On Friday, February 21, 2020, our students presented their research posters at the annual USF Health Research Day. The event is a time for USF Health students, faculty, and staff to present their research to our local community.

Topics presented included:

• Can Gait Training with Auditory Cueing Reduce Freezing of Gait in People with Parkinson’s disease? Nora Nour, Krysti Weierstahl, Andrea De Los Santos, Skye Haddock, Mark DiNicola, Seok Hun Kim.
• Reliability and Validity of Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Achilles Tendon. Quentin Brisco, Joshua Karrer, Zack Leibowitz, Eric Lopez, Jennifer Willms, Aimee Klein.
• The Effects of Yoga and Pilates on Gait and Balance in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. Nicole Harder, Danielle Gorman, Elizabeth Carr, Devina Gilmore, Judith Young, Jeannie Stephenson.
• Strength and Proprioceptive Interventions to Improve Quality of Life in People with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos/Joint Hypermobility Syndrome. Ali Cochrane, Katherine Kane, Heather Senica, Justin Reynolds, Michael Glaser, Patricia Teran Wodzinski.
• What is the Current State of Literature on Patient-Centered Goal Setting and Attainment for Patients with SCI? Garrett Dietz, Scott Baker, Kalie Tartaglia, Jessica Hoffman, Tyler Mauzy, Dustin Hardwick.
• The Use of Exercise Intervention for Improving Fitness Levels in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Gisa Cano, Jennifer Hussey, Rachel Moore, Amanda Wilhelm, Kelsi Wilson, Jamie Holloway.
• The Effects of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Continuing Education at Improving Delivery of Care to Patients as Measured by Knowledge Translation. Anne Marie Buford, Monique Pydych, Thomas Stombaugh, Sandrine Urias, Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler.
• What is the Efficacy of Proprioceptive Training for Cervical Pain? Sarah Gray, Rogelio Guzman Ramos, David Moorhead, Ashley Murray, Mohammad Rauf, Matthew Lazinski.
• Efficacy of Shared Decision Making on Clinical Outcome Measures in Adults with Low Back Pain. Delysia Davis, Emily Jaffe, Blaine LePere, Kate Panawash, Douglas Haladay.
• Effects of Intermittent Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Gait Performance. Mark DiNicola, Andrea De Los Santos, Skye Haddock, Kyle Reed, PhD, Seok Hun Kim

The following SPT&RS poster was recognized for Student Clinical / Translational Sciences:

• Strength and Proprioceptive Interventions to Improve Quality of Life in People with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos/Joint Hypermobility Syndrome. Ali Cochrane, Katherine Kane, Heather Senica, Justin Reynolds, Michael Glaser, Patricia Teran Wodzinski.

To learn more about USF Health Research Day 2020 visit: HERE.