Projects from 2024
IMU and Markerless Technology in Gait Analysis: Clinical Lessons, Jessa Barendse, Trevor Nannini, Joanna Zuckerman, Tess Swake, Robin Dorociak, Peter Jang, and Andrew Meszaros
Changes in Quadriceps Strength in Recreationally Active Individuals using Single-Limb or Double-Limb Blood Flow Restriction, Brogan Boen, Logan Cockrell, Olivia Aho, Taylor Bryant, Bethany Nguyen, and Jason Brumitt
Fatigue Changes Biomechanical Variables in Drop Vertical Jump Performance in Competitive Basketball Players, Isabella Bruno, Caroline Linardos, Michala Rennels, Kristina Williams, Robin Dorociak, Jaydee Romick, and Jason Brumitt
Hamstring Tendons Don’t Lie #EccentricsDontExist, Alec Espinoza, Chris Garcia, Enoch Ho, Ian Rousseau, Joel Centeno, Robin Dorociak, and Tyler Cuddeford
Implementing PT in Pediatric Primary Care, Juliann Fronius, Scout Cai, Courtney Hoffman, Carlee Martin, Joel Wiley, Chris Yuen, and Ryan Jacobson
Effect of Perturbation-Based Balance Training on Fall Risk and Fear of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults – A Pilot Study, Lindsey Kelly, Casey Kostecki, Garrett Markham, Conner Morris, Trevor Strem, Lyndsay Strutzenberger, and Gabe Haberly
Does the Size-Weight Illusion Exist During Deadlift?, Dakota Kerbow, Luke Mallory, Robin Dorociak, Peter Jang, and Andrew Meszaros
Comparing Self-Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Disturbance with Physical Activity in Community Dwelling Older Adults, Sophie LaRue, Morgan Hendley, Brandon Tandecki, Kirsten Cabrera, Faerynn Tilgner, Brad Higa, Christen Johnson, Cindy Zablotny, Theresa Raudsepp, and Jeff Houck
Is Sway-Referenced Haptic Assistance Sensitive to Perceptual Context, Andrew Meszaros, Robin Dorociack, Peter Jang, Tanner Lehr, and Bayli Mohl
Factors Affecting Peak Effort in Max Effort Tests, Amanda Pardue, Michael Forster, Taylor Kopecky, Zoralei Dayley, Jeff Houck, and Rebecca Dobler
In Vivo Behavior of the Soleus Muscle during Various Activities in Persons Post-stroke, Madison Swaney, Molly Carter, Mitchell McKinley, Joshua Nelson, Robin Dorociak, and Tyler Cuddeford
Projects from 2023
Effects of a Parkinson's Disease Community Exercise Group on Self Reported Promis Measures, Desiray Anderson, Alexis Creighton, Jillian Studer, and Tyler Cuddeford
Muscle Fascicle Length Changes of the Long Head of Biceps Femoris Muscle During Various Physical Activities, Rusty Batykefer, Austin Hardin, Kyla Gomes, Octavio Tan, Bryce Yamashita, Alwin Sacro, and Tyler Cuddeford
Proximal and Distal Effects Associated with Vascular Occlusion During Stationary Cycling, Jason Brumitt, Colton Cypert, Kelli Young, Kira Negrete, Kristin Dunn, McKenzie Moore, and Rainey Stoner
Perturbation-Based Balance Training added to a Fall Prevention Exercise Program and its Effect on Fall Risk and Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Joseph Espero, Jeremiah Everett, Leanne Gehrke, Sage Goodman, Spencer Hall, Melody Hansen, Lyndsay Stutzenberger, Rebecca Dobler, and Gabe Haberly
"My Kid Said What?!" Participation and Promis Self-Report in Children with Long-Term Physical Disabilities, Ashlyn Fast, Emma Powley, Kauionalani Kekuawela, Natalie Teegarden, Samuel Miller, Thomas Ratana, Tyler Hammond, Winnie Lee, and Ryan Jacobson
Perception of Workload and Task Importance During Complex and Dual Task Conditions, Alicia Maul, Cody Lamont, Erin Zurbrugg, Gillian Berry, Katherine Armstrong, Lea Keenantasker, Patricia Eckart, Cindy Zablotny, Theresa Raudsepp, and Ryan Jacobson
