Schedule at a Glance
Plenary and Scientific Sessions will be broadcast live to our virtual attendees during the conference and available later on-demand. In fact, all plenary and concurrent sessions will be recorded on-site and available to you for a full year after the event.
Please Note: All times are listed in Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Thursday, October 7, 2021
8:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Registration
- In-Person Registration Information
11:45 AM to 1:45 PM
Pre-Conference Institutes (2-Hour)
- The Peripheral Nervous System: Interactive Dissection with a Surgeon/Therapist Team
- What Should I Do With this Hand?? Clinical Reasoning for the Treatment of the Stiff Hand
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference Institutes (4-Hour)
- Hands On Orthotics: Fabricating Functional Orthosis to Maximize Function
- Manual Therapy for the Elbow: Distracting, Gapping, and Gliding to Improve Patient Outcomes
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference Institutes (2-Hour)
- Find It, Fix It: Anatomy and Provocative Tests of the Upper Quadrant
- The Future of Finger and Partial-Hand Prostheses in Clinical Practice: An Inter-Professional Approach to the Psychosocial Impacts of Amputation, Current Prosthetic Innovations and Practical Tools for Implementing Care
4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Plenary Session 1: Opening Session - LIVE STREAM
- Gateway to the Nervous System: A Panel of Nerve Experts
- Not Just Nerves – Looking Beyond the Brachial Plexus To Improve Outcomes
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, October 8, 2021
6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Registration
- In-Person Registration Information
6:30 AM to 7:30 AM
New Member / First-Time Attendee Networking Event
- New Member / First-Time Attendee Welcome Breakfast
7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session I
- Amplifying the Patient’s Voice for Excellence in Hand and Upper Extremity Care: The Value of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
- Clinical Manual Assessment of the Wrist
- Translating Science into Practice: Keys to Optimize Patient Outcomes using Best Evidence
- When a “Zebra” comes to Hand Therapy: Intervention for those with Joint Hypermobility - (Available on the Virtual Platform ONLY)
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
In-Person Exhibit Hall Open Hours
- In-Person Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Plenary Session 2 - LIVE STREAM
- Keeping “The Upper Hand” on Tendon Injuries in Adult and Children
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Scientific Session I - LIVE STREAM
- Sponsored by the American Hand Therapy Foundation
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Virtual Exhibit Hall
- Check out the interactive Virtual Exhibit Hall!
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch Sessions
- Leadership Through Volunteerism…Stewards of Service | 12:30 - 2:00PM
- Mentor Mixer | 1:00 - 2:00PM
- Preparing for the CHT Exam – Presented by HTCC | 12:30 - 1:30PM
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Plenary Session 3 - LIVE STREAM
- 2021 Presidential Address: Change in Our Communities
- ASHT Presidential Invited: Our American Dilemma: Placing an Equity Lens of the Quest for Diversity and Inclusion
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Plenary Session 4 - LIVE STREAM
- The Multifactorial Nature of Health Equity
4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Orfit Industries America - “A Learning Hour” (Available on the Virtual Platform ONLY)
- Orfit Industries America - “A Learning Hour”
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Instructional Concurrent Session II
- A Guide to Orthotics Billing and Reimbursement
- Conservative Management of Peri-scapular Nerve Palsies
- Optimizing Patient Outcomes After Traumatic Elbow Injuries
- The Transition Phase for Returning to Golf
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
American Hand Therapy Foundation Happy Hour with a Scholar
This lecture will be offered as a LIVE STREAM presentation for our in-person and virtual attendees. This event will not be recorded and will not be available as part of the on-demand content.
This lecture will be offered as a LIVE STREAM presentation for our in-person and virtual attendees. This event will not be recorded and will not be available as part of the on-demand content.
- No Crying in Innovation
Saturday, October 9, 2021
6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Registration
- In-Person Registration Information
7:15 AM to 8:15 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session III
- Everything You Want to Know about Thumb Basal Joint Arthritis
- Hands-On Neuromuscular Re-education Techniques for the Wrist and Forearm!
