Physical Therapy Research

Tracey Thurnes, Antoinette Polito and Crystal Ramsey traveled internationally in recent months to share their scholarship on topics that included the use of design thinking when approaching difficult conversations, destigmatizing patients with obesity, and treatments for traumatic brain injuries.

Andrews, professor of physical therapy education, co-authored a study of patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome undergoing inpatient rehabilitation.

The article provides perspectives on what it takes to organize a collaborative effort and the path forward to conduct multiple events elsewhere in the world.

Elon Department of Physical Therapy Education faculty members Scales and Vallabhajosula recently published their findings on learning and study strategies of first year physical therapy students in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education (JOPTE).

The Department of Physical Therapy Education (DPTE) had another strong showing at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting by its third-year DPT students, sports-PT resident, alumni and faculty members.

Bill Andrews and Srikant Vallabhajosula in the Department of Physical Therapy Education, Sarah Boise '20, and a colleague from the University of Connecticut, have been notified that their research article has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Physiotherapy.

Vallabhajosula, an associate professor of physical therapy education, and his final-year DPT students, Sarah Henderson and Brandi Wiltshire, and his URP research mentee Katey Alberto did three virtual platform presentations at the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics conference in July.

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Education Melissa Scales virtually presented research she conducted with Associate Professor Srikant Vallabhajosula at the 2022 Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society’s Annual Conference.

Elon's Doctor of Physical Therapy program was represented strongly at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in San Diego, CA. Brendal Vargo, a second-year DPT student, also won a research award at the Conference.

The Department of Physical Therapy Education was well-represented at the national conference by its third-year DPT students, alumni and faculty members.