Submissions from 2021
Exploring Anatomy Background, Perceived Anatomy Preparedness, and Academic Performance Among OT Graduate Students: A Survey Study, Ashleigh Giles, William Conrad, Dianna Lunsford, and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Exploring Anatomy Coursework and Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Students: A Survey Study, Ashleigh Giles, William Conrad, Dianna Lunsford, and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
African American Nurses' Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research, R. M. Hendricks-Sturrup, L. M. Edgar, Tracey B. Johnson-Glover, and C. Y. Lu (Article)
Utility of the Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Practice, Emily Hinkley, Christen Leach, Vanessa D. Jewell, and Taylor L. Wienkes (Article)
Decreasing Inmate Populations to Mitigate Effects of COVID-19 in State Prisons, Seung Joon Hwang, Min Ju Kim, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
COVID-Related Psychosis in Adolescents: A Case-Based Review, Sana Javed and Mujeeb U. Shad (Article)
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Aaron Jurado, Danielle Labrador, Chloe Nieves, Jordan Serrano, Andrew Mills, and Mindy O. Renfro (Article)
Aging-in-Place, Lenard W. Kaye and Mindy O. Renfro (Book Chapter)
Falls & Injuries, Lenard W. Kaye and Mindy O. Renfro (Book Chapter)
Mortality of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza in Southern Nevada and the United States, Nilsha Khurana, Avneet Bedi, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Effects of Ischemic Compression on Trigger Points in the First Dorsal Interosseous Muscle in Patients with Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis, María Pilar López-Royo, Paolo Pedersini, Raquel Cantero-Téllez, Kristin A. Valdes, Víctor Doménech-García, Pablo Herrero, and Jorge Hugo Villafañe (Article)
Assessing the Relationship Between Infection Citations and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes, Meghan Mahalawat, Nur Fatimah Mirza, Cheryl H. Vanier, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Causality Dilemma: Creating a Twenty-First Century University Archive, Faye Mazzia and Megan De Armond (Article)
Cultural Diversity in the Practice of Physical Therapy: A Review of the Literature, James M. McKivigan (Article)
Teaching Human Anatomy: A Comparison of In-Person and Online Learning Programs, James M. McKivigan, Noel Guison, and Rakhshindah Qureshi (Article)
Banning Condoms as Evidence Against Sex Workers in Illegal Prostitution, Summer Mostafa, Anjali Renukunta, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Prescribing Patterns of XR-Naltrexone for Treating OUD by Nevada Addiction Specialists, Samia Mouaki-Benani, Ansab Sheikh, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Screen for Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Save More Nevada Babies, Kim Thu Nguyen, Nguyen Nguyen, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Euthanasia Should Be Legalized in Nevada, Ellie Ok, Kristine Rosas, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Multiple Sclerosis, Michael J. Olek (Article)
Medical Electronic Devolution, Michael J. Olek and Linsey Bui (Article)
Should Healthcare Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients Despite the Inadequate Personal Protective Equipment?, Jose Parra, Heerod Malekghassemi, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
A Comparison of Moist Heat, Dry Heat, Chemical Dry Heat and Icy Hot for Deep Tissue Heating and Changes in Tissue Blood Flow., Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, and R. Donatelli (Article)
Ethical Dilemma of Physicians Informing Patients of Foreign Organ Transplant Alternatives, Sean Poole, Benjamin Selander, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Quality Improvement in Neurology: Multiple Sclerosis Quality Measurement Set 2020 Update, Alexander Rae-Grant, Lilyana Amezcua, Jeffrey English, Neeta Garg, Barbara Giesser, Adam G. Kelly, Iris Vanessa Marin Collazo, Amanda Montague, Michael J. Olek, Elizabeth Page, Amy Bennett, and Tracie Caller (Article)
Falls and Injuries, Mindy O. Renfro (Book Chapter)
Nevada Healthcare Boards: Violations of Public Record Act and Inaccessibility of Licensee Information, Ryliezl Abby Reyes, Stephanie Quan, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Exploring Treatment Targets to Mitigate Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior in Parkinson's Disease and Older Adults [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Nevada], John V. Rider (Article)
Regenerative Rehabilitation and Genomics: Implications for Occupational Therapy, John V. Rider (Article)
Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior in People with Parkinson's Disease: A Scoping Review Protocol, John V. Rider and Jason K. Longhurst (Article)
Fear of Falling Activity Avoidance Behavior Among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Scoping Review, John V. Rider, Jason Longhurst, Merrill Landers, and Nirmala Lekhak (Article)
Assessing Functional Disability Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, John V. Rider, Justina Selim, and Alexys Garcia (Article)
Health and Disability Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, John V. Rider, Justina Selim, and Alexys Garcia (Article)
Rising Up to Cope with Falls: Floor-Rise Strategies That Overcome Obstacles to Providing This Training so Important for Older Adults, John V. Rider, A. Sowerwine, and M. Tay (Article)
Managing Sleep for Individuals with Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers, John V. Rider and Monica C. Tay (Article)
