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2022 Research Grant Recipient

Tamara Buck, PT, DPT, PCS

Principal Investigator

Brenau University


Project Title:  Together We Run: A quantitative study to determine the effects of a physical activity program on the physical, mental, social, and global health of middle school children.


Current & Previous Research Grant Recipients

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

“Effects of a Single Bout Combined Whole-Body VIBRAtioN and Treadmill (VIBRANT) Training on Gait and Spasticity in Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy”


Principal Investigator

Gena Henderson, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS

Georgia State University


Co-Principal Investigator 

Jianhua Wu, PhD 


Co-Investigator 

Sujay Galen, PT, PhD, FHEA 

2019 Grant Recipient

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

 "Exercise and walking activity surrounding diabetic foot ulceration."


Principal Investigator:  

Deborah M. Wendland, PT, DPT, PhD 

Mercer University


Co-investigators:

Piedmont Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine

Teri Biven, PT, DPT, CWS

Richard Kaufman, DPM

Leia Richardson, PT, CWS

Emily Green, PT, DPT, CWS

2018 Grant Recipient

2021 GRANT RECIPIENT

2018 Grant Recipient

"Quadriceps muscle function and knee loading following quadriceps tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction:  comparison to the gold standard patella tendon autograft."

 

Principal Investigator

Liang-Ching Tsai, PT, PhD

Georgia State University

 

Co-investigators:

Mark Hammond, MD

Mark Lyle, PT, PhD

Gordon Warren, PhD

John Xerogeanes, MD

2016 Grant Recipient

2016 Grant Recipient

2018 Grant Recipient

"Changes In gait kinematics following  treadmill training in children with agenesis of the corpus callosum."


Principal Investigator:

Gena Henderson, PT, DPT, PCS

Georgia State University - Department of Kinesiology & Health


Co-investigator: 

Jianhua Wu, PhD


2015 Grant REcipient

2016 Grant Recipient

2015 Grant REcipient

"The effect of body mass index of functional stroke outcomes, caregiver burden and discharge destination in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.”



Principal Investigator: 

Lindsay Walston, PT, DPT

Emory Rehabilitation Hospital


Co-investigator: 

Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT, NCS

2014 Grant REcipient

2016 Grant Recipient

2015 Grant REcipient

"Clinical effects of dry needling among asymptomatic individuals with hamstring tightness."


Principal Investigator

Marie A. Johanson, PT, PhD, OCS

Emory University


Co-investigators: 

Elizabeth Frierson, PT, DPT, OCS

Kathleen Geist, PT, DPT, OCS

Ainsley Ross, PT, DPT, OCS

2013 Grant REcipient

2013 Grant REcipient

2013 Grant REcipient

"Stroke self-management rehabilitation trial (SMART-DVD): An international, multi-site pilot trial."


Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT, NCS

Emory University


Co-investigators 

Steven Wolf, PT, PhD, FAPTA 

Alex Acenbrak, SPT

Michelle Phillips, SPT 

Ali Watt, SPT 

Lindsay White, SPT 

Carmen Turcott Wurtz, SPT




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