Juried Projects

Recent juried projects completed by our postprofessional students include:

Jeannette Anderson - The Outcome of a Short-Term Service-Learning Clinical Experience on the Development of Professional Behaviors of Student Physical Therapists

Joseph "Tony" Brosky - Effects of a Pre-Habilitation Program on Pre-Operative Status and Early
Post-Operative Outcomes following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Donna Cech - Critical Thinking Skills Development: An Outcome to Physical Therapist Professional Preparation Education

John Cheeks - Short-Term Comparisons of The Effects of a Traditional Nursing Home Environment on the Cognitive and Physical Function of Residents versus the Environment of a Green House Operating Under the Principles of the Eden Alternative

Nijah Chinn-Gonsalves - Investigation, Development and Implementation of an Evidence-based Program to Reduce Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women Using Pilates-based Exercises

Alondra Davis- Indiana Minority Students Knowledge and Interest in Physical Therapy as a Profession and a Career

Barbara Feltman - A Comparison of Shoulder Impairments and Functional Limitations between Women with and without a History of Breast Cancer

Heather Freeman - Nonoperative Treatment of Patellar Instability: Factors Relating to Recurrent Instability

Carolyn Galleher - Admission Criteria as Predictors of Success in Doctoral Physical Therapy Programs

Marie Kardys-Kelly - A Comparative Analysis of High Velocity and Standard Low Velocity Exercise Training on Rehabilitation Outcomes following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Scott Lawrance - Development and Reliability of the Knee Symmetry Evaluation Instrument

Jennifer Moore - Challenging the Locomotor "Plateau" in Stroke Rehabilitation: Potential Contributors to the Perceived "Plateau" in Recovery

Cindy Myers - Are we Bringing Relevant News to Patients? A Qualitative Study of Expert Versus Novice Communication Styles and Strategies in Outpatient Orthopedic Physical Therapy with Participant Opinion about those Styles

Deborah Nervik - What is the Relationship between BMI (Body Mass Index) and Gross Motor Skill in Children Ages 3-5 Years?

William O'Dell - Extension over a Half Round Foam Roller in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

Victoria Pardo - A Comparison of Gait with Custom-Molded and Prefabricated Hinged Ankle-Foot Orthoses in Adults with Hemiplegia

Shelley Payne - Learner Profile Development for Selected Rehabilitation Professional Students: The Impact of Clinical Education

Tara Pearce - Success of Self-Management of Recurrence for Patients with Posterior Canal BPPV

Andrea Perrea - Effect of a 1-day Continuing Education Course on Therapeutic Interventions used in Home Health Physical Therapy

Mary Rahlin - Development of the Therapy Behavior Scale

Heidi Roth - Wii-habilitation: Immediate Effects of the Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Games in the Chronic Stroke Population

John Ryan - Fall Risk Assessment Among Older Adults with Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Amy Schlessman - The Role of Physical Therapists in Pediatric Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention: A Comparison of Attitudes

Julie Siefert - Outcomes of a Physical Activity Service Learning Program involving Physical Therapist Assistant Students and Older Adults in a Technical College Setting (Presented at ExPAAC conference, Indianapolis, IN , July 31, 2010.)

William Staples - Attitudes and Beliefs in Physical Therapy Practice Concerning Patients Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia

Michelle Unterberg - Student Self-Assessment Accuracy during Physical Therapy Clinical Affiliations

Jan Weiss - Postoperative Impairments Following Breast Cancer Surgery and Results of Manual Lymph Drainage