Karen McCulloch, PT, PhD, NCS

Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Allied Health Sciences
3024 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
OFFICE: (919)843-8783 FAX: (919)966-3678

Email address: karen_mcculloch@med.unc.edu

Research Background & Interests	Balance and cognitive interactions in older adults and following traumatic brain injury Effects of military blast exposure on balance and cognitive function including dual-task performance Clinical measurement development and validation Interventions that facilitate motor recovery following acquired brain injury Education methods that incorporate online instruction
Current Research	Relationships between attention, balance and dual-task performance after acquired brain injury Life Interests and Values cards: an interdisciplinary project to assess participation interests in people with aphasia Development of a combat-readiness dual-task performance assessment for use with wounded warriors
Education	PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004, Human Movement Science MS, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1987, Physical Therapy Postgraduate Fellowship, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000 BS, The University of Florida,1983, Physical Therapy
Teaching	PHYT 784 Neuromuscular I- PT Intervention PHYT 785 Neuromuscular II- PT Intervention PHYT 724 Measurement and Functional Assessment PHYT 885 Advanced Neuromuscular Intervention PHYT 854 Capstone Project
Selected Publications	Shubert T, McCulloch KL, Hartman M, Giuliani CA. The effect of an exercise-based balance intervention on physical and cognitive performance for older adults: A pilot study J Geriatric Physical Therapy 2010-33(4): 157-164. Weightman MM, Bolgla R, McCulloch KL, Peterson MD. Physical therapy recommendations for service members with mild traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2010; 25: 206-218. McCulloch KL, Buxton E, Hackney J, Lowers S. Balance, attention and dual-task performance during walking after acquired brain injury: associations with falls history J Head Trauma Rehabil 2010; 25: 155-163. McCulloch KL, Mercer VS, Giuliani CA, Marshall S. Development of a clinical measure of dual-task performance in walking: reliability and preliminary validity of the Walking and Remembering Test. J Geriatric PT 2009; 32:1: 2-9. Blalock SJ, Demby KB, McCulloch KL, Stevens JA. Seniors’ perceptions of using hip protectors to reduce fracture risk. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008; 56(9): 1773-4. McCulloch KL. Attention and dual-task conditions: physical therapy implications for individuals with acquired brain injury, Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 2007; 104-118. Blanton S, Morris DM, Prettyman MG, McCulloch K, Redmond S, Light K, Wolf SL. Lessons learned in participant recruitment and retention: The EXCITE trial. Phys Ther 2006; 1520-1533. Uswatte G, Taub E, Morris D, Vignolo M, McCulloch, K. Reliability and validity of the upper-extremity Motor Activity Log-14 for measuring real-world arm use. Stroke 2005; 36:2493-2496. Kopp B, Kunkel A, Flor H, Platz T, Mauritz KH, Gresser K, McCulloch KL, Taub E: The Arm Motor Ability Test (AMAT): Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 1997;78:615-20 McCulloch KL. Standardized assessment tools for traumatic brain injury in physical therapy. Neurology Report, 1998, 22(3): 114-125. McCulloch, KL, Novack TA. Upper extremity functional assessment in traumatically brain-injured patients. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 1990; 5:4, 1-12.
Professional Societies	Editorial Board Member, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section, Director of Education American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Board of Directors