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Research Interests:
  • Clinical Decision Making
  • Anything related to posture and spine
  • Influence of scapulothoracic stability in impingement syndromes
  • Lymphedema following mastectomy
  • Reliability of measurement tools for the back and neck
  • PT management of post surgical breast patient
  • Total joints
  • Postural stability and LBP

Previous Research:

  • Clinical decision making in PT
  • Influence of 3 types of knowledge of performance on motor skill performance
  • Reliability of inclinometer in measuring lumbar range of motion
  • Reliability of a goniometric technique in measuring the lumbosacral range
  • Overuse injuries in Army Mobile Hospital Units
  • Evaluation of 3 methods for teaching gait analysis
  • Influence of P.T. intervention in breast surgery patients: an outcome study
  • Influence on massage on delayed onset muscle soreness
  • Developing skillful clinical decision making and evaluation of 2 classroom strategies
  • Reliability of measuring upper cervical AROM
  • Prevention of falls in the elderly with safety education
  • Use of the syllabus as a teaching tool for Physical Therapy students

Current Research:

  • Influence of physical therapy intervention in lymphedema management: an outcome study
  • Functional outcomes of subacute LBP patients as the result of participation in a Functional Restoration Program
  • Iliotibial band and hamstring tightness influence on anterior knee pain

 

Connie Seymour

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