Purdue Manual Dexterity Testing: A Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Elderly, Katherine Rule, Jennifer Ferro, Audrey Hoffman, Jasmine Williams, Sara Golshiri, Rachelle Padre, Jessica Avila, Carley Coca, and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Emerging Neuralink Brain Machine Interface Technology: An Oversight Proposal to Address the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications, Ali Said, Luis Sanchez, Michael J. Olek, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Use of Occupation-Based Outcome Measure and Strength-Based Self-Report with Persons with Substance Use Disorders: A Prospective Cohort Study, Jeffrey Sargent and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Use of Occupation-Based Outcome Measure and Strength-Based Self-Report with Persons with Substance Use Disorders: A Prospective Cohort Study, Jeffrey Sargent and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Genetic Testing for Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy: Bench to Bedside, Mujeeb U. Shad (Article)
Is High-Dose Maintenance Therapy Effective in Treatment-Refractory Psychosis? A Case Series, Mujeeb U. Shad (Article)
Content Analysis of Dissertations for Examination of Priority Areas of Nursing Science, Patricia K. Strobehn, Lanell M. Bellury, Angie C. King, and Justus J. Randolph (Article)
Encouraging Online Voter Registration of Nevada Physicians - a Challenge in Apathy?, Sein Tun, Hao Luong, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Patient Satisfaction of Hand Therapy Services, Kristin A. Valdes, Stephanie Kannas, Sanjeev Kakar, Jessica Veneziano, Taylor Dake, and Freid Sierra (Article)
Executive Functioning of Individuals with Substance Use Disorder, Kristin A. Valdes and Dianna Lunsford (Article)
Investigating the Relationship Between Opioid Prescription Frequency and Deaths From Illicit Opioids, Cara Wyant, Taylor Cornwell-Hinrichs, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Submissions from 2020
The Use of Digital Tools to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparative Retrospective Study of Six Countries, Kylie Zeng, Stephanie N. Bernardo, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Home Modifcations for Fall Prevention: An interdisciplinary approach in which clients and caregivers participate helps make homes fall-safe and secure, John V. Rider (Article)
Reentering the Profession and the Occupation of Continuing Competence, Joyce E. Rioux and Robyn Otty (Article)
Analyzing the functional effects of dynamic and static splints after radial nerve injury, R. Cantero-Téllez, J. H. Villafañe, S. G. Garcia-Orza, and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Medical Students Immersed in a Hyper-Realistic Surgical Training Environment Leads to Improved Measures of Emotional Resiliency by Both Hardiness and Emotional Intelligence Evaluation, Allana White, Isain Zapata, Alissa Lenz, Rebecca Ryznar, Natalie Nevins, Tuan N. Hoang, Reginald Franciose, Marian Safaoui, David Clegg, and Anthony J. LaPorta (Article)
Curriculum Programming in the General Education Setting for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Patrick A. Leytham, Nghia Nguyen, and David Rago (Article)
An Analysis of Graston Technique® for Soft-Tissue Therapy, James M. McKivigan and Gina Tulimero (Article)
Linking ICF components to outcome measures for hand osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review, Scott Povlak and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Effect of Tai Chi Combined with Mental Imagery on Cutaneous Microcirculatory Function and Blood Pressure in a Diabetic and Elderly Population, Abdulrahman Alsubiheen, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Wonjong Yu, and Haneul Lee (Article)
Patient satisfaction of hand therapy services, Kristin A. Valdes, Stephanie Kannas, Sanjeev Kakar, Jessica Veneziano, Taylor Dake, and Freid Sierra (Article)
Allocation of State Legislative Funding of Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Nevada, Chantel Aftab, Kyler Perry, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Compliance of Nevada State Healthcare Boards with Open Meeting Law and Public Records Act, Christine Do, Haley Koziol, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Pharmacists' Delaying or Declining Controlled Substance Prescriptions for Pain and the Effect on Patients and Physicians, Sarah Fagan, Lauren R. Price, Weldon E. Havins, and Wolfgang G. Gilliar (Article)
Have Recent Controlled Substance Laws Affected Disciplinary Actions of Nevada Professional Licensing Boards?, Harshita Gupta, C. Scott Weatherly, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Proposal to Expand the Accessibility and Effectiveness of Medical Abortions in the United States, Moriah Murray, Stephanie Ringle, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Investigating the Relationship Between Opioid Prescription Frequency and Deaths from Illicit Opioids, Lauren R. Price, Sarah Fagan, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Nevada Physician Workforce Shortage and the Inefficient Retention of Nevada Medical School Graduates, Matthew Shoemaker, Savannah Spataro, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
A Proposal for Oversight of Gene Editing in Human Embryos Using CRISPR-Cas9 Technology, Jay Xiong, Ronny Yip, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
The Effect of Visual Feedback on Body Sway in the Elderly with Diabetes Compared to Elderly without Diabetes: Randomized Clinical Trial, Faris Alshammari, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Noha S. Daher, Salem Dehom, and Eman S.Alzoghbieh (Article)
Recognizing and limiting syphilis to prevent congenital syphilis, Lucia Sanchez, Toni Harris, Amie Duford, and Nelson Duran (Article)
Physical therapy in the emergency department: surveying primary care practitioners' perceptions and recommendations, Stacy J. Fisher (Article)
