From the Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (AM); Department of Physical Therapy, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (GDF); Department of Exercise Science, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (TMH, SLF); Department of Exercise Science, Division of Health Aspects of Physical Activity, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (MWB); and Palmetto Health, Research Physical Therapy Specialists, Columbia, South Carolina (JD).
All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to: Addie Middleton, PhD, DPT, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555.
The authors have no commercial interest relevant to the subject of the manuscript, nor any other conflicts of interest to report. This work was partially funded by NIH Grant #T32GM081740. The study described in the manuscript was completed as part of Addie Middleton’s dissertation project, and the results are included as part of the larger dissertation document submitted to the University of South Carolina. Abstracts for completed dissertations are made available through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Additionally, data from this manuscript has been submitted for presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in Anaheim, CA, February 17–20, 2016. A subset of the results were also presented orally as part of a “Three Minute Dissertation Presentation” at the University of South Carolina’s Graduate Student Day on April 10, 2015 in Columbia, SC.
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