Sue Ann Sisto

PT, MA, PhD, FACRM

sue ann sisto.

Sue Ann Sisto

PT, MA, PhD, FACRM

Sue Ann Sisto

PT, MA, PhD, FACRM

Chair
Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Topics

Rehabilitation research related to gait biomechanics across the lifespan, neuromodulation in spinal cord injury on sensory motor outcomes, recovery of locomotion in spinal cord injury, caregiver/care recipient relationships in the families that include individuals with in spinal cord injury, and effects of community camps on empowering people with spinal cord injury and impacting their physical/psychosocial functioning and quality of life.

Overview Scholarship News

Selected Publications

  • Arauz, P., ,DeChello, K., Dagum, A., Kao, I. Sisto, SA Biomechanics and pinch force of the index finger under simulated proximal interphalangeal arthrodesis, Journal of Hand Therapy, (under revision). 
  • Petrosyan, H.A., Alessi, V., Sisto, S.A., Kaufman, M, Arvanian, V. (2016) Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) responses elicited in hindlimb muscles as an assessment of synaptic plasticity in spino-muscular circuitry after chronic spinal cord injury. Neuroscience Letters (in press). 
  • Arauz, .P, Sisto S.A., Kao, I. (2016). Experimental study of the optimal angle for arthrodesis of fingers based on kinematic analysis with tip-pinch manipulation. Journal of Biomechanics Nov 3. pii: S0021-9290(16)31148-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.10.047. [Epub ahead of print] 
  • Fitzgibbon, S., Vincenzino, W., Sisto, S.A. (2016). Intervention at the Foot-Shoe-Pedal Interface in competitive cyclists. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Aug;11(4):637-50. 
  • Arauz, P., Sisto, S.A., Kao, I. Assessment of Workspace Attributes under Simulated Index Finger Proximal Interphalangeal Arthrodesis (2016). Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. May 1;138(5). doi: 10.1115/1.4032967. 
  • Baunsgaard, C., Chhabra, H., Harvey, L. Savic, G., Sisto, S.A., Qureshi, F., Sachdev, G., Saif, M., Sharawat, R., Yeomans, Y., and Biering-Sørensen, F. Reliability of the International Spinal Cord Injury Musculoskeletal Basic Data Set (2016). Spinal Cord (accepted). 
  • Boergers, R.J., Pinto-Zipp, G., Cabell, L., Sisto, S.A. (2015). Time and Head and Neck Movement Associated with Lacrosse Helmet Facemask Removal. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care, 7(6):255-264. 
  • Petrosyan, H.A., Alessi, V. Hunanyan, A.S., Sisto, S.A., Arvanian, V.L., (2015). Spinal electro-magnetic stimulation combined with transgene delivery of neurotrophin NT-3 and exercise: novel combination therapy for spinal contusion injury. J Neurophysiol. Nov;114(5):2923-40. doi: 10.1152/jn.00480.2015. Epub 2015 Sep 30. 
  • Petrosyan, H.A., Alessi, V., Sniffen, J., Sisto, S.A., Fiore, S., Davis, R., Kaufman, M., Arvanian, V.L., (2015) Safety of titanium rods used for spinal stabilization during repetitive magnetic stimulation, Clinical Neurophysiology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.02.059 
  • Sisto, S.A., Evans, N. Activity and fitness in spinal cord injury: Review and Update (2014). Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Report, 3 (September):147-157.