Category: Neuromuscular
The Role of Movement Errors for Modifying Spatiotemporal Gait Asymmetry
Welcome! FROM TO Background: How did this project come to fruition? My interest in research began during my undergraduate education at the University of Delaware. During my junior and senior year, I was an undergraduate research aid in the … Read more
Loading and Knee Flexion Post-Stroke: Less Does Not Equal More
My project is a research-oriented Capstone culminating in a manuscript that will eventually be published. The research looks at the relationship between limb loading and muscle activity with an effort to evaluate the effect of body weight support (BWS) on … Read more
Rehabilitation Engineering Center
Welcome to my capstone site! Here you’ll learn about my work this semester with the Rehabilitation Engineering Center, as well as what the REC is, and how PT students can get involved! The Rehabilitation Engineering Center (REC) is a … Read more
Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation and Gait Training
Hello! Welcome to my capstone site. I hope you find the information and materials helpful to your current and/or future practice as a physical therapist. Throughout our physical therapy education we have been exposed to many different approaches to gait … Read more
Managing Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of this project was to increase awareness among neurologists and residents regarding the symptoms that physical therapists may help manage in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). After reviewing the literature, I developed a concise handout that can easily … Read more
Fall Prevention in Multiple Sclerosis
Fall Prevention in Multiple Sclerosis My capstone project was in collaboration with April Fay who created a handout on Managing the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The purpose of our project was to create an educational handout for neurologists about … Read more
Neuroimaging and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
“The Tassel is worth the Hassel” Hello all! For my classmates and I, I believe this cake sums up what we’ve been working towards for the past 3 years. Thanks for visiting my Wiki Site. Huge props to the UNC … Read more
Why am I dizzy? What can I do about it? Why is it important?: Development of patient education handouts using the Ask Me 3 model
As a vestibular physical therapist, I treat patients presenting with various types of dizziness. I love assessing patients and figuring out what is going on…BPPV? Cervicogenic dizziness? Vestibular neuritis? Migraines? Stroke? Orthostasis? OTHER? Putting the puzzle together is rewarding but … Read more