| Karen L.
McCulloch, PT, PhD, NCS Associate Professor Associate Director of Distance and Continuing Education |
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| 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: karen_mcculloch@med.unc.edu |
Research interests include 1)recovery of upper and lower limb function after stroke 2) balance intervention for older adults and neurological populations 3) cognitive and postural control interactions assessed via dual-task methods (older adults and people with brain injury or stroke).
Hip Protector Evaluation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center,
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Sue Blalock, PhD, Principal
Investigator. Role: Co-investigator
Methods of Assessing Dual-task Performance Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Role: Principal investigator
Previous projects:
Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation (EXCITE) Trial.
NIH, NCMRR funded. Co-investigator. Carol Giuliani, Principal Investigator for the UNC
Site. Steve Wolf, P.I. for the Multicenter Trial. May 2000 to May 2005.
Project roles: Training Coordinator, Coordination of recruitment efforts, subject
screening, Community Education.
The Walking and Remembering Test: Development, Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness to Intervention. HMSC Dissertation project.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD -Human Movement
Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.S. - Physical Therapy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Postgraduate Research Fellowship
University of Florida, B.S. - Physical Therapy
TEACHING
UNC-CH Entry-level teaching
Neuromuscular Intervention I - a four credit lecture and lab course, PHYT 784.
Provide instruction regarding therapeutic exercise for stroke and traumatic brain injury,
balance and vestibular dysfunction.
Neuromuscular Intervention II - a three credit lecture and lab course, PHYT 785.
Provide instruction content related to adult neuromuscular dysfunction and intervention.
Functional Assessment - a one credit course for entry-level MPT students, PHYT 724,
covering content related to standardized functional assessment and self-report measures.
Transitional DPT teaching
Advanced Neuromuscular elective - a three credit online course, PHYT 885. Provide online learning
related to adult neuromuscular and geriatric dysfunction and intervention.
Doctoral Project - a four credit course, PHYT 854. Provide
guidance to tDPT students in final term of full or part-time curricula as they plan and
complete doctoral projects.
UNC-CH Human Movement Science Curriculum teaching
Dr. McCulloch also participates as an instructor for select content in HMSC classroom and
seminar courses, and serves as a dissertation committee member for students as
appropriate.
EDITORSHIPS
Associate Editor, Physiotherapy in Theory and Practice, case
reports, 2003 to present
Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Therapy Case Reports, January
1998-June 2001
Guest editor, Neurology Report, Issues 3 and 4 (Special Topic Issues on Brain Injury),
1998
PUBLICATIONS
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 (in press)
McCulloch KL, Crea D. Current topics in traumatic brain injury. Home Study Chapter. APTA Neurology Section. 2002.
McCulloch KL. Standardized assessment tools for traumatic brain injury
in physical therapy. Neurology Report, 1998, 22(3): 114-125.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, Gross MT, Ferguson ST, Kerr LL, Wills CA, Farlow MR.
Interrater and test-retest reliability of the Berg Balance Scale for patients
with brain injury. Neurology Report, 1997; 21(2):50.McCulloch, KL, Novack TA. Upper Extremity Functional Assessment in
Traumatically Brain-Injured Patients. Journal of Head Trauma
Rehabilitation, 1990; 5:4, 1-12.
Abstracts
McCulloch KL. Feasibility and interrater reliability of clinical tests of dual-task performance following acquired brain injury. American Congress of Rehabiltiation Medicine-American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Chicago, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2005
Marshall S, McCulloch KL, Zabolitzki F, Guskiewicz K. Combined dual-task and balance training for prevention of falls in older adults. JAGS 2005;
55(4) Suppl : S165.
McCulloch KL, Marshall S. The Walking and Remembering Test for older adults: A method for measuring dual-task costs and preliminary validity. J Geriatric Physical Therapy 2004; 27(3): 116-117.McCulloch KL, Mercer VS, Bullard P, Cooper J, Queen A. Inter-rater reliability of the walking and remembering test in young and older adults: a clinical measure of dual-task performance. J Geriatric Physical Therapy 2003; 26(3): 48.
McCulloch KL, Giuliani CA. Effects of line dancing on attention, balance,
endurance, and balance confidence in community-dwelling older adults.
The Gerontologist 2003; 43: special issue 1: 380.
McCulloch KL, Guerra LD, Lee C, Taylor KM. Dual-task performance
on the Standardized Walking Obstacle Course: measurement of balance
changes in older adults following a pilot intervention. J Geriatric Physical
Therapy 2002; 25(3): 37.Mercer VS, Cavanaugh JT, McCulloch KL. Paretic lower extremity loading
during post-stroke recovery. Neurology Report 2002; 26(4): 196.McCulloch KL, Freburger JK, Giuliani CA, Busby-Whitehead J.
Use of physical performance tests as a screen for administration
of the activity-specific balance confidence scale. Issues on Aging 2001 24(1): 17.
Cavanaugh J, McCulloch KL, Sell T, Yu B. Kinematic analysis of dynamic balance: differences in an adult with traumatic brain injury and a control subject. Neurology Report 2000; 24(5): 183-184.
McCulloch KL, Mercer VS. Effects of two concurrent cognitive tasks
on dynamic balance performance in an adult with traumatic brain injury
and a control subject. Neurology Report 2000; 24(5): 184-185.McCulloch K, Cook III EW, Fleming WC, Novack TA, Nepomuceno CS,
Taub E. A reliable test of upper extremity ADL function. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1988; 69:755.
Non-refereed publications
McCulloch KL. Effect of lower extremity serial casts on hemiparetic gait
patterns in adults. Commentary. Physical Therapy Case Reports 1999; 2(6): 229-231.
McCulloch KL. Functional Assessment Tools for Use with
Neurologically Impaired Adults. Neurology Report, 1992; 16:1, 4-8
Contributions to textbooks
Hacke JA, Nelson CM, McCulloch KL. "Electromyographic Biofeedback
and Neuromuscular Stimulation," in Umphred D:
Neurological Rehabilitation, 4 ed. 2001, pp. 855-887.McCulloch, KL, Nelson, CM. "Electromyographic Biofeedback
and Neuromuscular Stimulation," in Umphred D:
Neurological Rehabilitation, 3 ed. 1994, pp. 852-871.
