FPTR Scholarship to Fund Research in Improved Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect mobility, balance, and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in children. Children with CP often experience significant [...]

Past FPTR-Funding Recipient Advances Knowledge of Health Disparities Amid Pandemic Lisa VanHoose, PT, PhD, MPH, is a physical therapist researcher, educator, and practitioner on the front lines in addressing health disparities in the current health pandemic. Though there is much more to be [...]

An Interview With Timothy D. Faw, PT, DPT, PhD, FPTR Funding Recipient Timothy D. Faw, PT, DPT, PhD, is a 5-time Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) scholarship recipient. With colleagues, Faw recently published a study that looks at how downhill locomotor rehabilitation [...]

Foundation NIFTI Award to Fund Promising Research Fellowship Brian Loyd, PT, DPT, PhD, first began his clinical research career while completing a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. This work helped him gain experience in acquiring funding [...]

University of Delaware PhD Student Receives PODS I Scholarship to Study Strategic Learning in Locomotion Post Strokes Margaret A. French, PT, DPT, research assistant and PhD student at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a 2018 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) [...]

Three-Time Foundation Funding Recipient Secures First R01 Grant to Further Research in How Bone Cells Respond to Mechanical Force William R. Thompson, PT, DPT, PhD, was recently awarded a 5-year, $2.85 million award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin [...]

Foundation Alumni Advances Research in Pelvic Pain -- As a physical therapist (PT) researcher, Dr. Meryl Alappattu has long enjoyed the ability to design a scientific study and answer its questions with the hope of eventually changing how physical therapists practice and manage [...]

Health Services Research on the Rise -- Today more than ever, physical therapist researchers are focusing on health services research to validate the value and cost effectiveness of physical therapy services. One such researcher is two-time Foundation scholarship recipient Adam P. Goode, PT, [...]