Eileen Fowler, PhD

Affiliations

• 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

Undergraduate Degree

• BS, Physical Therapy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1979

Awards & Recognition

• 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):

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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.
10. 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
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Double-blind Randomized Trial to Find Optimum Steroid Regimen
• Improved Therapy Access Utilizing Intensive Therapy and Local Resources in El Salvador
• A Phase 3 Efficacy and Safety Study of Ataluren (PTC124) in Patients with Nonsense Mutation Dystrophinopathy
• Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Quantitative Clinical Measures of Muscle Strength, Gait and Function in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Evaluation of Subjects with Cerebral Palsy to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability and the Effect on Sensorimotor Function of Dalfampridine-ER