Dr. Carey L Holleran, PT, MPT, DHS, NCS is an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology and the Assistant Director of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Holleran’s scholarship has focused on recovery after spinal cord injury and stroke and neurologic rehabilitation. Through many years of inpatient spinal cord injury clinical practice and research, she has developed a strong appreciation of how the humanities can influence clinical and research practices. She also values the importance of an explicit humanities curricula within DPT education.
A primary rehabilitation goal for individuals with motor incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) is to regain their walking abilities. But what factors influence their paths to achieving that goal?