Abstracts

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Members wishing to present original communications to the Society, either as Free Papers or as Posters, should prepare an Abstract which provides sufficient information to allow the Council to assess the merits of the communication. Selection of Abstracts is, therefore, competitive, but the Council will try to ensure that the programme reflects the multidisciplinary nature and wide-ranging interests of the society. Please read the guidelines for electronic submission below.

Deadline dates for submission of Abstracts for meetings are published in the Society's newsletters and on the website meeting page. Each meeting of the Society includes at least one session for the presentation of Free Papers. Each paper is allotted 15 minutes in the programme, of which 10 minutes should be given to presentation of the paper and 5 minutes to questions from the meeting.

When Posters are included in the programme they are displayed where they can be viewed by those attending the meeting. If time is available, 5 minutes per Poster will be allocated for the first author to answer questions on the content of the Poster.

***Guidelines for qualitative research can be found at the bottom of this page.***

General Information

Abstracts should be submitted electronically using the website 'Abstracts' page. They should be a maximum length 250 words. The word count is automatically calculated and is the sum of words entered in the background,method, results/findings, discussion and conclusion fields.

Please note that the electronic form counts each word separated by a space as a separate word. For example, if the standard deviation is 10, SD = 10 will be counted as three words; SD=10 will be counted as one word. Therefore, when reporting data it is advised to avoid the use of spaces.

The abstract submission should be in a structured format and include the following information:

Title
Name(s) of the author(s)
Institutional affiliation of the author(s).

Please note that in the case of multiple authorship, the first named author should be the person who will present the paper or answer questions on the poster.

Eligibility for Full membership of the Society is open to the first author of a Free Paper or a Poster provided they have presented the Paper or answered questions on the Poster.

Content

The Abstract is the only means by which a proposed paper or poster is assessed and should be complete in itself. The guidelines below are for quantitative research.

Background A brief outline or rationale (why the study was undertaken).
Method An outline of the research method (how the study was done).
Results A summary of the main results (what was found).
Discussion (what consequences follow, e.g implications for practice).
Conclusion

Please note that results of statistical analysis should be reported wherever this requirement applies. Statements to the effect that "The results will be presented and discussed" are not acceptable. References are not normally required and not normally expected but if given, no more than two should be included. Tables are rarely, if ever, appropriate in an Abstract.

The Adjudication Process

All abstracts are seen and assessed by members of the Council who grade each abstract on a scale from 0-10. Abstracts with a mean score <6 will be rejected. Authors may be asked to make minor modifications to their abstract prior to acceptance. Accepted abstracts will normally be presented at the next meeting of the Society after the adjudication. However, sometimes the number of accepted submissions exceeds the time available in the programme. In this case some authors will either be offered a poster presentation instead (provided there are enough posters) or for the abstract to be held over until the next meeting. Although the abstract acceptance for the following meeting is guaranteed, the mode of presentation won't be decided until all abstracts for that meeting are reviewed and scored.

All correspondents submitting abstracts are informed of the results of the adjudication including, where appropriate, reasons for rejection or amendments required.

Use of Abstracts by the Society

Abstracts form the main channel of communication between the Society and the outside world. Abstracts of Free Papers and Posters presented at Society meetings are published in "Clinical Rehabilitation". Thus they form a public record of the activities of the Society and its members.

Presenters are given the opportunity to revise their abstract prior to publication in the light of questions of discussion during the meeting.

In rare cases, even though an abstract has been accepted, the content of the paper is considered unacceptable, either by Council or the members of the Society, when it is presented at the meeting.

These cases usually concern the scientific credibility of the work or a mismatch between abstract and presentation. It may be necessary to withhold an abstract from publication and the presenter may lose their entitlement to apply to full membership of the Society at that time.

Verna Wright Prize
The best oral presentation and the best poster presentation during the year (over two meetings) by a paid up associate member is eligible for the Verna Wright Prize. Both prizes are £150.00. Judging criteria for the prizes are published below.

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DOCUMENTS ABOUT ABSTRACTS
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Further guidance on the submission of qualitative research abstracts is given in the document below:
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Verna Wright judging criteria
Oral and poster presentations
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