News: Physical Therapy

Go Baby Go! UCF Program Helps Kids With Limited Mobility Gain Independence

Written By: Spectrum News 13 | September 21, 2017
A Central Florida university has its hand in a nationwide event — helping kids with limited mobility gain independence trough modified ride-on cars.

Lab publishes work in the Journals of Gerontology: Series A

Written By: Matt Stock | August 14, 2017
Dr. Stock was the co-author on a recent study published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series A. The article can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/4082430/The-influence-of-age-joint-angle-and-muscle-group

Dr. Stock gives Gary Dudley Memorial Lecture, named Educator of the Year at NSCA National Conference

Written By: Matt Stock | July 17, 2017
Dr. Stock attended the 40th annual NSCA National Conference July 12-15th in Las Vegas, NV. While there, he was named to the NSCA Foundation‘s Board of Directors, gave the Gary...

New UCF-Created Program Gets Seniors, Kids Exercising Together

Written By: Rachel Williams | July 13, 2017
A new program that gets seniors and children exercising together is happening in the community thanks to two physical-therapy faculty members at the University of Central Florida. Grow and Play...

The lab publishes aging work in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Written By: Matt Stock | June 19, 2017
Dr. Stock was co-author on a recent manuscript published in the journal Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

UCF, Orlando Health Team up to Help Children Vroom Vroom

Written By: Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala | June 16, 2017
The University of Central Florida and Orlando Health are teaming up today to give some children with limited mobility a little bit of independence. Orlando Health is sponsoring a UCF Go...

How One Cafe Is Giving Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors A New Sense Of Purpose

Written By: Nancy Devault | June 5, 2017
February of last year, the faculty at one Orlando college set out to prove how a real-world curricula could improve the lives of young survivors with traumatic brain injury (TBI)....

Dr. Stock gives presentation at ACSM in Denver, CO

Written By: Matt Stock | May 30, 2017
The 5th Symposium on Motor Control in Biomechanics was held on Tuesday May 30, 2017 during the pre-conference workshops of the 64th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports...

Hypertrophy Research Featured in News Article

Written By: Matt Stock | May 5, 2017
Dr. Stock’s recent research about muscle growth was featured in Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail. The article can be found here.

Dr. Stock presents at Experimental Biology!

Written By: Matt Stock | April 26, 2017
Dr. Stock presented research at the Experimental Biology annual meeting. A co-author on his abstract was Jacob Mota, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The title...

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