DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY DIVISION

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor

 

Education

Oberlin College, B.A. in Sociology, 1976
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. in Physical Therapy, 1985
Duke University, M.H.S. in Biometry, 1998
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Epidemiology, 2001

 

Teaching Responsibilities 

PT 304  Adult human development team                           

PT 306  Faculty participant Professional Development           

PT 325  Osteoporosis content                                       

PT 327  Chronic Pain content 

PT 503  Primary Care Practice course coordinator

Practice

Osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, other metabolic bone diseases, geriatrics, spine disorders, chronic pain. 

Research

osteoporosis;

the effect of spine deformity on function and disability;

vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis (epidemiology, management);

disability and rehabilitation: epidemiology, outcomes, and evidence-based practice;

physical performance assessment;

effect of chronic medical conditions on physical activity, function, and disability in the elderly;

effect of the environment on health status and participation of elderly people;

assistive technology use (particularly wheelchairs and rolling walkers) to promote independence and participation;

musculoskeletal complications of Paget’s disease.

falls prevention 

 

Selected Publications

• Shipp KM. Exercise for people with osteoporosis: translating the science into clinical practice. Current Osteoporosis Reports, 2006;4:129-133.
• Shipp KM. Osteoporosis and aging females. J Women’s Health Phys Ther 2005;29(3):43-52.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Shipp KM, contributing author). Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville , MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2004.
• Gold DT, Shipp KM, Pieper CF, Duncan PW, Martinez S, Lyles KW. Group treatment improves trunk strength and psychological status in older women with vertebral fractures: results of a randomized clinical trial. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2004;52:1471-1478.
• Bonner FJ Jr, Sinaki M, Grabois M, Shipp KM, Lane JM, Lindsay R, Gold DT, Cosman F, Bouxsein ML, Weinstein JN, Gallagher RM, Melton LJ III, Salcido R, Gordon SL. Health professional’s guide to rehabilitation of the patient with osteoporosis.  Osteoporos Int 2003;14(Suppl):S1-S20.
• Hoenig H, Landerman LR, Shipp KM, George L. Activity Restriction Among Wheelchair Users.  J Amer Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1244-1251.
• Shipp KM, Purser JL, Gold DT, Pieper CF, Schenkman MS, Lyles KW. Timed loaded standing: a measure of trunk and upper extremity endurance suitable for people with osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int 2000;11:914-922.
• Shipp KM, Branch L. The physical environment as a determinant of the health status of older populations. Can J on Aging 1999;18:313-327.
• Meyers A, Anderson J, Miller D, Shipp K, Hoenig H. Barriers, facilitators, and access for wheelchair users: substantive and methodologic lessons from a pilot study of environmental effects.  Soc Sci Med 2002;55(8):1435-1446
• Lyles KW, Gold DT, Shipp KM, Pieper CF, Martinez S, Mulhausen PL. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: their association with impaired functional status.  Amer J Med 1993;94:595-601.

 

Awards and Honors

Judy Capps Beswick Award - Certificate of Merit for Clinical Performance - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – 1985.

 

Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1993 – present.

 

Appointed to the Committee on Osteoporosis Continuing Education Programs for Physical Therapists, National Osteoporosis Foundation, 1996 – present.

 

Appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to the Osteoporosis Prevention Task Force: Burden of Illness, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Methods of Reimbursement Committee – 1998.

 

Promotion of Doctoral Studies II fellowship awardee from the Foundation for Physical Therapy, American Physical Therapy Association – 1998-99.

 

Appointed to the Rehabilitation Guidelines Committee of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2000 -- 2003.

 

Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2001 -- 2004.

 

New Investigator Fellowship Training Initiative (NIFTI) recipient from the Foundation for Physical Therapy – 2002 – 2003.

 

Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research – 2002.

Invited participant to The Surgeon General’s Workshop on Osteoporosis and Bone Health, Washington, DC, December 12-13, 2002.

 

Accepted to attend the Intensive Workshop on Grant Writing, Preparation, and Submission in Rehabilitation Research, sponsored by the ERRIS (Enhancing Rehabilitation Research in the South), a regional research network of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (a component of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), Charlottesville, VA, 2/03.

 

Appointed to the Board of Trustee’s Education Committee of the National Osteoporosis Foundation as a non-trustee member, 2003 - present.

 

Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Osteoporosis Foundation for a 3-year term, 2005 – present.

 

Founding member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Osteoporosis Foundation, 2006 – present.

 

 

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