- Silicone Implant Arthroplasty for Proximal Interphalangeal Joints
- The Athlete: Surgeon and Therapist Management Strategies for Injuries to the Wrist and Hand
8:15 AM to 8:30 AM
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session IV
- Beyond Xiaflex & McCash: Needle Aponeurotomy, Radiotherapy & Rehabilitation for Recurrent Dupuytren’s Disease
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome from a Pain Management Perspective
- Complex Traumatic Hand Injuries: Embrace the Challenge to Maximize Patient Outcomes
- Staged Approach to Surgery and Rehabilitation after Complex Penetrating Arm Trauma
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
In-Person Exhibit Hall Open Hours
- In-Person Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Scientific Session II - LIVE STREAM
- Sponsored by the American Hand Therapy Foundation
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Plenary Session 5 - LIVE STREAM
- ASHT 2021 Business Meeting & Emerging Issues
- Incoming Presidential Address: Out of the Fry Pan and into the Fire
- Practice Division Update: Policy Trends & Hand Therapy Practice
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Virtual Exhibit Hall
- Check out the interactive Virtual Exhibit Hall!
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Lunch Sessions
- Grab a Bite and Build Your Network | 2:00 - 3:00PM
- International Invited Lecturer Luncheon: Hand Therapy Volunteerism in the Time of Pandemic | 1:30 - 3:00PM
- Research "Speed Dating" | 2:00 - 3:00PM
3:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Plenary Session 6 - LIVE STREAM
- AAHS Presidential Invited: Compression Neuropathy in the Upper Extremity
- Nathalie Barr Lecture: Reflection and Change During Unprecedented Times
4:45 PM to 5:15 PM
5:15 PM to 6:00 PM
Plenary Session 7 - LIVE STREAM
- International Invited Guest Lecture: Optimizing Outcomes with Nerve Transfers: Perspectives on Patient Selection, Surgery and Rehabilitation
6:15 PM to 6:45 PM
Instructional Concurrent Session V
- Looking Up: Evaluating the Cervical Spine and Understanding It's Contribution to Upper Extremity Dysfunction
- Research Design: Problem-Oriented Methodological Design
- Restoring Hand Function After Partial Hand Amputation
- Restoring Upper Extremity Function in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
6:45 PM to 7:45 PM
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
ASHT Night Out
- Badge Around Town
Sunday, October 10, 2021
6:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Registration
- In-Person Registration Information
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session VI
- A Musician-Centered Approach to Management of Performance-related Upper Musculoskeletal Injuries - (Available on the Virtual Platform ONLY)
- Breathe Better: Tools to Improve Your Health and to Enhance Your Treatments
- Interventions for the Stiff Finger
- Late-Presenting Congenital Hand and Upper Limb Differences: A Collaborative, Patient-Centered Approach to Assessment and Therapeutic Management
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM
8:45 AM to 9:45 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session VII
- Elastic Taping Techniques to Prevent and Manage Common Performance Related Musician Injuries - (Available on the Virtual Platform ONLY)
- Hand Therapy for Survivors of Gun Shot Wounds: An Evidence-Based Approach for Holistic Care from the Culturally-Responsive Therapist
- Zooming into Telehealth
8:45 AM to 10:45 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session VIII
- All Time is Not Equal: Tissue Healing as a Paradigm for Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Making in the Case of a Student Athlete
9:45 AM to 10:00 AM
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Instructional Concurrent Session VIII
- Applying Self-Management Support in Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy: Considering Excellence and Equity to Co-Produce Health
- Rotator Cuff Pathology - Current Evidence and Clinical Tips for an Effective Assessment and Management of the Non-Surgical Shoulder
- We Are What We Eat—Nutrition and Wound Care: Implications for the Hand Therapist in Promoting Wellness