Accomplishments: Department of Physical Therapy
Danny Young (Physical Therapy), Sheniz Moonie, and Tim Bungham (both Community Health Sciences) co-authored 鈥淐ross-Sectional Examination of Patient and Therapist Factors Affecting Participation in Physical Therapy in Acute Care Hospital Settings,鈥 which appeared in the January issue of Physical Therapy Journal and again in the PT in Motion鈥
Emilio "Louie" Puentedura and Adriaan Louw (both Physical Therapy) co-authored a study titled 鈥淚ntegration of Neuroscience Education, Tactile Discrimination, Limb Laterality and Graded Motor Imagery in an Individual with Frozen Shoulder鈥 that received first-place honors during the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy annual鈥
Emilio 鈥淟ouie鈥 Puentedura (Physical Therapy) co-presented "How to Manage Spine Injuries" during the 60th Western Occupational Health Conference held in September. The presentation provided a review of relevant anatomy and discussed injury mechanisms and examination techniques, clinic-based treatments, and referral guidelines to help鈥
The physical therapy department received confirmation that 100 percent of its 2016 graduating class passed the national board examination on the first attempt, and that two of those students earned perfect scores. The department has maintained an average first-time pass rate of 96.7 percent since 2009.
Danny Young (Physical Therapy) was awarded a part-time faculty fellowship with the Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR). During the 18-month program, he will work with his mentor, Alan Jette from Boston University, on acute hospital, physical therapy outcomes research. CoHSTAR is a first-of-its-kind center of excellence鈥
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received the 2015 Reviewer of the Year award from Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT). Lee earned the award for consistent excellence in three distinct areas: willingness to conduct reviews, insightfulness and constructiveness of the reviews, and promptness of鈥
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a $13,505 grant from the Mountain West CTR-IN and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health for his 鈥淧rosthetic Assessments of Gait and Mobility in Individuals with Lower Limb Loss鈥 research study, which will explore functional mobility and limb loading鈥
The Physical Therapy department (Allied Health Sciences) has been ranked 79th in the nation in the 2016 Best Grad School Survey by U.S. News & World Report.
The department improved its previous ranking by more than 80 points. According to information provided by U.S. News, all rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment鈥
Szu-Ping Lee, Robbin Hickman, Sue Schuerman (all Physical Therapy), and Janet Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored "Influence of Procedural Factors on the Reliability and Performance of the Timed Up-and-go Test in Older Adults," which focused on a clinical assessment commonly used to quantify functional mobility and fall risk in鈥
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) earned 鈥淩eviewer with Best Overall Performance鈥 recognition by the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy during the 2016 American Physical Therapy Association鈥檚 combined sections meeting.
Daniel Young (Physical Therapy) co-authored 鈥淎 prevention initiative to decrease HAPUs at two acute care hospitals,鈥 which describes the implementation of a comprehensive pressure ulcer prevention program and its effects at two sister hospitals in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The article appeared in the November issue of Nursing Management.
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) and Edward Neumann (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, Emeritus) spoke during the 2015 World Congress of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics in Lyon, France. Their presentation, "Optimizing Functions for Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputation: Clinicians' Perspective on鈥