PhD, Western Michigan University
NCS, Neurologic Clinical Specialist
MS, PT, University of Indianapolis
BS, PT, Indiana University
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Stephanie Combs is an assistant professor. She teaches in the areas of neurological rehabilitation and movement science in the professional Doctor of Physical Therapy program and in the postprofessional program.
Stephanie has published in the area of locomotor recovery in persons with chronic stroke and has presented her work at international and national scientific conferences. Stephanie is a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy, and she is on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of Indiana. Stephanie is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
She has experience working with adults and children with neurological dysfunction in the clinical arenas of acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, home care, and outpatient rehabilitation.
Stephanie earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Health Studies. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the effects of body weight support treadmill training on multiple dimensions of recovery in persons with chronic stroke. In 2008, Stephanie was awarded the Western Michigan University Interdisciplinary Health Science Department and All University Graduate Research and Creative Scholars Award in 2008.
She was awarded a 2009 InQuery grant to extend the Rock Steady Boxing study, a comparison of non-contact boxing training and traditional therapeutic exercise on functional outcomes in persons with Parkinson's disease.
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