9:30-9:40 am Impact of joint hypermobility on the pattern of musculoskeletal morbidity in young and older dancers.
Rodney Grahame, CBE, MD, FRCP, FACP, FRSA, British Association of Performing Arts Medicine, London, UK; Alan Hakim, MA, MB, MRCP, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

9:45-9:55 am Functional flexibility versus pathological hypermobility in dancers: The paradigm is shifting.
Debra Crookshanks, BAppSc(Physio), Dance Department, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, S. Craig Phillips, BAppSc(Physio), Director, Dance Medicine Australia, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Movement Sessions

Room 3 Moderator: Shaw Bronner, PT, MHS, EdM, OCS, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Room 4 Moderator: Jan Dunn, MS, Boulder, Colorado, USA

9:00-10:00 am Dance lab: Using props for alignment and energetic connections in the dance class.
Dana Hash-Campbell, BFA, LMT, Long Island University Dance Department, Brooklyn, New York, USA

9:00-10:00 am Hands-on anatomy: Exploring breathing and the "abdominal cylinder."
Maureen O'Rourke, BFA, LMT, CNMT, New World School of the Arts Dance Division, Miami, Florida, USA

Room 2 Karen Potter, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

2:00-2:20 pm The truth about lactic acid: Good news for dancers.
Len Kravitz, PhD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

2:30-2:50 pm An investigation into how different types of stretching affect vertical jump performance in dancers.
Matthew Wyon, MSc, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall; Emma Redding, MSc, Laban, London; Martine Deighan, PhD, LABAN, London; UK

3:00-3:20 pm Effects of plyometric versus traditional weight training on power, strength, and jumping in female dancers.
Andrea Brown, BS; Tobin Wells, BS; Margaret Schade, BS; Denise Smith, PhD, Skidmore College; Patricia Fehling, PhD, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

3:30-3:50 pm Developing functional measures of dancer capacities: A case report.
Thomas M. Welsh, PhD, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

3:00-3:20 pm The doctor is in the house: Current attitudes of artistic directors to performing arts medicine.
Bonnie Robson, MD, DPsych, DCP, FRCP(C), Quinte Ballet School, Belleville, Ontario, Canada; Rosine Bena, Sierra Nevada Ballet, Reno, Nevada, USA

3:30-3:40 pm Do professional dancers have medical insurance?
Ralph K. Requa, MSPH; James G. Garrick, MD, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA

Movement Sessions

Room 3 Moderator: Suzanne Martin, PT, San Francisco, California, USA

Room 4 Moderator: Annemari Autere, Nice, France

3:00-4:00 pm Conditioning with elastic resistance bands: For ballet and beyond.
Jennifer Berry, MFA, BFA, University of California, Irvine, California, USA

3:00-4:00 pm Pilates' spine corrector (step barrel) class.
Jennifer Stacey, MS, Peak Performance Pilates, San Francisco, California, USA

4:30-4:50 pm Developing a description of specialized practice for physical therapy for performing artists.
Jennifer Gamboa, MPT, OCS, Body Dynamics, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Marshall Hagins, PhD, PT, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York; Tara Jo Manal, MPT, OCS, SCS, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

5:00-6:00 pm Are dancers born or made -- Implications for dance educators: A panel presentation.
Gigi Berardi, BA, MA, MS, PhD, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington; Kitty Daniels, BA, MA, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington; Linda Hamilton, PhD, New York City Ballet, New York, New York; James Garrick, MD, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California; Li Chiao-Ping, MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

4:30-4:50 pm Effects of strength and proprioceptive training on injury incidence associated with movement activity.
Carla Murgia, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, USA

5:00-5:10 pm Assessment of aerobic capacity in college-aged dancers using a non-exercise prediction model.
Jeffrey A. Russell, MS, ATC; Amy F. Luna, Rebekah J. Bradford, Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, USA 

5:15-5:35 pm The influence of core integration training (TM): A control group study.
Leigh Roberts, MPT, OCS, Universal Ballet Academy, Washington, DC; Jennifer Gamboa, MPT, OCS, Body Dynamics, Inc; Amy Eisenhower, MSPT; Andrea Watkins, PhD, Arlington Center for Dance, Arlington, Virginia, USA

5:45-5:55 pm Dance injuries: Their frequency, treatment and prevention in a collegiate dance medicine and training facility.
Ronald Nuttall, MS, ATC; Kathleen Thomas, MA, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

Movement Sessions

Room 3 Moderator: Marliese Kimmerle, PhD, Ontario, Canada

Room 4 Moderator: Jennifer Stacey, MS, San Francisco, California, USA

4:30-5:30 pm A safe and efficient warm-up: Some basic principles in preparing the body to dance.
Ruth Solomon, BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA

4:30-5:30 pm Letting balance take care of itself.
Annemari Autere, Associate Professor, Universite de Nice, France