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Dec 3, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia’s Physical Therapy Department hosted the fourth annual Fall Faculty Symposium, titled “Body Meets Brain: Applying Neurophysiology to Orthopaedic Rehabilitation,” on Nov. 2. The event welcomed more than 130 practicing clinicians, including several alumni, and was organized by Dr. Ryan...
Sep 12, 2018 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Kshamata Shah, assistant professor of Physical Therapy and director of Education for International Physical Therapists, was accepted to the U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative/Bone and Joint Canada Young Investigator Initiative (YII) Grant Mentoring and Career Development Program, a selective...
Oct 20, 2017 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University’s Shoulder Research Center is seeking patients for a six-week exercise rehabilitation study on rotator cuff tendinopathy. The National Institutes of Health grant funded trial, conducted in collaboration with the University of Oregon, studies shoulder muscle activation patterns in...
Apr 17, 2017 • Jen Retter
Dr. Daniel Safford ’16DPT, MAT, CSCS, adjunct lab instructor, Dr. Philip McClure PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor and chair of Physical Therapy, and Dr. Kshamata Shah PT, PhD, assistant professor of Physical Therapy, received a $22,600 grant from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy...
Feb 26, 2015 • Frances Dumlao
The Department of Physical Therapy welcomes Dr. Kshamata Shah, a post-doctoral researcher who will be working on a National Institutes of Health-funded project titled “Neurophysiology of Rotator Cuff Weakness.” Dr. Shah received her physical therapy training from Maharashtra University of...
Dr. Kshamata Shah, PT, PhD is an Assistant Professor and Director: Education for International Physical Therapists in the Department of Physical Therapy at Arcadia University, Pennsylvania, USA. She received her Bachelors in Physical Therapy from Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy in Mumbai, India in 2008. She then moved to the US and received her PhD in Movement Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 2014. She completed her post-doctoral training at Arcadia University with Dr. Phil McClure and joined as faculty at Arcadia in 2016. Her doctoral and postdoctoral work has focused on examining upper extremity impairments in people with chronic diseases such as diabetes and shoulder rotator cuff disorders. Her clinical work has focused on management of orthopedic conditions. Dr. Shah collaborates on a multi-site grant focused on examining the effects of pain and exercise on muscle neurophysiology in patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy and funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, a division of the NIH. She has also received funding from the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy for several studies. Her overarching research goal is to examine the mechanisms and predictors driving a patient’s recovery in those with rotator cuff diseases and metabolic disorders.
In her role as Director: Education for International Physical Therapists at Arcadia University, she leads the Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Program for foreign-trained therapists. She has been an advisor to over 300 students from 20 different countries including India. She is actively involved in helping foreign-educated students navigate the ever-changing landscape of global PT.
https://www.arcadia.edu/academics/programs/physical-therapy-tdpt
shoulder, biomechanics, muscle neurophysiology, ultrasound
Hometown
Mumbai
Home Country
India
Languages
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi
Washington University in St. Louis
PhD, Major in Movement Science
Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science, Major in Physical Therapy