News: Physical Therapy

70-and-Up Group Shows Senior Tennis Is Prescription for Healthy Aging

Written By: Orlando Sentinel | January 12, 2018
Jean Carolan, 95, tossed a tennis ball into the air and whacked it across the net, her gaze focused on the court. “Right by me,” she called out as one...

Dr. Stock attends weeklong Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation course at Harvard Medical School

Written By: Matt Stock | October 28, 2017
Last week Dr. Stock attended an Intensive Course in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical...

UCF Helps Launch Go Baby Go! in Belgium for Children with Limited Mobility

Written By: Rachel Williams | October 25, 2017
The first Belgian chapter of Go Baby Go!, an outreach program that works to give children with mobility impairments more freedom, launched this week thanks to the help of the...

Motor unit fatigue work published in Medical Engineering & Physics

Written By: Matt Stock | October 2, 2017
In collaboration with former lab student, Jacob Mota, Dr. Stock recently published an article in Medical Engineering & Physics. The title of the article is “Shifts in the relationship between...

Go Baby Go! UCF program helps kids with limited mobility gain independence

Written By: NEWS 13 FLORIDA | 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.

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 The Influence of Age, Joint Angle, and Muscle Group on Strength Production Characteristics at the Knee Joint published in the Journals...

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.

Filter Options

  • By Category

Gift box icon

GIVE A GIFT

To help fund student scholarships, faculty excellence and innovative programing.
Support UCF