Evaluation of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guidelines for Training Culturally Competent Physical Therapists, James M. McKivigan (Article)
Greater Postural Sway and Tremor during Balance Tasks in Patients with Plantar Fasciitis Compared to Age-Matched Controls, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Robert Donatelli, Michael S. Laymon, and Haneul Lee (Article)
Barriers and Recommendations Associated With Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among College Students, Maria Poggio D'Errico, Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, and Rhone D'Errico (Article)
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to human papillomavirus vaccination among college students in a state university: Implications for nurse practitioners, Maria Poggio DʼErrico, Wei-Chen Tung, Minggen Lu, and Rhone D'Errico (Article)
The Efficiency of Digital Anatomy Teaching Strategies, Jeremy Sandberg, Rachel Calderon, and James M. McKivigan (Article)
Effect of Federal Policy Changes on International Students Pursuing Higher Education Studies in the United States, James M. McKivigan (Article)
In the Facility: Dementia-Friendly Training to Promote Confidence in Occupational Therapy Service Delivery, Linda C. Frasier and Jonathan Legarte (Article)
Sleep Deprivation in the Intensive Care Patient, Jessica Grimm (Article)
Use of mobile applications in hand therapy, Kristin A. Valdes, Elizabeth Gendernalik, Jacquelyn Hauser, and Miranda Tipton (Article)
The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Abdullah Alotaibi, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Noha S. Daher, Everett Lohman, Hasan M. Syed, and Haneul Lee (Article)
Low Level Continuous Heat Wraps can Increase the Efficiency of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, and Haneul Lee (Article)
Reliability and Validity of a Smartphone-Based Inclinometer Application Measuring Shoulder Internal Rotation, Taylor Lau, Sheng Lin, Tyler true, Wayne Wu, and James M. McKivigan (Article)
Reliability and Validity of a Smartphone-Based Inclinometer Application Measuring Shoulder Internal Rotation, Taylor Lau, Sheng Lin, Tyler true, Wayne Wu, and James M. McKivigan (Article)
Patient satisfaction with the CMC controller: A cohort study, Kristin A. Valdes, Nancy Naughton, and Malgorzata A. Szelwach (Article)
Don't forget the field trip! the professional impact on K-12 teacher preparation and retention, S.A. Dawson and Patrick A. Leytham (Article)
A quality improvement project to evaluate the implementation of a sepsis education program in a medical-surgical department, N. Luna, B.S. Turner, Judith Carrion, A. Silvestri-Elmore, and R. Burog (Article)
Comprehensibility of Game Rulebooks: Perspectives from a Community of Practice, David M. Niecikowski (Dissertation)
The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Low-Level Continuous Heat on Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, and H. Lee (Article)
Local heating of trigger points reduces neck and plantar fascia pain, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, and Haneul Lee (Article)
The Impact Of Freezing of Gait on Activities of Daily Living Among Individuals With Parkinson's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, John V. Rider and J. Longhurst (Article)
Trends in Physicians’ Opioid Prescription Patterns Since Implementation of Nevada’s New Controlled Substances Law, Spencer Foutz, Dallin Gillette, Cheryl H. Vanier, Joseph P. Hardy, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
The Future of the Physician Shortage in Nevada, Rhiannon Ryan, Scott Goodsell, and Weldon E. Havins (Article)
Exploring African American community perspectives about genomic medicine research: A literature review, Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup, Lauren M. Edgar, Tracey Johnson-Glover, and Christine Y. Lu (Article)
Certified hand therapists membership in the American Society of Hand Therapists: A survey study, Kristin A. Valdes, Jenna Blausey, Jessica Campbell, Reba Duran, Ashleigh Giles, Cassie Matthys, Sarah Miesner, Brooke Schroeder, and Daniella Smolyansky (Article)
Master’s and Doctoral Occupational Therapy Students’ Perceptions of Research Integration in Their Programs, Jeffrey Sargent, Ashley Wermers, Lauren Russo, and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Knowledge and Perceived Barriers of OT Students in the Transition Planning Process: A Pilot Study, Patrick A. Leytham and Robyn Otty (Article)
An International Fieldwork Placement: A Mixed Methods Study, Dianna Lunsford and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Client preferences and perceptions regarding a written home exercise program or video self-modeling: A cross-sectional study, Adele Ouegnin and Kristin A. Valdes (Article)
Submissions from 2019
Can eccentric exercise of the lower limb be made more efficiently, a pilot study, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Robert Donatelli, James M. McKivigan, and Michael S. Laymon (Article)
Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: A Systematic Review of the Literature, James M. McKivigan (Article)
Evaluating the Efficacy of Vertebral Axial Decompression Therapy in Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain: A Systematic Review, James M. McKivigan, Brittany Krisak, Brittni Vogel, Ashley Harrington, and Van Nguyen (Article)
Student-Led Mobile Health Clinic: Patients Served and Learning Experience., Amie Duford and Oksana Matvienko (Article)
The influence of ageing and diabetic peripheral neuropathy on posture sway, tremor, and the time to achieve balance equilibrium, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, and Haneul Lee (Article)