Jane Sullivan, PT, DHS
Jane Sullivan, PT, DHS, has a background in clinical research focused on testing rehabilitation interventions using appropriate standardized measurement tools. She has been involved in comparative effectiveness research since her MS studies, when she began a trial to test the effectiveness of an intervention to treat shoulder subluxation following stroke. She has been involved in trials to test other rehabilitation interventions in populations of individuals with neurologic dysfunction with designs ranging from single subject design to randomized control trials.
In addition to numerous department-funded studies testing electrical stimulation interventions following stroke, she was the principal investigator on an industry-sponsored grant for a study entitled “Afferent Stimulation During Task-Specific Exercise Following Stroke,” was a co-investigator on a field development project grant from HHS titled “The Development of a Real-Time Platform for Intuitive Control of Grasp and Release During Functional Arm Activities Following Stroke” and currently is co-investigator on a grant from NIH/NICHD entitled "Development of a Portable Synergy Resistant EMG-driven FES Device for Intuitive Control of Grasp and Release During Functional Arm Activities Following Stroke."
Her experience with outcome measurement extends beyond intervention trials. In the past five years, she has focused her efforts on the clinical use of appropriate standardized outcome measures in clinical practice. She and her colleagues just completed a three-year study funded by the APTA to develop a clinical practice guideline on a core set of outcome measures for use by physical therapists treating adults with neurological diagnoses.
Most recently, she studied the background, experiences and preferences of DPT students in online and blended learning.
Links
- Afferent stimulation provided by glove electrode during task-specific arm exercise following stroke
- Reliability of a New Device Used to Measure Shoulder Subluxation
- Outcome Measures in Neurological Physical Therapy Practice: Part I. Making Sound Decisions
- Outcome Measures in Neurological Physical Therapy Practice: Part II. A Patient-Centered Process
- Outcome Measures for Individuals With Stroke: Recommendations From the American Physical Therapy Association Neurology Section Task Force
- Feasibility and Outcomes of a Community-Based, Pedometer-Monitored Walking Program in Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Study
- Effects of home-based sensory and motor amplitude electrical stimulation on arm dysfunction in chronic stroke
- A Home Program of Sensory and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation With Upper-Limb Task Practice in a Patient 5 Years After Stroke
- Afferent stimulation provided by glove electrode during task-specific arm exercise following stroke
- A Core Set of Outcome Measures for Adults With Neurologic Conditions Undergoing Rehabilitation