How Does Perception Influence Motor Output: An Investigation Into the Size-Weight Illusion, Andrew Meszaros, Robin Dorociak, Alex Anderson, Cassie Allen, and Jennifer Vargas Vega
Effects of Context Perception and Haptic Feedback on Sway, Andrew Meszaros, Tess Swake, Robin Dorociack, Catherine Enger, Gavin Boen, Alex Johnston, and Braedon Miller
Projects from 2021
Can Blood Flow Restriction Therapy Augment Rotator Cuff Strength?, Stephen Alterado, Tyler Berg, Carsten Neumiller, BP Nguyen, Robert Reynoso, Jacob Stickell, and Jason Brumitt
Reflections of Communication Skills after Practicing Telehealth Physical Activity Screening Evaluations: Qualitative Study, Stephanie Blank, Carlos Falcon, Nicholas Heck, Isabelle Hoyven Cisneros, Gavin McBride, Matthew Miller, Rachel Tokuda, and Jeff Houck
Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of Biopsychosocial Patient Reported Outcomes with the Keele MSK Tool, P. Cain, K. Downey, Jeff Houck, J. Manning, M. Wilson, and M. Wong
Development of a Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) Question for Children with Consistent, Long-Term Disability, Meagan Dahl, Maddy St. John, Nicole Nelson, Kat Olennikov, Tara Paddock, Lisa Watson, Garth West, and Ryan Jacobson
Size-Weight Illusion: A Proof of Concept, Christopher Danford, Katie Jacobson, Peter Valentine, Mark Gumtang, Claire Schumock, Andrew J. Meszaros, and Robin Dorociak
Does an Integrated Survey and Single Session of Physical Therapy Counseling Activate People to Increase Physical Activity After Total Ankle Arthroplasty?, Jeff Houck, Marcey Keefer Hutchison, Ariana Blondo, Mark Holenstein, Clare Liu, Forrest Paxton, Haleigh Rabe, Megan Rogers, Frank DiLiberto, Patrick McMahon, and Brianna Becker
Relationship Among Measures of Self-Efficacy, Participation, Physical Function, & Real World Physical Activity in Chronic Stroke, Cindy Zablotny, Theresa Raudsepp, Zachary Christenson, Zachary LaBianco, Kerry Pine, Caroline Strode, Kaylee Vinson, and Kendall Woolf
Projects from 2020
Screening and Addressing Fatigue Symptoms in Patients with Orthopedic Problems Using the PROMIS Fatigue Scale, Breanna Becker, Karina Kreider, Hannah Lawrence, Kayla Winter, Caleb Zimmerman, Jeff Houck, and Li-Zandre Philbrook
Falls Risk Screening in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Austyn Byasse, Kevin Joines, Rachel Cundy, Carlos Navia, Virginia Edwards, Rachel Lineback, Cindy Zablotny, and Theresa Raudsepp
Validity of the Paper Pull Test for Strength in Patients with Hallux Valgus, Taylor Eckel, Alex Hughes, Jaymee Kau, Jessica Lumba, Kristen Omohundro, Kara Oshiro, Jeff Houck, and Marcey Keefer Hutchison
Changes in Tendon Thickness only Occurs in Patients with Achilles Tendinopathy, Sarah Garner, Kelsey Harnar, Jesus Soltero Plaza, Kevin Coriano, and Tyler Cuddeford
Qualitative Analysis of Reflective Narratives of Physical Therapy Students Attempting to Implement Biopsychosocial Approaches to Care, Ricardo Gonzalez, Sari Harris, Justin Lee, Patrick McMahon, Rebecca Wezensky, Jeff Houck, Daniel Kang, and Kevin Sellars
Blood Flow Restriction Training for the Rotator Cuff: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Zach Klemmer, Mike Stroud, Edward Cheng, Neil Cayanan, Sheldon Shishido, Jason Brumitt, Marcey Keefer Hutchison, and Daniel Kang
Can Cue Location Influence Postural Sway Control in a Post-Concussion Syndrome Case?, Andrew J. Meszaros, Alyssa Carey, Robin Dorociak, Erik Cronrath, Farah Makani, and Monica Martinez
Do Generic Health and Population Norm Based Outcomes Adequately Detect Change in Patients Attending Outpatient Physical Therapy?, Li-Zandre Philbrook, Jeff Houck, Jonah Koski, Kyle Johnston, Kyle Sumida, and Ben Wagar
