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Sean Collins
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Research Interests:
  • Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Practice Patterns and Outcomes
  • Ventilatory Muscle Training in Heart and Lung Disease
  • Physical Therapy practice patterns in Acute Care Settings/Acute care outcomes
  • Clinical decision making in Acute Care practice settings
  • Physiological and health effects of acute and chronic, physical and/or psychological stress on the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system
  • Rehabilitation with End Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis Patients
  • Investigating physiological mechanisms of physical therapy treatment effectiveness

Previous Research:

  • Impact of Preoperative Pulmonary rehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in volume reduction surgery
  • Assessment of Muscle Function Data in subjects with AIDS Wasting syndrome
  • Validity of Ankle ROM measurement with a Standard Goniometer

Current Research:

  • Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training in patients with C.O.P.D.
  • Use of power spectral analysis of heart rate variability for a physiological quantification of general/vital exhaustion and fatigue
  • Use of Rehabilitation Algorithm and APTA practice patterns in stratifing Dialysis patients to determine Rehabilitation needs

 

 

Sean Collins

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University of Massachusetts Lowell - One University Avenue - Lowell, Massachusetts  01854 
For More Information: David_Wegman@uml.edu