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2024 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: Assessing and Monitoring Changes in Fitness of Candidates for Lung Transplantation: Utilization of a Physical Performance Battery, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Fitbit Technology
Principal Investigator: Cristiane Meirelles, PT, PhD
Co-Investigators: David R. Nunley, MD; Erin Thomas, PT, DPT

 

Project: Validity and Utility of E-textiles in Monitoring and Improving Walking Performance in Older Adults and People with Neurological Disabilities
Principal Investigator: Kanika Bansal, PT, MPT, PhD
Co-Investigator: Dorian K. Rose, PT, MS, PhD, FAPTA

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Fall Conference 2024 Platform Lecture

Project: Knowledge of Age-Related Physiological Changes and Fall Risk in Older Adults
Principal Investigator: Sara Young, PT, DPT, DHSc
Co-Investigators: Elizabeth S. Moore, PhD; Kurt Jackson, PT, PhD; Heidi H. Ewen, PhD

 

Fall Conference 2024 Best Poster Presentation

Project: Exploring the Reliability of Evaluation Complexity Codes: Feasibility and Preliminary Results
Principal Investigator: Katherine Rethman, PT, DPT, MCR
Co-Investigators: Cody J. Mansfield, PT, DPT, ATC; Julie A. Stephens, MS; Chelsea C. Lahman, PT, DPT; Kathy K. Wayman, PT, DPT; Katie Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD; Matt S. Briggs, PT, DPT, PhD, ATC

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2023 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: Promoting Individual and Programmatic Well-Being Among DPT Students
Principal Investigator: Tonya Apke, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Susan Appling, PT, DPT, PhD; John Buford, PT, PhD; Maryanna Klatt, PhD; Catherine Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD

 

Project: Playtime Movement Pre-Fitness Movement Education Program (as applied to Physical Education Program(s))
Principal Investigator: Caroline Humberston, PT
Co-Investigator: Robbie Lazear

 

Project: Psychometric Properties of the MiniBESTest in Individuals with Acute Neurologic Conditions
Principal Investigator: Tori Smith, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Kayla Mansfield, PT, DPT; Alison Matson, PT, MSPT, NCS; Amanda Murray, PT, DPT, PhD; Shannon Skidmore, PT, DPT

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Fall Conference 2023 Platform Lecture

Project: Kinesiophobia is Associated with Poor Function and Modifiable through Interventions in People with Patellofemoral Pain:
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Principal Investigator: Katherine Rethman, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Matthew Briggs, PT, DPT, ATC, PhD; Danilo De Oliveira Silva, PT, PhD; Stephanie Di Stasi, PT, PhD;
Cody Mansfield, PT, DPT; Julie Stephens, MS; Josh Moeller, SPT

 

Fall Conference 2023 Best Poster Presentations

Project: Exploring the Opportunities and Barriers of Implementing Health-Focused Physical Therapy Care
Principal Investigator: Angie Huber, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Nicole Schroeder PT, DPT; Dave Verhoff PT, DPT, EdD; Andrew Parsons, PT, DPT; Joshua Bohn, PT, DPT;
Madison Bowman, PT, DPT; Abigail Holthaus, PT, DPT; Eliza Kirov, SPT; Triston Novak, SPT; Noah Winslow, PT, DPT

Project: The Foot Mobility Magnitude Measured in Single-Leg-Stance is Related to Midfoot Quasi-Stiffness During Gait
Principal Investigator: Sean McBride, PT, DPT, PhD
Co-Investigators: Karleigh Clere, PT, DPT; Megan Demler, PT, DPT; Lisa Leal, PT, DPT; Katherine Prina, PT, DPT; Gavin Stepansky, PT, DPT; Kegan Winkler, PT, DPT

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2022 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: The Effects of Attentional Focus on Brain Behavior and Biomechanics Over Time
Principal Investigator: Adam Culiver, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Jimmy Onate, ATC, PhD; Laura Schmitt, PT, PhD

 

Project: The Effects of Virtual Reality Oculomotor Assesments to Supplement Standard Physical Therapy Management of Persons with Persisting Symptoms Following mTBI
Principal Investigator: Gregory Edwards, PT, DPT
Co-Investigator: Jaclyn Caccese, PhD

 

Project: Exploring the Utility and Reliability of Complexity Codes for Physical Therapy Examinations
Principal Investigator: Katherine Rethman, PT, DPT, PhD
Co-Investigators: Matthew Briggs, PT, DPT, PhD, AT; Chelsea Lahman, PT, DPT; Cody Mansfield, PT, DPT, ATC; 
Catherine Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD; Julie Stephens, MS; Kathy Wayman, PT

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Fall Conference 2022 Professional Platform Lecture

Project: Physical Therapist Management for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Routine Entity or Mixture of Competing Diagnoses?
Principal Investigator: Niles Keller, PT, DPT

 

Fall Conference 2022 Student Platform Lecture

Project: Factors Affecting Application of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Patients with Neck Pain
Principal Investigator: Miriam Hazlett, SPT

 