Projects from 2019
Patellar Tendonopathy in Collegiate Volleyball Athletes, Justine Benner, Heidi Cooke, Colby Critchfield, Samantha Dunn, Sarah Eddy, and Linda Foremming
Can Preseason Performance Tests Discriminate Injury Risk in Female Collegiate Volleyball Players, Justine Benner, Heidi Cooke, Colby Critchfield, Samantha Dunn, Sarah Eddy, and Linda Froemming
Effect of a One-Time Cognitive Functional Therapy Intervention in Patients with Moderate to High Risk of Chronic Low Back Pain: Case Series Study, Tracy Broyles, Emily Stein, Talisa Swanson, Rusne Kuzmickas, Jeff Houck, Daniel Kang, and Li-Zandre Philbrook
Changes in Achilles Tendon Thickness Following a 10 – Week Heavy Load Eccentric Exercise Program, M. Carlson, B. Criswell, D. Dean, M. Gabourel, N. Merchen, Tyler Cuddeford, and Marcey Keefer Hutchison
Fall Risk Classification in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Validation of PROMIS-PF and Performance-Based Outcomes, Courtney Hanks, Elizabeth Pacol, Becca Tinker, Makenzi Wagner, Liz Weideman, Hannah Williamson, Cindy Zablotny, Theresa Raudsepp, and Jeff Houck
Validation of the Paper Pull Test for 1st Metatarsophalangeal Strength in Patients with Hallux Valgus and Healthy Controls, Jeff Houck, Marcey Keefer Hutchison, Ian Hockett, Cody Cataldo-Gillman, Jamie Kahn, and Geoffrey Kunita
The Effects of Haptic Feedback on Postural Sway, Andrew J. Meszaros, Brandon Crumpacker, Marc Gendelman, Peter Martin, Levi vanTol, and Pierre Zook
Sit-to-Stand Symmetry, Andrew J. Meszaros, Nick Gammie, April Nichols, Warren Ocano, Mitchell Prunk, Montana Rhoden, and Bill Walters
What Constitutes a Successful Result from a Patient Perspective? A Qualitative Analysis, Kelsey Riley, Matthew Roth, Oscar Rave, Will Lawrence, Chris Koch, and Jeff Houck
Projects from 2018
Changes in Achilles Tendon Thickness Following a 10-Week Heavy Load Eccentric Exercise Program, Tyler Cuddeford, Marcey Keefer Hutchison, Annika Piros, Jessica London, Andi Maleike, Tiffany Schoonover, and Madison Eymann
Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis of Male Collegiate Basketball Players with Patella Tendinosis, Dacia Heckendorf, Luke Hammer, Matthew Jeppson, Nicole Jones, and Katherine Porter
Community-Based Exercise & Wellness Program for Chronic Stroke - A Pilot Study, Christen Johnson, Daniel DeBates, Meggie Dallas, Morgan Johansen, Morgan Kilgore, Cindy Zablotny, and Theresa Raudsepp
Effect of Haptic Feedback on Static Standing Sway, Andrew J. Meszaros, Alyssa Carey, Jessica Hund, Morgan McCann, and Kindra McDougall
Sit-to-Stand Symmetry in Individuals with Hip Pathology, Andrew J. Meszaros, Allie Thomas, Alyssa Ware, Craig Hawkinson, Jaydee Romick, and Michelle Thoreson
Combined Exercise/Weight Bearing Program Influences of Foot Function in People with Asymptomatic Flat Feet, Alison Modafferi, Angela Foster, Brenden Thompson, Jean Jarbath, Shanna Howland, Tyler Whited, Jeff Houck, and Marcey Keefer Hutchison
Predicting Patients Acceptable Symptom State at Short Term Follow Up of a Collaborative Primary Care PT/MD Service, Catherine Vandehaar, Kevin Morikawa, Andrea Mulligan, Amador Marcano, Ceci Gutierrez, Jeff Houck, Daniel Kang, Tyler Cuddeford, and Sarah Rahkola
Projects from 2017
Are Preseason Functional and Biomechanical Measures Associated with Lower Quadrant Injury Risk in Division III Athletes?, Natalie Ellis, Jordan Petersen, Jordon Reyes, Victor WIlson, and CJ Zita
Stroke Survivor and Physical Therapist Perceptions of Community-Based Exercise in Northwest Oregon: A Qualitative Pilot Study, Angela Grenier, Megan Hofstede, Matthew Hornback, Sara Mason, Breanne Myers, David Sjelin, and Cindy Zablotny
