Plenary Session 5

Sunday, 18 October 2009 09:00 - 10:40, Grand Ballroom

Chair Mrs Amy J Geach Riverina Hand Therapy 
The Impact of Absorbable Sutures in Hand Surgery
  • Ms Colette Zemljic, Mater Adults Hospital, Brisbane
  • Ms Lee O'Brien, Mater Adults Hospital, Brisbane
Early sensory re-learning after median nerve repair: a case study
  • Ms Birgit Svens, Occupational Therapy Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
Research in the hand therapy: the pearls and pitfalls for the clinician
  • Ms Barbara J Hall, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
What is the Most Effective Outcome Tool for Hand Therapy?
  • Philip Gabel
Factor Structure and clinimetric properties of the Upper Limb Functional Index (ULFI) using a three point scoring option. Investigation in a physical therapy outpatient population
  • Philip Gabel
The Things that Grip Strength Can Tell You and The Things it Can't
  • Dr Anita Clerke, Hand Therapist
The Pearls And Pitfalls Of Implementing Criteria Led Discharge In A Public Hospital Setting
  • Ms Kate Rundus, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
  • Ms Helen Walsh, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital