UIC’s Department of Physical Therapy is dedicated to understanding the impairments underlying disability and on applications for practical clinical tactics. Our faculty are engaged in research projects that span a range of fields: pediatrics, geriatrics, biomechanics, neurological therapy, and orthopedics. We are also home to two active laboratories.

• diagnosing delayed development in high-risk infants
• falling mechanics and prevention
• posture and movement control in the elderly
• healthy lifestyle behaviors of people with disabilities
• motor dysfunction following spinal cord injury and stroke
• studying the factors affecting the OT & PT job market, including demand for and supply of occupational and physical therapy personnel view workforce report (.pdf)
  
  

• Knecht Movement Science Laboratory
• Clinical Gait and Movement Analysis Laboratory

Seminars
The Department of Physical Therapy regularly invites distinguished speakers from the field to present on a variety of topics relevant to our research activities and teaching. If you would like to receive information about our seminar series, please email Amy Maxeiner at maxeiner@uic.edu.

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