2010 AAP Annual Meeting Call for Papers and Posters

The intent of these oral presentations is to convey the nature of high-quality research practice to the meeting participants. These paper presentations will allow researchers to present their theoretical perspectives, the process by which they developed their research questions, the methodology, and statistical analysis in detail, and to allow audience members to participate in interactive discussion. Papers for this session should be experimental in nature, and will be chosen not only for their intrinsic scientific merit, but also for their educational value in illustrating the research process.

Each poster will be presented in the usual format on a 4' x 6' poster board in the exhibit area. The poster presentation is an exhibit providing a forum for a one-to-one, in-depth discussion using narrative and visual material to display and communicate the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of a specific study. The use of visual material -- such as photographs, charts, and diagrams -- is very important. The presenting author, as the resource person or consultant, should be present at specified times on the days of presentation to engage in discussion with interested individuals.

PUBLICATION OF ABSTRACT

1. Abstracts presented at the Annual Meeting will be published in an Official Supplement to the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, to be distributed as a printed booklet at the meeting. Abstracts presented at the meeting will also be published online at www.AJPMR.com, the official website of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. This online version of the Journal is indexed and searchable on Medline and other major medical databases such as OVID. Selected abstracts presented at the meeting will also be published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation print issue.
2. One of the listed authors is required to register and attend the AAP Annual Meeting. Only one of the listed authors may present one poster per day. After an abstract has been submitted and accepted, changes to authors will be prohibited. Failure to comply with the aforementioned will result in the abstract being withdrawn from all printed material, including the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (www.AJPMR.com).

COPYRIGHT

All authors must complete, sign, and return the copyright transfer once the abstract has been accepted for presentation. A scientific paper/poster abstract cannot be published or presented if the copyright transfer is not completed, signed, and returned.

IMPORTANT DATES

• October 16, 2009 (11:59 PM ET) - Deadline for online submission of all abstracts.

• November 15, 2009 - Those accepted to display their posters will be notified.
  
  
• February 1, 2010 (11:59 PM ET) - Presenting author must register for the 2010 AAP Annual Meeting.