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David A. Brown

David A. Brown, PhD, PT

  • Collaborator, Robotics Lab, RIC
  • Program Director, PT, UAB
  • Associate Professor, PM&R, NU
  • Adjunct Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, NU

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Gender:
Male

Education, Residency and Internship

Education

University of Iowa, Ph.D., Exercise Science
Duke University, MS, Physical Therapy
University of Rochester, BA, Physics

Fellowship

VA Palo Alto Health Care System & Stanford University, Motor Control Physiology

Additional Information

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Dr. Brown's UAB profile

Dr. Brown's NU profile

MARS-RERC

Teaching or Professional Positions

  • 2005 Mentor, Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

Honors & Awards

  • 2001-02: Searle Junior Teaching Fellow Award
  • 2002 Margaret L. Moore Outstanding New Faculty – APTA
  • 2005 Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Mentor

Publications

Original, peer-reviewed research articles

Alibiglou L, Brown DA Relative temporal leading or following position of the contralateral limb generates different aftereffects in muscle phasing following adaptation training post-stroke. Exp Brain Res. May;211(1):37-50, 2011. Epub 2011 Apr 6.

Rogers LM, Stinear JW, Lewis GN, Brown DA Descending control to the non-paretic limb degrades the cyclic activity of paretic leg muscles.  Hum Mov Sci. Dec;30(6):1225-44, 2011. Epub 2011 May 20. 

Alibiglou L, Brown DA Impaired muscle phasing systematically adapts to varied relative angular relationships during locomotion in people poststroke. J Neurophysiol. 2011 Apr;105(4):1660-70. Epub 2011 Feb 9. 

Rogers LM, Brown DA, Stinear J: The effects of paired associative stimulation on knee extensor motor excitability of individuals post stroke: a pilot study.  Clin Neurophysiol.  Jun;122(6):1211-8, 2011. Epub 2010 Dec 3. 

Capewell, R.A, Brown, DA Rockefeller, K. Evaluation of a tool kit for safe patient handling in the homecare setting. American Journal Safe Patient Handling & Movement, 1( 1,) 22-29, 2011. 

Burgess JK, Weibel GC, Brown DA Overground walking speed changes when subjected to body weight support conditions for nonimpaired and post stroke individuals.  J Neural Engr Rehab 7:6, 2010.

Mulroy SJ, Klassen T, Gronley JK, Eberly, V, Brown DA, Sullivan, KJ: Gait parameters associated with responsiveness to a body weight supported treadmill training program in individuals post-stroke: An exploratory study. Physical Therapy, 90 (2): 209-223. 2010.  Epub 2009 Dec 18.  

Alibiglou L, López-Ortiz C, Walter CB, Brown DA Bilateral limb phase relationship and its potential to alter muscle activity phasing during locomotion.  J Neurophysiol. 102(5):2856-65. 2009.  

Research Interests

Basic mechanisms underlying locomotor disability post-stroke; quantitative assessment of locomotor impairment; novel interventions for locomotor recovery; robotic technology for improving balance and mobility post-stroke Clinical Interests: Locomotor recovery post-stroke Teaching Interests: Course Coordinator for Introduction to Evidence Based Practice Course Coordinator for Synthesis Project Neuromuscular Control of Locomotion Electrotherapy

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Doctor's Contact Information

  • Email: dbrownpt@uab.edu