Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation that impacts our communities and generations to come.
UCF has a Carnegie Foundation designation for very high research activity. Below is a collection of CHPS faculty peer-reviewed publications from January through June 2024.
Bolded names denote CHPS faculty.
** Denotes graduate students.
* Denotes undergraduate students.
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Binger, C., Harrington, N., Kent-Walsh, J (2024). Applying a Developmental Model to Preliterate Aided Language Learning. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(1): 33-50.
Vanryckeghem, M. & Van Eerdenbrugh, S. (2024). What do adults who stutter think about the nature of stuttering treatment? SIG-4 Perspectives.
Das, D., Shaw, M. E., Hämäläinen, M. S., Dykstra, A. R., Doll, L., & Gutschalk, A. (2024). A role for retro-splenial cortex in the task-related P3 network. Clinical Neurophysiology, 157, 96–109.
Dykstra, A. R., & Gutschalk, A. (2024). Towards a multi-modal model of mental imagery (and implications for theories of consciousness) Comment on “Visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture’’ by A. Spagna et al. Physics of Life Reviews, 49, 136–138.
Slavych, B.K., Atcherson, S.R., & Zraick, R.I. (2024). Using ChatGPT to improve health communication and plain language writing for students in communication sciences and disorders. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.
Binger, C., *Magallanes, P., San Miguel, V., Harrington, N., Hahs-Vaughn, D. (2024). How Toddlers Use Core and Fringe Vocabulary: What’s in an Utterance? American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Binger, C., Harrington, N., Kent-Walsh, J (2024). Applying a Developmental Model to Preliterate Aided Language Learning. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(1): 33-50.
Eddins, D. A., Armstrong, S., Juneau, R., Hutchison, P., Cherri, D., Secor, C. A., & Formby, C. C. (2024). Device and fitting protocol for a transitional intervention for debilitating hyperacusis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Advance online publication.
Cherri, D., Formby, C., Secor, C. A., & Eddins, D. A. (2024). Counseling protocol for a transitional intervention for debilitating hyperacusis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Formby, C., Cherri, D., Secor, C. A., Armstrong, S., Juneau, R., & Eddins, D. A. (2024). Results of a 6-month field trial of a transitional intervention for debilitating hyperacusis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Formby, C., Secor, C. A., Cherri, D., & Eddins, D. A. (2024). Background and rationale for a transitional intervention for debilitating hyperacusis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Awan, S., Bahr, R., Watts, S., Boyer, M., & Bensoussan, Y. (2024). Validity of Acoustic Measures Obtained Using Various Recording Methods incl. Smartphones With and Without Headset Microphones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67, 1712–1730.
Department of Health Sciences
Sherifi SK,* Odahowski CL, López Castillo H. Uterine leiomyomata claim rate estimates and demographic characteristics by county. Florida, 2010-2019. Women & Health (2022 IF 1.6). 2024;64(1):75-89.
Scheidell, J. D., Pitre, M.**, & Andraka-Christou, B. (2024). Racial and ethnic inequities in substance use treatment among women with opioid use disorder. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1-11.
Feelemyer J, Duncan DT, Akhidenor N, Mazumdar M, Irvine NM, Scheidell J.D., Brewer R.A., Turpin R.E., Hucks-Ortiz C., Dyer T.V., Cleland C.M., Mayer K.H., & Khan M.R. Police harassment and psychiatric, sexual, and substance use risk among Black sexual minority men and Black transgender women in the HIV Prevention Trials 061 cohort. (2024) Journal of Racial Ethnic Health Disparities.
Scheidell J.D., Townsend T.N., Zhou Q, Manandhar-Sasaki P, Rodriguez-Santana R, Jenkins M, Buchelli M, Charles DL, Frechette J, I-Shin Su J, & Braithwaite RS. (2024). Reducing overdose deaths among persons with opioid use disorder in Connecticut. Harm Reduction Journal; 21(1):103.
Jeune, S. C., Graziano, P., Campa, A., & Coccia, C. C. (2024). Interoception and self-regulation of eating behaviors and weight status in college students. Journal of American College Health, 1-12.
Jeune, S. C., Graziano, P., Campa, A., & Coccia, C. C. (2024). The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis. Psychology & health, 1–18. Advance online publication.
