Accomplishments: Department of Physical Therapy
Szu-Ping Lee, Ya-Ting Hsu (both Physical Therapy), and Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with two alums, Marissa Toberman, '12 BS Kinesiology and '15 Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Betina Bair, '03 BA Communication Studies and '15 Doctor of Physical Therapy, co-authored “Gender and Posture are Significant Risk…
Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy) and Jefferson Kinney (Psychology) received a Faculty Opportunity Award in the collaborative interdisciplinary research category for their study “Modifying the Spinal Circuitry to Improve Walking and BDNF Expression in Individuals Post-Stroke.” Liang also received a School of Allied Health Sciences Summer Research…
Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) and David Lee (Life Sciences) received a Faculty Opportunity Award in the collaborative interdisciplinary research category for their study “Knee Pain, Tendon Degeneration, and Limb-Socket Dynamics in Trans-Tibial Amputees.” Their work seeks to understand how below-the-knee prosthetic sockets influence the transmission…
Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) and program alumni Jayson McClaren (’17) and Skyler Sudweeks (’17) co-authored “Acute Effects of Walking on the Deformation of Femoral Articular Cartilage in Older Adults,” which appeared online in March (ahead-of-print) in the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. The study was a first of its kind comparing the acute…
Szu-Ping Lee, along with students Vincent Dinglasan, Anthony Duong, and Russell Totten (all Physical Therapy) co-authored “Individuals with Recurrent Low Back Pain Exhibit Reduced Paraspinal Muscle Strength after Intramuscular Fine-wire EMG Electrode Insertion to Lumbar Multifidus.” Professor Lee also co-authored with students Tyler Chin, Heather…
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) along with Joshua P. Bailey (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences alum) and Stephanie Barton, David Brown, and Talia Joyce (Physical Therapy alumni) co-authored “Adaptations of lumbar biomechanics after four weeks of running training with minimalist footwear and technique guidance: Implications for running-related…
Danny Young (Physical Therapy) co-authored “Toward a Common Language for Measuring Patient Mobility in the Hospital: Reliability and Construct Validity of Interprofessional Mobility Measures,” which evaluated the reliability and minimal detectable change of Activity Measure-Post Acute Care Inpatient Mobility Short Form and Johns Hopkins Highest…
Jing Nong Liang, Trisha Koch, Brooke Conway, and Eric Akoopie (all Physical Therapy) co-authored “Changes in Soleus H-reflexes Following Slope Walking in People Post-Stroke,” which was accepted for display during the American Society of Neurorehabilitation annual meeting. The team also co-authored “Neuromuscular Adaptations Following Acute Bout of…
Danny Young (Physical Therapy) and Du Feng (Nursing) co-authored “The Development and Preliminary Validity Testing of the Healing Progression Rate Tool,” which described the initial development of a new instrument to measure wound healing. The article appeared in the September issue of Ostomy Wound Management.
Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy) co-authored “Standing on Wedges Modifies Side-Specific Postural Control in the Presence of Lateral External Perturbations,” which investigated the role of wedges and external lateral perturbations on anticipatory and compensatory postural adjustments. This publication is part of an inter-institutional…
Louie Puentedura (Physical Therapy) presented during the two-day Therapeutic Neuroscience Education conference in Santiago, Chile. During the conference, he received honorary member status in the International Federation of Orthopedic Manual Physics Therapists’ Regional Interest Group.
Brach Poston (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Merrill Landers (Physical Therapy) received an R15 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, through the National Institutes of Health, for their study “Long-Term Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease.” The project will determine the…