American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
American Society of Biomechanics
Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society
Member of Task Force on Childhood Motor Disorders supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Insitute of Child Health and Development
Member of Task Force to develop Guidelines for Exercise for Persons with Disability United Cerebral Palsy Education and Research Education
Promotion of Fitness & Prevention of Secondary Complications for Children with CP sponsored by the American Physical Therapy Association: Peds section
Education
Doctoral Degree
PhD, Biomechanics minoring in Motor Control, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, 1990
Masters Degree
MS, Biomechanics, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, 1986
Biomet Research Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 2009
Award from the American Physical Therapy Association Section on Pediatrics for Outstanding Sustained Research Efforts Pertaining to Pediatric Physical Therapy, 2006
White Swan Award in recognition of achievements as Director of Research and Education for UCLA/Orthopaedic Hospital Center for Cerebral Palsy, presented by AbilityFirst Foundation, Inc., 2003
Jack Walker Award for best article on clinical research published in Physical Therapy presented by the American Physical Therapy Association, 2001
UCLA Fellowship Award, 1989-90
UCLA Fellowship Award for Women in Science, 1988-89
Research & Publications (10):
Maltais, D.B., Wiart, L., Fowler, E.G., Verschuren, O. & Damiano, D.L. (2014). Health-related physical fitness for children with cerebral palsy. Journal of Child Neurology, 29(8), 1091-1100. PMCID: 24820339
DeMuth, S.K., Knutson, L.M. & Fowler, E.G. (2012). The PEDALS stationary cycling intervention and health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 54(7), 654-61. PMCID: 22582760
Goldberg, E.J., Requejo, P. & Fowler, E.G. (2011). Joint moment contributions to swing knee extension acceleration during gait in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture, 33(1), 66-70. PMCID: 21036047
Fowler, E.G., Staudt, L.A. & Greenberg, M.B. (2010). Lower extremity selective voluntary motor control in patients with spastic cerebral palsy: increased distal motor impairment. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52(3), 264–269. PMCID: 20089048
Goldberg E.J., Requejo P., Fowler E.G. (2010). Joint moment contributions to swing knee extension acceleration during gait in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy. J. Biomech. 43(5):893–899. PMCID: 20015495
Fowler, E.G., Knutson, L.M., DeMuth, S.K., Siebert, K.L., Simms, V.D., Sugi, M.H., Souza, R.B., Karim, R., Azen, S.P. & Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network (PTClinResNet) (2010). Pediatric endurance and limb strengthening for children with cerebral palsy (PEDALS) utilizing stationary cycling: a randomized controlled trial. Physical Therapy, 90(3), 367-381. PMCID: 20093327
Fowler, E.G., Staudt, L.A., Greenberg, M.B. & Oppenheim, W.L. (2009). Selective control assessment of the lower extremities (SCALE): development, validation, and interrater reliability of a clinical tool for patients with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(8), 607-614. PMCID: 19220390
Fowler, E.G. & Goldberg E.J. (2009). The effect of lower extremity selective voluntary motor control on intersegmental coordination in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture, 29(1),102-107. PMCID: 18786827
Fowler, E.G., Kolobe, T.H.A., Damiano, D.L., Thorpe, D.E., Morgan, D.W., Brunstrom, J.E., Coster, W.J., Henderson, R.C., Pitetti, K.H., Rimmer, J.H., Rose, J., Stevenson, R.D., Section on Pediatrics Research Summit Participants & Section on Pediatrics Research Committee Task Force (2007). Promotion of physical fitness and prevention of secondary conditions for children with cerebral palsy: section on pediatrics research summit proceedings. Physical Therapy, 87(11), 1495-1510. PMCID: 17895351.
Fowler, E.G., Ho, T.W., Nwigwe, A. & Dorey, F. (2001). The effect of quadriceps femoris muscle strengthening on spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Physical Therapy, 81(6), 1215-1223. PMCID: 11380277
Research Interests
Biomechanical Analysis of Gait in Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Gaming Technology for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
Transforming the Healthcare of Women with Disabilities