Notes – School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences

SPTRS Students & Faculty Win USF Health Research Day Awards

lhansen — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:00:32 +0000

Four SPTRS students and two SPTRS faculty received awards at USF Health’s 27^th annual Research Day. DPT Class of 2017 students Roberto Aponte, Jamie Dolley, David Hoke, and Lucas Simari collaborated with faculty mentors Dr. Seok Hun Kim (SPTRS) and Dr. Kyle Reed (Mechanical Engineering) on a poster presentation entitled “Gait Symmetry Following Sand-Assisted Locomotor Training.” The presentation won the Best MCOM Graduate Student Poster Presentation in Clinical Science Research.

USF Physical Therapy Center Coordinator, Dr. Kyle Watterson, is also a doctoral student in the Health Policy and Management program of the USF College of Public Health. His sole-authored poster presentation of “Nowhere to Hide: Using Hospital Patient Encounter Data to Reveal Medical Practice Outliers,” won one of the awards for Best College of Public Health Poster Presentation.

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SPTRS Faculty Co-Author Three Journal Articles

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:12:08 +0000

Dr. Laura Swisher, SPTRS Coordinator of Professional Education and Dr. Gina Musolino, SPTRS Coordinator of Clinical Education were co-authors on articles published this month in Physical Therapy, the Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Swisher co-authored two articles, “New Perspectives on the Theory of Justice: Implications for Physical Therapy Ethics and Clinical Practice,” and “Moral Agency as Enacted Justice: A Clinical and Ethical Decision-Making Framework for Responding to Health Inequities and Social Injustice.” Dr. Musolino co-authored, “A Vision for Society: Physical Therapy as Partners in the National Health Agenda.”

Faculty Member Co-Author on Article

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:11:28 +0000

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor is the co-author of the article, “3D printed tooling for thermoforming of medical devices” published in the Rapid Prototyping Journal.

Faculty Member Co-Author on Article

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:10:49 +0000

Dr. Gina Musolino, Associate Professor is the co-author of the article, “Assessing Reflective Thinking and Approaches to Learning Setting” to be published in the Fall 2011 issue of the Journal of Allied Health.

Faculty Member Lead Author on Article

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:09:59 +0000

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor is the lead author of the article, “Kinetic asymmetry in transfemoral amputees while performing sit to stand and stand to sit movements” to be published in the Summer 2011 issue of Gait & Posture.

Faculty Member Senior Author on Journal Article

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:08:49 +0000

Dr. Ana Mieres, Assistant Professor is the senior author on the upcoming Journal of Pediatric Physical Therapy article, “Retrospective Case Report: Evaluation of Pain in a Child With Pervasive Developmental Disorder” to be published in Summer 2011.

School Director Contributes to New Edition of Textbook

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:07:58 +0000

Dr. William Quillen, Professor & SPTRS Director contributed case studies and lab activities to the 4th edition of Prentice’s Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation published this month by McGraw Hill Medical.

Faculty Contributes to New Textbook

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:05:52 +0000

Dr. John Mayer, Associate Professor and Lincoln College Endowed Chair in Biomechanical & Chiropractic Research, is the senior author or contributor to several chapters in the newly published textbook Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain.

Faculty Member Author on Articles in New Journal

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Dr. Kathleen Rockefeller, Assistant Professor is the senior author or co-author on two articles appearing in the new American Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Movement; “Evaluation of a Tool Kit for Safe Patient Handling in the Home Care Setting” and “Is There a Role for Gait Belts in Safe Patient Handling and Movement Programs?” published in March 2011.

Faculty Member Co-Author on Article

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:03:14 +0000

Dr. John Mayer, Associate Professor and Lincoln College Endowed Chair in Biomechanical & Chiropractic Research is a coauthor on the article, “Firefighters & Back Injuries: The New Study” which appears in the November 2010 issue of Fire Rescue Magazine.