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Taryn Zack, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
February 2011
Physical Therapy major and diver, Taryn Zack was named the Southeastern Conference's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as the SEC annouced its year-end swimming and diving awards.

Physical Therapy Program reaccredited
December 4, 2009
Dr. Bruce McClenaghan says accreditation acknowledges the program’s strength, unique mission in delivering physical therapists to the health care community.

Arnold School is partner in new geriatric clinic
November 30, 2009
Palmetto Health and the Arnold School’s Physical Therapy Program have established a comprehensive clinic in downtown Columbia to study and treat mobility issues in South Carolina’s aging population.

Offering hope along a war-torn border
October 28, 2009
Physical therapy student Rachel Clagett finds an extraordinary job fitting prosthetic hands and providing rehabilitation to landmine survivors on the Thailand/Burma frontier.

Study to compare stroke rehab therapies
June 25, 2008
Physical Therapy's, Stacy Fritz, is embarking on a study to compare which of two rehabilitation therapies produces the best outcome for recovering stroke patients.

Can video games help with stroke recovery?
June 5, 2008
Physical Therapy's, Stacy Fritz, is interested in answering this question. She is researching whether off-the-shelf interactive games can help people recover their motor skills following a stroke.

The importance of chances - second and otherwise
April 2007
By Paul Beattie, PT, PhD, OCS, clinical associate professor in the Physical Therapy Program at the University of South Carolina.

Researchers study how brain functions when half is removed
August 30, 2006
Dr. Stacy Fritz and five-year-old Megan Howell use a treadmill to improve Megan's gait and motor control. Those functions were impaired when doctors removed half of Megan's brain to stop recurring seizures.

Arnot works with shooters to relieve variety of overuse injuries
July 6, 2006
Physical Therapy's, Cathy Arnot, has worked with the U.S. Olympic Shooting teams for the past three years providing manual physical therapy interventions to team members.

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