The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will present new and timely research during its 68th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas.
If you’re looking for breaking news on youth sports safety, physical activity and mobility throughout life, concussions, sudden cardiac arrest, heat illness, ankle injury prevention and treatment, lower and upper extremity sports health issues, among a wide range of other topics, please join NATA for this annual convention.
In addition, NATA will host a national press conference, “Reducing Your Risk of Osteoarthritis: What You Can Do, What the Research Says” on Tuesday, June 27, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time (George R. Brown Convention Center, Room 330). Medical experts will unveil new research from a special osteoarthritis (OA) issue of the Journal of Athletic Training, NATA’s scientific publication, available online that morning. The issue addresses compelling and new research regarding knee OA, prevention and management recommendations, quality of life issues, sports participation, surgical and non-surgical options and exercise programs.
View the entire meeting program.
Also included in the full program are Free Communications; these sessions are administered by the NATA Foundation and include oral and poster presentations.
All sessions listed below will be held in the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Tuesday, June 27
Best Practices Forum
8:15 a.m-9:15 a.m.
Room 360
Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life in Those with Ankle Instability
Exertional Heat Illness in Younger Athletes
Special Topics
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Room 372
Nutrition and Female Athlete Considerations in Bone Stress Injuries
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Grand Ballroom C
Fill Your Hands: Emergency Preparedness and Management for the Sport Setting
Best Practices Forum: Considerations for the Athletic Trainer When Implementing Computerized Neurocognitive Testing
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Room 360
Free Communications: Oral Presentation: The PROS of Knee Function
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Room 361
Differences in Quality of Life among Patients after Knee Surgery
Free Communications: Oral Presentations: Concussion in the Tactical Athlete
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Room 360
Concussion Disclosure Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors among First Year Service Academy Cadets
Factors Associated with Delayed Concussion Reporting in Military Academy Cadets
Special Topic: Athletic Trainers in the Operating Room: Expanding the Role of the Athletic Trainer
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom C
Feature Presentation: Improving Ankle Sprain Outcomes Using an Impairment-Based Model
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
General Assembly A
Effective Ankle Sprain Rehabilitation Interventions
An Impairment-Based Rehabilitation Paradigm for Ankle Sprains
Maximizing Ankle Sprain Rehabilitation Using Clinical Prediction Rules
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
Session: Have You Seen This? The Role of Vision Training in Performance
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Grand Ballroom A
Feature Presentation: Catastrophic Sports Injury and Illnesses among U.S. College and High School Athletes
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
General Assembly A
Catastrophic Traumatic Injuries in Sport
Catastrophic Heat and Exertional-Related Conditions among Athletes
Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death among Athletes
Special Topics:
ATs Role in Policy Development and Care of Gender Transitioning Individuals
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Room 362
Are We Doing Enough: Using a Sports-Science Approach to Ensure Readiness of our Military Forces
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom C
Feature Presentation: New Paradigms in the Management of the Thrower’s Shoulder
9:15-11:15 a.m.
General Assembly A
Pathomechanics of the Thrower’s Shoulder
Precise Role of the Labrum
Surgical Pearls and Rehab Techniques
Thursday, June 29
Free Communication RapidFire Presentations: Injury Surveillance and Epidemiology
7:00 a.m-7:45 a.m.
Room 371
Free Communications Thematic Poster Presentations: Concussion Policy and Legislation
7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Room 361
Best Practice Forum: Translating Time Loss into Wins and Losses: Strategies for Promoting Injury Prevention
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Room 360
Free Communication RapidFire Presentations: Shoulder Pain: Clinical Presentation and Management
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Room 371
Observational Scapular Dyskinesis
Let Them Play! Conservative Management of the High School Athlete’s Unstable Shoulder Results in Return to Sport
Special Topic: What’s Psyche Got To Do With It? An AT Guide to Psychosocial Strategies and Concepts
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Room 372
Feature Presentation: Head Impact Sensor Technology: How Will This Impact Athletic Training Care in the Future
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
General Assembly A
Free Communications RapidFire Presentations: Concussion as a Downer: Mental Health after Injury
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
Room 371
The Association of Sport-Related Concussions and Symptoms of Depression in High School Athletes
The Impact of Multiple Sport-Related Concussions on the Health-Related Quality of Life in High School Athletes
Feature Presentation: Neurocognitive, Psychosocial and Visuomotor Aspects of Musculoskeletal Injury Risk
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
General Assembly A
Feature Presentation: Enhancing Safety of Secondary School Athletes through Policy Change
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
General Assembly A
Current Status of Evidence-Based Best Practice Recommendations in Secondary School Athletics
State High School Athletics Policy Change Successes and Barriers: results from the Collaborative Solutions for Sports Safety Meeting
Examining Sports Safety Policies in Secondary Schools: An Analysis of State’s Progress toward and Barriers to Policy Implementation