Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Physical Therapy & Athletic Training Education
School: Health Professions
Room: 6 RB
Phone: 617-373-5428
Fax : 617-373-3161
E-mail: p.canavan@neu.edu
Education/degrees: PhD, PT, DPT
Certification: ATC, CSCS
Major Research Interests:
Knee osteoarthritis and Physical Therapy
Lower Extremity Rehabilitation
Resistance Training
Injury Prevention
Publications:
Canavan P.K., Cahalin L., Lowe S., Fitzpatrick D., Harris M., Plummer-D’Amato P.
Managing Gait Disorders in Older Persons Residing in Nursing Homes: A review of literature Journal of American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA) 10: 230-237, 2009
Yang N.H., Nayeb-Hashemi H., Canavan P.K. The Combined Effect of Frontal Plane TibioFemoral Angle and Menisectomy on the Cartilage Contact Stresses and Strains Annals of Biomedical Engineering 37 (11): 2360-2372, 2009
Yang N., Nayeb-Hashemi H., Canavan P. The Effect of the Frontal Tibio-Femoral Angle on the Stress and Strain at the Knee Cartilage during the Stance Phase of the Gait Cycle Proceedings of IMECE 13220; 1-7,2009
Canavan P.K., Cahalin L.P. Integrated Physical Therapy Intervention for an Individual with Pectus Excavatum and Bilateral Shoulder Pain: A single case study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89: 2195-2204, 2008
Harris M.H., Holden M.K., Cahalin L.P., Fitzpartick D., Lowe S., Canavan P.K. Gait in Older Adults: A review of the literature an emphasis toward achieving favorable clinical outcomes, Part 1 Clinical Geriatrics 33-42, 2008
Harris M.H., Holden M.K., Cahalin L.P., Fitzpartick D., Lowe S., Canavan P.K Gait in Older Adults: A review of the literature an emphasis toward achieving favorable clinical outcomes, Part 11 Clinical Geriatrics, 37-45, 2008
Vescovi J.D., Canavan P.K., Hasson S.H. Effect of a plyometric program on vertical landing force and jumping performance in college women Physical Therapy in Sport
9: 185-192, 2008
Weinberg B., Nikitczuk J., Patel S., Patritti B., Mavroidis C., Bonato P., Canavan P. Design, Control and Human Testing of an Active Rehabilitation Orthotic Device
Robotics and Automation 4126-4133, 2007
Marzban A., Nayeb-Hashemi H., Canavan P. The influence of different parameters of remodeling rule and walking speed on resultant density distribution of the proximal femur ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress IMEC2007-42245, 1-10, 2007
Corkery M., Briscoe H., Ciccone N., Foglia G., Johnson P., Kinsman S., Legere L., Lum B., Canavan P.K. Establishing normal values for lower extremity muscle length in college age students Physical Therapy in Sport, 8: 66-74, 2007
