integrating Evidence in Practice
July 18, 2022

In this episode, physical therapist and clinician, Jonathan Kinzinger, shares his story of finding evidence that he could apply to practice. Resources such as the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the