The faculty of the Division of Physical Therapy and Motor Control includes individuals with a wide variety of teaching experience and research expertise in physical therapy-related issues as well as in motor development and motor control. The research programs in the division are designed to address the following areas of scientific inquiry:

• Evidence-based practice and outcomes in physical therapy and rehabilitation
• Posture-balance-gait in older adults, young children and special populations
• Physical activity and its role in recovery of function after trauma
• Physical activity and its role in cognitive and physical function in older adults
• Perceptual-motor development in young children with/without development needs

Faculty members in the Division of Physical Therapy and Motor Control include:

Paul F. Beattie, PhD, PT, OCS
The research interests of Dr. Beattie, a licensed physical therapist, focus on orthopedic-related issues in physical therapy; areas of primary interest include musculo-skeletal pain syndromes, low back, lumbar magnetic resonance imaging, and assessment of outcomes for persons with orthopedic problems.

Stacy Fritz, PhD, MSPT
Dr. Fritz is a licensed physical therapist whose research interests include recovery of function following neurological insults. Areas of primary interest include the effects of various therapeutic interventions, including constraint-Induced movement therapy and locomotor training, for individuals within stroke, incomplete spinal cord injury, and for children with hemispherectomy.

Bruce A. McClenaghan, PEd, PT
Dr. McClenaghan is Director of the Doctorate in Physical Therapy Program and a licensed physical therapist. His primary research interest is in motor rehabilitation with a major focus on posture-balance-gait in older adults, children and special populations. A secondary interest is in physical activity and rehabilitation.

Jan F. Perry, EdD, PT
Dr. Perry is a license physical therapist whose special interests are in communication, ethics, education for the clinician, and administration.

Harriet G. Williams, PhD
Dr. Williams directs the Functional Health Behaviors Assessment Laboratories. Her research interests focus on posture-balance-gait-mobility in children, older adults and special populations. Other major interests are motor skill development, physical activity, and health-related behaviors in children, physical activity effects on cognitive and physical functioning in older adults, and implementation of fall prevention community-based programs.

Harvey Mathews, PT, MS, OCS
Mr. Mathews is Clinical Assistant Professor and licensed physical therapist. He has a Master’s degree in Exercise Science. Research interests include clinical studies of physical therapy treatment, interventions in orthopedic populations, and clinical diagnosis of weakness.