Shiely F, Cooke E, McCarthy M, Dahly D, Harrington J, Shorter G, Davoren M, Hegarty J, Murphy A, Kirby A, Murphy D, Robertson R, Rovito M.J., Fitzgerald S, O’Connor A, O’Riordan M, Saab M. (2024). Using X, Facebook QR codes to optimise recruitment to a feasibility trial Enhancing Men’s Awareness of Testicular Diseases (E-MAT) in a cluster randomised Study Within A Trial (SWAT): Lessons learned. F1000Research 2024, 13:235
Saab M, Shetty V, McCarthy M, Davoren M, Flynn A, Kirby A, Robertson S, Shorter G, Murphy D, Rovito M.J., Shiely F, Hegarty J. (2024). Promoting “testicular awareness”: Co-design of an inclusive campaign using the world café methodology. Health Expectations. 27(1), e13898.
Mokari, A., Brazendale, K., et al. Adherence to Physical Activity and Screen Time Recommendations of Youth: Demographic differences from NHANES 2017-2018, Obesity Science & Practice.
Hunt, E.T., Brazendale, K., Kelder, S.H. et al. Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sleep and Screen Behaviors Among a Representative Sample of U.S. Children and Adolescents, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Brazendale, K., Garcia, J., Quelly, S., Lawrence, S., Gurnurkar, S., Hunt, E.T. Physical Activity and Sleep of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During School versus Summer Months: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study, International Journal of Developmental Disabilities.
Garcia, J., Hahs-Vaughn D., Murray, M., Perry C., Brazendale, K. et al. The physical and psychosocial benefits of a family judo program for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study, Disability and Health Journal.
School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences
**Beausejour, J. P., **Knowles, K. S., Wilson, A. T., Mangum, L. C., Hill, E. C., Hanney, W. J., Wells, A. J., Fukuda, D. H., Stout, J., & Stock, M. S. (n.d.). Innovations in the Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Health: A Glimpse into the Future. International Journal of Sports Medicine.
Wilson AT, Hanney WJ, Richardson R, Klausner S, Bialosky JE. Biopsychosocial contributors to irritability in individuals with shoulder or low back pain. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy.
Olmos, A.A., Montgomery, T.R., Sears, K.N., Dinyer-McNeely, T.K., Hammer, S.M., Bergstrom, H.C., Hill, E.C., Pasquale, J.S.., **Lawson, J., Trevino, M.A. Blood flow restriction increases necessary muscle excitation of the elbow flexors during a single high-intensity contraction. Published ahead of print. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2024.
**Boffey, D., *DiPrima, J. A., Kendall, K. L., Hill, E. C., Stout, J. R., & Fukuda, D. H. (2023). Influence of Body Composition, Load-Velocity Profiles, and Sex-Related Differences on Army Combat Fitness Test Performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 37(12), 2467–2476.
**Herring, C. H., Beyer, K. S., Redd, M. J., Stout, J. R., & Fukuda, D. H. (2024). Utility of Novel Rotational Load-Velocity Profiling Methods in Collegiate Softball Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38(1), 136–145.
**Lebron, M. A., Stout, J. R., & Fukuda, D. H. (2024). Physiological Perturbations in Combat Sports: Weight Cycling and Metabolic Function—A Narrative Review. Metabolites, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14020083
Anderson A.W., **Soncini A, *Lyons K, Hanney W.J. The effect of myofascial stretching on mechanical nociception and contributing neural mechanisms. NeuroSci.
Chaput, M., Simon, J. E., Taberner, M., & Grooms, D. R. (2024). From Control to Chaos: Visual-Cognitive Progression During Recovery from ACL Reconstruction. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 54(7), 1-26.
Anderson, A. W., Soncini, A., Lyons, K., & Hanney, W. J. (2024). The effect of myofascial stretching on mechanical nociception and contributing neural mechanisms. NeuroSci, 5(2), 158–168.
Pagan, J. I., Bradshaw, B. A., Bejte, B., Hart, J. N., Perez, V., Knowles, K. S., Beausejour, J. P., Luzadder, M., Menger, R., Osorio, C., Harmon, K. K., Hanney, W. J., Wilson, A. T., Stout, J. R., & Stock, M. S. (2024). Task-specific resistance training adaptations in older adults: comparing traditional and functional exercise interventions. Frontiers in Aging.
Wilson, A. T., Pinette, J., Lyons, K., & Hanney, W. J. (2024). Exercise induced hypoalgesia during different intensities of a dynamic resistance exercise: A randomized controlled trial. PloS One, 19(4), e0299481.
MacLennan, R. J., Hernandez-Sarabia, J. A., Reese, S. M., Shields, J. E., Smith, C. M., Stute, K., Collyar, J., Olmos, A. A., Danielson, T. L., MacLennan, D. L., **Pagan, J. I., **Harmon, K. K., **Girts, R. M., Coker, N. A., Carr, J. C., Ye, X., Perry, J. W., Stock, M. S., & DeFreitas, J. M. (2024). Determining fNIRS ability to discern laterality of lower body contractions. Experimental Brain Research, 242(5), 1115-1126.