Morphological Changes in Achilles Tendon Thickness Following an 8-week Heavy Load Eccentric Exercise Program, W. Howe, B. Telfer, J. Leung, M. Suzuki, C. Young, and Tyler Cuddeford
Developing an Auditory and Visual Cross-Modal Continuous Performance Task for Evaluating Concussion, Chris Koch, Taylor Charbonnier, Kristin Dissinger, Steven Egeberg, Matthew Johnson, Lindsey Levanen, and Matthew Scott
The Role of Balance and Neck Strength in Youth Concussion, Chris Koch, Jenny Neudorfer, Peter Heuberger, Tel Winegar, Calvin Lee, and Jarrett Fegel
Sit-to-Stand Symmetry in Individuals with Hip Pathology, Andrew J. Meszaros, Stephen Block, Jake Edwards, Brittany Jones, Elizabeth Keeler, Christina Ridley, and Ashley Yates
Influence of 4-Week Exercise Program on Clinical and Biomechanical Measures of Foot Function, Lacey Seidl, Josh Keefer, Miranda Walker, Austin Montgomery, and Jeff Houck
PROMIS Physical Function Scale Bookmarking and Validation, Luke Skerjanec, Amanda Tamanaha, Alex Wegner, Zane Wise, and Jeff Houck
Projects from 2016
Sit-to-Stand Symmetry in Individuals with Hip Pathology, Natash Bui, Andrew Carlson, Caitie Hepner, Ashlyn Logan, Travis Munnell, Bret Reordan, and Andrew J. Meszaros
Can the Nordic Hamstring Test Identify Collegiate Athletes at Risk for a Time-Loss Hamstring Injury?, Nathanael Bush, Erica Haessler, Jennifer Peet, Lisa Koslicki, Jake Watson, and Jason Brumitt
The Use of the Modified Vestibular Activities of Daily Living Scale in the Examination of Older Adults, Lauren Calvert, Shane Durando, Bethany Nguyen, Gregory Schuft, Luke Snelling, Theresa Raudsepp, and Cindy Zablotny
Validity of the PROMIS Physical Performance Scale in Determining Frailty and Physical Ability in Community-Dwelling Elderly, Jeff Houck, Tomoko Iwanaga, Christine Kieu, Keegan Lerma, Chelan Murasaki, and Tawny Souza
Clinical and Lab Based Measures of Physical Status Following Rehabilitation for Ankle Fractures, Jeffrey Houck
Preventing Running Injuries Using a Pre-Running Exercise Program (PREP): A Pilot Study, P. Jaques, T. McGrath, K. Rasmussen, J. Irwin, J. Winslow, M. Strong, G. Macias, and Tyler Cuddeford
Projects from 2015
The Asscociation of Habitual Shoe Wear with Ultrasound Defined Foot Muscle Morphology in Ugandan Participants, Lauren Bennett, Natalie Folkert, Alexander Grimsley, and Jessika McClune
Pre- and Post-Season Physical and Cognitive Testing of College Athletes Susceptible to the Effects of Concussion, Audrey Berning, Elsa Klump, Hannah Burkhart, Jeneca Thomas, and Stephanie Cahill
Reliability and Validity of the Modified Vestibular Disorders Activities of Daily Living Scale in Older Adult Balance Examination, Ashley Berry, Jammie Hoberg, Tiffany Stevens, Kayla Taylor, and Melissa Vetter
Effects of Implicit vs. Explicit Cueing on Dynamic Balance and Injury: A Grant Proposal, Curtis Dodson and Ryan Baugus
Pilot Data: Are Vertical and Lateral Hop Tests Appropriate for Patients Post-Ankle Fracture?, Jeff Houck, R. Spaulding, T. Weiss, and T. DeWilde
The Science of Running: Factors Contributing to Injury Rates in Shod and Unshod Populations, Ryan MacKenzie, Lene MacKenzie, Alicia Martinez, Marisol Cardoza, Tyler Cuddeford, and Jeff Houck
What are the Effects of Wearing Shoes on Foot Pressure?, David Moran, Drew Stewart, Josh Farrester, and Ryan Wiser
Effects of Eccentric Exercise on Tendon Loading and Ankle Power During a Single-leg Heel Rise and Lowering Tank, Derek Palmer, Jordan Visser, and Jason Beilstein