PTAG Student Research Award

The research committee again this year will be awarding the Student Research Award, which recognizes excellence in research that advances the physical therapy profession by physical therapy students in Georgia. The award will be presented at the PTAG Annual Meeting. Application is open to students who have completed a research project while enrolled in an entry level or post professional physical therapy program and completed within the past year. For more information or submission guidelines please contact:
Bruce Greenfield, PT, PhD, OCS at bgreenf@emory.edu. or
click here.

Past SRA winners include:

2008 PTAG Spring Meeting Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: The association of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations among people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Researchers: Amanda Blackmon, DPT, Karyn Wanko, DPT , Heather Carraway, DPT, Faculty Advisor: Brenda Greene, PT, PhD, OCS

Institution: Emory University

2007 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: The Effect of Calcaneal Taping on Plantar Pressures during Gait

Researchers: Kate Alexander, Erica Colclough, Jessica Daniell, Tiffany Haney, and Cheryl Pines

Institution: Georgia State University

2005 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: The association of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations among people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Researchers: Amanda Blackmon, DPT, Karyn Wanko, DPT , Heather Carraway, DPT, Faculty Advisor: Brenda Greene, PT, PhD, OCS

Institution: Emory University

2004 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: Differences in Scapular Upward Rotation During Active and Passive Movement Between Young and Older Adults

Researchers: Lyndsy Parks and Luis Cordon

Institution: Armstrong Atlantic State University

2003 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title:  Intra-subject reliability of parameters contributing to maps generated by transcranial magnetic stimulation in able-bodied adults

Researchers: Campana, G.; Parris, T.M.; Struys, D.; Weinstein, S.; Wolf, S. L.; Butler, A. J.

Institution: Emory University

2002 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: The effects of a Bodyblade™ training protocol on shoulder proprioception and serve accuracy in the collegiate tennis player

Researchers: Carrie H. Walden Jeremy C. Eaton

Institution: Department of Physical Therapy Armstrong Atlantic State University

2001 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: Temporal Patterns of EMG and Plantar Pressures in Subjects with SCI During Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Walking

Researchers: Keely Bishop, Kristen Broadway, Melinda Heringer, Amy Long, Candi Newton, Jasmine Williams, Christopher Bickel, PT, Gordon Warren, PhD, Gary Dudley, PhD

Institution: Georgia State

2000 PTAG Research Committee Student Research Award is:

Title: Determination of the magnitude, rate and duration of temperatures change in the human Achilles tendon with application of 3MHZ ultrasound at two intensities

Researcher: Bethany Burns

Institution: Armstrong Atlantic State University