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WCPT NEWS<br />
Celebrating 60 years <strong>of</strong> WCPT<br />
by continuing to grow<br />
The New Zealand Society<br />
<strong>of</strong> Physiotherapists was<br />
a founding member <strong>of</strong><br />
WCPT in 1951.<br />
Eight new member organisations were<br />
admitted to WCPT during the General<br />
Meeting, bringing the total to 106.<br />
The new physical therapy associations<br />
are from:<br />
• Argentina<br />
• Macau<br />
• Mauritius<br />
• Pakistan<br />
• Paraguay<br />
• Ukraine<br />
• Oman<br />
• Slovakia<br />
There are now twelve WCPT specialist<br />
subgroups, including five new ones<br />
accepted at the General Meeting:<br />
• International Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physical</strong><br />
Therapists in Animal Practice<br />
(IAPTAP)<br />
• International <strong>Confederation</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Cardiorespiratory <strong>Physical</strong> Therapists<br />
(ICCrPT)<br />
• International Neurological <strong>Physical</strong><br />
Therapy Association (INPA)<br />
• International Organization <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physical</strong><br />
Therapists in Mental Health (IOPTMH)<br />
• International Society <strong>for</strong> Electrophysical<br />
Agents in <strong>Physical</strong> Therapy.<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>f Maitland, Stanley Paris, Freddy Kaltenborn and Gregory Grieve at the<br />
inaugural IFOMPT meeting at Montreal 1974<br />
5,274 physiotherapists attended this<br />
year’s WCPT Congress in Amsterdam<br />
Highest honour <strong>for</strong> Stanley Paris<br />
Stanley Paris, one <strong>of</strong> our Honorary<br />
Fellows, was presented with the<br />
Mildred Elson Award at the WCPT<br />
60th anniversary Gala dinner. This is<br />
the highest honour obtainable from<br />
WCPT, honouring sustained and<br />
continuous leadership over a career<br />
and a significant contribution to the<br />
development <strong>of</strong> physical therapy at<br />
an international level.<br />
Stanley was instrumental in setting up<br />
our Special Interest Group, the<br />
NZ Manipulative Physiotherapy Asso-<br />
ciation (NZMPA) and is a life member<br />
<strong>of</strong> it. He ”has influenced the world <strong>of</strong><br />
physical therapy through his writing,<br />
teaching, clinical practice, and advocacy<br />
ef<strong>for</strong>ts”, as the WCPT Congress<br />
News put it. He currently lives and<br />
works in the USA, as President <strong>of</strong> the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> St Augustine <strong>for</strong> Health<br />
Sciences, which he founded. He was<br />
the founding Chairman <strong>of</strong> the International<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> Orthopaedic<br />
Manipulative Physiotherapists<br />
(IFOMPT), and its second President.<br />
He founded the Journal <strong>of</strong> Manual<br />
and Manipulative Therapy.<br />
16 | PHYSIO MATTERS AUGUST 2011
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