Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Physical Therapy

School/Center: School of Health Professions

Office Location: 6E Robinson Hall

Phone: 617-373-7647

Fax: 617-373-3161

E-mail: pplummer@neu.edu

Education/degrees:
Postdoctoral training, University of California Los Angeles, Neurology
Postdoctoral training, University of Florida, Physical Therapy
Ph.D., School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University (Australia)
Graduate Certificate (Health Statistics), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honors), La Trobe University (Australia)

Specializations:
Cognitive-motor (dual task) interference; Gait, Locomotor training; Stroke rehabilitation; Unilateral neglect; Interdisciplinary collaborative research; Clinical trial coordination and management

Research Interests: Interactions between cognitive and motor functions, especially during walking; Recovery of walking in individuals with brain injury; Assessment and treatment of unilateral neglect; Attentional disorders and their impact on motor learning and motor control

Courses:
Health Care Research, PT Project (faculty mentor), Neurological Evaluation and Management II

Publications:
1. Plummer-D’Amato P, Altmann LJP, Behrman AL, & Marsiske M.  Interference between cognition, double limb support, and swing during gait in community-dwelling individuals post stroke.  (Currently under review)

2. Rogalski Y, Altmann LJP, Plummer-D’Amato P, Behrman AL, & Marsiske M.  Discourse coherence and cognition after stroke: A dual task study.  (Currently under review)

3. Cumming T, Plummer-D’Amato P, Linden T, & Bernhardt J.  Hemispatial neglect and rehabilitation in acute stroke.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  (In press)

4. Canavan P, Cahalin L, Harris M, Lowe S, Fitzpatrick D, & Plummer-D’Amato P.  Managing gait disorders in older persons residing in nursing homes: A review of literature.  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2009; 10: 230–237.

5. Plummer-D’Amato P & Giesser B.  Invited Commentary: Developing a self-management and exercise model for people with mild to moderate multiple sclerosis: An interdisciplinary approach.  International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.  2009;16(1):42.

6. Newton JM, Dong Y, Hidler J, Plummer-D’Amato P, Marehbian J, Albisteguis-Du Bois R, Woods R, Dobkin B.  Reliable assessment of lower limb motor representations with fMRI: Use of an MR-compatible device for monitoring torque at ankle, knee and hip joint.  NeuroImage. 2008;43(1):136-46

7. Plummer-D’Amato P.  Focus group methodology (part two): considerations for analysis.  International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.  2008;15(3):123-129.

8. Plummer-D’Amato P.  Focus group methodology (part one): considerations for design.  International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.  2008;15(2):69-73.

9. Plummer-D’Amato P, Altmann LJP, Saracino D, Fox E, Behrman AL, & Marsiske M. Interactions between cognitive tasks and gait after stroke: a dual task study.  Gait & Posture.  2008;27:683-688.

10. Behrman, AL & Plummer-D’Amato, P.  “What’s in a name?” Revisited.  Physical Therapy. 2008;88(1):6-9.

11. Plummer-D’Amato P.  Improving rehabilitation outcomes in unilateral neglect.  International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.  2007;14(4):154.

12. Plummer P, Behrman AL, Duncan PW, Spigel P, Saracino D, Martin J, Fox, E, Thigpen M, & Kautz, SA.  Effects of stroke severity and training duration on locomotor recovery after stroke: a pilot study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.  2007;21:137-151.

13. Martin J, Plummer P, Bowden M, Fulk G, Behrman A. Body weight support systems: considerations for clinicians.  Physical Therapy Reviews. 2006;11:143-152.

14. Plummer P, Morris ME, Hurworth RE, & Dunai J. Characterisation of unilateral neglect by physiotherapists.  Disability and Rehabilitation. 2006;28(9):571-577. 

15. Plummer P, Morris ME, Hurworth RE, & Dunai J. Physiotherapy assessment of unilateral neglect: Insight into procedures and clinical reasoning.  Physiotherapy. 2006;92:103-109.

16. Plummer P, Dunai J, & Morris ME.  Understanding the effects of moving visual stimuli on unilateral neglect following stroke. Brain and Cognition.  2006;60:156-165.

17. Plummer P, Morris ME, Denisenko S, & Dunai J. Clinical reasoning processes in physiotherapists’ assessment of unilateral neglect: part two. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 2005;12:533-541.

18. Plummer P, Morris ME, Denisenko S, & Dunai J. Clinical reasoning processes in physiotherapists’ assessment of unilateral neglect: part one. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 2005;12:498-504.

19. Behrman AL, Lawless AR, Davis SB, Bowden MG, Nair P, Phadke C, Hannold EM, Plummer P, & Harkema SJ. Locomotor training progression and outcomes after incomplete spinal cord injury: Case report.  Physical Therapy. 2005;85:1356-1371.

20. Plummer P, Morris ME, & Dunai J. Assessment of unilateral neglect. Physical Therapy.  2003;83:732-740. 

21. Plummer P, Morris M, & Dunai J. Physical therapy for stroke patients with unilateral neglect: The role of visual cues and limb activation strategies.  Physical Therapy Reviews. 2001;6:175-188.

Published abstracts:

1. Plummer-D’Amato P, Dobkin BH, Nenov V, & the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation.  Feasibility of collaborative multi-center trials in neurorehabilitation.  Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.  2008;22(5):627.

2. Plummer-D’Amato P, Nenov V, & Dobkin BH.  Establishing a network for conducting multi-center trials of neurorehabilitation interventions.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  2007;88(10):e23. 

3. Plummer-D’Amato P, Morris ME, Denisenko S, & Bilney B. A clinical glossary can improve physiotherapists’ characterisation of unilateral neglect.  Physiotherapy, 2007;93(S1):S667.

4. Plummer-D’Amato P, Morris ME, & Denisenko S. Diagnosing unilateral neglect: hypothesis generation and pattern recognition in physiotherapists’ clinical reasoning.  Physiotherapy, 2007;93(S1):S533.

5. Plummer-D’Amato P, Behrman AL, Saracino D, Martin J, Fox E, Kautz SA, & Duncan PW.  Functionally significant recovery of walking speed after stroke in patients with moderate and severe impairment.  Stroke, 2007;38(2):521.

6. Plummer P, Morris ME, Hurworth RE, & Dunai J. How do physiotherapists assess unilateral neglect?  Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2006:20(1):181. 

7. Plummer P, Dunai J, & Bennett K. A rightward attentional bias for shifting covert attention in a moving object paradigm.  Australian Journal of Psychology, 2001;53 (supplement): 64. 

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