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Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation and Regenrative Medicine (Program in Physical Therapy) dck6@columbia.edu |
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| Ph.D., Pathokinesiology, New York University M.S., Pediatric Physical Therapy, Texas Women's University Pediatric Rehabilitation Multidisciplinary Fellowship Training Program, National Institute for Child Health and Development, University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School B.S., Physical Therapy, University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School |
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| Area of Specialization |
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| Pediatric Physical Therapy |
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| Professional Expertise |
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| Rehabilitation of infants, children, and young adults with neuromuscular involvement Special emphasis on treating children with cerebral palsy, developmental coordination disorders and brain injury Reliability and validity of pediatric tests and measurements Serves as the liaison to the New York City Department of Education |
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| Honors and Awards |
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| Robert S. Salant Research Award, NY State Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association (2-time recipient) |
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| Research Interests |
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| Reliability and validity of pediatric standardized tests and measures designed to detect motor delay in infants and children Effect of clinical interventions on functional capacity and overall quality of life in children with neuromuscular disease (Above research is being conducted in collaboration with the Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Morgan Stanly Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian/ Columbia) |
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| Teaching Responsibilities |
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PT Management of Pediatric Conditions I and II (with Dr. Susan Klepper) |
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| Scholarly Productivity |
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| Recent Publications Krasinski, D, Toelken, K, Reyes, D, Kimpland, C, Vonnegut, K. Concurrent validity of the motor scale of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development- Second Edition and the Alberta Infant Motor Scale on a sample of infants with typical and atypical motor performance (in progress). Belt A, Hertel T, Marks T, Mante J, Rockett V, Wade C, Krasinski, D. (2001). Movement characteristics of persons with Prader-Willi Syndrome rising from supine. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 13:110-121. Lim H, Marriott D, Potter P, Krasinski D. (2000). Comparison of two methods of training physical therapy students to score the Gross Motor Function Measure. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 13:127-132. Krasinski D, Fieback, LE. (2004). Pediatric Nonprogressive Central Nervous System Disorders. In: Cameron, M, ed., Physical Rehabilitation: From Research to Practice. Philadelphia: Elsevier (in press).
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