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Emmanuel B. John,
BScPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Director, Motor Control & Neuromuscular Performance Laboratory
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
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EDUCATION: |
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BS – Physiotherapy
--------College of Medicine,
University of ------------
Lagos, Nigeria (1994)
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Doctor of Philosophy - Rehabilitation
Sciences
--------University of Kansas
Medical Center, -----------
Kansas City, KS, USA (2006)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
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Assistant Professor, Department of Physical
Therapy, Howard University, Washington DC (2006-present)
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Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant,
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences,
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
(2002-2006)
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Associate Lecturer and Clinical Instructor,
Federal School of Physiotherapy, Bayero University, Kano,
Nigeria (1996-2002)
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Physiotherapist 1, National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Dala, Kano, Nigeria (1997-2002)
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Group Physiotherapist, Mos-Metro Hospitals,
Kano City, Kano, Nigeria (1996-2002)
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Staff Physiotherapist, Specialist Hospital,
Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria (1995-1996)
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Physiotherapy Intern, Murtala Mohammed
Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria (1994-1995)
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ebjohn@howard.edu
(202) 806-5738 |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS: |
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Motor control and neuro-rehabilitation
research on the effects of gender, age-related changes and
neurological lesions on sense of motor effort using a
feed-forward model of human voluntary motor tasks performance
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Effects of Virtual Reality Rehabilitation on
stroke impaired motor functions
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Robotics in neuro-rehabilitation of chronic
stroke survivors
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GRANTS AWARDED: |
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Effects of Stroke on Sense of Motor Effort: New
Faculty Start-up Funds Program, Howard University, Principal
Investigator: $47,000.00.
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SELECT PUBLICATIONS: |
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John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW. Effects Of Age and Joint Kinematics On Perception Of Effort. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2009; 41:5 Supplement (In Press).
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John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW. Biomechanics
of Muscular Effort: Age Related Effects. Medicine & Science
in Sports & Exercise 2009; 41(2): 418-25.
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John EB, Mukherjee M, Kim SH, Liu W,
Gregory RW. A Quantitative Method for Assessing Stroke-impaired
Sense of Motor Effort: A Preliminary Study. Medicine &
Science in Sports & Exercise 2008, 40:5 (Supplement);S318.
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Brown JN, Asongwed ET, Chesbro SB, John EB.
Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ankle-brachial index
measurements using stethoscope and Doppler. Physical Therapy
2008. Available online at:
http://www.apta.org/am/aptaapps/programming/pt/abstractsPtjShow.cfm?m_id=17314
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John EB, Popoola AO, Allen AA. Eight-Days
Isometric Exercise Training Lowers Blood Pressure in
Normotensive Subjects. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2008,
10:5 (Supplement A);A59.
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John EB. Injection Palsy: A true 25-years
(1968-1993) endemic rate of a usually misdiagnosed acute flaccid
paralytic condition in a Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
Physiotherapy 2007; 93(Suppl 1):S773.
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Gregory RW, John EB, Liu W. Biomechanical
Measures of Muscular Effort: Validity and Reliability.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2007; 39:5 (Supplement),
S256.
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John EB, Santos M, Larson J, Bouckhout V,
Jernigan S, Kapros I, Gobert D. Effect of Resistance Exercise
Training on Resting Blood Pressure of Chronic Stroke Survivors.
Stroke 2005; 36 (2): 519.
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Gobert D, Santos M, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S,
Kapos I, John E. AN 8-week exercise program leads to
decreased risk factors for secondary stroke in chronic stroke
survivors. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity; 12(3)
October 2004.
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John EB, Gajewski B, Gobert D, Bouckhout
V, Billinger SA, Cho JK. Cardiovascular Response of Chronic
Stroke Survivors to an Aerobic Exercise Training Program.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2003;
35(Supplement):S195.
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