**Girts, R. M., **Harmon, K. K., **Rodriguez, G., **Beausejour, J. P., **Pagan, J. I., Carr, J. C., Garcia, J., Stout, J. R., Fukuda, D. H., & Stock, M. S. (2024). Sex differences in muscle quality recovery following one week of knee joint immobilization and subsequent retraining. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 49(6), 805-817.
**Schwartz, A. L., Norte, G. E., Bonnette, S., Stock, M. S., Chaput, M., & Sherman, D. A. (2024). Letter to the Editor: Steadiness, smoothness, and regularity: Looking beyond force variability to construct a holistic description of force quality. Journal of Applied Physiology, 136(5), 1271-1272.
**Pagan, J. I., *Bradshaw, B. A., **Bejte, B., **Hart, J. N., *Perez, V., *Knowles, K. S., **Beausejour, J. P., **Luzadder, M., **Osorio, C., **Menger, R., **Harmon, K. K., Hanney, W. J., Wilson, A. T., Stout, J. R., & Stock, M. S. (2024). Task-specific resistance training adaptations in older adults: Comparing traditional and functional exercise interventions. Frontiers in Aging, 30(5), 1335534.
**Beausejour, J. P., **Guinto, G., **Artrip, C., **Corvalan, A., **Furtado Mesa, M., **Lebron, M. A., & Stock, M. S. (2024). Successful powerlifting in a unilateral, transtibial amputee: A descriptive case series. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38(5), e243–e252.
**Parsowith, E. J., Stock, M. S., Kocuba, O., Schumpp, A., Jackson, K., Brooks, A. M., Larson, A., Dixon, M., & Fairman, C. M. (2024). Impact of short-term creatine supplementation on muscular performance among breast Cancer survivors. Nutrients, 16(7), 979.
**Gonzalez Rojas, D. H., **Wizenberg, A. M., **Rivera, P. M., **Proppe, C. E., **Lawson, J. E., Stock, M. S., Stout, J. R., Billaut, F., & Hill, E. C. (2024). Acute effects of sprint interval training and blood flow restriction on neuromuscular and muscle function. Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, 24(1), 38-46.
**Skibski, A., Goetschius, J., & Mangum, L. C. (2024). Trunk Endurance and Low Back Pain Outcomes in College Golfers. International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 1(aop), 1–5.
**Skibski, A., Onate, J., & Mangum, L. C. (2024). Suggestions and Considerations for Application of Movement Screens to Clinical Practice. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 19(3), 351–354.
**Devorski, L., Suppiah, A., Fukuda, D. H., Stout, J., Ingersoll, C. D., & Mangum, L. C. (2024). Adherence and Compliance of Different Delivery Methods of Home Exercise in Individuals With Nonspecific Low Back Pain. International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, 1(aop), 1–5.
*Lulla S. Hanney W.J., Kolber MJ, Wilson A.T., Rothschild C.E. Strength and Conditioning Considerations for the Orchestral Musician: A Practical Approach. Strength and Conditioning Journal. ():10.1519/SSC.0000000000000833, January 30, 2024.
Hill, E.C., **Rivera, P.M., **Proppe, C.E., **Gonalez-Rojas, D.H.., **Lawson, J.E., **Lubiak, S., Keller, J.L., Choi, H., Mansy, H. Blood flow restriction attenuates surface mechanomyography lateral and longitudinal, but not transverse oscillations during fatiguing exercise. Physiological Measurement. 9;45(4), 2024.
**Beausejour, J.P., **Knowles, K.S., Wilson, A.T., Mangum, L.C., Hill, E.C., Hanney, W.J., Wells, A.J., Fukuda, D.H., Stout, J.R., and Stock, M.S. Innovations in the assessment of skeletal muscle health: a glimpse into the future. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2024.
**Olmos, A.A., **Montgomery, T.R., **Sears, K.N., Dinyer-McNeely, T.K., Hammer, S.M., Bergstrom, H.C., Hill, E.C., **Pasquale, J.S.., **Lawson, J., Trevino, M.A. Blood flow restriction increases necessary muscle excitation of the elbow flexors during a single high-intensity contraction. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2024.
Rush J.L., Murray A.M., Sherman D.A., Gokeler A., Norte G.E. Single Leg Hop Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Cleared for Landing, But Ready For Take-off? Journal of Athletic Training.
