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A study led by researchers from Brooks Rehabilitation and the University of Florida College of Public Health & Health Professions (UF PHHP) is looking at how patients and physical therapists think and feel about spinal manipulation, a common treatment for low back pain.
To celebrate Spinal Cord Awareness Month in September, SHARP partnered with the UF Breathing Research and Therapeutics, or BREATHE, Center to showcase innovation in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, with lectures by prominent researchers and demonstrations featuring research participants with spinal cord injury.
On Thursday, September 18th, SHARP partnered with the Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center (BREATHE) to host a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month event at Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville, FL. Participants took a tour of the Brooks Rehabilitation Neuro Recovery Center, engaged with demonstrations…
For our second annual Research Open House, we invited people affected by spinal cord injury and clinicians to join together for a fun evening of trivia and sharing their experiences with research. Image Gallery…
Catherine Lang, PT, PhD, FASNR, FAPTA, is the Barbara J Norton Professor of Physical Therapy and Professor of Neurology and Occupational Therapy in the WashU Medicine Program in Physical Therapy. She visited Brooks Rehabilitation in June 2025 to present a Research Connection Seminar titled “Wearable sensing opens new windows to…
For spinal cord injury survivors, being able to breathe effectively is a significant problem affecting their quality of life. Now, Brooks Rehabilitation and University of Florida (UF) researchers believe that combining respiratory therapy with bouts of breathing air with less oxygen might be a solution to help them breathe better.
Chiung-Ju (CJ) Liu, PhD, OTR/L, FGSA is an Associate Professor in the University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy in the College of Public Health and Health Professions. In April 2025 she presented a Research Connection seminar titled “Task-oriented resistance exercise to reduce late-life ADL disability: From science to practice.”…
In January 2025, James Finley, PhD, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, presented a seminar for the UF Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral program. Before the seminar at UF, Dr. Finley visited Brooks Rehabilitation to connect with clinician scientists, research assistants, and engineers in the Motion Analysis Center.
We celebrated SCI Awareness Month (September) with a unique collaborative event co-hosted by the Brooks Rehabilitation Research Center, the University of Florida BREATHE Center, and SHARP. During the event, we brought together basic science researchers, PhD students, clinicians, research staff, and people with SCI. We hosted research demonstrations and facilitated…
The Catherine Worthingham Fellow is APTA’s highest membership category and serves as inspiration for all physical therapists to attain professional excellence. This honor is only eligible to APTA physical therapist members who have demonstrated unwavering efforts to advance the physical therapy profession for more than 15 years.
