DPTE students & faculty present at 2015 American College of Sports Medicine Conference

Three second-year Elon DPT students and two faculty members recently presented research at the 2015 ACSM conference held in San Diego.

The following is a list of presentations with the names of presenters in bold:

1.Physiologic Responses in Children May Be Similar While Playing Kinect vs. Normal Activities During Recess.

Sydney Blair Frazier, Rebecca Witherspoon, Alie Thomas, Austin Tucker, Elizabeth Bailey, Srikant Vallabhajosula.

2.Relationship Among Performance Measures in Older Adults at High Fall Risk.

Mary Cameron Hamilton, Lucas Boyd, Victoria Flood, Jane Freund, Stephen Bailey, Srikant Vallabhajosula.

3.Impact of Maximal and Submaximal Exercise on Tactile Sensation

Stephen P. Bailey, Jeffrey Labrecque, Sarah Bishop, Sarah Kiser, Michael Mahan, Lindsey Bauer, Elizabeth Jenkins, Stephen Folger, Wally R. Bixby

4.Step Activity Patterns in Older Adults with High Fall Risk.

Srikant Vallabhajosula, Jane Freund, Mary Cameron Hamilton, Lucas Boyd, Victoria Flood, Stephen Bailey

DPTE faculty also collaborated with faculty in the Departments of Health and Human Performance and Exercise Science for the following presentations:

1. Prediction of Health Related Quality of Life in Older Adults using Measures of Physical Function.

Elizabeth K. Bailey, Stephen Bailey, Hannah McHugh, John Isenbarger, Srikant Vallabhajosula.       

2. Evidence Of A Conservative Gait Strategy In Athletes With A History Of Concussions.

Thomas A. Buckley, Srikant Vallabhajosula, Jessie R. Oldham, Barry A. Munkasy, Kelsey M. Evans, David A. Krazeise, Caroline J. Ketcham, Eric E. Hall.