Facilities update

New equipment in the classroom has assisted in teaching as well as research activities in the Physical Therapy Department.

Research projects assessing balance and proprioception are now assisted with the addition of the Proprio 5000. Students in the neurological sequence of the Doctor of Physical Therapy are introduced to the utilization and application of the device. Undergraduate as well as graduate students have performed numerous research projects and are assisting the unit’s manufacturer, Perry Dynamics, in product development.

In the area of human physiology, the department is now utilizing cardiorespiratory diagnostic equipment from MEDGRAPHICS. Undergraduates can now be exposed to heart and lung assessment principles in the health science curriculum. The DPT students are able to utilize the new equipment to study oxygen consumption as well as pulmonary function testing. Now housed in the Burgess classroom, the metabolic equipment will be moved to a new area in the campus athletic complex when construction is completed.