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Please note that sessions and presenters are subject to change.
Last revised May 17, 2021.
Use the tabs below to see the daily schedules.

Please note that sessions and presenters are subject to change.
Last revised May 17, 2021.
Use the tabs below to see the daily schedules.
| 7:00 am | Zena Rommett Floor-BarreTM - Instructor: LuAnn Leonard | |
| 8:00 | Symposium Announcemens - Lauren Elson, MD and Chandler Thompson, DMA, MS - 2021 Symposium Committee Co-chairs | |
| 8:05 | Music Teachers: The "Prevention" Buck Stops Here (Panel Presentation) - Judy Palac, DMA (Panel Chair); Kris Chesky, PhD; Paola Savvidou, DMA; Vanessa Mulvey, MM, LBME | |
| 9:05 | Musicians’ Health Literacy: The Missing Piece in the Musicians’ Health Promotion Puzzle (Panel Presesntation) - Bronwen Ackermann, BSc, MPH, PhD (Panel Chair); Suzanne Wijsman, BA (hons), BMus, MA, MM, DMA; Bridget Rennie-Salonen, PhD; Christine Guptill, BMus, BSc, MS(OT), PhD | |
| 10:05 | Break | Poster Session 1 | |
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Plenary Session | |
| 10:15 | A Human Movement Science Perspective on Gross Motor Behaviours during Piano Performance: A Case Comparison of Two Expert Pianists - Peter Visentin, MMus | |
| 10:30 | A Health Lesson from the Performing Arts: How Clinicians can Perform Better - Nikos Reissis, MD, PhD; presented by Hara Trouli, MD | |
| 10:45 | The Knowledge of Musicians about Hearing and its Protection - Varvara Roussou, MSc, BSc | |
| 11:00 | Healthy Practice: Developing Health Promotion Interventions for Performers - Claire Cordeaux, MSc, BA | |
| 11:15 | Concussion and Head Impact Trends in Film and Television Stunt Performers - Ariana Senn, MS, ATC | |
| 11:30 - 12:45 pm | Plenary Session | |
| 11:30 | Effects of First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Mobility and Posture on Young Ballet Dancer’s Ability to Assume En Pointe - Kimberly Veirs, ATC, MPT, PhD | |
| 11:45 | Injury Prevalence and Etiology in Indian Classical Dance - Kelli Sharp, DPT | |
| 12:00 pm | Concussion Recovery in Two Dancers: A Case Study - Lauren McIntyre, ATC | |
| 12:15 | Are there Mental Risk Factors for Injuries among Contemporary Dance Students? Diana van Winden, MSc | |
| 12:30 | Characteristics and Evidence-Based Definition of a Unique Form of Musician’s Dystonia: Results from an Epidemiological Survey of Brass Musicians - Eric Wallace, DMA, MM, BM | |
| 12:45 - 1:30 | Lunch Break | Poster Session 1 and Session 2 | Committee Meetings | Participant Performances Session 1 Committee Meetings - Membership Committee/Young Professionals Committee; Research Committee; Professional Standards and Behavior Committee (Zoom rooms will be posted for these meetings) Participant Performances! Performers to be announced |
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| 1:30 | Invited Speaker - Actress Ivory Aquino | |
| 2:15 - 3:15 | Workshop Session (these sessions run concurrently) | |
| Hand and Arm Examination and Assessment - Scott Homer, MD, BMus | ||
| Whole Body Movement for Exquisite Musical Expression & Musculoskeletal Health - Vanessa Mulvey, MM, LBME | ||
| ‘The Whole Me’ - Student Musicians’ Experiences of Body Mapping as Somatic Learning: Research Data, Practical Teaching Applications, and Interactive Demonstrations - Bridget Rennie-Salonen, PhD | ||
| Jump Conditioning for the Dancer during and Post-COVID19 Pandemic: Reconditioning Safely at Home - Emily Sandow, DPT, PT, MS | ||
| Myofascial Pain Syndrome among Musicians: An Underdiagnosed Disorder which Impacts Musicians’ Performance and Quality of Life - Ana Zão, MD, MSc | ||
| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break | Poster Session 2 | |
| 3:30 - 4:30 | Workshop Session (these sessions run concurrently) | |
| The Somatic Toll of Shared Flesh. Landscaping Actor & Character Towards Self-Care - Sara Lovett, MA, BFA | ||
| Reconnecting with Ease: An Introduction to Dispokinesis - Julia Tom, BA, MA | ||
| Highlighting Somatic Awareness - Using Breath and Movement to Complement A Mindful Practice - Judith Steel, MA | ||
| Injury Prevention and Understanding the Biomechanics of Indian Classical Dance - Pranamya Suri, MD | ||
| Electromyography Based Functional Neuromuscular Diagnosis and Biofeedback-training in Musicians´ Health - Dirk Möller, PhD, PT, Dipl-Sportwiss | ||
| 4:30 - 4:45 | Break | |
| 4:45 | PAMA Annual Meeting | |
| 5:45 | Adjourn |
Use of 4D Facial Scanner in Musician’s Dentistry: Facial Surface Analysis while Playing the Recorder - Mariko Hattori, DDS, PhD
The Impact of COVID-19 on Collegiate Student-Musicians - Brian McGoldrick, MM
Musician Eye Strain during Covid-19 as Related to Screen Exposure in Higher Education - Andrea Pinder, BA, MM and Chia-Wen Chen BFA, MM
An Examination of Music Majors’ Exercise Motivations and Readiness for Change - Jason Ruggieri, PhD
Sound Performers Canada, a research project investigating the utility of an online and blended learning course for occupational resiliency and health literacy among post-secondary music students - Teri Slade, MA, BMus
The "Treble" with Music in Medical School: A Needs Assessment for Music Performance Opportunities amongst Undergraduate Medical Students - Alexander Tu, BA
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart: Understanding Health Beliefs and Knowledge Regarding Cardiovascular Diseases among Professional Musicians and Music Students - Lisa-Christin Wetzlmair, BA, BSc, MSc
Perfectionism and Musician Identity in College Music Students - Elaine Whitmire, BMus, MM, PD
Acculturative Stress among Music Majors - Jingshu Zhao, DMA, MM, BA
Posterior Tibial Nerve Entrapment in a Classical Ballet Dancer - Alison Deleget, MS, ATC
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction as a Sequela of Hip Injury in a Dancer: A Case Study - Heather Heineman, DPT
Treating Common Peroneal Nerve Entrapment with Neural Hydrodissection in Collegiate and Professional Dancers - Steven Karageanes, DO
Compensatory Tibial Torsion as a Component of Ballet Turnout - Alissa Mirochnitchenko, MS
Assessment of Physical Fitness and Body Composition in First-Year Collegiate Dancers - Barry Parker, PhD
Hypermobility in Dancers: Literature Review - Lucie Rayner, BSc, MSc