**Smith E.M., Sherman D.A., **Duncan S., **Murray A., Chaput M., Murray A.M., Bazett-Jones D.M., Norte G.E. Test-Retest Reliability and Visual Perturbation Performance Costs During Two Reactive Agility Tasks. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation.
**Schwartz A, +Norte G.E., Bonnette S., +Stock M.S., Chaput M., Sherman DA. Steadiness, Smoothness, and Regularity: Looking Beyond Force Variability to Construct a Holistic Description of Force Quality. Journal of Applied Physiology.
**McWethy M, Norte G.E., Bazett-Jones DM, Murray A.M., Rush J.L. Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Performance of the Landing Error Scoring System. Journal of Athletic Training.
**Fernandes C, Norte G.E., Schwab S., Gokeler A., Murray A.M., Bazett-Jones D.M., Sherman D.A. Interpersonal Coordination between Female Soccer Players: Leader-Follower Roles within a Collision-Avoidance Task. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy.
**Batista N.P., de Oliveira Silva D., Mochizuki L., Norte G.E., Bazett-Jones D.M. Clinic- and laboratory-based measures of postural control in patellofemoral pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis and evidence gap map. Gait & Posture.
**Sadeqi S, Norte G.E., Murray A.M., Erbulut D., Goel V. Two-to-Three Times Increase in Natural Hip and Lumbar Non-Sagittal Plane Kinematics Can Lead to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Cartilage Failure Scenarios During Single-Leg Landings. Clinical Biomechanics.
Zambarano E., Glaviano N.R., Bouillon L., Norte G.E., Murray A.M. Effect of exhaustive exercise on lumbo-pelvic-hip complex stability, muscle activity, and movement patterns. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology.
Riehm C.D., Bonnette S., Rush J.L., Diekfuss J.A., **Koohestani M., Myer G.D., Norte G.E., Sherman DA. Corticomuscular Cross Recurrence Analysis Reveals Between-Limb Differences in Motor Control Among Individuals with ACL Reconstruction. Experimental Brain Research.
**Lafontant, K., Blount, A., Suarez, J. R. M., Fukuda, D. H., Stout, J. R., Trahan, E. M., Lighthall, N. R., Park, J.-H., Xie, R., & Thiamwong, L. (2024). Comparing Sensitivity, Specificity, and Accuracy of Fall Risk Assessments in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 19, 581–588.
**Lebron, M. A., Stout, J. R., & Fukuda, D. H. (2024). Physiological Perturbations in Combat Sports: Weight Cycling and Metabolic Function—A Narrative Review. Metabolites, 14(2).
Panissa, V. L. G., Cardoso, L. K., Rossi, P. A. Q., Fukuda, D. H., & Rossi, F. E. (2024). The impact of acute and chronic resistance training on appetite and energy intake: A scoping review examining resistance exercise and comparisons with other exercise modalities. Appetite, 193, 107155.
**Sterner, D. A., Stout, J. R., **Lafontant, K., Park, J.-H., Fukuda, D. H., & Thiamwong, L. (2024). Phase Angle and Impedance Ratio as Indicators of Physical Function and Fear of Falling in Older Adult Women: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Aging, 7(1), e53975.
School of Social Work
Whitworth, J., & +Stewart, C. (2024). Understanding strategies for matching service dogs to military veterans with PTSD. Journal of Veterans Studies, 10(1), pp. 187–198.
Sualp, K., Beltran, S., & Chen, G. (2024). The Impact of Neighborhood-Level Factors on Perceived Quality of Hospice Service Satisfaction: A Geographic Information System Study. Health & Social Work, 49(1), 7-15.
Sualp, K. (2024). Examining Treatment Attendance Dynamics: Role of Immigrant Status and Neighborhood Factors. Journal of Social Service Research, 1-9.
Beltran, S., Molina, O., Chapple, R. (2024). Enhancing end-of-life care knowledge among older Spanish-speaking adults: Results from a pilot educational intervention on advance care planning and care options. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Wang, Y.**, Lu, S., Fu, L.**, Du, N.**, & Xu, D. (2024). Voices behind images: Exploring left-behind children’s lives with grandparents through Photovoice. British Journal of Social Work.
Wang, Y.**, Chen, X., Wang, Z., Jordan, L., Lu, S. (2024). Grandparental care and child mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(4), 568–586.
Brazendale, K., Garcia, J., Quelly, S., Lawrence, S., Gurnurkar, S., Hunt, E.T. Physical Activity and Sleep of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During School versus Summer Months: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study, International Journal of Developmental Disabilities.