UPFRONT | News 25 years of service, and the new chair Dr. Greg Kawchuk of Edmonton. Dr. Kawchuk, one of the profession’s leading researchers, holds the Canada Research Chair in Spinal Function in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta. He delivered a keynote lecture in the opening session called, Palpation and Emerging Technologies for Assessment of the Spine in Chiropractic Practice. In this session, he explained how emerging objective tech-nologies such as ultrasound and EMG will increasingly re-place subjective palpation to measure joint motion and other biomechanical function, similar to the use of technology for other functions such as body temperature, vision and hearing. Canada’s two representatives on the WFC executive coun-cil were also featured speakers at the Congress. Dr. Greg Stewart of Winnipeg, a past-president of the CCA and cur-rently WFC first vice-president, spoke at the forum on long-term contracts for care, where issues of appropriateness of various terms and forms of contract were debated. Dr. Deb-orah Kopansky-Giles of CMCC presented a lecture on the evidence-based management of chronic spine pain disorders. Dr. Jean Moss, president of the CMCC, received one of the three WFC Honour Awards. These awards, the highest offered by the WFC, acknowledge those who have given distinguished and exceptional service during their career to advance the in-ternational growth of the chiropractic profession. Since 1991, there have been 24 recipients of these honour awards. The three past Canadian recipients are Dr. Donald Sutherland, Dr. William Kirkaldy-Willis – both 1991 recipients – and Dr. David Cassidy, who received the award in 2009. Other recipients of WFC Honour Awards were Mr. Kent Greenawalt, CEO of Foot Levelers USA, and Dr. Anthony Metcalfe, a past-president of the British Chiropractic Associa-tion, the European Chiropractors’ Union and the WFC. The FICS Symposium offered three prizes for best original research in the field of sports chiropractic. First prize, for a paper titled, The Immediate Effect of Sham Laser and Three Different Spinal Manipulative Protocols on Kicking Speed in Soccer Players, was awarded to Drs. Kyle Deutschmann, Andrew Jones and Charmaine Korporaal of South Africa. Second and third prizes went to research teams led by faculty members from CMCC. Dr. Glen Harris and col-leagues won second prize for their paper, The Effects of Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization and Sham Microcurrent Therapy on Hamstring Flexibility When Per-formed on the Plantar Fascia of Healthy Subjects: A Pilot Study. Dr. Mohsen Kazemi and colleagues received third prize for their paper titled, The Combined Effect of Creatine and Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation on Blood Lac-tate and Anaerobic Power in Young Taekwondo Players. BY DAvID CHAPmAN-SmITH InterContinental Toronto Centre Featured Speakers: Brian Goldman, MD, CBC Radio Host Aaron Barth, Ph.D., Principal at Dialectic Strategies Dr. Steve Burnie, DC David Soberman, PhD, MBA, BSc -Chemical Eng. Bruna Chiarelli, President of Chiroworks Consulting Dr. Scott D. Howitt, DC Michael Mattalo, Founder and Managing Partner of Fifth P Dr. Shawn Thistle, DC Paul Chato, President, Gargantuan Productions Peter Reitano, Spark Internet Marketing register now at www.chiropractic.on.ca 16 Canadian Chiropractor September 2013 OCA conference ad September half page.indd 1 www.canadianchiropractor.ca 2013-08-27 7:22 AM OctOber 5, 2013 OCA Annual Conference
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