2018 FPTR Pediatric Grant Recipient Studies Cerebral Palsy Interventions in Early Infancy As a practicing pediatric physical therapist specialized in infants at high-risk of cerebral palsy (CP), Barbara Sargent, PT, PhD, MS, was growing frustrated with the lack of research evidence on early identification of [...]

PODS II Scholarship Recipient Defends Dissertation; Accepts Fellowship Position at Hopkins In 2018, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) awarded a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarships to Nayo M. Hill, PT, DPT, PhD. Hill was awarded the named Mary Lou Barnes Award for [...]

FPTR Grantee Identifying Alternate Treatment Plan for Muscle Stiffness Post Stroke Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is associated with long-term increases in passive muscle stiffness and likely limits hand opening in patients recovering from a stroke. Benjamin Binder-Markey, PT, DPT, PhD, recipient of the [...]

Engaging Carepartners in the Rehabilitation Process Post-Stroke The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) recently awarded the 2021 $100,000 Paris Patla Physical Therapy Research Grant to Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT. Blanton, a Professor at Emory University’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, works with stroke [...]

First-Ever Combined PODS II/NIFTI Awarded to Julia Mazzarella Early in 2021, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) announced it would direct its fellowship funds to support a new award modeled after the National Institute of Health K99/R00 mechanisms. The purpose of the award [...]

Video: 2021 PODS I Michelle Rauzi, Shares Thoughts on Research and Funding In 2021, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) awarded $232,500 in Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) including $82,500 in PODS I Scholarship funding to 11 researchers. Among those researchers was Michelle [...]

A Retrospective Study: How Physical Therapy Impacts COVID-19 Patients Adele Myszenski, PT, MSPT, was recently awarded the 2020 Acute Care Research Grant to apply towards her goal of learning the role of physical therapy and rehabilitation on patients recovering from COVID-19. She hopes [...]

FPTR Alum Builds on FPTR Funding to Study Parkinson’s Disease Laurie King, PT, PhD, MCR, was the recipient of the 2011 Clagett Family Research Grant. Ten years later, she continues to secure significant follow-on funding from her original research with Parkinson’s Disease.  In [...]

FPTR-Funded Researcher Uses His 2020 Education Research Grant to Advance PT Clinical Education Douglas Haladay, PT, DPT, PhD, CSCS, of the University of South Florida, is using his $40,000 Education Research Grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research to develop a new [...]

2020 Magistro Grant to Fund Research in Coming Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation Treatments Walking dysfunction post-stroke commonly manifests as slow, asymmetric walking. Currently, gait-training rehabilitation approaches are used independently. 2020 Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant recipient, Kristan Leech, PT, DPT, PhD, is looking at [...]