Faculty/Staff Profiles

RICHARD K. SHIELDS, PT, Ph.D. Director & Professor Graduate Program in Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science The University of Iowa 1-254 Medical Education Building  Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1190 Tel.: (319) 335-9803 richard-shields@uiowa.edu

Education, Training & Experience

• 1972-76 Bachelor's degree in Biology, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina.
• 1979-81 Physical Therapy Certificate, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
• 1983-85 Advanced Master's degree in Physical Therapy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
• 1988-92 Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Exercise Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
• 1981-98 Clinical Specialist (Neurology), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) Department of Physical Therapy, Iowa City, Iowa.

Research Activities

• Director, NEUROMUSCULAR RESEARCH / MOTOR CONTROL LABORATORY, Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, College of Medicine.
• Director, CLINICAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• Neuromusculoskeletal plasticity in individuals with spinal cord injury
• Neuromuscular control of the knee after acute and chronic adaptation from pathology
• Computerized Medical Record, Clinical Outcomes Research

Teaching Responsibilities

• DPT--Principles of Motor Control (101:224)
• MA/PhD--Sensory Motor Analysis in Health and Disease (101:275)

Academic & Professional Activities

• Memberships: APTA, American Physiological Society, Society for Neuroscience, American College of Sports Medicine

Recent Publications

• Frey Law LA, Shields RK.  Predicting human chronically paralyzed muscle force: a comparison of three mathematical models. J Appl Physiol 2006; 100(3): 1027-36
• Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S.  Musculoskeletal plasticity after acute spinal cord injury:  effects of long-term neuromuscular electrical stimulation training.  J Neurophysiol 2006 95(4):2380-90.
• Dudley-Javoroski S, Shields RK.  Assessment of physical function and secondary complications after complete spinal cord injury.  Disabil Rehabil 2006; 28(2):103-110
• Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S, Frey Law LA. Electrically induced muscle contractions influence bone density decline after spinal cord injury.  Spine 2006; 31(5):548-53
• Shields RK.  Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity – Executive Summary – Invited Commentary.  Phys Ther 2006; 86(2): 299-300
• Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S, Cole KR. Feedback-controlled stimulation enhances human paralyzed muscle performance. J Appl Physiol. 2006; 101(5):1312-9
  Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S, Littmann AE. Postfatigue potentiation of the paralyzed soleus muscle: evidence for adaptation with long-term electrical stimulation training.  J Appl Physiol 2006;101(2):556-65.
• Shields RK, Chang YJ, Dudley-Javoroski S, Lin Cheng-Hsiang. Predictive model of muscle fatigue after spinal cord injury in humans. Muscle Nerve 2006; 34(1):84-91
• Iguchi M, Baldwin K, Boeyink C, Engle C, Kehoe M, Ganju A, Messaros AJ, Shields RK. Low frequency fatigue in human quadriceps is fatigue dependent and not just task dependent. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2008;18(2):308-16 Epub 2006 Dec 6
• Shields RK. Dudley-Javoroski S, Boaldin KM, Corey TA, Fog DB, Ruen JM. Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT):  Measurement sensitivity in individuals with and without spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehab 2006; 87(10):1376-81
• Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S.  Musculoskeletal adaptations in chronic spinal cord injury: Effects of long-term soleus electrical stimulation training. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2007; 21(2):169-79
• Frey Law LA, Shields RK.  Mathematical models of human paralyzed muscle after long-term training. J Biomech 2007; 40(12):2587-95
• Madhavan S, Shields RK. Weight bearing exercise accuracy influences muscle activation strategy of the knee. J Neur Phys Ther 2007; 31(1):15-19
• Shields RK. Neuroimaging in rehabilitation: a resource for clinicians.  Phys Ther 2007; 87(6):639-40. Epub 2007 May 15
• Dudley-Javoroski S, Shields RK. Dose estimation and surveillance of mechanical loading interventions for bone loss after spinal cord injury. Phys Ther 2008; 88(3):387-96. Epub 2008 Jan 17
• Dudley-Javoroski S, Shields RK. Muscle and bone plasticity after spinal cord injury: review of adaptations to disuse and to electrical muscle stimulation. J Rehabil Res Dev 2008; 45(2):283-96
• Dudley-Javoroski S, Shields RK. Doublet stimulation protocol to minimize musculoskeletal stress during paralyzed quadriceps muscle testing. J Appl Physiol 2008; 104(6):1574-82
• Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S. Musculoskeletal plasticity after spinal cord injury. J Rehab Rel Res 2007 (in press)

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