Grant and Award winning Physiotherapists
Physiotherapists working with Older People and their Grant winning research.
2025 Education Grant: Margreet van Dijk - Belgium
WP Congress Tokyo 2025: Margreet received an Education Grant with her poster session on the caregiver support for older patients.
Title of her research: Feasibility of a physiotherapy-caregiver led program for hospitalised geriatric rehabilitation patients
2025 Dr. Raymond Finlay Grant: Bertha Oppong-Yeboah - Ghana
WP Congress Tokyo 2025: Bertha Oppong-Yeboah (Ghana) received the Raymond Finlay Grant with her presentation on falls prevention.
Title of the research: Physical Performance and Falls Risk in a Rural Community of Older Adults in Ghana
2025 Education Grant: Marina Bruderer-Hofstetter - Switzerland
WP Congress Tokyo 2025: Marina Bruderer-Hofstetter receives an Education Grant with her presentation on apps and wearables.
Title of her presentation: Apps and Wearables to Support Ageing in Place – A Scoping Research and Quality Evaluation.
2025 Education Grant: Matoula Wicks - Australia
WP Congress Tokyo 2025: Matoula Wicks received an Education Grant for her presentation of her research on online exercise programs for older adults.
Title of her presentation: Physiotherapist-led, Exercise-based Telerehabilitation for Older Adults Improves Patient and Health Service Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
2025 Education Grant: Beth Quinn - USA
WP Congress Tokyo 2025: Beth Quinn received an Education Grant for her presentation of her research on strategies for getting up from the floor.
Title of her presentation: Perceptions and Attitudes of Performing Floor Transfers with Older Adults in Home Health.
2024 IPTOP Award: Francesca Paganoni - Italy
IPTOP Award 2024: The award was given to Francesca Paganoni for the best abstract at the Italian members, the Gruppo di Interesse Specialistico Fisioterapia nell’Anziano e nell’invecchiamento attivo, conference. The conference was held on 25th May in Rome, with a focus on Health Promotion in Physiotherapy.
Title of her abstract: The effectiveness of health coaching in physiotherapy: an updated systematic review.
2022 IPTOP Education Grant: Avril McTague - Ireland
IPTOP Education Grant 2022: Avril McTague for the presentation of her research study at the 69th Irish Gerontological Society Annual and Scientific Meeting in November 2022.
Title of her presentation: Profiling Physical Activity And Sarcopenia Among Older Adults Attending A Physiotherapy Service During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study.
