Both Dr. Deborah Nawoczenski and Dr. Jeff Houck are working on funded projects in the Ithaca College Movement Analysis Laboratory and usually hire recent graduated seniors preparing for their graduate year to be student research assistants during the summer months. Contact them for more details.
During the graduate year Ithaca College physical therapy students complete a clinical research project working with faculty and clinicians. All the projects are driven by current controversies and health issues applicable to rehabilitation. The projects vary from quantitative biomechanics studies to qualitative studies of attitudes and beliefs. The projects are largely the work of students working collaboratively with faculty. Graduate student projects were presented at the Ithaca College Research Symposium sponsored by Strong Rehabilitation, in Rochester, NY. This annual event draws between 50 and 100 clinicians as well as faculty, students, parents, administrators and subjects that participated in the projects. This is a good example of the kind of applied learning that is emphasized during the graduate year in the Ithaca College physical therapy program.
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See information on National Institute of Health Grant to study foot tendon injury ...
A limited number of undergraduate students also participate in some research and other special interest independent study activities during their senior year and present their work at a annual spring presentation (often in conjunction with a local district meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association).
2006 Graduate Student Research Projects
1) Title: Graduate Student Physical Therapists’ Self-Definition of
Compassion: Qualitative Study
Students: Feldman J, Freyer C, Gumnic L, Madeja E, McCormick K, Miller P, Willets
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Advisor: Ernest Nalette. EdD PT
2) Title: Clinical Predictive Prognostic Factors
for Shoulder Pathology: A Pilot Study
Students: DeGroote D, Drossos P, Krakauer S, Lewis J, Summerfield M, Swafford L
Advisor: Paul Toporek, PT
3) Title: Effects of Threshold Electrical
Stimulation on Upper Extremity Function in a Child with Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy
Students:Beazley E, Kane M, Lau G, Pooler E, Thompson A, Waugaman J, West
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Advisors:Nolan K, PT, MS, PCS; Stampe P, PT
4) Title: Effects of Airlift PTTD Brace on Foot Kinematics
During Gait
Students:Bauman M, Benvenuti A, Jackson R, Labov R, Michael E, Orpin M, Werner
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Advisors: Flemister A, MD; Neville C, PT
5) Title: Dynamic Kinematic and Plantar Pressure Changes Post
Cheilectomy for Hallux Rigidus: Two Year Follow-up
Students:Czenczelewski BM, Howe BA, Moran SM, Pilling BJ, White AA, Wood DE,
Baumhauer JF
Advisor: Deborah A. Nawoczenski, PT, PhD
6) Title: Attitudes of Physical Therapy Students Towards Chiropractic
Students:Calabrese L, Carbuto L, Fuchs E, Kruger K, Szy T, Zelenka E
Advisor: Dr. Lynda J. Dimitroff, PhD, BSN, RN, CHES
7) Title: Comparative Shoulder Kinematics During Standing
Depression Lifts, Free Standing and Daily Functional Activities in Persons with Paraplegia: A
Descriptive Study
Students:Eisen A, Selock J, Smith J, Thau R
Advisors:Linda Riek, DPT; Deborah A. Nawoczenski, PT, PhD
8) Title: The Role of Activity Engagement in the Everyday Competence of
Older Adults
Students:Johnson E, Maston E, Puglise M, Ruckert E
Advisor: Katherine Beissner, PT, PhD
9) Title: Reliability of the Instrumented Sit to Stand Test in Older Adults:
A Pilot Study
Students:Evans AE, Glossner MJ, Gorman EC, McLean MK, Muenster NC, Stepien KA,
Weaver SP
Advisor: Cynthia Zablotny, PT
10) Title: Ankle Muscle Function in Healthy and ACL Deficient Subjects
During An Unanticipated Side-Step Cut Task
Students: Bostrom J, Cash C, Fitzgerald K, Geno M, Krebs K, Nazerechuk D, Young
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Advisor:Jeffrey Houck, PT
11) Title: Pre-Operative Patient Expectation Levels as a Predictor of
Satisfaction After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
Students:Hartman E, Scutt W, Shafiro A
Advisor: Shannon Smith, PT
2006 Undergraduate Student Research/Special Interest Projects
Jessica Graham, Monica Lesslie, Clare Stanton (faculty advisor Katherine Beissner) - The Impact of a Group Exercise/Nutrition Program on the Health Related Quality of Life of Older Adult
Alison Bailey (faculty advisor Michael Buck) - Choosing When and When Not to Use Spinal Manipulation for Patients With Low Back Pain
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