Carolyn Cheema, PT, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT

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Education:

• Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences (DSc) Program, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2021
• FAAOMPT, Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists, Manual Therapy Institute, San Marcos, TX, 2015
• MPT, Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, OK, 2009

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Teaching:

• PHTH 8002: Concepts in Rehabilitation Sciences (Course Coordinator)
• OCTH/PHTH 8274: Orthopedic Concepts and Management of Upper Extremity Dysfunction (Course Co-Coordinator)
• PHTH 8303: Integrated Management of Complex Orthopedic Problems (Lab Instructor)
• PHTH 8214: Orthopedic Management of Axial Skeleton (Lab Instructor)
• PHTH 8313: Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy (Course Coordinator)
• PHTH 9152: Clinical Reasoning in PT II (Course Coordinator)

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Clinical/Research Interests:

• Chronic Back Pain/Lower Back Pain
• Residency and Fellowship Education

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Select Publications:

• Cheema, C., Baldwin, J., Rodeghero, J., Werneke, M., Mioduski, J., Jeffries, L., Kucksdorf, J., Shepherd, M., Dionne, C., & Randall, K. (2024). Use of Machine Learning to Identify Prognostic Risk Factors for Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2024.2424619  
• Kwon, K., Ford, T., Cheema, C., Castle, S., Kile, M., Wang, H., Tsotsoros, J., Randall, K., Lloyd-Jones, B., Jang, S., Jung, Y., Lee, H., Kim, S., Sorrels, B., Wang, L., Horm, D., & Jang, W.  (2024). Head Start Staff Well-being: Early Impact Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of a Holistic Wellness Intervention. Submitted to the Early Childhood Research Quarterly, March 2024, under review.
• He, D., Sikora, W.A., James, S. A., Williamson, J.N, Lepak, L.V., Cheema, C.F., Sidorov, E.V., Li, S., Yang, Y.  (2024). Alteration in Resting-State Brain Activity in Stroke Survivors Following Repetitive Finger Stimulation. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 103(5), 395–400. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000002393 
• Williamson, J., Sikora, W. A., Lepak, L. V., Cheema, C., James, S., Sidorov, E. V., & Yang, Y. (2023). Abstract WP63: Somatosensory Evoked Potentials As A Measure Of Sensorimotor Impairment In Hemiparetic Stroke. Stroke, 54(Suppl_1), AWP63-AWP63. https://doi.org/doi:10.1161/str.54.suppl_1.WP63
• Kwon, K., Ford, T., Cheema, C., Castle, S., Kile, M., Wang, H., Tsotsoros, J., Randall, K., Lloyd-Jones, B., Jang, S., Jung, Y., Lee, H., Kim, S., Sorrels, B., Wang, L., Horm, D., & Jang, W. (2023). Early results from a wellness intervention designed to improve Head Start staff well-being and competence: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Submitted to a call for the Early Childhood Education Workforce Well-Being Special Issue. October 2023, Accepted.
• Cheema, C., Baldwin, J., Rodeghero, J., Werneke, M., Mioduski, J., Jeffries, L., Kucksdorf, J., Shepherd, M., Randall, K., & Dionne, C. (2022). The effectiveness of post-professional physical therapist training in the treatment of chronic low back pain using a propensity score approach with machine learning. Musculoskeletal Care, 2022, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/msc.1626 (Journal Impact Factor 1.36, Journal Citation Indicator 0.38 [Q3 for the category, rank 37/52]
• Williamson, J.N, Sikora1, W.A., James, S. A., Parmar, N.J., Lepak, L.V., Cheema, C.F., Refai, H.R., Wu, D.H., Sidorov, E.V., Dewald, J.P.A., Yang, Y.  (2022). Cortical Reorganization of Early Somatosensory Processing in Hemiparetic Stroke. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11, https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jcm11216449 (Journal Impact Factor 4.964, Journal Citation Indicator 1.02 [Q1 for the category, rank 48/329], open access)