Previous AOPT Grant Recipients

2022

• "Telerehabilitation Effectiveness for Individuals with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): A Noninferiority Study"
  • Emily Kahnert, DPT, CCTT
  • $30,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary

• "The Impact of Real-World Vibration Gait Retraining on Gait Biomechanics in People with Chronic Ankle Instability"
  • Kimmery Migel, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT
  • $30,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary

• "Clinical Implications of Knee Load Avoidant Behavior during Resistance Exercise after ACL Reconstruction"
  • Ryan L. Mizner, PT, PhD
  • $40,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary

2021 

• "Underserved and Undertreated: Musculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction following Gender Affirmations Surgery"
  • Mark Bishop, PT, PhD, FAPTA
  • $40,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
       
• "Effect of Unilateral Knee Pain on Contralateral KneeJoint Loads while Walking: Implications for the Development of Bilateral Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis"
  • Patrick Corrigan, PT, DPT, PhD
  • $30,000.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
       
• "Telehealth Physical Activity Intervention after Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Mixed-methods Feasibility Trial"
  • Hiral Master, PT, PhD, MPH
  • $30,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report

2020

• "Physical Therapists’ Readiness for Change in the Management of Fear of Reinjury after ACL Reconstruction"
  • Travis Gunderson, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
  • $23,423.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
       
• Automated Physical Therapy Referral Process for Older People after Upper ExtreMity Fracture (ARM): A Feasibility Study
  • Christine McDonough, PT, PhD
  • $39,846.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Progress Report
    • Progress Report
    • Progress Report

2019

• "Hip, Trunk, and Pelvic Floor Muscle Function During and After Pregnancy: Implications for Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain and Urinary Incontinence"
  • Jennifer Bagwell, PT, PhD, DPT
  • $39,994.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Published Manuscript Supported by this Grant
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Publication and Abstract List
    • Year 3 Progress Report

• "Movement Asymmetry and Contra lateral Knee Osteoarthritis after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty"
  • Jacob J. Capin, PT, DPT, MS
  • $50,000
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Closeout Report

• "Improving the Model of Care for Knee Osteoarthritis: Investigating Patinet-Perceived Value of Physical Therapy"
  • Meredith Christiansen, DPT, PhD
  • $30,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
       
• "Impact of Hip Structure and Function on the Clinical Presentation of Low Back Pain"
  • Linda Van Dillen, PT, PhD, FAPTA
  • $38,894.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Year 3 Progress Report

2018

• "Can an Intervention Aimed at Patient Education, Engagement, and Cognitive Restructuring Improve Functional Outcomes and Well-being for Patients with Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain? A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial"
  • Chad Cook, PT
  • $39,340.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Year 3 Progress Report
    • Year 4 Progress Report
    • Final Report
      • CSM 2024 Abstract
      • Manuscript: The influence of a cognitive behavioural approach on changing patient expectations for conservative care in shoulder pain treatment: a protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
      • Manuscript: Effect of a Patient Engagement, Education, and Restructuring of Cognitions (PEERC) approach on conservative care in rotator cuff related shoulder pain treatment: a randomized control trial

2017

• "The effect of spinal manipulative therapy on three key motor regions cerebral cortex”
  • Max Jordon, PT, DPT
  • $22,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report

• “The Effectiveness of Training PTs in Pain Neuroscience Education on PROs for Chronic Spinal Pain”
  • Elizabeth Lane, PT, DPT
  • $29,960.00 
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• “Shoulder Pain: Effects of Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines and Dose of Physical Therapy on Outcomes of Care”
  • Lori Michener, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC, FAPTA
  • $29,787.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Year 3 Progress Report
    • Year 4 Progress Report
    • Year 5 Progress Report
    • Final Report

• “Performance of shoulder muscles after a PT intervention for patients with rotator cuff tears”
  • Fedrico Pozzi, PT, PhD
  • $49,890.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Year 3 Progress Report
       
• “Reliability, validity, and responsive of the functional arm and shoulder test in patients with shoulder problems”
  • Daniel Safford, PT, PhD
  • $22,579.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

2016

• "Lower Extremity Joint Loading and Trunk and Muscle Activation Adaptations during Gait in Pregnant, Post-Partum, and Control Participants"
  • Jennifer Bagwell, PT, PhD
  • $15,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "Achilles Pain Block Study"
  • Ruth Chementi, DPT, PhD
  • $15,000.00 
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
       
• "Early Postoperative Exercise after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial"
  • Rogelio Coronado, PT, PhD
  • $30,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Final Report
       
• "Dry Needling for Patients with Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial"
  • Eric Gattie, PT, OCS
  • $14,994.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report

• "Investigating a Novel Intervention for Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendinopathy in Dancers"
  • K. Michael Rowley, BS, BA
  • $13,998.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "Clinical Diagnosis and Functional Implications of Shoulder Multidirectional Instability"
  • Justin Staker, PT, OCS, SCS
  • $15,000.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

2015

• "The Effect of Scapular Muscle Strengthening on Fumnctional Recovery in Lateral Epicondylalgia"
  • Ann Lucado, PT, PhD, CHT
  • $15,000.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "Influence of Co-Activation on Physical Function in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis"
  • Annalisa Na, PT, DPT, OCS
  • $15,000.00 (1-year duration)
    • 6-month Progress Report
    • 6-month Progress Report

• "Brain Morphometry in People with Low Back Pain: Implication of Physical Therapy"
  • Neena Sharma, PT, PhD, CMPT
  • $25,000.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
    • Published Manuscript: Structural Brain Imaging in People with Low Back Pain

2014

• "Task-specific Movement Pattern Training for Treatment of Patellofemoral Pain"
  • Gretchen Salsich, PT, PhD
  • $25,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "A Clinical Trial to Improve Motor Learning in Plyometric Training Post-ACLR via a Novel Body-weight Support System"
  • Audrey Elias, DPT, OCS
  • $15,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

2013

• "Comparison of Usual Podiatric Care and Early Physical Therapy for Plantar Heel Pain"
  • Shane McClinton, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
  • $15,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "Neurosensory Responses to Thrust Mobilization and Eccentric Exercise in People with Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy"
  • Stephanie Muth PT, PhD, NCS
  • $15,000.00
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
   
• "Using fMRI to Determine if Cerebral Hemodynamic Responses to Pain Change Following Thoracic Spine Thrust Manipulation in Patients with Neck Pain"
  • Cheryl L. Sparks PT, DPT
  • $23,057.40
    • Year 1 Progress Report 
    • Year 2 Progress Report

2012

• "Cervical and Shoulder Manipulative Therapy Effects on Pain Sensitivity"
  • Rogelio A. Coronado, PhD, PT, CSCS, FAAOMPT
  • $15,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report

• "Multi-Component Rehabilitation after Total Hip Arthroplasty"
  • Dana Judd, PT, DPT
  • $15,000.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report
   
• "Infraspinatus Activation in People with and without Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy"
  • Ann Tokay Harrington, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS
  • $14,720.00
    • Lay Language Summary
    • Year 1 Progress Report
    • Year 2 Progress Report