Awards

Here are the award winners of past Research Contests. For information about this year’s contest, go here. Awards are subject to change annually at the discretion of the AFDMA.

2024 Winners of the AFDMA World Congress Research Contest.

Category: Writing/Paper

First place: $1000 cash prize

Amin Mohammadi – Investigating the Combined Effects of Fascial Distortion Model Manual Therapy and Balance–Strength Training in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability

Second Place: $500 cash prize

Allison Fullenkamp – The Fascial Distortion Model in Military Aircrew with Chronic Neck Pain: A Case Study

Third Place: $250 cash prize

Piotr Rybacki – Using the Fascial Distortion Model and Typaldos Manual Therapy to Treat Acute Clavicle Fracture and Second Degree Acromioclavicular Sprain.

Category: Presentation

Tie for First:

Allison Fullenkamp – The Fascial Distortion Model in Military Aircrew with Chronic Neck Pain: A Case Study

Jessica Pelletier, DO – Osteopathic Manipulation and its Applicability in the Emergency Department: A Narrative Review

Third place:

Piotr Rybacki – Using the Fascial Distortion Model and Typaldos Manual Therapy to Treat Acute Clavicle Fracture and Second Degree Acromioclavicular Sprain.

2022 Winners of Biennial Journal Publications Contest

Grand Prize – $500

Joshua Boucher, DO  – Manual Therapy Informed by the Fascial Distortion Model for Plantar Heel Pain: Results of a Single-Arm Prospective Effectiveness Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34185582/

Second Place – $400

Jessica Pelletier, DO  – A Case of Chronic Postoperative Abdominal Wall Pain Successfully Treated with Fascial Distortion Model

Third Place – $300

Thomas Kincheloe IV, DO – The Recovery of Functional Mobility with a Long-Term Nursing Facility Patient Utilizing the Fascial Distortion Model: A Case Study https://meridian.allenpress.com/aaoj/article/31/3/23/470653/Recovery-of-Functional-Mobility-with-a-Long-Term

Fourth Place – $200

Adrian Rogala – The impact of Fascial Distortion Model on Shoulder Girdle Dysfunction
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359803992_The_impact_of_Fascial_Distortion_Model_on_shoulder_girdle_dysfunction

Fifth Place

Resnick – Reduction of Shoulder Supraspinatus Calcification with Fascial Distortion Model

 

2021 Winners of the Annual Research Contest

Joshua Boucher, DO – Free one-year AFDMA membership – Manual Therapy Informed by the Fascial Distortion Model for Plantar Heel Pain: Results of a Single-Arm Prospective Effectiveness Study

Michelle McDonough – FDM poster – A Novel Treatment for a Common Condition: Utilizing Fascial Distortion Model (FDM) technique to treat an Acute Ankle Injury, a Case Report

Thomas Kincheloe IV, DO – FDM textbook –  Recovery of Functional Mobility with a Long-Term Nursing Facility Patient Utilizing the Fascial Distortion Model: A Case Study

Fatimah Alkathiri – $50 off next module – Evaluating the Effect of the Fascial Distortion Model (FDM) in the Management of Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Function Disability: A Single Case Study

Benjamin Green, OMS IV & Jennifer Ribar, DO – FDM poster – Using the Fascial Distortion Model to Achieve Baseline Functionality After a Hamstring Tear