Kara Patterson

HBSc (Toronto); BScPT (Queen's); MSc - PhD (Toronto)

Assistant Professor
School of Physical Therapy

Office: Room 1408 - Elborn College
Phone: 519-661-3360 ext. 88845

kara.patterson@uwo.ca


Research Interests

  • Post-stroke gait and neurorehabilitation
  • Developing and testing novel rehabilitation interventions for post-stroke gait that are tailored to specific underlying deficits contributing to and individual's gait dysfunction
  • Developing and testing new approaches to gait measurement post-stroke with the goal of using the results to inform and guide gait interventions
  • Understanding the impact of impaired sensory perception and integration on motor performance post-stroke

Research Affiliations

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Master's
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