Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program

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	Graduates of the Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program

Year of Graduation	2005
Name	Lori Bolgla, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	ETIOLOGY OF PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME: A PROXIMAL LINK TO A DISTAL PROBLEM
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2005
Name	Jane O’Regan Kleinert, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	A COMPARISON OF SYNTAX TRAINING FOR STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UTILIZING CLINICIAN-DIRECTED VERSUS SELF-DETERMINED SESSION PARADIGMS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2005
Name	Scott Tomchek, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	CHARACTERIZING SENSORY PROCESSING IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2006
Name	Sherri Lovelace, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE ROLE OF BOOK TYPE IN THE RETENTION OF NOVEL VOCABULARY AMONG CHILDREN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN WITH VOCABULARY DEFICITS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Sharon Hart, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COMMUNICATION-CENTERED INTERVENTION TO FACILITATE PHONOLOGICAL LEARNING IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Scott Shafer, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE IMPACT OF DIABETES AND PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY ON FALL RISK AND FUNCTION IN ADULTS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Alyssa Catherine LaForme Fiss, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	EFFECT OF INCREASED PRACTICE TIME USING SENSORIMOTOR GROUPS ON GROSS MOTOR SKILL ACQUISITION FOR CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Christine Teeters Myers, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THERAPY PROVIDERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TRANSITIONS: PARTICIPATION, PRACTICES, AND PREDICTORS OF INVOLVEMENT
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Kyle Benjamin Kiesel, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	A COMPARISON OF SELECT TRUNK MUSCLE THICKNESS CHANGE BETWEEN SUBJECTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN CLASSIFIED IN THE TREATMENT-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND ASYMPTOMATIC CONTROLS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Lyn Roark Tindall, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	VIDEOPHONE DELIVERED VOICE THERAPY: COMPARING OUTCOMES TO TRADITIONAL DELIVERY FOR ADULTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2007
Name	Henry "Hank" White, II Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	VALIDITY OF THE PENDULUM TEST TO MEASURE QUADRICEPS SPASTICITY IN CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/
Year of Graduation	2008
Name	Tony English, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	CLINICAL FUNCTIONAL TESTING IN PEOPLE 30-60 YEARS OLD. EXPECTED PERFORMANCE VALUES AND CORRELATIONS TO MUSCLE FITNESS AND ACTIVITY LEVEL
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2008
Name	Tamara Cranfill, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT: DOMAIN IMPORTANCE TO PERSONS WITH APHASIA
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/


Year of Graduation	2008
Name	Lisa Thomas, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	EFFECT OF DYSTROPHIN DEFICIENCY ON SELECTED INTRINSIC LARYNGEAL MUSCLES OF THE mdx MOUSE
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2009
Name	Somaya H. Malkawi, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	PARTICIPATION IN PLAY ACTIVITIES OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2009
Name	Maureen K. Dwyer, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE ROLE OF THE HIP ABDUCTOR MUSCLE COMPLEX IN THE FUNCTION OF THE PATHOLOGICAL HIP JOINT
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2009
Name	Kelly A. Kleinhans, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS: AN INDIVIDUALIZED METHOD FOR INTERPRETING UNFAMILIAR COMMUNICATIVE ACTS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2009
Name	Charles R. Hazle, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	A SIMULATED PASSIVE INTERVERTEBRAL MOTION TASK: OBSERVATIONS OF PERFORMANCE IN A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2010
Name	Anne Olson, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	AUDITORY TRAINING AT HOME FOR ADULT HEARING AID USERS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2010
Name	Kathleen E. Yancosek, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	INJURY-INDUCED HAND DOMINANCE TRANSFER
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2011
Name	Ashwini Joshi, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	CENTRAL NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF VOICE SECONDARY TO INDUCED UNILATERAL VOCAL FOLD PARALYSIS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2011
Name	Matthew Hoch, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE EFFECT OF JOINT MOBILIZATION ON FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2011
Name	Jennifer Howard, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION TO THE KNEE: THE ROLE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES, PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT, AND RESPONSE SHIFT
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2011
Name	Claire Davies, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	PRACTICE PATTERNS OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING WHEN TREATING PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Carrie Silkman Baker, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF-EFFICACY OF BALANCE SCALE (SEBS): INVESTIGATION OF PSYCHOMETIRC PROPERTIES IN FEMALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Johanna Hoch, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	SERUM CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN: A BIOMARKER FOR ACUTE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DAMAGE
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Melba Custer, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	DEVELOPING A MODEL OF CLIENT SATISFACTION WITH A REHABILITATION CONTINUUM OF CARE
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Thomas Palmer, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	EFFECTS OF PROXIMAL STABILITY TRAINING ON SPORT PERFORMANCE AND PROXIMAL STABILITY MEASURES
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Gina C. Siconolfi-Morris, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	USE OF A VIDEO GAME BASED BALANCE TRAINING INTERVENTION ON THE BALANCE AND FUNCTION OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Camille Skubik-Peplaski, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ON AN INPATIENT STROKE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Year of Graduation	2012
Name	Susan Frank, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title	USE OF EXPLICIT NON-EVOCATIVE PRINT REFERENCING WITH AT-RISK PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS FOR INCREASING PRINT KNOWLEDGE
Location	http://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/

Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program

About the Alumni

Graduates of the Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program