Project: Sagittal Plane End-Range Posture Effects on Cervical Intradiscal Pressure: A Cadaveric Investigation
Principal Investigator: Marc T. Crawford, PT, MSPT
Co-Investigators: Jean-Michel Brismee, PT, ScD; Marc-Olivier St-Pierre, MSc, PhD(c); Phillip Sizer, PT, PhD; Nicolas Bellot, PT, MSc; Stephane Sobczak, PT, PhD

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2021 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: The Effects of Attentional Focus on Brain Behavior and Biomechanics
Principal Investigator: Adam Culiver, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators:  Jimmy Onate, ATC, PhD; Laura Schmitt, PT, PhD

 

Project: Applying Pain Adaptability to Manual Therapy Practice
Principal Investigator:  Damian Keter, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators:  Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA; David Griswold, PT, DPT; Ken Learman, PT, PhD

 

Project: Development of a Valid and Reliable Patient Reported Outcome Measure to Assess Function in Adolescent Back Pain
Principal Investigator: Mitchell Selhorst, PT, DPT, PhD
Co-Investigators:  Jimmy Onate, ATC, PhD; Laura Schmitt, PT, PhD

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LEAP Fall 2021 Best Platform Lecture

Project: Validation of ACTIVEMini: An Assessment Tool To Evaluate Infant Movement
Principal Investigators: Linda Lowes, PT, PhD and Ashwini Ganesh

 

LEAP Fall 2021 Best Poster Presentation

Project: Prevention Delivery Modes Amongst Runners With and Without a History of Recent Running Related Injury
Principal Investigator: Angela Huber, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: David Verhoff, PT, DPT; Brehan Rizk, PTA; Hermann Mofang, PTA; Kevin Stapleton, PTA; Hasnain Shah, PTA; 
Ana Villace, PTA; Padmini Sekar

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2020 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: The Effects of Dry Needling on Muscle Force Production and Movement in those with Patellofemoral Pain
Principal Investigator: Matt Briggs, PT, DPT, PhD, AT
Co-Investigators: Cody Mansfield, PT, DPT, AT; Julie Stephens

Project: The Effects of a Four-Week Home Yoga Program on the Core Endurance and Strength of Healthy Adults
Principal Investigator:  Nicole Schroeder, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Sadie Gearhart, SPT; Chloe Marburger, SPT; Matthew Reibly, SPT; Taylor Verbsky, SPT; Paityn Werner, SPT

 

Project: Physical Therapy Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Case Series
Principal Investigator: Alysha Walter, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators:  Lindsey Donohue, PT; Adrianne Hunter, PT; Maria Miller, SPT

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LEAP Fall 2020 Best Platform Lecture

Project: Single-Leg Hop Anthropometric Threshold is more Sensitive than a Limb Symmetry Threshold Following Lower Extremity Injury
Principal Investigator: Meredith Chaput, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators:  Dustin R. Grooms, PhD, ATC; Adam Haggerty, MS, AT; Cody Criss; Timothy R. Wohl; Janet E. Simon, PhD, ATC 

LEAP Fall 2020 Best Poster Presentation

Project: Predictions of Total Work Based on Measures of Muscle Strength and Hop Performance in Individuals after ACL Reconstruction
Principal Investigator: Mary C. Montalto, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators:  Louise M. Thoma, PT, PhD; Michael P. McNally, PhD; Timothy E. Hewett, PhD; Mark V. Paterno, PT, PhD, MBA; 
Laura C. Schmitt, PT, PhD

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2019 Research Grant Award Recipients

Project: The Effects of Bilateral Knee Pain & Dry Needling on Laterality Recognition, Movement & Function
Principal Investigator: Cody Mansfield, PT, DPT, AT
Co-Investigators:Matt Briggs, PT, DPT, PhD, AT; Jimmy Onate, PhD, AT, ATC; Laura Boucher, PhD, AT, ATC

Project:An Investigation of Child-Caregiver Interactions in the Motor Behaviors of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Principal Investigator:  Sarah Schwab, PT, DPT
Co-Investigators: Paula Silva, PhD; Michael Riley, PhD

Project: Influence of Sensory System Constraints on Brain Activity During Postural Control Task Performance
Principal Investigator: David Sherman, PT, DPT, ATC
Co-Investigators:  Grant Norte, PhD, ATC; Jochen Baumeister, PhD

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OPTimize 2019 Best Platform Lecture

Project: Initiation of Physical Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Lateral Ankle Pain: A Retrospective Therapy
Principal Investigator:  Megan Cass, PT, DPT
Co-Investigator: Mitchell Selhorst, PT, DPT

OPTimize 2019 Best Poster Presentation 

Project: The Effects of Therapeutic Riding of Social Skills and Sensory Functioning in Children with Autism
Principal Investigator: Betsy Donahoe-Fillmore, PT, PhD
Co-Investigators: Jenna Behnfeldt, SPT; Jordan Bevins, SPT; Cristin Carter, SPT; Stephanie Dailey, SPT; Kelsey Haynes, SPT;
Christy Lee, SPT; Sarah Soboslay, SPT and Allison Richard, SPT