Department Of Physical Therapy

Seventeen PT alumni have recently received specialist certifications through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties or have graduated from their residency programs.

The excerpt below was pulled from the Summer 2021 edition of the Public Health and Health Professions News e-magazine. Clinical placement scramble Tending to her flower garden has helped Natacha Miller cope with stress over the past year. When COVID-19 upended spring and summer 2020…

Thanks to a generous gift from Arlyn Thobaben, the Equal Access Clinic student leadership group was able to purchase artwork to promote health and wellbeing for community members who attend the clinic.

The grant supports continued efforts to develop MRI biomarkers for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and expand the study to include people with Becker muscular dystrophy.

After treatment, three young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy had considerably lower fat infiltration in their muscles than boys receiving standard treatment.