International Conference on Physiotherapies August 17-19, 2015 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Paul S Sung is Associate Professor in Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Scranton, Scranton Pennsylvania. He conducted his research fellowship at the Iowa Spine Research Center, Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine as well as the American Physical Therapy Association. His research interests include the mechanisms of chronic low back pain, sports injury mechanism, spine biomechanics, and non-operative spine care and its clinical application to neuromuscular control.

Paul S Sung research interests include the mechanisms of chronic low back pain, sports injury mechanism, spine biomechanics, and non-operative spine care and its clinical application to neuromuscular control.

Umasankar Mohanty, BPT (Hons), MPT (Manual Therapy), SRP (London), MISEP, MIAP, FAGE, PhD is the founder and President of Manual Therapy Foundation of India®. He is the Elected President of The Indian Association of Physiotherapists. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy from premier Institute of India SVNIRTAR, Cuttack in 1998 and completed Masters in Manipulative Therapy from Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal in 2001. He has completed his PhD from Mangalore University from the Dept of Physical Education and Sports in 2012. He has 32 publications in international reputed journals and magazines. He has one million visitors in You tube for his manual therapy videos. He is author of the book titled “Manual Therapy of the Pelvic Complex, A compendium of illustrated manual therapy techniques”. He is an international acclaimed Manual Therapy teacher and has trained 12,536 physiotherapists across the globe. He is PhD guide at Lovely Professional University, India.

He has 32 publications in international reputed journals and magazines. He has one million visitors in You tube for his manual therapy videos. He is author of the book titled “Manual Therapy of the Pelvic Complex, A compendium of illustrated manual therapy techniques”. He is an international acclaimed Manual Therapy teacher and has trained 12,536 physiotherapists across the globe. He is PhD guide at Lovely Professional University, India.

Anand Shetty is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of St. Mary. He is also the Co-Director of Research in the department. Currently he teaches anatomy, exercise physiology, and a series of research courses. He received his doctoral degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado. He has published and presented numerous articles on obesity and a frequent invited speaker on obesity and nutrition. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. anand.shetty@yahoo.com

He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience.

She is an associate professor at the University of Hartford, teaching the adult neurologic rehabilitation content. Dr. Veneri earned her Neurology Clinical Specialist credentials in 2008 and is currently serving as a Clinical Content Expert for the Specialization Academy of Clinical Experts (SACE). Diana earned her EdD from the University of Hartford. She has been a physical therapist since 1986. veneri@hartford.edu

Dr. Veneri earned her Neurology Clinical Specialist credentials in 2008 and is currently serving as a Clinical Content Expert for the Specialization Academy of Clinical Experts (SACE).

Maruti Ram Gudavalli has completed his PhD at University of Cincinnati in 1989 and has been doing research on low back pain and neck pain. He is currently employed as an Associate Professor and Director of Biomechanics Core at Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research. He has received research funding from federal government agencies such as National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Health Resources and Services Administration. He acted as roles of principal investigator, co-leader as well as co-investigator on developmental Center grants and received funding in these roles on grants totaling more than $10M over the years. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member on evidence based complementary and alternative medicine journal. He has lectured all over the world on his research related to low back and neck pain. Gudavalli_r@palmer.edu

He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member on evidence based complementary and alternative medicine journal. He has lectured all over the world on his research related to low back and neck pain.

Yuri Yoshida has completed her PhD degree from University of Delaware and Postdoctoral studies from University of Utah. She is an Assistant Professor at University of Evansville. She is currently investigating a new gait training with utilizing eccentric contraction of quadriceps for individuals after knee replacements. Yy25@evansville.edu

She is currently investigating a new gait training with utilizing eccentric contraction of quadriceps for individuals after knee replacements.